people of South Vietnam and the troops under his command‚ to lead them to an honorable victory. Instead‚ General Westmoreland failed to come up with an original strategy to fight the opposing forces and their effective guerrilla warfare. I will be analyzing General Westmoreland’s poor decision to use an ineffective attrition strategy in the Vietnam War and how some people consider him‚ “the General that lost Vietnam.”(Thompson 2011) In 1964‚ General Westmoreland was sent to Vietnam and placed in charge
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Towards the middle of the 20th century‚ with the intensification of the Cold War‚ the United States of America placed strict policies on any allies of the Soviet Union. America pledged an alliance with the democratic South Vietnamese‚ and declared war on the communist allies of the Soviet Union‚ the North Vietnamese. Led by the communist leader‚ Ho Chi Minh and his party‚ the Vietnam War began with the global superpowers America and the Soviets pitted against each other once the North Vietnamese
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9/1/2017 Cavaiani On Our Honor Vietnam War 1955 - 1975 The start of the Vietnam War: The Vietnam War with the United States started on November 1st 1955. It ended on April 30‚ 1975. The Vietnam War lasted a long 20 years‚ killing more than 3 million people. The Vietnam War was called the American War by the vietnamese people. The Vietnam War was fought in North and South Vietnam‚ Cambodia‚ and Laos. The Vietnam War was caused by the actions of consequences of the Cold War. The belief by the United States
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The Vietnam War changed history for the U.S.‚ leaving plenty of casualties on both ends‚ dividing the country and even breaking the record of longest war in United States history. Most of all it was a war against communism‚ something that at the time was considered a devilish act considering the situation the United States was in. The VIetnam war‚ a deadly jab at communism‚ and the injustices of it. The Vietnam war’s causes began years before the United States was involved. Before the Vietnam
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Why did the United States get involved in the Vietnam War? One thing that got the United States into the Vietnam War was the end of colonialism. The European countries were unable to deny the escalating demands for independence in their Asian colonies. In Vietnam‚ for instance‚ an independence movement under the leadership of Ho Chi Minh rose to challenge French rule. The United States helped France by giving financial and military aid. Ho Chi Minh was also a communist‚ which brings up another
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most of the times are affects our engagement to the society that we have now. This essay mainly gives knowledge and understanding about community engagement and critically discusses the role as well as the relationship of community engagement to the society. In addition‚ there are some relevant theories to be used in discussion on the roles and relationship of community engagement to the society that may help better understand the nature of community engagement such as ethical theory‚ communicative
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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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The United States army was very involved in the Vietnam war. The United States did not get involved right away‚ but when the threat of a communist takeover arose they jumped in. When they became involved they only had one goal‚ to stop communism. Over the course of the war their efforts grew‚ but they were all directed to the efforts of the main goal. The United States became involved in the Vietnam War to stop the expansion of communism. The United States had an irrational fear of communist subversion
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direct war with each other (source 11). This meant that the USSR was only able to support North Vietnam through supplying China with arms who in turn would arm the North Vietnamese (source 11). Nevertheless‚ the Vietnam war was still composed of the “classic Cold War” scenario (source 11)‚ as there was support from the Capitalist west as well as support from the communist East in conflict against each other. In addition‚ the opposing ideologies of the Cold War further influenced the Vietnam war. The
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