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    Vietnam war protests and the antiwar music of the 1960’s Rachel Allison AP us history due 12/12/14     The Vietnam War had a huge impact on the American people that will not soon  be forgotten. During this period of time America was facing many serious challenges all  at once. Americans were at war fighting for freedom and democracy because of the fear  of the domino effect; a theory that a communist victory in one country would lead to a  chain reaction of communist takeovers in neighboring countries

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    22.2- U.S Involvement and Escalation • United States Commit to Vietnam War o Johnson obsessed with fulfilling the aspect of containment within Vietnam‚ sending in more troops as the years went on. o This was very contradictory as he advocated that he opposed the idea of not sending ground men to fight the Vietcong.  In 1965‚ Johnson worked closely with Robert McNamara and Dean Rusk‚ in which over 10‚000 soldiers were sent overseas. o This marked the start of Johnson’s downfall as people did not

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    Vietnam War The Vietnam war for the USS Boston a Guided Missile Heavy Cruiser didn’t turn out so well the USS Boston returns to Boston’s bay some of the crew from the USS Boston got transferred to a Heavy Cruiser Attack on the interior of Vietnam. A squad that got transferred to Riverine Assault Force or known as RAF as they were fighting along with the help of the army to flush the Vietnamese off  the coast of Vietnam. As the team moved more inland the Vietnamese try desperately to hold them off

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    Vietnam War of 1954-1975 prolonged to a conflict that potholed the communist in the North Vietnam’s government and the southern allies; that was called the Viet Cong‚ versus the South Vietnam’s government and its chief ally‚ the US. This war was known as the “American War” in Vietnam (War against the Americans to save their Nation). This war was as well divisor of a larger local controversy‚ and this might have led to the cold war that existed between the United States and their respective allies

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    The Vietnam War was a conflict between Northern Vietnam‚ who held communists beliefs‚ and Southern Vietnam who opposed communism. In an attempt to combat communism globally‚ the United States of America formed an alliance with Southern Vietnam. The war initiated when‚ "the Vietnamese waged an anti-colonial war against France‚ which received $2.6 billion in financial support from the United States. The French defeat at the Dien Bien Phu was followed by a peace conference in Geneva."(1) This anti-colonial

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    The Vietnam War had several social effects in New Zealand. The New Zealand publics’ opinion was polarized due to New Zealand’s involvement in the war‚ and public debate was generated over New Zealand’s foreign policy in particular how it relied on an alliance-based security. An anti-war movement developed in New Zealand‚ who disagreed with the strategy of forward defense. They also questioned the validity of the domino theory‚ and thought communism in south-East Asia did not in any way threaten New

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    The Vietnam War was one of‚ if not the most controversial wars to date‚ including the wars on terrorism still happening today. There are many views and opinions on what went wrong with the Vietnam War and after reading Where the Domino Fell: America and Vietnam 1945-2010 and “Article 46 & 47” in America Firsthand I will tell you what my views are. The main issues that I see with the war was the lack of the United States government to know the history of Vietnam and learning from the French’s mistakes

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    Was the Vietnam War worth all the hassle? Think of what was accomplished during the whole conflict‚ many people believe that it was necessary and that America accomplished a lot‚ others not so much. The war was good until America crumbled‚ showing their true weakness. The war on Vietnam was lost not in Vietnam but at home‚ the strain that the war put on America‚ Civil rights movement and other home conflicts was the real deciding factor on the war. These conflicts show that not only should America

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    When people are asked what they think of the Vietnam War the responses are from one extreme to the other. The Vietnam War has said to have been one of the most controversial wars in American history. It was after this war when Americans quit putting their trust in the arms of the government. The ultimate reason for the United States getting involved in the war was to stop the spread of communism. Many people supported the war in the beginning‚ but as time went on many minds were changed because;

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    Involvement in Vietnam The Vietnam War was one of the longest‚ and most costly armed conflicts in American history. The North Vietnamese and its southern supporters‚ known as the Vietcong‚ sought to overthrow the South and create one unified‚ communist state of Vietnam. This goal pitted the United States and South Vietnam against the communist regime‚ and the US maintained a military and economic presence in the country for almost 25 years. The increased American presence in Vietnam was primarily

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