How did the Vietnam War affect domestic politics and policies? How did it help weaken the dominant political philosophy of the 1960s? The involvement of the United States in the war in Vietnam had a very negative impact on the domestic political programs that were proposed by President Lyndon B. Johnson. The war in Vietnam cost an incredible amount of money since no equivalent funds were returning to the country. In addition‚ military expenses‚ combined with domestic social costs‚ created budget
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Explain why Australia became involved in the Vietnam War. The 29th of April 1965 was a pivotal moment in Australian military history. In parliament‚ Robert Menzies proposed his arguments for sending Australian troops into South Vietnam and subsequently announced that Australia would be joining the United States in the Vietnam War. He believed that Australia’s allies would need help and that it was best to stop the spread of communism before it reached Australia: a forward defence technique. The
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Union couldn’t risk a war against each other. However‚ they had client states that could continue the fights for them. The Americans actually fought in Vietnam therefore in the cold war ‘game’ the USSR could not. However they supported their fellow communist state‚ China by supplying them with resources such as armed weapons. In return they would equip and arm the North Vietnamese who fought against America. Vietnam was part of the French empire before World War Two. During the war the Japanese took
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out the counting during the middle of the decade. The infamous Vietnam War and the new alternative culture were pushing the United States towards a time of liberalism and a nationwide rebellion against the social norms. The first combat forces were sent to Da Nang in 1965‚ by a formally anti war President‚ Lyndon B Johnson. The question of why the United States was engaging in a war between North and South Vietnam was raised. Anti war rebellions sprouted up all across the country‚ all asking the
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military victory in Vietnam was no longer possible. He wanted to end the war as quickly and as soon as possible. He wrote that‚ “without continuous and massive aid from either or both of the Communist giants‚ the leaders of North Vietnam would not have been able to carry on the war for more than a few months.” He planned to conduct a two prong agenda to end the war; first by changing the relationships between the DRV‚ USSR‚ and China and second‚ by a massive expansion of the war to force the DRV into
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“Explain why an Anti-Vietnam War Movement developed in the USA" The Anti-Vietnam war movement was one of the largest and most famous anti-war movements that have existed. An anti-war movement is a social movement that is opposed to the continuation of an armed conflict‚ with or without just cause. The Vietnam War movement developed for several reasons‚ and with the aim of getting the US military out of Vietnam. The factor that had the most impact on the development of the Anti-Vietnam War movement was the
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The Vietnam War was long and grand‚ it had supporters and people that were very against it; but out of the Vietnam war‚ we got good music. John Lennon writes in the song Mind Games “I want you to make love‚ not war‚ I know you’ve heard it before.” People began protesting the vietnam war‚ as a result “protest music” became very prominent. During and after the Vietnam War formed peoples’ opinions of the war‚ it established a way of life for people‚ it was their everything. This way of life confused
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After World War II‚ the Red Scare‚ a fear of communism‚ swept the whole nation and all around the world. When the Vietnam War began‚ the United States immediately intervened and helped South Vietnam fight against the Communist North Vietnam. Our mission was to contain any measure of communism. Some major issues that were addressed were: the amount of lives lost along with the draft issue‚ impossible control of protesters and riots‚ and false information given to the people of America. In the beginning
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This paper centers on the reasons why the US fail to win the Vietnam war. There are many reasons. Firstly‚ the US couldn’t expand the scale of the war. As for the US，it might lose if not expand the scale‚ but it must lose if it expanded. The biggest enemy of the US is the Soviet union‚ and the most important place it should protect is the Europe. If the US expand the scale of the war in Vietnam‚ pitting a large number of troops to the place where is far from the Europe‚ complaining with Chinese
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The Vietnam War which went from 1965 to 1975 involved America and its allies‚ including Australia‚ aiming to prevent South Vietnam from an invasion by the communist North Vietnaese. There were many key reasons for Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War. The Americans provided valuable support when they arrived at our aid during the WWII so Australia felt a responsibility to return a favour to the US to maintain healthy foreign relations. Australia also became implicated in the war due to the
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