Reasons for US failure in Vietnam War The US initiated a war which was based on; speculation‚ misinformation and pride. The US felt obliged to do something based on what they assumed and speculated‚ and this would have a big impact on the entire nation. The US would need to use every resource which was available to them to be able to defeat Vietnam in their evident uphill battle. Speculation could be seen as one of the reasons the US started the war and also why they lost it. There was great speculation
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The United States Military Sean P. Tiedemann English II Ms. C. Yost December 15‚ 2011 Sean P. Tiedemann Ms. Yost English II 6 january‚ 2011 The United States’ current military is made up of five branches; Army‚ Navy‚ Air Force‚ Marines (a division of the Navy) and the Coast Guard (which reports to the Navy in times of war). Of these branches our military head count was 1.6 million in 1995 . The total available American manpower (number of males between the ages
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Ryan McConkey Glenn May May 29‚ 2013 Hist. 388: Vietnam and the U.S. The View from the Ground Vietnam was a hostile place especially for the Vietnamese. Going into a war with one of the most powerful countries in the world and not knowing if they would be able to get out of the war alive. Scared and not knowing if they would be able to gain their freedom that they have been fighting for since they were occupied by China in 1100 B.C. This war was to fight for that freedom and the only
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Gloria A. Loftin American History II Ken Whitehurst December 5‚ 2012 UNITEDS STATES FAILURES IN VIETNAM It was the war that lasted ten thousand days. The war that inspired scores of songs. The war that sparked dozens of riots. (Caputo‚ Phillip‚ 10‚000 Days of Thunder: A History of the Vietnam War.) The Vietnam War‚ one of the most controversial wars in American history‚ has been one of the few wars where the United States was not a victor. Despite being a world superpower‚ the United States
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Union built up their militaries and arms stockpiles extended them to their respective allies during this period. Convinced that the previous weakened U.S military forces only invited Soviet expansionism around the globe‚ Ronald Reagan promoted strengthening the U.S military through increased defense spending as one of the major themes of his 1980 presidential campaign. Military spending had been declining since the end of the Vietnam War-resulting in shortages of military parts and equipment and
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Thesis: The US involvement in the Vietnam War was justified. I. Background on Vietnam A. Vietnam pre WWII 1.French A. Colonialism B. Cruelty 2.USA A. Backing Ho Chi Minh B. War with Japan B. Vietnam post WWII 1. Ho chi Minh A. Early years B. Political years 2. Diem A. Anti-communism B. Brutal police II. Tet Offensive A. Viet Cong 1. Miscommunication A. Delay of message B. Element of Surprise 2.Failure
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were many stages of escalation from countries accross the globe‚ leading up to US military involvement in Vietnam. The events began with the French‚ who had returned to Vietnam to claim it for their empire after World War 2. It wasn’t expected that this would take as long as it did. Incredibly the French were defeated by Ho Chi Mihn’s Vietcong army at Dien Bien Phu. The Vietcong sought to promote communism in Vietnam. Communism was feared in America‚ the largest capitalist country in the world
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Soviet Union‚ America’s involvement with the Vietnam War became a highly controversial topic. The draft system was being used again and it had a good portion of America’s population on edge. However‚ the fear of communism and its possible spread to other places kept Americans willing to fight during both the Cold War and the Vietnam War. America’s involvement in the Vietnam War spanned six presidencies. The average age of a solider that left to fight in Vietnam whether they were drafted or volunteers
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The Easter Offensive By 1972‚ President Nixon had been in office for four years‚ dealing with the inherited quagmire that was Vietnam. With both sides tiring of the seemingly endless cycle of successes and setbacks‚ the North Vietnamese military decided to mount an invasion into South Vietnam commencing on Good Friday of that year. This was done in order to better their position at the Paris Peace accords‚ which would be closing soon‚ by gaining control of more land and crippling Nixon’s political
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On 26 July 1950‚ President Harry Truman approved a multi-million dollar military assistance package designed to help the French defeat a strong communist movement in French Indochina. The package included $15 million worth of military equipment and a small number of American military advisors assigned to supervise the flow of tanks‚ plans‚ artillery‚ and other equipment.1 By 1954‚ the United States government had provided 80% of the war supplies used by the French in Indochina which equated to about
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