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    leading up to the Vietnam War‚ many factors lead to American interference. For example‚ the policy of Containment proposed by George Kennan allowed Communism to continue existing‚ but aimed to prevent it from spreading. The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan were both efforts to prevent the spread of Communism with financial aid for countries resisting it‚ but in the case of Vietnam‚ the U.S. decided that military force was necessary to pursue Containment. Thus started the Vietnam War‚ one of the most

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    Period 7 Dr. Tarkington “With Liberty and Justice for ALL?” Purpose: To highlight the battles after the war that Americans faced as evident through Ron Kovic’s Born on the Fourth of July and Tim O’Brien’s If I Die in a Combat Zone. Thesis Statement: Moreover‚ The brutal awakening to the value of human life and the numb hearts that returned to the States throughout the war‚ left a debilitated generation with the task overcoming the past along with the rejection of a bias American society

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    and Contrast the Vietnam Veterans and Korean War Memorials The Vietnam War officially ended in April of 1975 for the United States‚ but the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was not constructed and dedicated until March of 1982‚ seven years later. The viewer would notice the memorial is a black granite wall stretching around the Constitutional Gardens in Washington‚ D.C.‚ which display the names of the service men and women who served in the Vietnam War. On the other hand‚ the Korean War officially ended

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    the issue of cargo handling during the Vietnam War. The leaflet is an official primary produced in 1966‚ incorporating a mixture of images and written text by William Flint‚ Basil Box and Raymond King. The perspectives of the three authors on the issue of cargo handling and the Vietnam War seem fairly clear in this source. All three writers were against cargo handling for South Vietnam and refused to take part in the process as they believed that it was simply a ‘war against women and children’

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    How effective were the tactics used by the US during the Vietnam War? The US used many tactics during the war with Vietnam and the tactics used were usually for one of two purposes: to destroy the Vietcong or win over the peasantry‚ which was what the population of Vietnam generally consisted of. However‚ some tactics proved to be more effective than others‚ and they were inter-related as one often wouldn’t work without the other. The US Army‚ alongside the South Vietnamese Army (the ARVN) found

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    States at the time of the major events in the Vietnam War was President Lyndon B. Johnson a senator from Texas‚ a professional politician. In November of 1963 John F. Kennedy was assassinated and Johnson the vice president was sworn in to president on the air force one plane while carrying the casket of Kennedy. Johnson could then do what he wanted as president‚ he wanted to focus on civil rights‚ but he also inherited Kennedy’s commitments‚ obviously Vietnam. In Johnson’s first meeting in November 1963

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    traditional cultures while trying to sustain under the influence of foreign powers‚ Vietnam tries cope through its’ difficult times. Make the focal points clear. Throughout history‚ Vietnam has changed from a very nationalistic country‚ to one that has been broken down. Vietnam was separated into three nations since the French had taken over‚ each ruling these sections in slightly different ways. The U.S. used Vietnam as an entry to reach out to communism to avert it from spreading onto other nations

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    the Vietnam War took place over a span of decades and is rife with controversy. The war began after the preexisting relationship with the Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh was put aside for fear of communism spreading in South-East Asia‚ and continued in a seemingly futile effort to keep the communists from gaining power. The war continued mostly due to a tangled web of political schemes‚ but finally ended due to mass public outcry and lack of success for either side. Before the war in Vietnam‚ America

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    “I saw courage both in the Vietnam War and in the struggle to stop it. I learned that patriotism includes protest‚ not just military service” (“John F. Kerry Quotes."). The Vietnam War‚ although not a war since congress has not declared war since 1941‚ occurred from 1955 - 1975. What does that quote mean though? It says something very interesting about this conflict. That is that the Vietnam conflict was one of the most influential conflicts of recent history. The following will show the aspects

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    of it ended up being. The Vietnam War‚ which was the longest war since the Cold War‚ was a war between Southern Vietnam and Northern Vietnam in which the United States became involved in on South Vietnam’s side. It was originally fought because Vietnam wanted to declare its independence from France stating‚ “Vietnam has the right to be free and independent country and in fact is so already‚” but the conflict quickly converted to a civil war between North and South Vietnam (Doc. 1- Declaration of Independence-

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