Losses from the Vietnam War The Vietnam War took a lot from the United States including human life‚ money‚ and supplies. Thousands of lives were lost. Some countries think we don’t feel loss because we are so strong‚ but we feel loss just like any other. Resources are vital to wars and so is manpower. Lives shouldn’t of been thrown away carelessly. It cost more than it should’ve ever had over a useless war. The loss of life was ridiculous over fifty eight thousand United States soldiers died
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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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television shows start adding some exciting scenes in order to satisfy people’s desires. However‚ teenagers‚ who haven’t totally developed the ability to think independently‚ are not ready for those scenes yet. Those television scenes create a negative influence in teenagers’ lives by causing them to make bad decisions. According to the research‚ teenagers spend nearly four hours every day on television‚ and this is their main activity besides sleeping and studying. Among all the television programs‚ sexual
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The Vietnam War was a conflict between Northern Vietnam‚ who held communists beliefs‚ and Southern Vietnam who opposed communism. In an attempt to combat communism globally‚ the United States of America formed an alliance with Southern Vietnam. The war initiated when‚ "the Vietnamese waged an anti-colonial war against France‚ which received $2.6 billion in financial support from the United States. The French defeat at the Dien Bien Phu was followed by a peace conference in Geneva."(1) This anti-colonial
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Australia ’s Involvement in the Vietnam War‚ the Political Dimension Part 1 © Brian Ross‚ 1995 Introduction This is the second post promised analysing why Australia entered the Vietnam War. American readers should be warned that because it looks primarily at the domestic political scene in Australia at the time‚ it does as a consequence refer to characters and events which most of you will not be aware of. However‚ I have included a short preface‚ attempting to identify most of the major players
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11/11/10 Vietnam War The Vietnam War‚ a war whose beginnings and causes were questionable. Some say it was necessary for the US to intervene others say that there was no need to shed innocent blood over something that could have been solved using words. As I researched this war I couldn’t help but to stop and really think about the reasons we entered the war. The beginning of the war started during World War Two‚ when Japanese forces invaded Vietnam forcing out the French influence. After the
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The United States as a country never experienced an international war conflict that will significantly destroy their land‚ cities or cost lots of lives of innocent civilians. If the US was participating in the war it was usually under the label of rescuers. It is right that they helped to save lots of nations during the war times but sometimes we should ask was it necessary to expand the problem into the war such as Vietnam War? They wanted to protect democracy and yes‚ it is important but they were
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Vietnam War of 1954-1975 prolonged to a conflict that potholed the communist in the North Vietnam’s government and the southern allies; that was called the Viet Cong‚ versus the South Vietnam’s government and its chief ally‚ the US. This war was known as the “American War” in Vietnam (War against the Americans to save their Nation). This war was as well divisor of a larger local controversy‚ and this might have led to the cold war that existed between the United States and their respective allies
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“Rose‚ I already told you‚ you and Gale were the Americans last time!” “Fine‚” I said disapprovingly. The war had been going on for at least a year now and we had only won once‚ the battle at Trenton and Princeton. But that was nine months ago. I didn’t believe in the war‚ but Ellen sure did! In fact‚ she wanted to join! And when she told us‚ we went nuts. “I’m going to join the war‚” she said in a overly serious voice. “Pffft! That’s really funny! Do you want to go get some lunch?” “No‚ no
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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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