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    Linebacker I and Linebacker II of 1972. Also‚ the mining of Haiphong harbour. This would appear to suggest that Nixon was determined to defend South Vietnam. He also widened the war‚ by bombing Vietcong positions in Laos‚ and remaining US troops invaded the fishhook region of Cambodia in the pursuit of Vietcong. 5. Nixon was apparently determined to protect South Vietnam. However‚ South Vietnam was not important to Nixon in itself. It was part of the wider struggle against communism. Nixon was more

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    called “My Lai Massacre”‚ at the time American forces were under General William Westmoreland who was confident that the U.S would wipe out the Vietcong. In efforts to wipe out the Vietcong‚ General W.W. ordered search-and-destroy missions that used weapons‚ helicopters‚ and other resources to raid towns and villages that were suspected of containing Vietcong troops. “One of the Search-and-Destroy missions was known as “My Lai Massacre” which happened on a small hamlet of My Lai on March 16‚ 1968’ (Benson

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    be examined. Captain Earnest Medina was in charge of giving orders to the Charlie Company and in the early evening of March 15th a meeting was called. CPT Medina told the company that the next morning they would be moving into My Lai and attacking Vietcong forces there. He told them that all the civilians would be at the market or would have already been

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    In an attempt to find the Vietcong‚ American troops went on a search-and-destroy mission through South Vietnam‚ including a small hamlet called My Lai. The soldiers murdered between three hundred to five hundred innocent civilians (Benson). However‚ the brutal executions of the American soldiers were not reported‚ but instead‚ superiors simply claimed that American troops had a victory over the Vietcong. It was not until months later‚ the true story of the incident

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    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. The American government felt if one single country became communist‚ it would eventually lead to its neighbouring

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    fact he was not elected but became President by default due to the death of President Kennedy. Johnson and his administration felt compelled to escalate the U.S. involvement as more and more Americans were becoming increasingly vulnerable to the Vietcong attacks. On May 4‚ 1964‚ a trade embargo was imposed on North Vietnam‚ this in fact was a notable stepping up of hostilities. Some would say trade embargoes can be more effective than the actual art of war. But in many cases these trade embargoes

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    people didn’t complain about it. US Dropped three times number’s of bombs compare with WW2 and they also had used new weapons‚ such as cluster bombsbut and napalm bombs. But no matter how they bomb‚ how many bomb do they use‚ bombing couldn’t give Vietcong major damage because their land is covered by forest. Since L. B. Johnson had used so much money on war‚ so he couldn’t carry on his election

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    Vietnam War The Vietnam War was a military struggle starting in 1959 and ending in 1975. It began as an attempt by the Vietcong (Communist Guerrillas) to overthrow the Southern Vietnam Government. This research paper will discuss the Vietnam War‚ US involvement in this war‚ and significant battles. Following the surrender of Japan to the Allies in August 1945‚ Vietminh guerrillas seized the capital city of Hanoi and forced the abdication of Emperor Bao Dai. On September 2 they

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    attributed to Sun Tzu a high ranking military general and strategist who was believed to have been born in 544BC. Composed of thirteen chapters‚ each of which is devoted to one aspect of warfare‚ it is a definitive work on military strategies and tactics of its time and is still read for its military insight. This research paper examines Sun Tzu’s Art of War with emphasis on his indirect approach theory to defeat one’s foe. Then by using this theory as the analytical construct‚ the study determines

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    Explain why the United States became increasingly involved in the war in Vietnam The war in Vietnam was a conflict that started in the 1950s and ended in the early 1970s. During this time period‚ the United States became increasingly involved in Vietnamese political‚ economic and military affairs. There were a combination of reasons as to why the United States became more involved‚ the most important of which in my opinion were the Domino Theory and the growing influence of the National Liberation

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