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
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Rumanian and Bulgarian indices by 75%‚ Vietnam‚ China‚ and India indices by 60%. Although we saw many involvements of most governments and central banks in the financial systems and the economies ( “ money pump”‚ “ nationalization”‚ “rescue package”) in the final months of 2008‚ we expected to see further difficulties to the world economy in 2009‚ especially the stock markets. The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC)‚ in its report‚ ‘Vietnam Monitor’ issued in January 2009‚ predicted
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The symbol of the traumatized soldier was commonly depicted during the Vietnam War. American citizens’ condemnation of the war was a significant environmental factor accounting for the veteran’s PTSD. Vietnam was a total reversal of the zeitgeist as was evident during World War II. Before this time veterans coming back from WWI and WWII were looked upon as heroes; Vietnam War veterans returning home were seen as murders and were shunned and rejected by much of the community
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|THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE |SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM | |----- |Independence - Freedom - Happiness | | |---------- | |No. 101/2008/QD-BTC |Hanoi‚ November 11‚ 2008
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During the Vietnam War era‚ the United States and other democratic and free nations were fearful of communism spreading to more parts of the world. They fought two world wars to protect freedom‚ and to contain the communist movements. The foreign policy of the United States evolved to that of a pre-emptive type strike on the possibility of communism surfacing and threatening free countries. Harry S. Truman began to theorize that if a communist nation took over a non-communist state‚ then neighboring
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"April‚ 1975... Saigon fell to the Communist North." It is the Vietnam War‚ on a small family owned farm where the story of Truong Nguyen begins. Viet Cong versus Viet Minh‚ and as a young boy of just twelve‚ this farmer’s son is caught in the middle of the greatest ’conflict’ in American‚ and more importantly‚ Vietnamese history. As Communism spread throughout southern Vietnam‚ and with an older brother fighting the North‚ Truong’s father loses the rights to his farm‚ and they must work as slaves
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sought to confine such ideas solely within the existing boundaries of the Soviet Union. Many communist-threatening events during the Cold War were at a halt due to Truman’s tactic of containment as for example‚ the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War originally started when a group of Northern Vietnam nationalists attempted to overthrow the French leaders and unify the country under a communist government. In the Battle of Dien Bien Phu‚ the French forces were defeated by Viet Minh nationalists.
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during the late-20th century‚ North Vietnam won a war with the United States and unified Vietnam under a communist government. However‚ the results of these events were not possible without the aid of the Soviet Union. In addition‚ throughout the dissolution of the Soviet Union and into modern day Russia‚ the countries were able to maintain a strong connection with Vietnam; despite the numerous amount of troubles faced . The Soviet Union’s relationship with Vietnam was based on aid‚ however the bond
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The Vietnam War was a war fought between Communist North Vietnam and anti-Communist South Vietnam. The main‚ intended goal from the United States perspective was to prevent the further spread of communism. In order to execute their goal‚ they sent troops to South Vietnam and established several bases. The U.S. assisted South Vietnam to push back the North Vietnamese. Although the U.S. pushed North Vietnamese back many times‚ they never succeeded in the end. The Vietnam War left several positive and
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Brief summary The Vietnam War commonly known as the Second Indochina War began as a conflict in 1959‚ after five years of the division of the country by the Geneva Accords. The United States and other members of the SEATO (Southeast Asia Treaty Organization) joined forces with South Vietnam in contesting communist forces comprised of South Vietnamese supporters of the communist National Liberation Front known as Viet Cong (VC)‚ and the North Vietnamese Army (NVA). In addition‚ the North had benefited
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