In document 29-1‚ President Kennedy says the United States are fighting in Vietnam because the United States do not want Vietnam to be a communist. Vietnam needs extensive assistance from capitalist states because Vietnam is not capable of defending themselves from the communist. He also says that Vietnam falling to the communism means that the entire Southeast Asia potentially falls to the communism‚ and it eventually threatens the United States and their allies. Therefore‚ the war in Vietnam is
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“Vietnam War” Location: Vietnam Date: April‚1954 - April‚ 1975 Background: The Vietnam War‚ also consider by many the Second Indochina War‚ was a war that lasted approximately twenty-one years. Although the Vietnam War had several events that led to the chaos‚ one of the main causes of the war involved the spread of communism. It was believed by many that communism could spread and the citizens of Vietnam at the time were having conflict with the French colonial‚ this lead up to the war. This
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President Johnson is ranked 4th because he implemented great domestic policies such as health care programs but he created a credibility gap. One of the foreign Policy was the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War was a conflict between North and South Vietnam in which the North was led by a Communist and nationalist regime that fought against the Japanese in World War II and against French colonial rule in the 1940s. In 1954‚ the north won control of North Vietnam when the French agreed to a partition in
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2. DRV’s proposals At Geneva‚ the proposals of the DRV negotiator- Pham Van Dong‚ the DRV’s vice-minister for foreign affairs‚ included several basic points that called for a cease-fire; peace‚ independence‚ unity and democracy in Indochina; relations with France; and relations among VN‚ Laos‚ Cambodia and with foreign countries. In detail‚ from DRV’s point of view‚ they expected a final settlement which would contribute more advantageous to the Indochinese revolution. Indochina was one battlefield
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For years‚ America’s finest fought to help preserve a sovereign communist free country. The United States had different strategies throughout the war in Vietnam. The initial strategy was to just contain the communist from the North and preserve the south with training the South Vietnamese. Many strategies failed in the Vietnam War. The south’s unstable government made it difficult for the United States to devise a sound strategy. The United States also used Operation Rolling Thunder. It was
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French Colonialism greatly influenced the Viet Minh to seek Change. The Viet Minh wanted independence for Vietnam. Their attempts were made to achieve independence in 1945 with the battle of Cao Bang which then grew to the battle of DBP. These actions had significant consequences such as enormous loss of life‚ French Surrender and the independence for North Vietnam French Colonialism influenced the VM to seek independence for their nation. Colonialism is the ‘Outworking’ desire of a nation to
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When assessing the importance of the Viet Cong (VC) in the Communist victory‚ one cannot look past the unity‚ discipline and effective organisation in the vanguard of the VC forces. The Viet Cong were made up of volunteer servicemen who traveled to South Vietnam as Autumn Cadres - ready to exploit the coming political harvest. The central purpose of the Viet Cong campaigns was to polarise the population‚ to divide it irrevocably from the GVN‚ and to mobilise it for service and sacrifice in support
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hundreds of lives had taken away by the typhoon. My hometown‚ Quang Ngai‚ was badly affected by this natural calamity since it was also in the central part of Vietnam. My father‚ a successful businessman‚ was a director of a charity organization in Ho Chi Minh City. With that incident‚ my father knew that he could not turn his back to the people that needed his help. He formed a group of young people who were passionate in helping those people in the central coast. As a young kid who was full of
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“The Details of Military Life in Vietnam in Tim O’Brien’s ‘The Things They Carried’” “The Things They Carried” is a story based on the experiences of young American soldiers fighting during the Vietnam War. The story begins giving you insight into the thoughts of the soldiers‚ describing to you what they humped along with them through their walk in the deep jungle of Vietnam. Some of those things were necessities “P-38 can openers‚ pocket knives‚ heat tabs‚ wristwatches‚ dog tags‚ mosquito
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Reality of the Vietnam War During the Vietnam War the reality of warfare brought many soldiers back to a home that didn’t want them. Their feelings torn by atrocities‚ the loss of friends‚ and the condition of loneliness only made the experience worse. Did the issues on the home front affect the issues on the frontline? The novel Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers is a perfect example of the conflict and diversity among other soldiers during the Vietnam War. It shows the reality many soldiers
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