battlefield can ultimately reshape a war and inspire the political landscape. Many analytical flaws caused the Tet Offensive to become a negative turning point in the United States’ involvement in the Vietnam War. A main example of this is how the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) and the People’s Liberation Armed Forces (PLAF‚ or more commonly known as the Viet Cong) used deception as a tactical advantage. This had a profound effect on the American military leadership’s ability to properly assess the NVA’s intentions
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States is a leader in the Vietnamese catfish industry and‚ in 2001‚ produced 597 million pounds of catfish. Catfish is a particularly popular dish in the southern states of the United States and produced domestically in Mississippi‚ Arkansas‚ and Louisiana in man-made freshwater ponds. Although the U.S. is clearly one of the top producers in the market‚ Vietnamese catfish importers have been causing problems for the United States’ domestic catfish industry. Vietnamese catfish importers saw an opportunity
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of the war. American movie Apocalypse Now described Vietnamese as voiceless people who did not know how to protect their country. Although Americans came to the Vietnam without invitation to help them‚ they just started to destroy their country‚ the book The Sorrow of War challenge the American perception of Vietnamese as
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developing culinary tourism. Nevertheless‚ Vietnamese tourism industry has not exploited thoroughly this potential. The reason is that tourists just enjoy gastronomy as an additional part of their tour. Furthermore‚ the number of culinary tours in vietnam now is relatively limited. It is really a waste of resources‚ so we do this research aiming at developing a better understading of the role‚ development and future of gastronomy heritages. The study takes Vietnamese gastronomic tourism as the target object
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Vietnam. One of the main causes of the Vietnam War was the Gulf of Tonkin. In the Gulf of Tonkin the USS Maddox was attacked by torpedoes from the Vietnamese. They confirmed it was Vietnamese by the markings on the shells found. Then later on a second attack happened. When the second attack happened the United States decided to bomb the North Vietnamese. Later on they confirmed that the second attack never happened and it was a misread because there was a storm and it messed with the ship. Another
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“Nothing is more precious than freedom and liberty”. Ho Chi Minh the most powerful and influential leader of the time. Here states that during the time of oppression‚ we (vietnamese) will fight against the imperialists. Since the 19th century Vietnam has been at war between two political ideologies. Nationalism vs. Imperialism. Throughout its history Vietnam had trieb or to successively create a nationalistic identity but had failed again and again. When WW2 came to an end we saw how Vietnam’s history
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united Vietnam‚ self-sufficient‚ and sustainable. The Vietnamese‚ in their drive for independence‚ looked to these two men to lead them out of French rule. The Vietnamese who supported Ho Chi Minh found him to be their advocate. HCM positioned himself as one of the people‚ as part of his leadership style. His direct involvement with the Vietnamese gave the impression that his goals were no greater or different than that of the average Vietnamese citizen. For example‚ after the famine caused by French
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China’s Influence on Korea and Indo-China What is a barbarian? Each culture possesses its own definition‚ and the usual answer starts where the culture’s territory and ethnicity or ethnicities end. In other words‚ barbarian usually meant for one culture any other culture that seemed to be inferior in the slightest regard. A curious era in East Asian history‚ however‚ occurred when the peoples of Japan‚ Korea‚ and Indo-China held Chinese civilization in such high regard that their definition
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"Culture Clash" I am a born Vietnamese‚ and Chinese American. For more than a decade I have made many friends coming from diverse cultures. I recall one friend back in high school that demonstrated the importance of one’s own private culture‚ and language. From this experience with my friend‚ Hong‚ I realized that families who had a strong cultural‚ and language practice at home had a very stable and functional family. Individuals who embrace their culture‚ and language broadly tend to pass on
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The Tet Offensive a surprise attack and military movement of the Viet Cong also referred to as the Nation Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam and the North Vietnamese army on the United States and its Allies. The attack was to set of and encourage a revolution in the southern vietnamese people‚ it targeted the military command centers and major cities in Southern Vietnam. The idea of the attack was to finish the war and destroy the government of Vietnam all in one quick and subtle movement
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