How far do you agree with conservative claims that “the news media helped America lose the war in Vietnam”? The news media was very important during the Vietnam War because due to the advent of television news reporting‚ it was the first war in history where civilians at the home front got to witness the atrocities in the battlefield instead of reading or hearing about it from the newspapers and the radio. At a time where dissent had been legitimised by the Civil Rights Movement in America and
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The Vietnam War was a war fought between Communist North Vietnam and anti-Communist South Vietnam. The main‚ intended goal from the United States perspective was to prevent the further spread of communism. In order to execute their goal‚ they sent troops to South Vietnam and established several bases. The U.S. assisted South Vietnam to push back the North Vietnamese. Although the U.S. pushed North Vietnamese back many times‚ they never succeeded in the end. The Vietnam War left several positive and
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The major effects that the Vietnam war had on America were that America spent 168 billion dollars on the war‚ so America was financially in trouble. It also made the people of America think about war differently in general because of the horrible things they thought America was doing in Vietnam. It changed the racial war America was fighting‚ people seeing blacks and whites fight side by side for the same cause really made people see how similar they were. In 1969 President Johnson introduced a
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says the United States are fighting in Vietnam because the United States do not want Vietnam to be a communist. Vietnam needs extensive assistance from capitalist states because Vietnam is not capable of defending themselves from the communist. He also says that Vietnam falling to the communism means that the entire Southeast Asia potentially falls to the communism‚ and it eventually threatens the United States and their allies. Therefore‚ the war in Vietnam is for Americans to protect their free
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elections to determine who is president. He‚ the current president‚ will remain in office until he dies. Obama claims that we the people will not lose our rights to vote‚ freedom of speech‚ and freedom of the press. Yet‚ I wonder‚ how long will our freedoms last. For the first time in the history of the United States of America‚ we have a leader who has elected themselves to run our government permanently. The scenario above is extremely possible‚ especially if Trump is chosen to be our next president
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forgiven and free. The government played a part in the religion to keep the equality intact. The government assured that justice remained for all who went against God’s commandments in the judges court (Doc.E). The small government revolved around religion so that God’s commandments weren’t forgetting‚ including equality. The religion kept on bringing more and more followers of the Islamic Empire. Islam’s Trade and business made them very well know. They had numerous trade routes branching out to
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The Cold War was a state of political tension after World War II between the USSR and the United States. The two opposing sides did not have a war that was fought on the battlefield also known as a Hot War because they both have nuclear weapons and too much destruction would have occured. This political struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union centered on many events‚ such as the Nuclear Arms Race‚ it affected Vietnam because of the war‚ which started in 1947‚ and it ended in 1991
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Vietnam The Vietnam war started when John F. Kennedy sent United States soldiers as advisors into Vietnam. Many would argue that this was the beginning of the conflict and marked America’s involvement in the conflict. Other academics believe this conflict started many years prior to 1963. These academics cite numerous doctrines that predisposed America to react to world events. These competing perspectives around the conflict makes marking the beginning of this conflict very fluid. The Vietnam War
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– China war in the 1960’s tore apart the fabric of Australian society and resulted in divisions in all sections of the community. There were many reasons for Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War‚ including the allegiance commitments of South-East Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO). The introduction of conscription illustrates the main purpose of Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War. The conscription issues and the war itself caused social division in reaction to the Vietnam War. In 1964
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Brief summary The Vietnam War commonly known as the Second Indochina War began as a conflict in 1959‚ after five years of the division of the country by the Geneva Accords. The United States and other members of the SEATO (Southeast Asia Treaty Organization) joined forces with South Vietnam in contesting communist forces comprised of South Vietnamese supporters of the communist National Liberation Front known as Viet Cong (VC)‚ and the North Vietnamese Army (NVA). In addition‚ the North had benefited
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