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    beginning of the Peloponnesian War‚ Athens was the strongest city-state in Greece. Thucydides claimed that Spartans initially engaged in war in 431 BC as a result of Sparta’s fear of Athenian’s further growth of power (Cartwright‚ 2013). Fought between Athens and Sparta along with their respective allies‚ the Peloponnesian War resulted in the weakening of Greek city-states‚ which created vulnerability to foreign invasions (Cartwright‚ 2013). Following the war‚ Athens was reduced to a state of near

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    Paper: Vietnam War Thuan Duong HUM410 Professor: Thomas Wilson May 12‚ 2012 The Vietnam War greatly changed America forever. It was the longest war fought in America’s history‚ lasting from 1955 to 1973. The Vietnam War tarnished America’s self- image by becoming the first time in history the United States failed to accomplish its stated war aims‚ to preserve a separate‚ independent‚ noncommunist government. The war also had great effects on the American people. It was the

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    What was the impact of the war on Australia and/or neighbouring countries? (Syllabus Question): Students are expected to study the impact of the war on ONE of the following: • Vietnam veterans and their families • Indo-Chinese refugees • Australian culture • Australia’s relations with Asia Veterans and their families: • Vietnam War veterans were no treated well on arrival to Australia unlike during WWI and WWII. • Unlike during 1918 when the government tried to assist soldiers with

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    Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War was the longest war in Australia’s history. From the time Australia arrived at Vietnam in 1962 almost 60 000 Australians served in the war. 521 had died from the war and over 3000 were wounded. The war was the greatest social and political dispute since the referendums of World War 1. During the war it started to show that the attitudes towards the Vietnam War started to change in Australia. Propaganda started to spread in Australia about being part of the “domino

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    The War in Vietnam is on event had many events which has impacted our history ever since the Vietnamese got independence from the French. The purpose of this essay is to explain how the Vietnam War led to many effects. The main reason why the Vietnam War occurred is because the Vietnamese wanted independence from the French. At first Vietnam was controlled by the afranch. Then‚ Ho Chi Minh fought the French and won. Then the Vietnam split into two countries: North Vietnam and South Vietnam

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    Vietnam had a hard time facing foreign invasion which happened quite frequently. After World War I the French and Chinese had a large influence in Vietnam and Ho Chi Minh was one Vietnamese who tried to stop that. He worked his way into creating an independent Vietnam and organized an army using guerrilla warfare. Minh went to war with the French and ended up winning and this helped create a free North and South Vietnam. South Vietnam had an uprising and a communist group called the Vietcong arose

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    groups within 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

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    War has a big impact on popular culture within society and in fact works into every aspect of pop culture such as music‚ television‚ film‚ and even video games. This is highly evident during the present war in Iraq which followed the tragic events of September 11‚ 2001. However the impact of war on popular culture can be traced back to World War I in the United States and even further in world history. As seen in the documentary “Militainment INC” we see fascinating‚ disturbing‚ and timely glimpses

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    outbreak of the Vietnam War was due to the retaliation of South VietnamAustralia and America against North Vietnam and the Communist regime. However‚ Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War was not necessary as the justifications behind sending Australian troops to Vietnam were not suitable enough. The reasons behind the unnecessary deployment of the Australian troops were the alliances between the members and protected nations‚ the Domino effect and the assumption of the Vietnam War being the next

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    To what extent did US public opinion have an impact on the Vietnam War? Public opinion did have an impact on the Vietnam War to an extent. The Vietnam War was fought between 1959 and 1975‚ between the communist government of North Vietnam and the democratic government of South Vietnam and its allies‚ the most actively involved of these being the USA. At the end of the conflict‚ neither side were defeated‚ however‚ it is considered a military failure and is seen as a very controversial conflict.

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