The Vietnam War was conflict fought mostly in Southern Vietnam in the years between 1959 and 1975. The war caused many political and social opinions‚ especially in the later war years. The war was the result of North Vietnam and the Vietcong attempting to overthrow the South Vietnamese government. The conflict was a continuation of the first Indochina war‚ which was fought when the Vietnamese sought independence from France after World War II. The country was split into two parts — northern and
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just how bad and long this war would drag on. Many questions are still unanswered today. Why did America participate in this war? Why were our soldiers treated with such disrespect and unwanted love? The many lives that were lost‚ including our troops‚ cannot be brought back. This history cannot be change. But if we could go back in time. Would United States choose the same decision? Many things have gone wrong in this war. And this so call "war"‚ is the fight of Vietnam war. One of the many things
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Herr and O’Brien Vs. Vietnam and Objectivity When reading selected short stories‚ novels‚ and plays from any literary time period‚ there is always a number of patterns that can be spotted in the subject matter that the writers of the time choose to discuss in their stories. During what is generally referred to as the “post-modern” literary movement‚ which is usually considered to be from after the Second World War until present day‚ an obvious subject is the Vietnam War. There have been many different
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Canada ’s Complicity & U.S Aggression in the Vietnam War Submitted by: CHST 711 Canada and The United States July 11‚ 2013 Canada’s status during the Vietnam was officially that of a non-belligerent passive observer. Despite this‚ Canada would remain a major supplier of goods to the United States during the war‚ many of which would end up going to Vietnam to support the war effort. Canada traded raw materials to the United States as well as military gear‚ munitions‚ napalm
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Assess the reasons for the communist victory in the 2nd Indochina War The communist victory in the second Indochina war was highly due to the failures of conventional warfare from the US and ARVN such as the bombing of the Ho Chi Minh Trail and search and destroy missions which did little to bring down the Viet Cong. The Tet Offensive also contributed by being a turning point for the war‚ leading to a decreasing American support for the war as it caused media chaos. The end of US aid through the Paris
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interested in history and all of he great knowledge it has to offer for our current life. I like learning about how our ancestors did things in their days‚ and how their decisions helped shape our country today. I believe that the time of the Vietnam War shaped our country in many ways‚ and most of what happened was not for the better of our country. I chose this topic because it was a very controversial time in America‚ it was a big learning lesson for America. People look back at this time and
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The Vietnam War was the longest deployment of U.S. forces in hostile action in the history of the American republic. Although there is no formal declaration of war from which to date U.S. entry‚ President John F. Kennedy’s decision to send over 2‚000 military advisers to South Vietnam in 1961 marked the beginning of twelve years of American military combat. U.S. unit combat began in 1965 (Anderson‚ 1999). During this time there were many significant lessons that were learned and still affect the
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Australia respond to the war in Vietnam? Groups of Australians responded to the Vietnam War in diverse ways and these responses changed as the war went forward. This was because during the war the public were heavily exposed to violence and a firsthand sight of the war through television. Most Australians supported our involvement in the early years as it was seen as a black and white war‚ good vs evil and capitalist vs communist. In 1962 Prime Minister Menzies supported the war by committing Australian
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allows the dehumanized to respond to subjugation‚ to unify and overcome division‚ and to build solidarity. In Algeria and Vietnam‚ practical
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The Vietnam War is our country’s second longest military conflict ever‚ starting in 1961 and ending officially in 1975. In terms of total American casualties‚ it ranks fourth in our history‚ following the American Civil War and both World Wars‚ with over 58‚000 brave lives sacrificed. But all of the blood‚ sweat‚ and tears our nation shed during those 14 years could have been avoided. I believe that the United States’ involvement in the Vietnam War could have been easily prevented‚ and in turn‚ would
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