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    public distaste for the Vietnam War had a huge effect on the cold War and Proxy war. Richard Nixon was elected President after promising that he end the war honorably and get our troops home. The Vietnam War left a lasting effect on how proxy wars are conducted today. The US is today more likely to just provide aid and assistance rather than sending in ground forces as proxies (Trueman‚ 2017). The reluctance of the US to send ground troops to Syria during its civil war is proof that the US has

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    1. Perception is a method by which persons arrange and interpret their sensory thought to give meaning to their surroundings. The perception plays a very important role in organization. In organizations people actions are based on their perception of what truth is‚ not on the truth itself. Their decision might be biased or might be taken under pressure. For example Assessment of worker’s effort is a judgment subject to perceptual bias. The success of any undertaking‚ personal or business‚ largely

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    United States Learned from the Vietnam War The United States made lots of mistakes in Vietnam. It stayed too long in the war‚ it failed to gather intelligence that could have saved lives‚ and we made rash decisions regarding the public’s reaction to us being there. The United States‚ at the most part‚ ignored these lessons as we continued some years later to invade Iraq and Afghanistan. But one mistake we did learn from was the allowance of free media in the war zone‚ and how never to do

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    In order to understand war one needs to understand the perspective of both sides of the war. The Vietnam War divided the people of the United States into two different groups. The doves were the people who didn’t want the war. They viewed the war as a waste of money on the part of the United States. The doves thought the Vietnam War was a civil war and the people of Vietnam should be solving their disputes without our help. They organized many protests about the war. The doves argued that the

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    Assess the reasons for the communist victory in the 2nd Indochina War The communist victory in the second Indochina war was highly due to the failures of conventional warfare from the US and ARVN such as the bombing of the Ho Chi Minh Trail and search and destroy missions which did little to bring down the Viet Cong. The Tet Offensive also contributed by being a turning point for the war‚ leading to a decreasing American support for the war as it caused media chaos. The end of US aid through the Paris

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    The Vietnam war was a long and violent war. The students at Kent State did not agree with the war and the bombing of Cambodia. This caused an outrage after getting shot by the Ohio National Guard. The Vietnam War started on November 1‚ 1955‚ and ended on April 30‚ 1975. The war was fought between North Vietnam and the government of South Vietnam. The North wanted to reunify Vietnam. The U.S. supported South Vietnam along with South Korea‚ Australia‚ and Thailand. The U.S. joined because they were

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    The United States entered the Vietnam War for a number of reasons. Some reasons were good‚ others were not. One of the biggest reasons for the U.S. involvement in the War was to stop the spread of Communism. However‚ the U.S. lost a lot because of it. They underestimated the North‚ and ultimately paid for it. While the U.S. continually killed more troops than the enemy‚ they constantly suffered strategic loses. The North Vietnamese won through shifts in public views and psychological victories. The

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    interested in history and all of he great knowledge it has to offer for our current life. I like learning about how our ancestors did things in their days‚ and how their decisions helped shape our country today. I believe that the time of the Vietnam War shaped our country in many ways‚ and most of what happened was not for the better of our country. I chose this topic because it was a very controversial time in America‚ it was a big learning lesson for America. People look back at this time and

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    a peacekeeping country. The brilliant diplomat of Canada: Lester Pearson was capable of suggesting a peacekeeping mission force to avoid war. He suggested that Britain and France would stop their attacks. He used the United Nations peacekeeping force to reduce the intensity of the crisis. Without Lester Pearson’s plan the world would have been at the brink of war. Canada was able to have a voice and show that it is an independent force to maintain peace. The Canadian aircraft carrier named Magnificent

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    References Price‚ J. (01/01/2007). Findings from the National Vietnam Veterans’ Readjustment Study. United States Department of Veterans Affair. October 23.2012. http://www.ptsd.va.gov/professional/pages/vietnam-vets-study.asp War Stress and Trauma: The Vietnam Veteran Experience Robert S. Laufer‚ M. S. Gallops and Ellen Frey-Wouters Journal of Health and Social Behavior ‚ Vol. 25‚ No. 1 (Mar.‚ 1984)‚ pp. 65-85 Published by: American Sociological Association Article Stable URL: http://www

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