The vietnam war was a long war between North and South Vietnam and America was the ally to South Vietnam to possibly stop the communism to take over the regime. America invested a lot of time and money into the process‚ only to be defeated. For the most part the Vietnam War had caused the United States major repercussions. The Vietnam War had established negative issues on the economy‚ foreign policy and immigration in the United States. The Vietnam War affected the U.S. economy in a negative
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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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1. Alfred Smith was attacked/smeared in the 1928 election because of religious differences (Catholic) and the prosperity of the ‘20s the Republicans took credit of. 2. Stock prices first began to decline in 1929 because less people bought stocks and there was overproduction. 3. Before FDR‚ when a bank failed‚ bank depositors were forced to close due to bankruptcy. 4. Economist believed the main reason for the Great Depression was overproduction‚ low wages‚ and high tariffs. 5. FDR’s
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Attitudes to the Vietnam War (Mirams et al) Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam conflict: 1965 – 1970 Between 1965 and 1970 Australians’ attitudes to their country’s involvement in the Vietnam War changed The opposition grew as events of the war unfolded over the following five years Those opposing both conscription and Australia’s involvement in Vietnam expanded from small groups of university students and peace activists to a broad section of the community. The Vietnam Moratorium of 1970
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to pull out of Vietnam. At the Geneva Conference of 1954‚ an agreement was met called the Geneva Accords‚ it stated the French would draw all military forces out of Vietnam and temporarily divide Vietnam along the 17th parallel; which spilt the country into communist North Vietnam which was supported by Russia and China and non-communist South Vietnam supported by the United States. The communist government in North Vietnam was led by Ho Chi Minh; he sought to unite Vietnam under communist rule.
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The Vietnam War was one of the most divisive and drawn-out wars in US history. The Vietnam War was fought between North Vietnam‚ supported by the Soviet Union and China‚ and South Vietnam‚ supported by the United States. The US became involved in Vietnam to prevent the spread of communism in Southeast Asia but became even more involved after the US ship Maddox was attacked in the Gulf of Tonkin. The conflict was drawn-out and costly‚ with many casualties on both sides. During the presidencies of
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first of over two million American boots touched ground in Vietnam in May of 1965‚ but for what reason were they being deployed to a foreign country? Most soldiers did not even know the exact reason they were being deployed. Derek Seidman’s article tells the world that soldiers did not know why they were actually fighting. The article states: Few knew why they were fighting; once they arrived in-country‚ the Cold War rationale for the war felt like a vapid abstraction. The “body count” strategy seemed
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World War II was a global war that took place from 1939 to 1945. There were two main factions: the Allies‚ led by Britain‚ France‚ and later by America‚ and the Axis‚ consisted of German‚ Japan and Italy. It was considered the deadliest war in history‚ involving more than 100 million people from over 30 countries‚ and reached‚ according to Axelrod and Alan (2011)‚ an estimated of 50 million to 85 million deaths. American was the last country to join the conflict and gained most profit from it. At
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The Vietcong fought a Guerrilla war. Using “Non-explosive land mines” to defeat their enemy: examples being deploying Booby-traps‚ ambushing American patrols or planting bombs. Booby-traps and tunnels were two essential methods regarding the engagement of Vietcong and American soldiers in Vietnam. Booby-traps were placed all over the Vietnamese jungle‚ in irregular locations thus making many soldiers feel anxious and fearful. Examples of this would be the Side Closing Panji‚ A spike board‚ the Grenade
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Vietnam War The Cold War was the base to creating the Vietnam War. The Indochina War contributed create the Vietnam War as well. The Cold War and the Vietnam War were almost the same war. The countries in each war argued over whose way of leading or ruling was right. The Vietnam War did have fighting though. But‚ the Indochina War wasn’t like that. The Indochina war was over who should have power in Vietnam. To fully understand the Vietnam war‚ you have to understand the Cold War and the Indochina
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