President Johnson is ranked 4th because he implemented great domestic policies such as health care programs but he created a credibility gap. One of the foreign Policy was the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War was a conflict between North and South Vietnam in which the North was led by a Communist and nationalist regime that fought against the Japanese in World War II and against French colonial rule in the 1940s. In 1954‚ the north won control of North Vietnam when the French agreed to a partition in
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Richard Nixon was elected into presidency. One of Nixon’s campaign promises was ‘peace with honour’. Peace with honour was a strategy that involved taking U.S troops out of Vietnam‚ but did not involve directly giving in to North Vietnam and the Vietcong. Peace with honour started the process of Vietnamization. From 1969 to 1974‚ negotiations and ceasefires took place‚ until in March 1975 no further aid was given to Indo-China from the USA. There are many important causes and consequences of Vietnamization;
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The Vietnam War There was a connection between the students and the Vietnam War and it affected them as well. Before the Vietnam War began the American population held Congressmen‚ Universities‚ and all other official institutions in high regard. In the 1960s the views began to change‚ there were two simple view points between students. One side felt as though the U.S. didn’t need to get involved in the War at all‚ they felt as though it was a losing battle which continued to put burdens on both
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point being that our military is always changing‚ evolving and learning. Incidentally‚ one of the US’s first learning points was Vietnam. Clueless as to there being three different groups all fighting in the same country‚ the military was at a loss. Vietcong troops killed an inordinate amount of US troops because they didn’t do their homework before rushing in the save the day. Nowadays‚ the US has the CIA {established in 1947} or the NSA {established in 1952} to collect data before going into a war
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Australia faced the threat of communism after WWII ended in 1945. The threat was known as the Red Menace which was caused by all the conflicts in Asia and also things that were going on in Australia at the time. The Australian government responded to the Red Menace in many ways. They took military action‚ made alliances‚ gave economoc aid and tried banning the Communist Party in Australia. Communism is a social organisation where everyone in the country/community all have common property and money
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【Abstract】 This study focuses on the reason why the US fail to win the Vietnam war. To search for the reason‚ I analyze this topic from three aspects‚ the Vietnam‚ the US and the international. This paper shows that the US fail to win the war both have the subjective reasons and objective reason‚ internal reasons and external reasons. There still some deficiencies in this research‚ and there may be without analysis in some aspects. 【Key Words】international environment; resources; experience; aid
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both civilian and military casualties were continuously televised. The amount of victory stories televised by the journalists decreased from 62 % to 44% after the TET. Adding top this many important pictures of the war such as The Execution of the Vietcong Guerrilla and The Napalm Girl exerted a negative influence on the public feeling. As the became more and more uglier on the screen‚ its public support also declined
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Many people know that February is Black History month; a time of the year where people dedicate a whole month to remember African history and black icons whose ideas and actions have had small to big effects on everyone’s lives today. Ranging from athletes‚ to politicians‚ to civil rights leaders‚ some very well-known famous black icons are Barack Obama‚ the 44th president of the United States‚ and Jackie Robinson‚ an American Major League baseball player for the Brooklyn Dodgers. But there is one
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Korean War The Korean War started in 1950 when North Korea attacked South Korea. The United Nations met to discuss this problem‚ and they decided to support South Korea against the attacking North. This happened just after World War II‚ and the United States was considered a super power. The president at the time‚ Truman‚ felt like once North Korea gained enough power‚ they would come and attack USA. To avoid a war on their soil‚ USA backed up South Korea. North Korea was a communist country
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Muhammad Ali had high hopes for himself when all other African-Americans didn’t. African Americans were considered and treated like second-class citizens. Muhammad Ali was apart of a huge movement for civil rights and racial equality. Muhammad Ali was motivated to struggle for change through faith and love for humanity. He wanted to make a difference and leave his mark on the world. He made people all over want to be him‚ “You wanted to be Muhammad Ali. You wanted to float like a butterfly and sting
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