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    War is an undeniably complex subject and although most people know how they feel about the Vietnam War‚ it is rare for us to agree on exactly what was right and wrong. Despite this‚ we have the tendency to support facts‚ and the fact in this case is that Agent Orange had detrimental effects wherever it was spread. Agent Orange is a herbicide that was used by the United States Military during the Vietnam war‚ it is made up of equal parts 2‚4-D and 2‚4‚5-T. Its purpose was to destroy forests and enemy

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    The War in Vietnam is on event had many events which has impacted our history ever since the Vietnamese got independence from the French. The purpose of this essay is to explain how the Vietnam War led to many effects. The main reason why the Vietnam War occurred is because the Vietnamese wanted independence from the French. At first Vietnam was controlled by the afranch. Then‚ Ho Chi Minh fought the French and won. Then the Vietnam split into two countries: North Vietnam and South Vietnam

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    The Vietnam War Of all of the wars fought by the United States‚ the Vietnam War was by far the most controversial. After the defeat of French forces‚ Vietnam was divided into two sections: North Vietnam‚ and South Vietnam. North Vietnam became a Communist government under Ho Chi Minh‚ and South Vietnam eventually became a Republic under Ngo Dinh Diem. Under Diem ’s oppressive rule‚ the Viet Cong (those against Diem) grew in power‚ and the U.S. reacted to the Communist threat by sending in troops

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    War brings out the worst in human nature. Soldiers pinned against one another‚ and for what purpose? Justice‚ life and freedom? No‚ all these luxuries can not be afforded by the dead. Those soldiers who have survived this “clash of ideas” ‚ and have been captured by the enemy‚ have seen a fate worst than death. The American soldier captured and held in camps endured many horrible conditions which‚ were caused many deaths. The horrible treatment of the American P.O.W (Prisoners of War) reached it

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    The Vietnam War was considered one of the longest foreign wars that the United States fought in‚ up until the Afghan War. Like most wars there is many events that occur during them and for the Vietnam one event that stood out was the Tet Offensive. The Tet Offensive was an attempt for Vietnamese communist to gain back control and cause a wedge between the U.S. and the South Vietnamese. To develop a better perspective of the Tet Offensive‚ it would help to Know the Vietnamese communist perspective

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    in the Vietnam War. It was a series of attacks against South Vietnam. The Tet Offensive took place in the city of Hue back in 1968. Throughout this difficult time period‚ many people were killed‚ wounded or missing in action. This battle had caused a tremendous change in the lives of Americans‚ North and South Vietnamese citizens. Tet is a holiday on the Vietnamese calendar that has been valued by many people. It had been an occasion for an unofficial peace agreement in the Vietnam War between

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    Vietnam Ten Years After” is about how Vietnam War affects both Vietnam and America. The book includes a variety of national magazines about the state of Vietnam today and the articles that debate the question of American involvement in Indochina and the future direction of U.S. foreign policy. After Vietnam War the notion of an invincible United States was called into question‚ and policy makers no longer assume that American troops can intervene effectively against Communist expansionism anywhere

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    The Vietnam War War affects millions of people in different ways everyday. The United States government involvement in the Vietnam War only led to millions more deaths of american and vietamese people. The United States started sending military around 1957 to assist the south vietemese army known as the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. By the time the United States government withdrew there men they left vietnamin an even worse condition then when they arrived. The United States government should

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    Vietnam War The war first began in 1959‚ five years after the division of the country by the Geneva Accords. Vietnam had been split into two. The communist government in the north was under Ho Chi Minh and democratic government in the south was under Ngo Dinh Diem. The Vietnam War stated because France tried to make another attempt to takeover Vietnam by having a foreign power to rule. In Vietnam the target of containment was Ho Chi Minh and the Vietnam front he had created in 1941. Ho and

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    The Vietnam War was the longest deployment of U.S. forces in hostile action in the history of the United States‚ lasting from 1955 to 1973. Although there is no formal declaration of war from which to date U.S. entry‚ President John F. Kennedy’s decision to send over 2‚000 military advisers to South Vietnam in 1961 marked the beginning of twelve years of American military combat. The war also had great effects on the American people at home. It was the first war ever to broadcast on television. The

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