The Vietnam War last from 1964-1975 for America and was it longest war. Throughout those eleven years many stories and letters were written and many more would come long after the wars end. While officially the conflict was considered to be a police action‚ many consider it be just rough and brutal as any other war fought in modern history. The majority of soldiers who did return home came back to an America far different than the one they left behind and were subject to the hatred of anti-war protestors
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Aggression in the Vietnam War Submitted by: CHST 711 Canada and The United States July 11‚ 2013 Canada’s status during the Vietnam was officially that of a non-belligerent passive observer. Despite this‚ Canada would remain a major supplier of goods to the United States during the war‚ many of which would end up going to Vietnam to support the war effort. Canada traded raw materials to the United States as well as military gear‚ munitions‚ napalm‚ and allowed U.S military testing
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During the Vietnam War‚ the United States became involved with Vietnam because America was worried about communism spreading around the world and wanted to contain communism. President Truman decided to support France since he thought French troops would make the French economy more stable. For this reason‚ Truman gave the French some money to help their economy. When President Eisenhower became President‚ he believed in what was named the Domino Theory. The Domino Theory is the belief that if one
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Wars of National Liberation and the End of Colonialism National liberation is a concept that has been justly and unjustly idealized for many generations. Freedom and independence are rights that every person deserves‚ and‚ sadly enough‚ war is often the only means by which to obtain these basic human needs. Most Americans living today know close to nothing about dictatorships‚ tyranny and how many people don ’t have these rights‚ which most American people commonly ignore. National liberations
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Presidential Administrations during the Vietnam era. Vietnam was not just a war on communism in a small Southeast Asian country. In his book The “Uncensored” War‚ Daniel C. Hallin describes Vietnam as a “public
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In her article‚ “The Vietnam War in American Memory‚” Marilyn Young discusses that the Vietnam War “happened among Americans.” What Young is saying is that there was a war going on in Vietnam‚ but there was also animosity between the American soldiers and citizens. It was a horrifying and devastating time in American during the Vietnam War and Young even describes it as‚ “American civil War.” Young inquiries the government on why America got involved in this war in the first place. In the film
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Limited War Ideology Lisa Phillips 11/21/2013 Professor Michel Rules of engagement that the United States followed were formulated to limit the force of operations in North Vietnam. The focus was to destroy North Vietnam’s abilities to fight‚ but in a way that would not upset China and Russia. The last thing the United States wanted was a full blown war with the Communists (Moss‚2010). The ROE with limited war ideology and its assumptions are seen through the perspectives
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American discrimination. This is because as America open its door to welcome the refugees‚ the media portrayed refugees in a stereotypical way. With the influence of the media‚ American public discriminated and even attacked the refugees. The legacies of war brought to the Hmong people were high causalities‚ dispersion of families‚ and identity crisis. The Hmong people had dealt with all these legacies by adapting to the new environment and having a secondary migration.
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The Vietnam War was not short of its share of controversies and opposition; However‚ March 16‚ 1968 marked a particularly dark moment for both Vietnam and the U.S. military. The barbaric torture‚ rape‚ and murder of around 400 unarmed civilians by Charlie Company in ‘Pinkville’‚ though initially covered up‚ left an extensive paper trail gathered at length and compiled by James S. Olson and Randy Roberts in My Lai: A Brief History with Documents. Olson and Roberts include testimonies from the tardy
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Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War (19541975) erupted because of the threat of freedom and danger towards Australia’s democracy and society. Officially in 1966 a full blown war erupted and Australia’s military commitment increased. Australian troops also fought before the war in South Korea(19501953)‚ as communist North Korea sought to unite them both into communism.The main reasons for Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam war was because of the fear of communism‚ which also relates to the theory of the
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