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    The bloody Vietnam War of the 1950’s was fought by the brave American troops with the help of the Canadian citizens. Though‚ sources claim that Canada had a limited amount of contribution in the war‚ facts state otherwise. The Vietnam War took place during the Cold War era where a military conflict had occurred in Vietnam‚ Laos‚ and Cambodia from November 1 1955 to April 30 1975. Canada became officially involved in the Vietnam conflict in 1954‚ as part of the International Commission for Supervision

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    the 1960’s and 1970’s‚ Cambodia was involved in a civil war and the Vietnam War simultaneously. On March 18‚ 1969‚ Operation Menu was executed by President Richard Nixon. This was a secret bombing campaign in eastern Cambodia whose objective was to bomb suspected communist bases‚ “American B-52s began carpet-bombing eastern Cambodia… was[this]the first course in a four-year bombing campaign that drew Cambodia headlong into the Vietnam War‚” (Caught in the Crossfire). American bombers killed Viet

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    event in the Vietnam war. America was fighting North Vietnam‚ where communism was in use‚ in favor of South Vietnam to protect freedom as they vowed to do. America was a superpower with an excellent military and numerous supplies and weapons. In no way do they expect a loss. While America’s military tactics tended to be more on the offensive side‚ North Vietnam fought with strategy‚ only fighting when opportunity and surprise was on their side. During the Tet uprising‚ North Vietnam used strategy

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    Term 3 Paper: The Media and Vietnam War The Vietnam War was a war of mass destruction‚ leaving Vietnam to become bitterly divided and claiming the many lives of Vietnamese civilians as well as American soldiers. Out of all the wars in American history‚ the Vietnam War was the first war to be broadly televised and covered by the media. It came to be known as the first “Television War”. Journalists began to pour into Vietnam from all over the nation‚ to cover the lives of the American Soldiers as

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    I can say‚ without a shadow of a doubt‚ I would dodge the draft. The thought of going to war makes me feel terrible. According to the “Background Essay”‚ the Vietnamese were very unconventional in their warfare‚ and that would terrify me. Even if I was in danger‚ why would I want to kill people? There is no reason to join if I am not going to provide any usefulness. I have a weak stomach‚ not to mention my conscience after I would kill other people. First of all‚ referencing the “Hook Exercise: The

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    The Social Impact of the Vietnam War Annotated Bibliography DeVry University Introduction to Humanities M M 09/29/2013 The Social Impact of the Vietnam War The Vietnam War was undoubtedly an event that had an impact on the overall culture of the American society. The hippie movement in particular was the most visible effect of that impact. It can be regarded as one of the most powerful counterculture movements in the American History. Many of its ideas and values permeated into

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    The Vietnam war had a huge effect on the outcomes of the Vietnamese people. According to the Migration Policy website‚ Vietnamese Immigration on the United States‚ Was small one prior to 1795‚ and it has grown a lot. And it has roughly been doubling every decade in 1980-2000. And it has been increasing 26 percent in 2000. And Vietnamese represented the sixth largest immigrant group in the country‚ and those who were born in Mexico‚ India ‚ China. Every year the Vietnamese Immigration has been growing

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    protesting against the Vietnam war‚ however‚ they use different techniques and writing stiles to convey the message. The Song uses a first person narrative stile to convey the traumatic experiences of the soldiers‚ the poem‚ however‚ does not refer to experiences‚ instead it uses strong‚ passionate words that directly refer to the effect of trauma. The beginning sentence of the poem clearly shows the authors stile of writing‚ bringing the audience straight to the point. “War drags men to the very

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    The United States has already been in war with Vietnam for four years when Nixon took office in 1969. Already more than thirty- six thousand Americans have lost their lives only up to 1968 and the United States had a total of 475‚200 forces in Vietnam. Nixon was determined to bring America out of this problem; unlike past President Lyndon Johnson. Very early in Nixon’s presidency‚ he made the decision to order the air force to bomb Cambodian territory in order to destroy enemy sanctuaries‚ but he

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