“NAACP Support of the Vietnam War: 1963-1969” talks about the head of the NAACP‚ his relation with President Johnson and the support they provided to his policy. It goes on to mention that it was also a financial benefit to the organization to stand with the president during that time. The article written by Veronia Majerol in New York Times Upfront‚ titled “The Vietnam WAR” talks more on how the war divided America‚ mostly between generations‚ the older crowds supported the war and the younger crowd
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The Vietnam War took place took place in Southeast Asia from November 1‚ 1955 through April 30‚ 1975. After World War II‚ Vietnam was divided into the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in the north‚ and the Republic of Vietnam in the south. The United States of America’s involvement in this conflict was to help contain the spread of communism. The U.S. learned many lessons from this conflict‚ from political limitations on warfare‚ gaining and losing public support‚ and fighting against a guerrilla
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The Vietnam War is the commonly used name for the Second Indochina War‚ 1954–1973. Usually‚ it refers to the period when the United States and other members of the SEATO (Southeast Asia Treaty Organization) joined the forces of the Republic of South Vietnam in contesting communist forces comprised of South Vietnamese guerrillas and regular-force units‚ generally known as Viet Cong (VC)‚ and the North Vietnamese Army (NVA). The U.S. had the largest foreign military presence and basically directed
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Impacts of The Vietnam War The Vietnam War lasted twenty years. It took more than two million lives away including many American soldiers and citizens (Rohn). The United States involvement in the Vietnam War caused many unnecessary deaths. The United States used twenty million gallons of herbicides and many bombs to attack the Viet Cong (Rohn).American soldiers were fighting the Viet Cong in Vietnam. America destroyed crops from villages and reduced the wooded areas where the Viet Cong could hide
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The Vietnam War was a very long war fought by the United States. Actually‚ the time span was the longest of wars fought. The Vietnam War‚ itself‚ spanned for about 15 years with in the time frame from 1955-1975‚ however‚ there was conflict leading up to the war for many years before hand. This war was between North and South Vietnam. North Vietnam had allies or support from China‚ the Soviet Union‚ and a few other communist allies‚ whereas South Vietnam was supported or had the allies of the United
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says the United States are fighting in Vietnam because the United States do not want Vietnam to be a communist. Vietnam needs extensive assistance from capitalist states because Vietnam is not capable of defending themselves from the communist. He also says that Vietnam falling to the communism means that the entire Southeast Asia potentially falls to the communism‚ and it eventually threatens the United States and their allies. Therefore‚ the war in Vietnam is for Americans to protect their free
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The Vietnam war is one of the most talked about events in history. The war made the American people resent their government. At first people supported the government in their plan to stop communism‚ but as time went on people wanted it to end. There were several reasons that people felt opposition towards the war‚ such as: the government was shady and was feeding people lies about the Vietnam‚ thousands of lives were lost and the people saw soldiers watched them do it all‚ and lastly how much we
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The Significance of The Vietnam War Within one generation‚ The United States have experienced The Second World War‚ The Korean War and fifteen years of The Cold War crisis. The Vietnam War was the last drop into the cup of American patience. The costs of The Vietnam War were intolerable‚ because they contravened traditional American values and hopes. In the year 1965‚ American government announced‚ with public support‚ that America is going to win the guerilla war and defeat the "global communist
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in Vietnam. 1953 January 20‚ 1953- Former five-star Army general‚ Dwight D. Eisenhower‚ becomes the 34th U.S President. This event is important because he becomes America’s new President and because he does a lot with the Vietnam War. 1954 April 7‚ 1954- President Eisenhower introduced the Domino Theory in response to a news conference. This event is important because it was a reason for war in the 1950’s. It speculated that if one state in a region became under the influence of communism‚ then
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The Korean and Vietnam war are very similar in that both were the US’s attempt to fight communism by waging war in a distant third world country. Both wars were unpopular in the US and both led to a lack of victory. In fact‚ remarkable similarities exist between the Korean War and the Vietnam War; from the US support of a dictatorial and corrupt anti-communist regime to its conception of communism as a monolithic entity‚ under which all communist nations were necessarily allies‚ rather than individuals
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