The Vietnam War was the longest and most costly war in the history of the United States‚ lasting from November 1st‚ 1955 to April 30th‚ 1975‚ which pitted North Vietnam their southern ally‚ Viet Chong‚ against South Vietnam and its main ally‚ the United States. America made promises and commitments to the people and government of South Vietnam that they would keep Communists from overtaking them. Eisenhower sent military advisors — soldiers that aid foreign nations with military training‚ organization
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“Vietnam War” Location: Vietnam Date: April‚1954 - April‚ 1975 Background: The Vietnam War‚ also consider by many the Second Indochina War‚ was a war that lasted approximately twenty-one years. Although the Vietnam War had several events that led to the chaos‚ one of the main causes of the war involved the spread of communism. It was believed by many that communism could spread and the citizens of Vietnam at the time were having conflict with the French colonial‚ this lead up to the war. This
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9/1/2017 Cavaiani On Our Honor Vietnam War 1955 - 1975 The start of the Vietnam War: The Vietnam War with the United States started on November 1st 1955. It ended on April 30‚ 1975. The Vietnam War lasted a long 20 years‚ killing more than 3 million people. The Vietnam War was called the American War by the vietnamese people. The Vietnam War was fought in North and South Vietnam‚ Cambodia‚ and Laos. The Vietnam War was caused by the actions of consequences of the Cold War. The belief by the United States
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Lessons Learned by The American Experience of the Vietnam War Christal K. Jones Professor Anderson August 15¸ 2013 Introduction The Vietnam War lasted close to twenty years; the American experience help to put into perspective‚ the complex lessons that the United States military and its leadership should have learned from their involvement in this war. This paper will discuss some of the lessons learned from the following arenas: diplomatic negotiations‚ presidential leadership‚ and cultural/social
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The vietnam war was and still is a painful memory to most people in America which had and still has monumental significance today. Socially at the time the vietnam war was divisive and caused protests and marches.Also economically it was just too much money in the wrong place.My third reason for why the war was so significant historically is vietnam syndrome a non medical yet political term referring to Americas aversion to overseas conflict due to the vietnam war.My final reason for the vietnam’s
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Gloria Pollock was 16 years old when the Vietnam War began. When the war first started‚ Mrs. Pollock did not think much of it. She just thought of it as another war that the United States would take care of. It was not a big deal to her‚ until further into the war‚ when she realized it could affect the US in a pretty big way. Although she‚ or anyone in her family‚ did not fight in the war‚ she knew a few people that had entered the war. Most of them were her friend’s fathers or brothers. When asked
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families were torn apart. As American got sucked deeper into the war‚ Americans wanted to get out more badly. The growth of anti-war movements was caused by a mixture of different factors. The decline of support for the Vietnam War mainly started in 1968. Although antiwar movements in the United States had been occurring before‚ the Tet Offensive opened the eyes of countless people. General Westmoreland had assured the public that the war was going to come to a swift end soon‚ that there was "light
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article “Growing up Hmong in Laos and America: Two Generations of Women through My Eyes” written by Pa Xiong Gonzalo‚ who came to the United States as refugee in the past. She is a Hmong‚ an ethnic group from the Asian countries. This article is about her experiences on how her life was when she first came to the United States to the success of graduating from an U.S university. During that period‚ there were a few cultural and tradition issues happened in her family. I did not know Hmong group before as
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in the Vietnam War. It was a series of attacks against South Vietnam. The Tet Offensive took place in the city of Hue back in 1968. Throughout this difficult time period‚ many people were killed‚ wounded or missing in action. This battle had caused a tremendous change in the lives of Americans‚ North and South Vietnamese citizens. Tet is a holiday on the Vietnamese calendar that has been valued by many people. It had been an occasion for an unofficial peace agreement in the Vietnam War between
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Vietnam war protests and the antiwar music of the 1960’s Rachel Allison AP us history due 12/12/14 The Vietnam War had a huge impact on the American people that will not soon be forgotten. During this period of time America was facing many serious challenges all at once. Americans were at war fighting for freedom and democracy because of the fear of the domino effect; a theory that a communist victory in one country would lead to a chain reaction of communist takeovers in neighboring countries
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