Hist Period 4 11/11/10 Vietnam War The Vietnam War‚ a war whose beginnings and causes were questionable. Some say it was necessary for the US to intervene others say that there was no need to shed innocent blood over something that could have been solved using words. As I researched this war I couldn’t help but to stop and really think about the reasons we entered the war. The beginning of the war started during World War Two‚ when Japanese forces invaded Vietnam forcing out the French influence
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the United States promise and from there the only thing that could have been done was to completely disengage. Richard Nixon was elected that year; he promised voter’s ‘peace with honor‚’ which to Nixon described the Paris Peace Accord to end the Vietnam war. But of course this was more easily said than done; peace talks were going on but there was little dedication from either side and they made very slight progress. At this time‚ Nixon had created a plan; ‘Vietnamization‚’ which practically meant
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The War That Couldn’t Be Won! By withdrawing its forces from Vietnam in 1973 did the United States admit defeat? This is an argument that historians and observers have been having for years. Before answering that question however‚ we must first understand if we ever really had a chance to win the war. The circumstances leading up to the war were pretty much out of the United States control with an obligation to our French allies. With threats of communism taking over Vietnam‚ many felt
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people of South Vietnam and the troops under his command‚ to lead them to an honorable victory. Instead‚ General Westmoreland failed to come up with an original strategy to fight the opposing forces and their effective guerrilla warfare. I will be analyzing General Westmoreland’s poor decision to use an ineffective attrition strategy in the Vietnam War and how some people consider him‚ “the General that lost Vietnam.”(Thompson 2011) In 1964‚ General Westmoreland was sent to Vietnam and placed in charge
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Consumer perception on Public Bank versus Private Bank A survey Report Prakhar Agarwal (09FN-077) Ravi Jain (09FN-090) Sachin Gogia (09FN-094) Sandeep Agarwal (09FN-099) Saurabh Kumar (09FN-101) Sunay Jain (09FN-110) * CONTENTS Particulars Page No Executive Summary Introduction Methodology Data Analysis & Findings Recommendation Conclusion Bibliography Executive Summary Regulatory‚ structural and technological factors
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1954‚ the French‚ who had control of South Vietnam‚ attempted to take control of North Vietnam‚ which was a Communist country. After a few years of fighting‚ the French retreated and the United States joined the war. The United States wanted to fight against Communism in North Vietnam‚ so they supported South Vietnam. With the help of the Hmong people and the Laotian government‚ the United States fought against North Vietnam for several years. As the war dragged on‚ the United States eventually withdrew
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in the Vietnam War. It was a series of attacks against South Vietnam. The Tet Offensive took place in the city of Hue back in 1968. Throughout this difficult time period‚ many people were killed‚ wounded or missing in action. This battle had caused a tremendous change in the lives of Americans‚ North and South Vietnamese citizens. Tet is a holiday on the Vietnamese calendar that has been valued by many people. It had been an occasion for an unofficial peace agreement in the Vietnam War between
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CONGRUENCY BETWEEN THE PROJECTED AND PERCEIVED TOURISM DESTINATION IMAGE OF VIETNAM Bui‚ Thi Lan Huong‚ CFVG. Journal of International Business Research‚ suppl. Special Issue10. 2 (2011): 1-13. Turn on hit highlighting for speaking browsers Hide highlighting Abstract (summary) Translate Abstract Since the last decade‚ the tourism industry has given great opportunities to emerging markets like Vietnam to grow remarkably. Vietnam has been still an attractive tourism destination for Chinese‚ Japanese
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The Vietnam War last from 1964-1975 for America and was it longest war. Throughout those eleven years many stories and letters were written and many more would come long after the wars end. While officially the conflict was considered to be a police action‚ many consider it be just rough and brutal as any other war fought in modern history. The majority of soldiers who did return home came back to an America far different than the one they left behind and were subject to the hatred of anti-war protestors
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Cold War Part 2 Objectives • Evaluate the role and ideologies of Kennedy‚ Nixon‚ Khrushchev‚ Mao‚ Castro‚ and Ho. • Analyze the Vietnam War and its place in the broader Cold War. • Compare two proxy conflicts in two different regions. • Analyze the role of détente. • Analyze political developments in China (Great Leap Forward‚ Cultural Revolution) • Discuss the Sino-Soviet split. • Evaluate the process and effectiveness of various arms control regimes. •
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