The Vietnam War has been one of the most terrifying wars United States was ever a part of. It included bloodshed like any other war but gave rise to a revolution. College students were attracted to this and started organizing marches and other protests. These protests‚ like the one that was organized by the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)‚ attracted a lot of support from around the country “Vietnam War Protest”. The students would have concerts to spread their message of love and peace by
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international politic world. Offensive realist says that this is the best way to survive in politics. Also on material capabilities‚ specifically the sum of military and latent power; which non material factors can often influence the outcome of wars‚ for example the Vietnam War in the 1950s. This capabilities will most likely have a more successful and positive outcome. Military power is the armed forces
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19th and 20th centuries‚ and Vietnam gained their independence along with many others. On September 2‚ 1945‚ Vietnam came out from being under the rule of France and formed a new country. However‚ the new independence did not mean that it was a united country just yet. The north and south halves of the country because two separate entities‚ both vying for control of the other half. The northern half of Vietnam became the communist ruled Democratic Republic of Vietnam‚ while the southern half was
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States at the time of the major events in the Vietnam War was President Lyndon B. Johnson a senator from Texas‚ a professional politician. In November of 1963 John F. Kennedy was assassinated and Johnson the vice president was sworn in to president on the air force one plane while carrying the casket of Kennedy. Johnson could then do what he wanted as president‚ he wanted to focus on civil rights‚ but he also inherited Kennedy’s commitments‚ obviously Vietnam. In Johnson’s first meeting in November 1963
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11/05/2014 AP European History Mr. Fisher Political and economic problems that leads to the civil war At the turn of the 17 century‚ England‚ like many other European countries started centralizing their government. The country become stable and powerful under Elizabeth’s polique rule. However‚ after her death‚ leaders such as James I and Charles I undo her improvements‚ as they create political and economic problem that eventually lead to the civil war. During and at the death of Elizabeth
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The Vietnam war was one of the most controversial wars that the USA was in‚ citizens of the USA were outraged about the Vietnam war as the America sent 540‚000 troops over to Vietnam killing many Vietnamease children and elderly. The Vietnam War started in 1954 and ended in 1973 which is the setting of the book. The war is completely relevant to the book as that is all the book is about. Phillip Caputo was in the Marine Corps to prove something to his parents. He wanted to do something that his
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Vietnam had been split into two‚ with a Communist government in the North under Ho Chi Minh and a Democratic government in the South under Ngo Dinh Diem. The North lead by Ho Chi Minh‚ who launched a guerilla campaign in South Vietnam‚ the campaign was led by Viet Cong units‚ with the intention of bonding the country under communist rules. The Unites States began to train the Army of the Republican of Vietnam (ARVN)‚ to stop the spread of communism and to provide military advisors to help combat
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Agent Orange is a chemical herbicide used as a defoliant by the United Stated military forces during the Vietnam War to eliminate the forest. A defoliant is a chemical that removes the leaves from trees and plants. The Vietnamese soldiers were using the forest as cover to attack the enemies. The military also sprayed a chemical mixture on the crops that were used to feed the Vietnamese army and population. The original problem that the U.S. military was trying to solve with the “Rainbow Chemicals”
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How effective were the Vietcong tactics of underground tunnels and booby traps in the Vietnam War? The Vietnam War was a war that started during the late 1950s and ended during the late 1970s. The Vietnam War ended in the Vietcong victory over America. I believe that this was due to the underground ‘labyrinth’ of tunnels and the vast usage of guerrilla warfare used by the Vietcong. Their usage of the tunnels and booby traps were in my opinion ingenious. The variety of the booby traps that were
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Dissent from the American Public: “Give Peace a Chance” A large number of Americans opposed the Vietnam War. This was evidenced by things like a second march on Washington‚ D.C. in 1969‚ which drew 500‚000 participants. However‚ the everyday American did not support the publicized leaders of the protest movement. The clean-cut university students that originally led the protest groups had been replaced by “hippies”: outgoing‚ outspoken‚ loud protesters who had a very specific culture that included
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