Was the Vietnam “War” justified? In 1965‚ 3‚500 United States Marines put boots on the ground in South Vietnam. The Marines being the first United States battle ready troops on the field in a skirmish that had been brewing for years. The comnie government of North Vietnam supported by the Soviet Union and the Chinese was confined in a battle with South Vietnam reinforced with the US in a Cold War proxy fight. The U S had been offering help as well as consultants to the South ever since the beginning
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Vietnam War of 1954-1975 prolonged to a conflict that potholed the communist in the North Vietnam’s government and the southern allies; that was called the Viet Cong‚ versus the South Vietnam’s government and its chief ally‚ the US. This war was known as the “American War” in Vietnam (War against the Americans to save their Nation). This war was as well divisor of a larger local controversy‚ and this might have led to the cold war that existed between the United States and their respective allies
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Vietnam War The Vietnam war for the USS Boston a Guided Missile Heavy Cruiser didn’t turn out so well the USS Boston returns to Boston’s bay some of the crew from the USS Boston got transferred to a Heavy Cruiser Attack on the interior of Vietnam. A squad that got transferred to Riverine Assault Force or known as RAF as they were fighting along with the help of the army to flush the Vietnamese off the coast of Vietnam. As the team moved more inland the Vietnamese try desperately to hold them off
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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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Limited War Ideology Lisa Phillips 11/21/2013 Professor Michel Rules of engagement that the United States followed were formulated to limit the force of operations in North Vietnam. The focus was to destroy North Vietnam’s abilities to fight‚ but in a way that would not upset China and Russia. The last thing the United States wanted was a full blown war with the Communists (Moss‚2010). The ROE with limited war ideology and its assumptions are seen through the perspectives
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Marshall announces a massive aid program for the reconstruction of World War II-torn Europe that will become known as the Marshall Plan. 1948: The Communists take power in Czechoslovakia. 1948: The Soviet blockade of West Berlin begins on June 24. Cut off from the outside world‚ provisions are delivered to the isolated city by the Americans in the Berlin Air Bridge action. This is the first major Berlin crisis during the Cold War. On May 12‚
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To what extent did US public opinion have an impact on the Vietnam War? Public opinion did have an impact on the Vietnam War to an extent. The Vietnam War was fought between 1959 and 1975‚ between the communist government of North Vietnam and the democratic government of South Vietnam and its allies‚ the most actively involved of these being the USA. At the end of the conflict‚ neither side were defeated‚ however‚ it is considered a military failure and is seen as a very controversial conflict.
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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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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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Christopher Nieves The social tension of the 1920s was to a large extent due to backlash from Nativists and the KKK towards immigrants. With the immigrant surge threatening jobs and tainting the white Anglo-Saxon society‚ the idea of nativism began to proliferate through the minds of native born Americans. Social conflicts often came to violent ends by the hands of members of the “Ku Klux Klan”‚ they too had a nativist mindset however they focused primarily on African Americans but harbored hatred
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