Hist Period 4 11/11/10 Vietnam War The Vietnam War‚ a war whose beginnings and causes were questionable. Some say it was necessary for the US to intervene others say that there was no need to shed innocent blood over something that could have been solved using words. As I researched this war I couldn’t help but to stop and really think about the reasons we entered the war. The beginning of the war started during World War Two‚ when Japanese forces invaded Vietnam forcing out the French influence
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ASEAN I. ASEAN Background By the end of the twentieth century‚ the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was experiencing growing pains. The organization had changed vastly since its inception in 8 August 1967‚ when it served as a political bulwark against the Cold War superpowers in order to protect the independence of its founding member states—Indonesia‚ the Philippines‚ Singapore‚ Malaysia‚ and Thailand. Brunei Darussalam then joined on 7 January 1984‚ Viet Nam on 28 July 1995
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Introduction Social‚ moral‚ and political philosophies are three branches that share elements‚ but are different in application. This paper considers what the fields have in common‚ how they are different‚ and how they apply to modern life. When thinkers contemplate such diverse ideas such as justice‚ love‚ friendship‚ democracy‚ and divorce‚ they are considering concepts that fit in one or more of the three fields of philosophy discussed in this paper. Contrasts and Commonality When philosophy
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Appendix C Outcomes of the Revolution Part 1 Complete the grid by describing each military event and explaining its relationship to the outcome of the Revolutionary War. Military Event | Description | Relationship to the Outcome of the Revolutionary War | Concord and Lexington | Was the first military engagement of the revolutionary warThe british were given secret orders to capture and destroy military ammo | These were the first battles that got the revolutionary war going | Fort
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Illegal Drug Use During the Vietnam War‚ American soldiers and officials used illegal drugs such as marijuana‚ heroin and opium to release stress from war and to kill the pain of an injury. The uses of narcotics were not strictly monitored and were sold at low prices increasing the amount of usage. The use of illicit drugs may have also resulted in some sexual assaults that led to children with mixed nationalities. Before the Americans came into Vietnam‚ drug laws were not well determined and people
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As World War 2 ended and the Cold War began‚ communism began to expand from Russia into South-East Asia. China and North Korea became communist and communism continued to spread south as Vietnam became independent from the French after the battle of Dien Bien Phu resulting in the country being split at the 17th parallel into communist North and non-communist South. The United States entered the war to stop the spread of Communism in Southeast Asia‚ as they feared that Communist forces would gain
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The Vietnam Conflict: A Nation’s Intervention Directly after the Second World War‚ nations everywhere were suffering from post-war dilemmas; governments were in turmoil. To many countries‚ the antagonist of democracy‚ communism‚ seemed like a valuable answer to end their state of turmoil. Vietnam‚ being one of the countries that sought for an answer‚ was split in half upon making a decision. America was in fear that a North Vietnam communist takeover of South Vietnam would ignite
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Appendix C Outcomes of the Revolution Part 1 Complete the grid by describing each military event and explaining its relationship to the outcome of the Revolutionary War. |Military Event |Description |Relationship to the Outcome of the Revolutionary War | | |These two battles were the first battles in the Revolutionary War. They were two |The outcome of these two
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The Vietnam War is one of the most controversial wars that the United States ever fought in. The war was regarded by many as unnecessary and most of the public wanted no part in the war. The Vietnam War was one of the most deadly wars in United States history. The amount of people that died is insurmountable‚ and we will never forget those who gave there lives during combat. Many films were made to show the American public how gruesome and bloody the Vietnam War was. I believe one of the best films
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direct war with each other (source 11). This meant that the USSR was only able to support North Vietnam through supplying China with arms who in turn would arm the North Vietnamese (source 11). Nevertheless‚ the Vietnam war was still composed of the “classic Cold War” scenario (source 11)‚ as there was support from the Capitalist west as well as support from the communist East in conflict against each other. In addition‚ the opposing ideologies of the Cold War further influenced the Vietnam war. The
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