Agent Orange is a chemical herbicide used as a defoliant by the United Stated military forces during the Vietnam War to eliminate the forest. A defoliant is a chemical that removes the leaves from trees and plants. The Vietnamese soldiers were using the forest as cover to attack the enemies. The military also sprayed a chemical mixture on the crops that were used to feed the Vietnamese army and population. The original problem that the U.S. military was trying to solve with the “Rainbow Chemicals”
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The Vietnam War had many other names‚ such as the Second Indochina War. It was known as the Indochina War‚ as it was the name of the land in which Vietnam‚ Laos‚ Malaysia‚ Singapore‚ Thailand and Burma sat. “The cold war was a state of political and military tension after World War II‚ between powers in the Western Bloc (US‚ NATO allies and others)‚ and the powers in the Eastern Bloc (The Soviet Union‚ and its allies in the Warsaw pact).” The cold war had shaped international relations in many ways
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How effective were the Vietcong tactics of underground tunnels and booby traps in the Vietnam War? The Vietnam War was a war that started during the late 1950s and ended during the late 1970s. The Vietnam War ended in the Vietcong victory over America. I believe that this was due to the underground ‘labyrinth’ of tunnels and the vast usage of guerrilla warfare used by the Vietcong. Their usage of the tunnels and booby traps were in my opinion ingenious. The variety of the booby traps that were
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Dissent from the American Public: “Give Peace a Chance” A large number of Americans opposed the Vietnam War. This was evidenced by things like a second march on Washington‚ D.C. in 1969‚ which drew 500‚000 participants. However‚ the everyday American did not support the publicized leaders of the protest movement. The clean-cut university students that originally led the protest groups had been replaced by “hippies”: outgoing‚ outspoken‚ loud protesters who had a very specific culture that included
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Vietnam Wars Impact on American Culture Donna Whittle DeVry University Introduction to Humanities I. Introduction and Thesis Statement In the 1960’s America went through many cultural changes. Martin Luther King Jr.‚ a civil rights activist‚ delivered his famous‚ “I have a dream” speech. African Americans were fighting for peace‚ freedom and equality. The United States was involved in the Vietnam War‚ committed to anti-communism. African Americans were deployed to Vietnam
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Griswold 1 Chelsea Griswold Mr. Scott Modern World History 22 September 2010 The Vietnam War: Bellum Letale “A great war leaves the country with three armies – an army of cripples‚ an army of mourners‚ and an army of thieves.” Originally spoken by a German proverb‚ this mention is largely pertinent to relatively any war. After the Vietnam War‚ effect was spreading through the United States and Southeast Asia. Many were lost and wounded‚ as well as those who were afflicted by their loss
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The war was a twenty year war starting in 1954 and ending in 1975. The Vietnam War‚ a long war between North and South Vietnam over communism‚ impacted all generations by changing the way Americans viewed war and by hurting the Vietnamese people; furthermore‚ the U.S. presidents during the Vietnam War had many different views‚ which affected U.S. polices and the country for many years after. The United States supported Diem and wanted him to win the election. The Vietnam War began as a result of
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During class‚ the Vietnam War was discussed. The biggest impression I had of the war was the number of casualties on both sides. Based on our study‚ the two lessons that could be learned were that strategies were more important than the size of the army and that a government should never lie to its people. North Vietnamese and the Vietcong were winning mostly throughout the Vietnam War because of their efficient operational plans. In fact‚ the North Vietnamese army had fewer and less powerful
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Southeast Asia‚ where the United States became involved in the Vietnam War to stop communism. Truman‚ Eisenhower‚ Kennedy‚ and Johnson were all involved and helped aid the Vietnam War. Truman believed in a policy of containment and sent money‚ Eisenhower also sent money but believed in the domino theory. He sent advisors to help train the South Vietnamese troops and Johnson also sent troops and money. Westmoreland’s strategy was to fight a war of attrition. This meant to break the enemy’s morale‚ body
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The Vietnam war began on November 1‚ 1955‚ and ended on April 30‚ 1975‚ lasting a lengthy twenty years. The conflict began with the government of North Vietnam‚ supported by Viet Cong‚ and South Vietnam‚ as both sides wanted to reunify the country‚ however‚ they both had different viewpoints as to how they wanted to rule the country. The northern government demanded to install communism‚ a word originating from latin‚ meaning common‚ or universal. In a political aspect‚ the government wanted everything
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