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    Short Essay The Vietnam War started in 1945‚ resulting in almost 60‚000 American deaths and nearly two million Vietnamese deaths‚ according to Mintze. Years after combat countless Vietnam veterans suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder in every aspect of their lives (Price). Posttraumatic stress disorder is an illness that can happen to anyone who has gone through a horrifying experience. It has been documented in all forms of literature and films the brutality of the war and the side

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    leading up to the Vietnam War‚ many factors lead to American interference. For example‚ the policy of Containment proposed by George Kennan allowed Communism to continue existing‚ but aimed to prevent it from spreading. The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan were both efforts to prevent the spread of Communism with financial aid for countries resisting it‚ but in the case of Vietnam‚ the U.S. decided that military force was necessary to pursue Containment. Thus started the Vietnam War‚ one of the

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    The vietnam war was and still is a painful memory to most people in America which had and still has monumental significance today. Socially at the time the vietnam war was divisive and caused protests and marches.Also economically it was just too much money in the wrong place.My third reason for why the war was so significant historically is vietnam syndrome a non medical yet political term referring to Americas aversion to overseas conflict due to the vietnam war.My final reason for the vietnam’s

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    with a result that no one could have imagined‚ the loss of the United States and victory of communist forces in Vietnam. America was unsuccessful in the Vietnam War due to the inappropriate war tactics used‚ the fact that America was fighting in unknown land and terrain‚ as well as America’s lack of motivation and will. To begin‚ one of the main causes to America’s defeat in the vietnam war were the military tactics used to fight the battle. Westmoreland‚ the U.S army general who lead the battle

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    The Vietnam War and the Domino Theory The Americanization of the war in Vietnam was inevitable because of the prevailing belief of the “domino theory” that could take effect. The Domino Theory‚ which President Harry Truman first articulated in the1940’s‚ is the belief that the fall of one noncommunist state to communism would precipitate the fall of other neighboring noncommunist states (Shabecoff). This theory is the identical strategy that Communist China planned to achieve‚ with Vietnam as

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    Research Précis and Annotated Bibliography Hmong Involvement in the Vietnam War Literature Review Outline I. Introduction A. History of Hmong existence in America (Barr‚ 2005; Mote‚ 2004; Castle‚ 1993) B. Hmong Values (Moore‚ 2003; Moua‚ 1995) C. Conflicts between Hmong culture and American culture (Moua‚ 1995) II. Body A. History of Hmong existence in America 1. Secret Vietnam War in Laos (Barr‚ 2005; Castle‚ 1993; Murphy 1997) 2. Communists persecute Hmong in Laos (Castle‚ 1993;

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    The Vietnam War on Society (Aus&VC) The Vietnam War had a lasting effect on Vietnam Vets‚ Who although fought their hardest for their country returned to a country that saw them as murderers and less than heroes. There were no parades for them and they were met with contempt rather than gratitude. Many of the Vietnam veterans suffered from both psychological and medical problems from open battles‚ sniper attacks‚ chemical warfare and just the general stress of war life. Although the Vietnam war

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    How far do you agree with conservative claims that “the news media helped America lose the war in Vietnam”? The news media was very important during the Vietnam War because due to the advent of television news reporting‚ it was the first war in history where civilians at the home front got to witness the atrocities in the battlefield instead of reading or hearing about it from the newspapers and the radio. At a time where dissent had been legitimised by the Civil Rights Movement in America and

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    Media Affects of the Vietnam War War is truly a horrific event that unfortunately occurs in our world frequently. There are a variety of ethical questions surrounding war‚ such as how much should citizens know about the fighting? When it comes to reporting the news‚ it is the goal of the network to report the news first. The benefit to this is people will turn to them first when it comes to breaking stories. However if the news is delivered based on speed and not accuracy this can be harmful

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    In her article‚ “The Vietnam War in American Memory‚” Marilyn Young discusses that the Vietnam War “happened among Americans.” What Young is saying is that there was a war going on in Vietnam‚ but there was also animosity between the American soldiers and citizens. It was a horrifying and devastating time in American during the Vietnam War and Young even describes it as‚ “American civil War.” Young inquiries the government on why America got involved in this war in the first place. In the film

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