When people are asked what they think of the Vietnam War the responses are from one extreme to the other. The Vietnam War has said to have been one of the most controversial wars in American history. It was after this war when Americans quit putting their trust in the arms of the government. The ultimate reason for the United States getting involved in the war was to stop the spread of communism. Many people supported the war in the beginning‚ but as time went on many minds were changed because;
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How and why did USA become involved in the Vietnam War In march 12‚ 1947 with the truman doctrine and the newly introduced policy of containment usa decided to award itself with status of policeman of the world giving themselves a permission to intervene anywhere in the world when they consider it is neccessary. This was the policy that allowed them to interpose in vietnam. Vietnamese people under the leadership of ho chi mihn‚ founder of viet minh defeated french at diem bien phu who had controll
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The Vietnam War is different when compared to other wars that the U.S has been involved in. It is different because it was not widely supported across the nation‚ it was physically different war‚ it was also lost because of government policies. One reason why the Vietnam War was different compared to other past wars is because it was not widely supported by the nation. There are many reasons why it was not supported‚ one of them being that the war was considered the first ‘television war’. The
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Should people become vegetarians? Today people have many concerns in their lives so their attentions to what they eat decreases day by day. In this chaotic world eating meat-based diet cannot be good for people and the world around them. Switching to a vegetarian diet is the most effective thing that people can do to make this world a kinder‚ fairer‚ and better place to live and this can improves health. As Albert Einstein said‚ "Nothing will benefit
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Dildora Sotimova 8-239 Mr.Cannavale 3/15/15 Should America get involved with ISIS? ‘’ISIS is known for killing millions of innocent people to turn them into Muslims. Or those who are standing in the way from their main goal – to create an Islamic State. ‘’(Wikipedia) America should get involved with this movement because we are known for helping others in need and those who’s rights are being taken away. The group currently controls hundreds of square miles. It ignores
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The Vietnam War versus the Iraq War With a husband in the Army and currently on his third deployment to Iraq‚ I am often asked how I think this war is different from past wars. In order to answer this question properly‚ I found that I needed to do a little bit of research and acquaint myself with some war history. As I learned about previous wars that Americans have been involved in‚ I learned that only two wars have had a great deal of controversy. The Vietnam War and the Iraq War‚ while
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possibly have fought in the American Revolution‚ or at least you shouldn’t have. Christians should have supposedly stayed away from all of this‚ but this is just false. Not only is this statement wrong‚ but it is kind of confusing at the first glance. Why would a group of people need to stay away from a war that is going to probably impact their present and future life? Why shouldn’t Christians be involved when one of the main reasons of this war was to fight for freedom of religion? War: this word
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Truman may have not been very involved in the vietnam war but his participation in this war dates back to the 1950s when he aided the french with around 160 million dollars. This started and established the U.S. interest in indochina. During President Kennedy’s presidency troops in vietnam increased from 1‚000 troops in the 1950’s to 9‚000 troops by 1962. Kennedy justified going to war to protect South Vietnam was because of the Domino Theory‚ that if vietnam becomes a communist country than other
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America went to war with Vietnam In the article “The Causes of the Vietnam War” Andrew Rotter talks about all kinds of reasons why America went to war with Vietnam along with things that promoted America to get involved with Vietnam. One reason America went to war was because President Harry Truman authorized a military aid to the French. Also the U.S. was afraid of communism taking over countries along with the reasons why America did not like the government of North Vietnam. One of the first
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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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