did the US lose the war in Vietnam? Answer with reference to the concept of insurgency/guerrilla warfare. The longest war in the history of the United States of America has taken place in Vietnam during the Cold War. “The US fear of a communist Europe led them to intervene in a war that was not seen in a vital importance or that would not be in the country`s interest to gain any advantage” (Bernstein 1987/8‚ p. 86). One of the main reasons why the US lost the war in Vietnam was the lack of preparation
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Throughout our nation’s history with wars‚ there are two that are most unfavorable with its’ citizens‚ the Vietnam and Iraq wars. Both were aimed to stop a growing and feared threats focusing around a form of government or leadership. Interestingly enough‚ they both seemed to have the same consequences with the government choosing to proceed with the anger of its people. Especially how both weren’t ever declared a war‚ and yet our nation did exactly that. That means one of the branches does indeed
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watch others die or would you want to protest and prevent people from dying in war. In the film‚ Forrest Gump‚ Forrest is stuck in a society in which war is going on all around him. Forest‚ a country boy with no father‚ mental obstacles‚ and a naive personality is fighting physical and mental wars. In this time period‚ the 1960’s‚ our nation is split between war and anti-war. Hawks and doves. Forrest joins the Vietnam war‚ while his love interest becomes a hippie. I am taking the Forest and his decision
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international politic world. Offensive realist says that this is the best way to survive in politics. Also on material capabilities‚ specifically the sum of military and latent power; which non material factors can often influence the outcome of wars‚ for example the Vietnam War in the 1950s. This capabilities will most likely have a more successful and positive outcome. Military power is the armed forces
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Unit 1 D6: Ideology‚ Conflict and Retreat; the USA in Asia‚ 1950-73 A: The Korean War‚ 1950-53; causes‚ course and consequences Background to the Korean War Korea had been under Japanese occupation since 1910. With the defeat of Japan in 1945 the USA and USSR agreed to divide the country into two zones along the 38th Parallel. The United Nations demanded free elections for the whole country and was supported by the USA which did not see this as a permanent division and believed that since
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of the Vietnam War in America Before the war‚ the American Dream was seen almost everywhere in America. Men and women were marrying‚ buying homes‚ moving into suburbs and starting families. The American Dream was something that people strived for in life‚ and used it as a reason to succeed in life. Women were usually housewives that worked minor jobs‚ and men were automatically viewed as the head of the household and sole source of income. All was well in these types of homes‚ until the war started
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War has a big impact on popular culture within society and in fact works into every aspect of pop culture such as music‚ television‚ film‚ and even video games. This is highly evident during the present war in Iraq which followed the tragic events of September 11‚ 2001. However the impact of war on popular culture can be traced back to World War I in the United States and even further in world history. As seen in the documentary “Militainment INC” we see fascinating‚ disturbing‚ and timely glimpses
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watch Billy Watkins die of a heart attack and he pretended not to see that. The group of men he was with stopped and there was no sound. When all 27 of them stopped‚ and Paul was laying his head on the gun stock and started thinking. He was in the Vietnam War‚ near rice paddies and that’s when the coping begins. He did a lot‚ including counting everything‚ pretending to be a little boy again‚ and sung songs that he has learned. First of all‚ he counted everything he did. He counted how many steps he
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and Kosovo Wars to the Vietnam War for the United States and the Afghanistan War for the Soviet Union‚ history has a way of showing us that we can try to prevent events from happening‚ but eventually they will happen again in a different generation and country. In fact‚ history is repeating itself right now‚ playing out across the globe‚ reenacting wars and genocides that happened years ago‚ allowing us to create predictions of how these wars will end by looking at similar‚ past wars. One prediction
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After the Second World War‚ cold war was on. The United States faced heavy loss in Vietnam episode and then the then President of U S‚ Nixon formulated a doctrine which stated that‚ “Asian boys must fight Asian wars”1 . This doctrine thus then turned out to be the future policy of United States. Russia then took control of Afghanistan by sending armed forces into the country. The West could not tolerate the occupation of Afghanistan by Russia and they saw the Russian intervention as Russia’s attempt
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