When people are asked what they think of the Vietnam War the responses are from one extreme to the other. The Vietnam War has said to have been one of the most controversial wars in American history. It was after this war when Americans quit putting their trust in the arms of the government. The ultimate reason for the United States getting involved in the war was to stop the spread of communism. Many people supported the war in the beginning‚ but as time went on many minds were changed because;
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* There where many affects that impacted Australia on the Vietnam war ranging from the veterans psychologically and physically‚ their families whether it’s the loss of their son and husband or the damage inflicted on them psychologically and physically taking care of them for the rest of their lives or/until they are able to sustain by themselves. The biggest impact of the war was on the vetrans themselves. The things they seen and had to do some without a true explanation drove them insane with
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Limited War Ideology Lisa Phillips 11/21/2013 Professor Michel Rules of engagement that the United States followed were formulated to limit the force of operations in North Vietnam. The focus was to destroy North Vietnam’s abilities to fight‚ but in a way that would not upset China and Russia. The last thing the United States wanted was a full blown war with the Communists (Moss‚2010). The ROE with limited war ideology and its assumptions are seen through the perspectives
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American discrimination. This is because as America open its door to welcome the refugees‚ the media portrayed refugees in a stereotypical way. With the influence of the media‚ American public discriminated and even attacked the refugees. The legacies of war brought to the Hmong people were high causalities‚ dispersion of families‚ and identity crisis. The Hmong people had dealt with all these legacies by adapting to the new environment and having a secondary migration.
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War is an undeniably complex subject and although most people know how they feel about the Vietnam War‚ it is rare for us to agree on exactly what was right and wrong. Despite this‚ we have the tendency to support facts‚ and the fact in this case is that Agent Orange had detrimental effects wherever it was spread. Agent Orange is a herbicide that was used by the United States Military during the Vietnam war‚ it is made up of equal parts 2‚4-D and 2‚4‚5-T. Its purpose was to destroy forests and enemy
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1. Introduction about Burger King Vietnam Burger King‚ founded in 1954 by James McLamore and David Edgerton‚ is one of the largest fast food chains company in the world. Its menu has not only basic hamburger but also many none – hamburger sandwiches including chicken‚ fish. At the end of the year 2012‚ Burger King has 12‚997 restaurants over 86 countries. Most of them were owned by its franchisees. Burger King Vietnam is also a franchise business model. Two stores of Burger King were opened
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The Vietnam War was considered one of the longest foreign wars that the United States fought in‚ up until the Afghan War. Like most wars there is many events that occur during them and for the Vietnam one event that stood out was the Tet Offensive. The Tet Offensive was an attempt for Vietnamese communist to gain back control and cause a wedge between the U.S. and the South Vietnamese. To develop a better perspective of the Tet Offensive‚ it would help to Know the Vietnamese communist perspective
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large enemy formation along with built up supply lines we key indicators that could have been eliminated. The capture of two VC soldiers that had propaganda reporting for the occupation of South Vietnam could have to be correlated with other reporting which could have to identify the true threat. The massing of enemy troops at Khe Sang outpost along with North Vietnam diplomatic feint could have been assessed as diversionary tactic waiting to exploit a greater threat. During the battle of Huế‚ if
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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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As World War 2 ended and the Cold War began‚ communism began to expand from Russia into South-East Asia. China and North Korea became communist and communism continued to spread south as Vietnam became independent from the French after the battle of Dien Bien Phu resulting in the country being split at the 17th parallel into communist North and non-communist South. The United States entered the war to stop the spread of Communism in Southeast Asia‚ as they feared that Communist forces would gain
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