The Vietnam War had finished and on the 30th of April 1975‚ the Vietcong took control of Saigon and renamed it Ho Chi Minh City. President Thieu surrendered and fled the nation. Vietnam turned into a unified nation and races were held in 1976 . The Domino Theory proceeded into Laos and Cambodia yet not Thailand‚ Singapore‚ Malaysia and the Philippines. Aside from this fleeting impact‚ numerous short and long haul consequences for Vietnam once the Americans had cleared out. There is a comparative
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The United States involvement in Vietnam started out as simply a way to support the new leader of South Vietnam‚ Ngo Dunh Diem in the late 1950’s. As time passed‚ the US was drawn deeper into the unstable politics of this unstable new nation. In 1960‚ the Vietminh started an armed struggle for national unification. Under orders from Hanoi‚ the Vietminh soldiers created the National LIberation front (NLF) and had both materials and manpower support from North Vietnam to begin military operation in
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The new documentary on the Vietnam War by Ken Burns has already aired the first two episodes on PBS. So far‚ in my humble opinion‚ I think it is a rather good documentary‚ and I have personally learned some things about the geopolitical situation that was taking place during the time of Vietnam right after World War 2 ended. I hope Mr. Burns will not try to be politically correct and give the truth about the Vietnam War from all perspectives. The Vietnam War defined a generation‚ still‚ does‚ and
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Social‚ Economic and Political Effects of the War. The controversial Vietnam War had a huge impact on Australian society in the 1960’s/1970’s. It affected all aspects of society‚ such as the social‚ economic and political issues. Vietnam was known as a ’TV War’. A lot of violent and gruesome footage of the war was broadcasted right into people’s homes. People felt the need to report their own opinions and a very biased view of the war‚ they were not concerned with the thoughts of the Vietnamese
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The Vietnam War opened many eyes to the true horrors of war thanks to the media coverage. The media made a significant impact on public opinions during the war. News outlets did not glorify war such as propaganda in WWII. As a way to sell more papers‚ acquire higher ratings‚ or just tell the truth to the public‚ the media outlets started to publish horrific yet realistic images and videos of Vietnam to present what really happens when at war. The real question is in what ways and how did media affect
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Humanities and Vietnam Western humanity is more or less a history of how we became democratic; starting with the Greeks who viewed communism as a threat to democracy. The Vietnam War was based on the beliefs that are taught in humanities: the worldwide struggle for spheres of influence‚ and each region wanting to have cultural‚ political‚ and ideological control over other regions. The United States’ commitment to stopping the spread of communism started in 1954 before the Vietnam War broke out in
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During the Vietnam War era‚ the United States and other democratic and free nations were fearful of communism spreading to more parts of the world. They fought two world wars to protect freedom‚ and to contain the communist movements. The foreign policy of the United States evolved to that of a pre-emptive type strike on the possibility of communism surfacing and threatening free countries. Harry S. Truman began to theorize that if a communist nation took over a non-communist state‚ then neighboring
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life was going great: good grades‚ friends‚ freedom. That was until the draft hit all of a sudden. All my dreams and goals - everything was gone. I got a letter in the mail telling me I was being selected to be drafted and sent on active duty in Vietnam. My heart sank when I read the letter. What will my family do without me? I walked into my kitchen‚ sat down‚ and turned on the TV. I knew the basics of the war: Russia started Communism‚ a form of monarchy where they had an absolute ruler who could
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The U.S. sought to both dominate the air and ground of Vietnam with the latter contradicting the former as the American military valued policies of attrition and kill count rather than conventional means of securing territory like in previous major conflicts. Because of the America’s unfamiliarity with the foreign country‚ the Vietnam War grew more and more complex as there were no front lines due to both the unfamiliar terrain and temporary enemy
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involement in the Vietnam war is a conversial topic because many thing occured during that time that didn’t set well in many Americans souls. This war reveal many tragic losses to people livelihood. These losses made certain americans wonder how American involement participation was unjust. The solution to this gruesome war was not agreed on by many americans . Martin Luther King Jr builds his argument on the affect of the felllow americans and the ways american solves the problems in vietnam. To begin
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