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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“Murderous and Decisive Struggle” (Fanon 39). “French imperialists … have violated our Fatherland and oppressed our fellow citizens. They have acted contrary to the ideals of humanity and justice” (Minh 1). Ho Chi Minh describes the effects of French colonization in a similarly to Frantz Fanon‚ who writes about practical and moral violence as a response to psychological and physical violence (Fanon). Practical violence has a clear purpose. As a means to an end it is undeniable‚ unstoppable and
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it’s people had developed a strong sense of nationalism. During World War II‚ it was once again occupied‚ this time by the Japanese. When Japan surrendered in 1945‚ Vietnam was free for the first time. Ho Chi Minh and his fighting force; The Viet Minh‚ took control of the country. On September 2‚ 1945‚ Ho Chi Minh proclaimed the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. However‚ their happy independence did not last long. The Allies of WWII agreed that Indo-China should be occupied by the Chinese nationalists
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At the peak of the Cold War‚ the US faced many social and international issues. Some of the decision that were made in the 1960s‚ still affect Americans today. People were mostly concerned with the idea of the draft and being sent to fight in a war that has lost its purpose. The main reason that America was still fighting in vietnam was the idea of the domino effect where if Vietnam were to fall to communism‚ the rest of Southeast Asia would follow. While president‚ Nixon took an immoral stance where
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As it can be seen‚ 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
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--City-state --European state model --Conurbation Cities: (Importance and what country they’re in!) People: -- Hong-Kong -- Ho Chi Minh -- Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) -- Pol Pot/Khmer Rouge -- Bangkok -- Mao Zedong -- Kuala Lumpur -- Chiang Kai Shek -- Singapore -- Corazon Aquino -- Jakarta -- Aung San Suu Kyi
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Guerrilla force the most important reason why the US withdrew from Vietnam? During the Cold War between Russia and America in the years 1945 – 1991 another conflict between the communist North of Vietnam ruled by Ho Chi Minh and the anti-communist south ruled by Diem began in 1959. Ho chi minh supporters in the south known as the Vietcong began trying to overthrow Diem’s corrupt government. Diem asked America for help to defeat the Vietcong to which they were more than eager to help as if they were
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Andre’ Umansky Two Systems into One In the past twenty years the United States school system has been accumulating quite a bit of criticism. Evidence shows that the United States has been lagging exponentially compared to almost all the industrialized countries. This specifically refers to Asian countries that are statistically blowing the U.S. out of the water. Recent survey results in the universal subject of math show us that the U.S. eighth graders have fallen behind‚ while the twelfth
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Following Ho Chi Minh: Bui Tin Bui Tin who served on the general staff of North Vietnam’s army received the unconditional surrender of South Vietnam. Tin later became the editor of Vietnam’s official newspaper‚ the “Peoples Daily”. Tin then immigrated to Paris after becoming disillusioned with the fruits of Vietnamese Communism. Following Ho Chi Minh allows the reader to gain valuable insight into how the North Vietnamese forces planned and executed the war‚ through military and psychological strategies
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mainly dense forest and jungle‚ made it impossible to fight a conventional war‚ however‚ the US came up with a solution to find VC soldiers called ‘search and destroy’. These missions usually involved aerial bombing to overcome problems‚ for example‚ the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Unfortunately only 1% of the ‘search and destroy’ missions were a success mainly because it was difficult to distinguish between VC members and civilians as they wore the same ‘pyjama’ clothes. This led to extreme brutality against innocent
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