Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War was a result of a combined fear of communism and the fall of freedom from danger in Australian democracy and society. The growing web of communism saw the fall of many countries closing in on Australia and New Zealand‚ and it was believed Robert Menzies’ government that they would find communism at Australia’s shores. Australians were anti-communist during the Vietnam War; due to a level of hype that the society‚ the media‚ and the government were exposed
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Effect Vietnam War The causes of the Vietnam War trace their roots back to the end of World War II. A French Colony‚ Indochina (Vietnam‚ Laos‚ & Cambodia) had been occupied by the Japanese during the war. In 1941‚ a Vietnamese nationalist movement‚ the Viet Minh‚ was formed by Ho Chi Minh to resist the occupiers. Before World War Two‚ Vietnam had been part of the French Empire. During the war‚ the country had been overrun by the Japanese. When the Japanese retreated‚ the people of Vietnam took the
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Separated by society from experience. Leaving as a boy‚ changing into a soldier‚ returning as a man‚ who has seen and experienced more than words can explain or understand. Some by force‚ others by choice‚ yet all who were there understand and relate to one another through a bond that not one else can begin to comprehend. The war in Vietnam is one of the most controversial wars in American history‚ because the morals and purpose for American intervention will always be questioned‚ left to interpretation
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Research Paper: Vietnam War Thuan Duong HUM410 Professor: Thomas Wilson May 12‚ 2012 The Vietnam War greatly changed America forever. It was the longest war fought in America’s history‚ lasting from 1955 to 1973. The Vietnam War tarnished America’s self- image by becoming the first time in history the United States failed to accomplish its stated war aims‚ to preserve a separate‚ independent‚ noncommunist government. The war also had great effects on the American people
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Vietnam War Richard Nixon‚ former United States president‚ once stated‚ “No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then‚ and it is misremembered now.” The Vietnam War was exhausting for soldiers because it involved unknown attacks brought on by the North Vietnamese. Tony Arellano‚ a Vietnam veteran‚ shared out his experiences overseas in Vietnam. He witnessed deaths‚ injuries‚ and surprise air strikes. In remembering the Vietnam War‚ it’s important
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and almost facile connection between the war in Vietnam and the struggle I‚ and other‚ have been waging in America.”1 In the late 1960’s‚ both Martin Luther King and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating committee shared the same disapproval for the war waging in Vietnam. Martin Luther King’s “Declaration of Independence From The War in Vietnam”‚ and the SNCC’s “Position Paper on Vietnam”‚ found firm disapproval for the war by illuminating and drawing from their civil rights background. Martin Luther
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and a poor third world country ended with a result that no one could have imagined‚ the loss of the United States and victory of communist forces in Vietnam. America was unsuccessful in the Vietnam War due to the inappropriate war tactics used‚ the fact that America was fighting in unknown land and terrain‚ as well as America’s lack of motivation and will. To begin‚ one of the main causes to America’s defeat in the vietnam war were the military tactics used to fight the battle. Westmoreland‚ the
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the great force of history comes from the fact that we carry it within us‚ are unconsciously controlled by it in many ways‚ and history is literally present in all that we do. It could scarcely be otherwise‚ since it is to history that we owe our frames of reference‚ our identities‚
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War is ubiquitous; there will always be one country at war with another during all the times of the year. The first recorded war was in 2700 BCE in Mesopotamia between Sumer and Elam‚ and the latest have been the Syrian and Iraq wars. Although there have been countless amounts of changes in warfare since 2700 BCE there will forever be a constant controversy about what good comes from war. While soldiers are risking their lives across the world civilians are at home contemplating the pros and cons
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Causes of the Vietnam War The Vietnam War changed America It was the longest lasting war in American history. from 1955 to 1973. The Vietnam War destroyed America’s image by failing to accomplish its goal‚ to preserve a separate‚ independent‚ noncommunist government. The war effects on the the people. It was the first war ever be broadcasted on tv for people to watch. One of the effects of the war was the division it created for people. America been so divided not since the Civil War. This war would have
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