secondary sources. I looked at what Ho Chi Minh had said and what historians said. My primary sources were a declaration of independence by Ho Chi Minh and a letter to American President Johnson. In those sources‚ Ho Chi Minh explained why the Vietnamese were fighting and that they wanted to be free and independent. My secondary sources were historians describing what happened in the Vietnam War after it happened. My investigation showed me some challenges that historians face. One challenge is that
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United States Involvement in the Vietnam War History 308: The Vietnam War May 1‚ 2013 Did the United States blindly plunged into an unnecessary conflict for wider Cold War considerations? Some characterize the conflict as a limited war fought to defend South Vietnam and its neighbors against communist aggression and bring a united peace for a self-governing Vietnam. But was it necessary and justifiable for the U.S. to intervene in Vietnam: to defend freedom and liberty
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| History | | The SHS History Co. Shahriar Syed | [The Vietnam War] | Describe why the factors which allowed the North Vietnamese Communist to win a war against a far wealthier‚ technologically superior power of the US. | Contents Page No. Background 2 Introduction 2 Logistical Issues 3 Causality Tolerance 4 Economic Consequences 5 Strategy & Tactics 5 Communist Strategy 5 Guerrilla Tactics 6 American Strategy 6 Tactical Response 7 Vietnamese Terrain
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America in Vietnam: The War at Home There were several administrations and policies leading up to the war in Vietnam. Under President Truman the United States developed a policy of containment during the Cold War in an attempt to contain communism in the Soviet Union. During President Eisenhower’s administration the foreign policy of containment was expanded to a military strategy of deterrence. The United States believed in what they called the Domino Theory‚ wherein if Vietnam was to fall entirely
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allied forces after World War II was a compromise that provided the United States with their primary weapon in defeating the Soviet Union in the Cold War conflict. Victorious‚ the Allies began to divide and occupy the battered and weakened Germany on June 5‚ 1945. Areas in the western portion became American‚ British‚ and French zones‚ whilst the east was given to the Soviet Union. They will be more commonly known later as the eastern and western zones‚ after the American zone combined powers with the
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Agent Orange is a chemical herbicide used as a defoliant by the United Stated military forces during the Vietnam War to eliminate the forest. A defoliant is a chemical that removes the leaves from trees and plants. The Vietnamese soldiers were using the forest as cover to attack the enemies. The military also sprayed a chemical mixture on the crops that were used to feed the Vietnamese army and population. The original problem that the U.S. military was trying to solve with the “Rainbow Chemicals”
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Matthew-Donald Toombs C & D Block 12-5-12 Vietnam‚ Just or Unjust? Some ask the question‚ was the Vietnam War just? Some may say yes it was just‚and others say that it is unjust. However‚Certain people view justice as slippery concept. There are always ways to get aroud justice‚ and that is why people believe that justice is a slippety concept. Even Plato one of the brightest of his time could not figure out whether war was just or unjust. A Certain individual‚ by the name of Aquinas‚ also
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The Vietnam war began on November 1‚ 1955‚ and ended on April 30‚ 1975‚ lasting a lengthy twenty years. The conflict began with the government of North Vietnam‚ supported by Viet Cong‚ and South Vietnam‚ as both sides wanted to reunify the country‚ however‚ they both had different viewpoints as to how they wanted to rule the country. The northern government demanded to install communism‚ a word originating from latin‚ meaning common‚ or universal. In a political aspect‚ the government wanted everything
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nation in such controversial turmoil as the Vietnam War. With an American death toll of almost 60‚000 troops‚ the Vietnam War has gone down in infamy as one of the most tremendous struggles Americans have faced both overseas and on the home front. Because of the tumultuous controversies caused by the war‚ Americans split into two social factions – those against the war and those who supported it. During the years of 1961-1975 - the era in which the war had its greatest effect on Americans - the
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The Vietnam War is often interpreted by historians as a ‘Television war’ in which the unqualified access to uncensored war footage and inaccuracies with media reports caused public disillusionment. Historians such as Peter Braestrup and Mark Woodruff have argued that the Tết Offensive was undermined by a media fallacy by causing the demise of public support for the Vietnam War. The media fallacy was the misinterpretation of available evidence on the behalf of western journalists. This view is supported
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