The Vietnam War is truly one of the most unique wars ever fought by the Unites States of by any country. It was never officially declared a war (Knowll‚ 3). It had no official beginning nor an official end. It was fought over 10‚000 miles away in a virtually unknown country. The enemy and the allies looked exactly the alike‚ and may by day be a friend but by night become an enemy (Aaseng 113). It matched the tried and true tactics of World War Two against a hide‚ run‚ and shoot technique known as
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The United States got involved with the fight in Vietnam mostly as a result of three things: Eisenhower believed in what’s known as the domino theory‚ which is the belief that if one country in southeast Asia gave into communism more and more would start to follow suit‚ just like falling dominoes. Eisenhower said in his speech “This would lead to disintegration in Southeast Asia‚ with the "loss of Indochina‚ of Burma‚ of Thailand‚ of the Peninsula‚ and Indonesia following” (http://www.history.co
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Throughout the Vietnam War‚ the Americans used many tactics to defeat the Vietcong. The reason for the American involvement in the war was to prevent the spread of communism. This spread was known as the Domino theory. Two of the tactics used were ‘Search and destroy’ and ‘defoliation.’ Both of these tactics were used greatly throughout the War. As well as this‚ both tactics were implemented by General Westmoreland. There were two kinds of Search and Destroy and they were search and destroy in
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Vietnam‚ which is an Asian country‚ used to be known as a peaceful‚ ancient and traditional land. However‚ as the living standard is being developed day by day‚ the images of the wide‚ broad streets on which people rode their bicycles sparsely are no longer existed nowadays. That is the reason why Miles Walker (2007)‚ who founded New Asian Values for the 21st Century‚ wrote an article: "The Streets of Vietnam - a Fatality Every 45 Minutes" to criticize most of the cities in Vietnam for being "uncontrolled
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Women in Vietnam played a significant role in defending Vietnam during the Vietnam War from 1945 to 1975. They took roles such as village patrol guards‚ intelligence agents‚ propagandists‚ and military recruiters. By becoming "active participants" in the struggle to liberate their country from foreign occupation‚ Vietnamese women were able to free themselves from "centuries of Confucian influence that had made them second-class citizens".[2] Historically‚ this character and spirit of Vietnamese women
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Lessons of History and Lessons of Vietnam DaviD H. Petraeus This article was first published in the Autumn 1986 issue of Parameters. One of the few unequivocally sound lessons of history is that the lessons we should learn are usually learned imperfectly if at all. —Bernard Brodie1 Trying to use the lessons of the past correctly poses two dilemmas. One is the problem of balance: knowing how much to rely on the past as a guide and how much to ignore it. The other is the problem of selection: certain
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SUPERSTITIONS IN VIETNAM Vietnam has many customs involving superstitious activities. Some of them are: burning votive paper‚ meeting fortune tellers to ask for a prediction of future‚ especially some negative superstitions prevent some young couples from marriage because of their contrasting ages. Vietnamese people think that it is a lucky thing to pick some buds from a pagoda‚ receive lucky money on Tet holidays. Some people also think that if they eat tofu and peas before an exam‚ they would
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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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have to do with the 1960’s? Look for things besides rebellion against the Vietnam War. The student movement was the next major social change movement to develop in the 1960s. Many of its early organizers had first become politically active in the early 1960s working alongside blacks in civil rights protests. The student movement worked primarily to fight racism and poverty‚ increase student rights‚ and to end the Vietnam War. At the core of the student movement was a belief in participatory democracy
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Vietnam Independence ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● a) What happened? The war started from 1959 to April 30‚ 1975 1858 to 1884 France invades Vietnam and makes Vietnam a colony. September 1940 Japan invades Vietnam. May 1941 Ho Chi Minh‚ also known as the leader of vietnam establishes the Viet Minh (League for the Independence of Vietnam). September 2‚ 1945 – Vietnam become Democratic Republic of Vietnam. May 7‚ 1954 The French suffer a decisive defeat at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu
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