The Vietnam War had a big impact on New Zealand war veterans. Between 1964-1972‚ there was about 4‚000 young New Zealanders who had volunteered to service in Vietnam‚ they were wanting to get out into the world and do something exciting but the thrills of war were soon replaced by the gruesome reality. Things got worse when they finally returned home as they came to face an angry public and were told to get out of their uniform quickly and not to tell anyone where they had been. The full impact of
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Vietnams Impact on America By: Rusty Rimmer April 15‚ 2010 American History 2 One of the most disruptive wars in American history ended 25 years ago‚ but the United States is still dealing with the problems that it left. This war was Vietnam War. Many people believe that this war is still affecting America even today. During the Vietnam War the national debt increased by $146 billion (1967-1973). Adjusted for price increases‚ the debt in 1992 was $500 billion dollars. Even though America
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Impacts of The Vietnam War The Vietnam War lasted twenty years. It took more than two million lives away including many American soldiers and citizens (Rohn). The United States involvement in the Vietnam War caused many unnecessary deaths. The United States used twenty million gallons of herbicides and many bombs to attack the Viet Cong (Rohn).American soldiers were fighting the Viet Cong in Vietnam. America destroyed crops from villages and reduced the wooded areas where the Viet Cong could hide
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Currently‚ inflation is also a big trouble in Vietnam as well as Asia countries. Vietnam’s government estimated that the inflation rate in April rose to 21.42 percent‚ the sixth consecutive month of significantly increasing and among the highest rate in Asia (Vietnam’s inflation hits 21.4 percent in April‚ Thanh Nien Daily News‚ April 26‚ 2008). Such hazardous situation has drawn great attention of authorities and general public on account of its severe impact on the economy in general and on people’s
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THE Social Impact of the Vietnam War Jess Carrignan December 10‚ 2010 A.P. U.S. History Changes in societies have occurred since the very first civilizations and continue to occur today. Each society is a reflection of the art and music‚ as well as the people and their values and beliefs of the people of the time. The social structure of the people is very much shaped by the events that occur during that particular generation. Often in history major events such as wars and natural disasters
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Vietnams Impact on American Citizens The Vietnam War had a large effect on American citizens. The Vietnam war lasted 10 years‚ over 2.5 million people died and millions were injured. There were more bombs dropped in the Vietnam War than in all of WWII. There has yet to be another war that has caused Americans to lose confidence in the national government and become as divided as the Vietnam War did. The Vietnam War changed the lives of the American soldiers and citizens’ like no other war has. The
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world trade and world output because: Firms still fear the threat of protectionism. The general shift toward democratic political institutions and free market economies has encouraged FDI. The globalization of the world economy is having a positive impact on the volume of FDI as firms undertake FDI to ensure they have a significant presence in many regions of the world. Figure : FDI Outflows 1982-2006 ($ billions) DIRECTION OF FDI: Most FDI has historically been directed at the developed nations
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the world economy‚ the debate is not likely to end any time soon. This paper will take a look at the positive impacts of globalization by examining Nike in Vietnam. Nike has long been viewed as the poster child for problems associated with globalization. Many have accused Nike of employing workers in sweatshop like conditions in poorer countries like China‚ and more recently Vietnam. In addition to the sweatshop claims‚ people often say that Nike employs child labor‚ often even claiming that
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Social‚ Economic and Political Effects of the War. The controversial Vietnam War had a huge impact on Australian society in the 1960’s/1970’s. It affected all aspects of society‚ such as the social‚ economic and political issues. Vietnam was known as a ’TV War’. A lot of violent and gruesome footage of the war was broadcasted right into people’s homes. People felt the need to report their own opinions and a very biased view of the war‚ they were not concerned with the thoughts of the Vietnamese
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Thus far the Vietnam War has shown to be a highly complex situation. Many of times‚ I have found myself agreeing with Lyndon B. John’s decisions to escalate the war. First and foremost‚ the United States had made a promise of freedom and tranquility to the people (whom were not part of Viet-Cong) of Vietnam. As an American‚ it is my opinion that the United States had to uphold its word‚ essentially its credibility. Secondly‚ withdrawing troops from Vietnam when the situation was really out of
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