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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In the course of the Vietnam War‚ there have been many different factors why the USA became increasingly involved. One reason included how they believed it would be a ‘simple’ war to fight and for that reason‚ they would have the ability to easily win plus the war would not continue on for too long. Additionally they desired to contain communism as they believed they might be capable to stop the growth of communism within Asia. In order to help retain communism‚ they believed in the ‘domino theory’
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The Vietnam War was a conflict between the communist‚ North Vietnam and South Vietnam. In the wake of the Second World War western fears of a communist expansion throughout Asia were running high. The United States was concerned that if North Vietnam succeed and turned Vietnam into a communist state‚ neighboring countries were also likely to follow. As an ally of the United States and Australia’s involvement in South-East Asia Treaty Organization and the Australia - New Zealand - United States Security
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“I saw courage both in the Vietnam War and in the struggle to stop it. I learned that patriotism includes protest‚ not just military service” (“John F. Kerry Quotes."). The Vietnam War‚ although not a war since congress has not declared war since 1941‚ occurred from 1955 - 1975. What does that quote mean though? It says something very interesting about this conflict. That is that the Vietnam conflict was one of the most influential conflicts of recent history. The following will show the aspects
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States soon enter the Vietnam War as an effort to prevent communism from spreading to Asia. The United States worked to protect South Vietnam as its freedom was threatened by North Vietnam’s communist threats. The United States became involved in Vietnam before World War II even ended. The United States involvement was due to the containment policy and its aim to stop communism. The conflict revolved around Ho Chi Minh and the French. During World War II‚ Japan invaded Vietnam. In response‚ the U
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Why did the USA become involved in the Vietnam War? The Vietnam War was a military conflict that was fought in Southern Vietnam between 1959 and 1975. The Vietnam War was the source of many conflicting political and social opinions‚ especially in the years leading up to its conclusion. It also saw the change of Woodrow Wilson’s pacifist America to Johnson’s antagonist nation. Militarily speaking‚ the Vietnam War was the result of North Vietnam and the Vietcong attempting to overthrow
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Why did the US lose the war in Vietnam? When the year 1973 came around‚ the most powerful economic and military force America‚ were being forced to come to terms with the fact that they had suffered defeat in their war in Vietnam. Despite the vast gulf in financial and military prowess which swung in favour of the Americans‚ 57‚000 of their troops1 had lost their lives or were missing in action2‚ in a defeat so unanimous that the American armed forces today‚ use Vietnam as their key example on how
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This paper centers on the reasons why the US fail to win the Vietnam war. There are many reasons. Firstly‚ the US couldn’t expand the scale of the war. As for the US，it might lose if not expand the scale‚ but it must lose if it expanded. The biggest enemy of the US is the Soviet union‚ and the most important place it should protect is the Europe. If the US expand the scale of the war in Vietnam‚ pitting a large number of troops to the place where is far from the Europe‚ complaining with Chinese
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The Vietnam War The Vietnam War was a strung-out‚ vicious‚ and costly war that went on between the communist government of North Vietnam and South Vietnam. The Northern army was supported by Soviet Union‚ China‚ and other communist countries. The Southern army was supported by the United States of America‚ Australia‚ Thailand‚ and other anti-communist countries. During this time‚ the Cold War was also going on between the United States and the Soviet Union and just added on the intensity of the
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Beginning in 1955‚ during the tension-filled era of the Cold War‚ the Vietnam War sparked American interest due to the underlying conflict of communism and democracy clashing against one another. During this time‚ America’s interests were not only divided between Russian and Chinese forces of communism during this time‚ but South Vietnam was peaking curiosity as they were attempting to take over their nearby democratic brother‚ North Vietnam. For many years‚ the French had ruled over the two areas‚
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