development opportunities offered by what some analysts consider to be Asia’s newest economic "tiger." Structural problems do abound in Vietnam. Its underdeveloped economic infrastructure‚ a ponderous and pervasive government bureaucracy‚ and an embryonic legal system are but a few of them. But the country’s dynamism lies in its principle asset--its people. The population of Vietnam is young: 80 percent of its 73 million people are under the age of 40. They are also well educated‚ with an overall literacy rate
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The Vietnam War “End the war now! Bring the troops home‚” (Figure 1) is one saying of many that American’s used to protest the war. The Americans protested the Vietnam war to stand up for their country and civilians around them. They were not willing to get involved in yet another war and see many men die in war again. The Vietnam war was America and South Vietnam versus North Vietnam. North Vietnam was communist and South Vietnam and America were anti-communist. America helped South Vietnam stay
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The Vietnam War is one of America’s longest lasting wars beginning in 1955‚ and lasting until 1975. The United States became involved in the Vietnam War because of its efforts to stop communism in Southeast Asia. The United States feared that if communist took over Southeast Asia it would cause a domino effect around the world. The United States began sending financial aid and military advisors to South Vietnam to help stop a communist takeover. North Vietnam was run by communist leader Ho Chi Minh
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The Vietnam War was the longest war in which the United States took part in. This heart breaking war began in 1957. Vietnam is a small country in Southeast Asia that was divided into the Communist-Democratic Republic of Vietnam‚ known as North Vietnam‚ and the non-Communist Republic of Vietnam‚ called South Vietnam. North Vietnamese and Communist-trained South Vietnamese rebel’s goals were to overthrow the government of South Vietnam and to eventually reunite the country as one. The United States
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much more a political activist whose strong will was directed at the goal of the independence and unification of Vietnam.” (Kirkpatrick‚ 2006) Lecture and readings have taught us that Ho Chi Minh was charismatic and hard to hate‚ even though he was responsible for the death of thousands of his own men. He portrayed himself as simple and passionate. He wanted independence but sold out Vietnam when he didn’t get his way. He then became known as the “fascist with the human face”. He wanted to have a unified
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most Americans know that soldiers during the Vietnam War were corrupted by the conditions of the war and left with no choice but to use hard drugs such as heroin in order to cope with their pain. Looking through Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried the troops in his novel were guilty of using hard drugs in order to cope with the war. The Vietnam war was a highly disputed war in the United States many Americans were against the fact that we were participating in this war in the first place. It infuriated
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After World War II‚ the Red Scare‚ a fear of communism‚ swept the whole nation and all around the world. When the Vietnam War began‚ the United States immediately intervened and helped South Vietnam fight against the Communist North Vietnam. Our mission was to contain any measure of communism. Some major issues that were addressed were: the amount of lives lost along with the draft issue‚ impossible control of protesters and riots‚ and false information given to the people of America. In the beginning
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Union couldn’t risk a war against each other. However‚ they had client states that could continue the fights for them. The Americans actually fought in Vietnam therefore in the cold war ‘game’ the USSR could not. However they supported their fellow communist state‚ China by supplying them with resources such as armed weapons. In return they would equip and arm the North Vietnamese who fought against America. Vietnam was part of the French empire before World War Two. During the war the Japanese took
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went into Vietnam with the best of intentions‚ the conflict went horribly wrong.’ The Vietnam War was a conflict‚ which the United States involved itself in unnecessarily and ultimately lost. The basis of the conflict was simple enough: Communism vs. Capitalism‚ yet the conduct of the Vietnam War was complex and strategic‚ and brought repercussions which had never been seen before. The struggle between North and South had an almost inevitable outcome‚ yet the Americans entered the War optimistic
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The Vietnam war was an armed conflict‚ lasting from 1963 to 1973‚ during which America and the Capitalist South Vietnamese Army fought against the communist resistance group‚ the Vietcong. Although America was far wealthier and technologically superior at this point‚ all their military might could not defeat the nation of Vietnamese peasants which formed the Vietcong. Part of the reason for the Vietcong’s success is due to each party’s reason for their involvement. America fought to prevent The
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