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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【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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trained the South Vietnamese army to fight the Viet Cong and in 1963‚ 16‚000 advisors were training troops in South Vietnam. Many of these troops were not professionals. These men were young‚ inexperienced‚ and were from America’s minority groups. This was one of their first mistakes - using troops who were not experienced or highly skilled. All they had was basic training behind them. US troops used helicopter gunships as well as aircrafts‚ allowing them to have total control of the air‚ this being
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The Vietnam War The Vietnam War began on November 1st‚ 1955 and officially ended on April 30th‚ 1975. It began because of South Asian countries falling to communism. There was a term called the “domino theory” which states that when one country falls to communism‚ the surrounding countries fall soon after‚ causing a domino effect to ensue. Therefore‚ when Vietnam began to fall into communism‚ the United States was determined to stop the spread of communism in South Asia by stopping the source: Vietnam
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Why did the U.S. fail to win the Vietnam War? As we all know‚ the Vietnam War was a colossal failure which American don’t want to mention any longer. In that period the United States had benefited from the World War II and had a rapid development in economy which made the U.S. become one of the most powerful country all over the world. So‚ why did the U.S. fail to win the Vietnam War with the strong strength? First‚ let us see a set of data from wiki. “Between 1965 and 1975‚ the United States
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the communist victory in the 2nd Indochina War The communist victory in the second Indochina war was highly due to the failures of conventional warfare from the US and ARVN such as the bombing of the Ho Chi Minh Trail and search and destroy missions which did little to bring down the Viet Cong. The Tet Offensive also contributed by being a turning point for the war‚ leading to a decreasing American support for the war as it caused media chaos. The end of US aid through the Paris Agreement and Vietnamization
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or not America should have fought in the Vietnam war has been unclear for many decades. There are many different opinions that say‚ we should of fought for Vietnam to be free‚ we should of remained neutral‚ but the United States government threw their support behind the French so they could maintain their colonial empire. America did this out of their fear of communism spreading to South Vietnam and to stop the spreading worldwide. Although the Vietnam War and the decisions that happened occurred
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consider the war of 1812 to be the war‚ where people died for nothing‚ money was spent foolishly and battled were led incorrectly. However‚ it wasn’t all for nothing. The war of 1812 had its impact‚ maybe not so largely visible‚ it is still there. Firstly‚ it led to increase in nationalism‚ even though United States didn’t win the war. It was the first war that the USA had fought without any foreign help. It led to manifest destiny‚ which increased the size of the US by ⅓. Sometimes this war is even
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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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Why did the US lose the war in Vietnam? Answer with reference to the concept of insurgency/guerrilla warfare. The longest war in the history of the United States of America has taken place in Vietnam during the Cold War. “The US fear of a communist Europe led them to intervene in a war that was not seen in a vital importance or that would not be in the country`s interest to gain any advantage” (Bernstein 1987/8‚ p. 86). One of the main reasons why the US lost the war in Vietnam was the lack of
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