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    9/1/2017 Cavaiani On Our Honor Vietnam War 1955 - 1975 The start of the Vietnam War: The Vietnam War with the United States started on November 1st 1955. It ended on April 30‚ 1975. The Vietnam War lasted a long 20 years‚ killing more than 3 million people. The Vietnam War was called the American War by the vietnamese people. The Vietnam War was fought in North and South Vietnam‚ Cambodia‚ and Laos. The Vietnam War was caused by the actions of consequences of the Cold War. The belief by the United States

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    Persuasive Essay Ryan Murphy COMM/215 March 6‚ 2013 Gary Christiansen Persuasive Essay Sequester‚ what is it? How did we get here? Who is at fault? These are the thing we will discuss. Recently a lot of people have been in an uproar over sequester and the spending cuts that will automatically take place. What most people fail to understand is that this is not something that happened overnight it has loomed over us for months and our government has failed to take appropriate action to prevent

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    the Vietnam War Australia had multiple reasons which led to her involvement in the Vietnam War. Australia’s involvement consisted of four critical reasons that made young Australians to go to war in Vietnam. The fact that communism was in Australia gave many Australian citizens an internal fear. This brought Australians to resist communism in Vietnam and support the War. Australia became enthusiastic to support their alliances‚ where they requested for Australia to be involved in the War. All

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    The United States got involved in the Vietnam War because The United States felt like communism would spread quickly‚ causing the domino theory‚ meaning that each neighboring country would start to believe in communism and before too long the world would believe in it. Since Vietnam was divided into two parts -- South Vietnam and North Vietnam -- an election would take place so that reunification could take place. Unfortunately‚ an election never took place because the two sides could not agree on

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    2016 HIS 109 2-3:15 During the Cold War‚ the Truman Doctrine became the United State foreign policy. It promised aid to countries fighting against communist regimes. The Vietnam Conflict rose out of a commitment to nation building and a desire to contain communism. All the presidents from Truman to Nixon felt as if communism threatened American interests. In March of 1965‚ President Johnson sent close to a million troops to mediate the civil war happening in Vietnam. This was known as Operation Rolling

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    of the lunar New Year’s Day. This surprise attack is known as the Tet Offensive and many people viewed this as a turning point in the Vietnam War. Militarily‚ the Tet Offensive showed the significance of Vietcong/Vietminh’s military power and nowhere in South Vietnam was safe. On 31st of January 1968‚ the simultaneous attack the towns and cities in South Vietnam began and this went on for 3 days. Over 35 towns and cities including 13 provincial capitals were seized and shockingly‚ the US embassy

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    The Vietnam War was the U.S’ longest and most exhausting war- the only war the U.S had ever lost‚ had far-reaching consequences and impact on most American life from the economy‚ culture to domestic politics and foreign policy- some of which continue to do so today. The American military had entered Vietnam as a world superpower from World War 2 but left Vietnam with a humiliating defeat‚ shockingly high casualties‚ the American public sharply divided and its leaders uncertain of who to trust with

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    Introduction The Vietnam experience was a war that lasted for almost twenty years. The American military and leadership appear to have learned some lessons from our involvement in the Vietnam War. This paper will discuss the lessons learned from the following arenas: diplomatic negotiations‚ presidential leadership‚ and cultural/social contexts. Diplomatic Negotiations Princeton University (2006) defines diplomatic negotiations as between nations. The lesson learned by the Americans was the need

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    In contrast to other wars‚ the United States escalading involvement in Vietnam divided the American people like none other causing an anti-war sentiment in the US‚ and caused old sown ties from the United States developed in WWII to be tested. Even though many of the effects of this war can still be seen today‚ Diem’s assassination‚ the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution‚ the policy of gradual escalation‚ and the bombing campaign lead the increasing power of the United States intervention‚ as UN power‚ to

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    Sound and stories from Vietnam One of the biggest protest during the Vietnam war era was the march to withdraw troops from Vietnam in Washington D.C. The protestors believed that Nixon’s policy of gradually withdrawing troops from Vietnam was not effective enough because soldiers were still dying in great numbers. The meaning of this protest to save lives was a similar meaning of the famous song “War.” The song “War” by Edwin Starr is a song about stopping war because it only causes problems

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