was less important‚ and indochina was also. By 1954 the us was paying 80% of the costs of the french war against the vite communsits. it saw communism as a global monolith‚ the vietnamese not as nationalists but as tools of the sino-soviet bloc. Vietnam was not important in itself but a place to ’draw the line’‚ after china had been lost‚ otherwise like dominoes all seasia would go communist‚ and japan would turn to china as an ally. so said the us president‚ the us could not see that nationalism
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event in the Vietnam war. America was fighting North Vietnam‚ where communism was in use‚ in favor of South Vietnam to protect freedom as they vowed to do. America was a superpower with an excellent military and numerous supplies and weapons. In no way do they expect a loss. While America’s military tactics tended to be more on the offensive side‚ North Vietnam fought with strategy‚ only fighting when opportunity and surprise was on their side. During the Tet uprising‚ North Vietnam used strategy
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A war between North Vietnam and South Vietnam began in 1954. The war was fought because the north wanted communism‚ and the south did not. The United States decided to get involved in the war. The United States became allies with South Vietnam‚ because they did not want communism to spread. I bet you’re wondering what is communism and why a nation will break apart and fight because of it. Well communism is a political theory derived from Karl Marx‚ advocating class war and leading to a society in
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VIETNAM MARKET AFTER EMBARGO When the last United States forces left South Vietnam on March 29‚ 1973 in over-stuffed helicopters and crowded aircraft carriers‚ it was to be the closing of book whose chapters lasted through four presidencies. When North Vietnam successfully invaded South Vietnam and captured Saigon on April 30‚ 1975‚ an embargo originally placed on the north by the United States was extended onto the entire‚ newly-named Republic of Vietnam. That embargo‚ ordered by President Richard
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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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What Caused the Vietnam War? The Vietnam War was caused by many factors that contributed to the warfare in Vietnam during the years of 1959 to 1975. Most factors were the beliefs held by people who wanted to change or to prevent Vietnam becoming an Independent Country. Many people suffered due to these beliefs and policies and that the Vietnam War is now considered as one of the most distressing moments in the 20th Century. So why did the US become involved in the Vietnam War? What was Ho Chi Minh
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Battles of the Vietnam War and Information Learning target: List and explain how Truman‚ Eisenhower‚ and Kennedy react to key events in Vietnam. Vietnam declares independence‚ 1945 On September 2‚ Ho Chi Minh leader of the Vietnamese independence movement‚ quoted the Declaration of Independence when he declared Vietnamese independence from foreign rule‚ members of this independence movement. Us Military aiud to French Indochina 1950 1954 persident truman‚ seeing the First Indochina
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The media played a critical role in the ending of the Vietnam War. With television rising in popularity at exceptional rates‚ the media quickly began to be the most efficient method of gaining knowledge of the world. Due to the “The Buddhist Crisis” in 1966‚ America already had a negative opinion of Vietnam. “The Buddhist Crisis” was the result of the South Vietnamese political leader‚ Ngo Dinh Diem‚ imposing his Catholic government. This resulted in the public suicide of Buddhist monks‚ which turned
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with the idea of the draft and being sent to fight in a war that has lost its purpose. The main reason that America was still fighting in vietnam was the idea of the domino effect where if Vietnam were to fall to communism‚ the rest of Southeast Asia would follow. While president‚ Nixon took an immoral stance where facing many of these challenges in leaving vietnam‚ ending the cold war‚ and dealing with the watergate scandal. Many of these problems arises from the America’s involvement on the war.
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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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