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    【Abstract】 This study focuses on the reason why the US fail to win the Vietnam war. To search for the reason‚ I analyze this topic from three aspects‚ the Vietnam‚ the US and the international. This paper shows that the US fail to win the war both have the subjective reasons and objective reason‚ internal reasons and external reasons. There still some deficiencies in this research‚ and there may be without analysis in some aspects. 【Key Words】international environment; resources; experience; aid

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    The Battle of Hastings At the beginning of 1066‚ King Edward the Confessor ruled England. He had no children so there was uncertainty on who would rule next. There were three men who wished to be king. They were William‚ Duke of Normandy; Harold Godwineson‚ Earl of Wessex‚ and Harald Hardraada‚ King of Norway. On January 6th‚ 1066‚ the day after Edward died‚ Harold Godwineson was crowned king. William saw this as a declaration of war‚ and said he would kill Harold. He immediately made plans

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    starting with the Revolutionary war. As years passed and national division became evident there was discussion on who would win the fight between the free and enslaved states. Over time it has become apparent that the colonies and the confederacy have shared many qualities‚ which makes one wonder how is it that the colonies won‚ but the confederacy did not? The reason the South didn’t win the Civil War was because they were outgunned‚ out supplied‚ received no international aid and this time‚ their enemy

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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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    Did the South have a chance at victory? The Civil War had many factors at play when determining who would win. The South were believed to have the best chance at winning at first. This is mostly because the South had the “LeBron James” of military generals‚ which was Robert E. Lee. However‚ as it turned out‚ the North had emerged from battle as victorious. Although the South seemed to have a decent chance to win at first‚ the military‚ economic‚ and political factors did not give the South a chance

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    for destroying Vietnam’s jungle with chemicals like Agent Orange‚ killing large areas of their jungle and forcing Viet Cong troops to move further inland. America entered the war with an idea of using traditional methods to conquer land in order to win the war.

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    John Floyd‚ William Wirt‚ and others. Again‚ but he lost. Jackson had 219 of the 286 electoral votes‚ Clay had 49‚ Wirt had 11‚ and Floyd had none. Even after this tough loss‚ he continued to run. He ran in the 1844 election with a hope to win this time. He was running against James Polk. Polk was considered a “Dark Horse” because no one really knew anything about him. This being‚ Henry Clay thought he for sure had the election in the bag. However‚ here was one problem‚ the annexation of Texas.

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    If the British had won the Revolutionary War‚ I would not be sitting here writing this paper and you would not be reading this right now. Americans would not be Americans‚ but British. America would not even be around now and there would be no 50 states. Most of our ancestors would not have came if the British beat the Americans. Our ancestors came for independence‚ land‚ and economic gain‚ they came for a better life then they had where they were. Based on Britain back then‚ it was not like America

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    advantages of the north; ranging from more citizens‚ to more income‚ caused the inevitable collapse of the south. While the south did have more officers‚ and skill sets more akin to warmaking; none of this would be enough to beat the union defending it’s ideals. The war itself didn’t strt as the union had expected. The battle of bull run‚ which Lincoln expected to win‚ was lost to general stonewall jackson. Here‚ the union failed to prove their superiority. still in 1861 Tardy george‚ McClellan

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    the USSR as part of the international community. The tense between the U.S. and Soviet brought a time of political‚ economic‚ and weaponry rivalry that became known as the Cold War. Although both the U.S. and Soviet Union never actually engaged in battle with each other the

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