The Vietnam War has left behind many lessons. These lessons can serve to shape and transform our lives in such a way to communicate success. From a military standpoint‚ one has the ability to function as a strategic thinker‚ tactical planner‚ or logician. The goal of this assignment is to decide which one of these‚ defines my character?‚ what is needed from my environment to accomplish my goals?‚ and what strict military lesson can be used in pursuit of my goal? A strategic thinker
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Vietnam US marines capture Vietnamese soldiersis a small country to the south of China (‘Vietnamese’ means “non-Chinese people of the south”). There were a lot of reasons for the US to enter into this war‚ of course all of them were considered ‘moral’ and ‘correct’. One long term reason was America’s fear of Communism. The USA is a primarily Christian population‚ they as well as people of some other religions felt that Communism was “godless” because they were atheists. America was also a democracy
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The Vietnam War was probably the most problematic of all US wars‚ not the least due to the fact that there were many paradoxes. The US built up a harsh regime in the south of Vietnam in the name of protecting democracy; “saving” lives by destroying villages and communities. Although America was only meant to "advise" the Vietnamese; the border was crossed very quickly. This was mostly caused by the vague definition of the US objectives; everything was quite unclear and imprecise so that no one really
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there was much conflict between the North & South in Vietnam. The question is what conflicts initiated the Cold War. The relationship between the both states already had difficulties from the beginning of time. In the South‚ they usually contained a smaller population than the North but were consequently growing as a group. As everyone knows that a great relationship has to be built by a trust‚ that was the one thing between the states they did not possess. Due to this‚ both of them were set for
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In the course of the Vietnam War‚ there have been many different factors why the USA became increasingly involved. One reason included how they believed it would be a ‘simple’ war to fight and for that reason‚ they would have the ability to easily win plus the war would not continue on for too long. Additionally they desired to contain communism as they believed they might be capable to stop the growth of communism within Asia. In order to help retain communism‚ they believed in the ‘domino theory’
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Thesis: It was right of the United States to draft soldiers into the Vietnam War because we needed to look bigger‚ and the way we drafted was completely fair to the men drafted for war‚ the United States needed to look more powerful. I. The Vietnam War draft included millions of Americans‚ you weren’t chosen by skill‚ you were chosen if you could shoot a gun. A. There was about 2.2 million people in the United States that were drafted into the Vietnam War. B. There was not a choice‚ if you dodged the draft you were considered to be
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The Vietnam War began in December 1956 and ended with the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was fought between North Vietnam‚ supported by China and USSR‚ and South Vietnam backed by the US. The US involvement in the war was part of the wider strategy of containment to stop the spread of communism. The North Vietnamese government and the Viet Cong were fighting to reunify Vietnam under communist rule. Vietnam launched a full-scale invasion of Democratic Kampuchea on 25 December‚ 1978 after
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The book I read was titled Here There are Tigers‚ The Secret Air War in Laos‚ 1968-69. It was written by Reginald Hawthorn and is his personal experience as a Major in the Air Force. I wanted to know an Air Force pilot’s perspective since I read about so much bombing going on during the Vietnam War. He was an FAC (Forward Air Controller) and flew an O-2 single prop airplane during Vietnam from 1968-1969. Major Reginald Hathorn was an instructor at Laughlin Air Force Base when he got the call on Friday
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The Vietnam War There was a connection between the students and the Vietnam War and it affected them as well. Before the Vietnam War began the American population held Congressmen‚ Universities‚ and all other official institutions in high regard. In the 1960s the views began to change‚ there were two simple view points between students. One side felt as though the U.S. didn’t need to get involved in the War at all‚ they felt as though it was a losing battle which continued to put burdens on both
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points was Vietnam. Clueless as to there being three different groups all fighting in the same country‚ the military was at a loss. Vietcong troops killed an inordinate amount of US troops because they didn’t do their homework before rushing in the save the day. Nowadays‚ the US has the CIA {established in 1947} or the NSA {established in 1952} to collect data before going into a war or any military conflict. Due to this intelligence and the advancement
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