South Vietnam winning the war. It is a shame that neither Kennedy nor previous presidents could see that Vietnam only wanted to be a free and independent country ruled only by themselves (Moss‚ 2010). Kennedy’s assassination was a turning point in the war for many reasons. Under Kennedy there had been talks about removing troops from Vietnam. Kennedy wanted to lessen American’s involvement into the war. When he was assassinated‚ this led to yet another leader taking charge of the war in Vietnam
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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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Why did the U.S enter the Vietnam War? Background: Much of Vietnam was occupied by France before ww2‚ but these French territories were lost during the War as the Japanese set up a puppet regime in this time. The French tried to regain their former territories around the Early 50s‚ but failed in their attempt as they were defeated by the Communist general Vo Nguyen Giap. They left behind them a buffer zone splitting the North and South of Vietnam. After French troops had withdrawn the Vietnamese
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Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War was the longest war in Australia’s history. From the time Australia arrived at Vietnam in 1962 almost 60 000 Australians served in the war. 521 had died from the war and over 3000 were wounded. The war was the greatest social and political dispute since the referendums of World War 1. During the war it started to show that the attitudes towards the Vietnam War started to change in Australia. Propaganda started to spread in Australia about being part of
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Jesse Arneberg American History Group 4 Collaboration Weapons Used in the Vietnam War The Vietnam War‚ which lasted from 1954 to 1975‚ ushered in a new era of weapons‚ bringing forth new tactics and technology. The Vietnam War was a war located mainly in the jungles and forests of South Vietnam. The war was fought between the communist regime of North Vietnam and their counterparts in the south‚ the Viet Cong‚ and South Vietnam‚ who had allies like the USA‚ and resulted in over 3 million deaths‚ including
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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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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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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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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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outbreak of the Vietnam War was due to the retaliation of South Vietnam‚ Australia and America against North Vietnam and the Communist regime. However‚ Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War was not necessary as the justifications behind sending Australian troops to Vietnam were not suitable enough. The reasons behind the unnecessary deployment of the Australian troops were the alliances between the members and protected nations‚ the Domino effect and the assumption of the Vietnam War being the next
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