The Korean and Vietnam war are very similar in that both were the US’s attempt to fight communism by waging war in a distant third world country. Both wars were unpopular in the US and both led to a lack of victory. In fact‚ remarkable similarities exist between the Korean War and the Vietnam War; from the US support of a dictatorial and corrupt anti-communist regime to its conception of communism as a monolithic entity‚ under which all communist nations were necessarily allies‚ rather than individuals
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changing attitudes to Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War was the long struggle between nationalist forces attempting to unify Vietnam and prevent the spread of communism. Australia was involved in the Vietnam War from August 1962 – December 1972‚ with approximately 60‚000 men and women serving. Australia was called to fight by the United States and on the request of the South Vietnamese government for assistance. The war was seen as necessary at first because of their fear
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Vietnam was the longest war in American history and the most popular American war of the 20th century. It resulted in nearly 60‚000 American deaths and in 2 million Vietnamese deaths. Even today‚ many Americans still ask whether the American effort in Vietnam was necessary or whether it was a noble cause‚ if it failed to protect the South Vietnamese from totalitarian government. The Vietnam War fought between North Vietnam‚ supported by its communist allies‚ and South Vietnam‚ backed by the
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Opposition of The Vietnam War The Vietnam war: deadly‚ fatal‚ and unsuccessful. The United State’s involvement in the Vietnam War was one of the most irreconcilable mistakes in history. The vast devastation of the war was magnified by the amount of money wasted‚ the lack of public support‚ and also the foreign warfare. By intervening in the war‚ the United States lost more than gained and remained lacking in many aspects even after the war was over. The art of the Vietnamese warfare was extremely
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peace was “victorious peace”. However‚ all of the peace proposals offered to the North Vietnam were rejected as of January 25th‚ 1972. The North Vietnamese began their largest attack of the Vietnam War on March 30‚ 1972. It was an attack that was designed to inflict a
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Brief summary The Vietnam War commonly known as the Second Indochina War began as a conflict in 1959‚ after five years of the division of the country by the Geneva Accords. The United States and other members of the SEATO (Southeast Asia Treaty Organization) joined forces with South Vietnam in contesting communist forces comprised of South Vietnamese supporters of the communist National Liberation Front known as Viet Cong (VC)‚ and the North Vietnamese Army (NVA). In addition‚ the North had benefited
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Period 7 Dr. Tarkington “With Liberty and Justice for ALL?” Purpose: To highlight the battles after the war that Americans faced as evident through Ron Kovic’s Born on the Fourth of July and Tim O’Brien’s If I Die in a Combat Zone. Thesis Statement: Moreover‚ The brutal awakening to the value of human life and the numb hearts that returned to the States throughout the war‚ left a debilitated generation with the task overcoming the past along with the rejection of a bias American society
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History AP 23 April 2010 The Vietnam War With the end of World War II in 1945‚ many Americans hoped to head toward an era of prosperity and renewal. However‚ this was made impossible as the anti-communist tensions of the Cold War between the United States and the USSR sparked almost immediately after the destructive world war. The tensions between anti-communists and communists eventually led to one of the most controversial events in American history: the Vietnam War. Historians have still left
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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‚ had a vision of using a ‘search and destroy’ tactic to win the war. This tactic was highly
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The Vietnam War was the longest running war that the United States took part in. It began in 1955 and lasted till 1975‚ lasting almost twenty years. Vietnam‚ a small country in Southeast Asia‚ was divided into communist-leaded North Vietnam and non-communist South Vietnam. North Vietnam and communist-trained South Vietnamese rebels fought to take over the democracy South Vietnam. These rebels became known as the Viet Cong. The United States and the South Vietnamese army tried to stop them but failed
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