to start wars‚ war changes societies. Whether it be the loss of life‚ wealth or influence‚ war determines what a society becomes. This paper will look at some of the effects on U.S. society following the war in Viet Nam. The Effects of the Vietnam War on American Society The Conflict in Southeast Asia had lasting effects on the United States society. It was sold to the American people as necessary to stop the spread of Communism and quickly become one of the
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The Significance of The Vietnam War Within one generation‚ The United States have experienced The Second World War‚ The Korean War and fifteen years of The Cold War crisis. The Vietnam War was the last drop into the cup of American patience. The costs of The Vietnam War were intolerable‚ because they contravened traditional American values and hopes. In the year 1965‚ American government announced‚ with public support‚ that America is going to win the guerilla war and defeat the "global communist
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The cold war was marked by a conflict that spanned from 1947 to1991 involving subtle surveillance in the biggest cities of the world to violent battles in the tropical jungles of Vietnam. Its general ideas were for the United States to hinder the spread of communism or for the Soviet Union to expand their communist government. With this the cold war largely influenced the economic‚ revolutionary‚ and humanitarian aid of both rivaling nations for areas that suffered the most after World War II. Their
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the front of the war from visuals of death to the destruction the war brought to her homeland. She is an advocate for democratic reform and her novels speak against the communist regime. The Vietnamese communist party expelled her for her protests and ordered that none of her books be published in Vietnam. She served prison time for her protests and later was allowed to travel to France where she lives in exile to this day. None of her work is allowed to be sold or read in Vietnam. The root of the
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governments get involved? What were they fighting for? The Korean War was a war between North and South Korea‚ which involved a lot of International support on both sides. Where the United Nations force led by the United Sates of America fought for the South‚ and China and the Soviet Union fought for the North. What started out as a civil war between the North and South soon became a global contest between the superpowers of America and the Soviet Union being the first battle of the Cold War. In June
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The United States strategy in Vietnam from 1965 to 1968 went through various changes and revisions as leadership tried to find a feasible plan of action. US Army General William Westmoreland and Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara were two of the major forces in US leadership that would shape the war effort. They devised a military strategy of attrition through tactics of search and destroy‚ covert operations‚ and other factors in hopes of wearing out the enemy. While their strategy found some success
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encountered by Vietnam as a result of the Vietnamese war. Branded as the second Indo- china war‚ due to its location rather than any political affiliation; the war against Vietnam 1961-1975 brought about the phenomenon now known ecocide‚ where the natural environment is willfully destroyed. According to Westing‚ “Altogether‚ the damage to the environment was so intense and widespread that it gave rise to the term ecocide.” Southern Vietnam’s environment as a result of the second Indo-china war‚ herein
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Reality of the Vietnam War During the Vietnam War the reality of warfare brought many soldiers back to a home that didn’t want them. Their feelings torn by atrocities‚ the loss of friends‚ and the condition of loneliness only made the experience worse. Did the issues on the home front affect the issues on the frontline? The novel Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers is a perfect example of the conflict and diversity among other soldiers during the Vietnam War. It shows the reality many soldiers
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Blacks and the Vietnam War Vietnam War was one of the wars fought during the cold war era. This war was fought between the U.S.A and Vietnamese army‚ Vietnamese being supported by the Soviet Union and other communist allies. The war as initially fought by small units in the form of guerilla war against the non-communist forces in the region. At times it became more conventional warfare in which large units were committed to attacking the non-communist forces. U.S.A and the South Vietnam fought the communist
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CHANGING CHARACTER OF WAR WHAT COUNTRIES WERE INVOLVED IN THE WAR? Apart from US‚ there were other countries involved on the Iraq’s war. USA’s main supporter was Britain. Even though British citizens were sure that UK shouldn’t join the war‚ Prime Minister Anthony Blair had a relationship with US President‚ George Bush‚ and said that UK was going to ‘pay’ this special relationship supporting and helping US in the war; he promise his full support to Bush and sent up to 30.000 troops. Presidents
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