Although the Vietnam War was clearly a detrimental event in the history of America‚ some still try to argue that it benefited America and or strengthened our nation. They may say it benefited our country because in reality‚ it was a place where we had the opportunity to test new weapons and learn about many new medicines. When trying to refute my personal claim that Vietnam was a bad war for America to join‚ these are the only two main reasons others say the war was a good event for America’s history
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DIFFERENCES BETWEEN VIETNAM AND THE U.S I am an immigrant person who came to the U.S under family sponsorship. Living here for 4 years‚ I have learned a lot of interesting things in this country. There are so many differences between Vietnam and the U.S as relationship‚ weather‚ religion‚ fashion‚ language…. but the most three obvious differences between them are country size‚ education system and culture. Country size is a great difference between these countries
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The 60’s were full of drugs‚ sex‚ and war. All of this was possible thanks to Democracy and Freedom; America would be damned if they let Communism threaten that. The draft was reinstated and young‚ able men were given a slap on the back and sent off to fight for their country. As‚ “Democratic”‚ war in Vietnam flared‚ many lives were being lost and many more ruined - physically‚ economically and mentally. Although the war in Vietnam had the complete support of the American government‚ the American
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Vietnam http://www.warchapter.com/Vietnam_war_Tunnels.html The tunnels were a complete underworld‚ it was al there; kitchens‚ hospitals‚ workshops‚ sleeping areas‚ communications‚ ammunition storage‚ even some entertainment.The life was harsh though: the spaces were cramped‚ the air was of poor quality‚ it was moist and there were lots of insects and rats. Above all that living in a tunnel meant no sunlight all day‚ operations were at night during the cover of dark. This was effective because
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tactics used by the US during the Vietnam War? The US used many tactics during the war with Vietnam and the tactics used were usually for one of two purposes: to destroy the Vietcong or win over the peasantry‚ which was what the population of Vietnam generally consisted of. However‚ some tactics proved to be more effective than others‚ and they were inter-related as one often wouldn’t work without the other. The US Army‚ alongside the South Vietnamese Army (the ARVN) found it difficult to beat the Vietcong
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Why did parliament win the English Civil War? When Charles raised his Standard in Nottingham 1642 it was unclear who‚ or how‚ the war would be won‚ but Parliament’s Victory in The Civil War 1646‚ can be explained by a Multitude of reasons‚ most notably; a Royalist lack of finance [or more generally resources]‚ and Parliamentary revolutionary Reform and Organisation. Firstly the areas that Parliament held over the course of the civil war were more populous‚ wealthy and fertile than that of the
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As it can be seen‚ there was much conflict between the North & South in Vietnam. The question is what conflicts initiated the Cold War. The relationship between the both states already had difficulties from the beginning of time. In the South‚ they usually contained a smaller population than the North but were consequently growing as a group. As everyone knows that a great relationship has to be built by a trust‚ that was the one thing between the states they did not possess. Due to this‚ both
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In 1916‚ Woodrow Wilson became the first democrat president to win a second consecutive term since Andrew Jackson. Wilson won the election by vowing to remain neutral in the Great War. He himself‚ in his first term‚ said “America was too proud to fight.” The Great War was mainly between Germany and their allies‚ and Russia and their allies. The two countries had long simmering national rivalries and complex ethnic conflicts but‚ the war erupted when a Serbian nationalist murdered the heir to the Austro-Hungarian
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The Americans used many tactics during the Vietnam War in an attempt to combat and defeat the Viet Cong and NLF fighters. These tactics included strategic hamlets‚ napalm‚ search and destroy and defoliants as well as several others. Some of these tactics were viewed as successful for combating the VC but others were not as most were not effective against guerrilla tactics. The first tactic used by the US to try and stop VC support was strategic hamlets. These were guarded villages that were used
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The United States of America was filled with tension because of numerous events. In the day that Abraham Lincoln became president‚ Southern states seceded. To make the situation even worse‚ the Civil War took place to resolve this conflict between the South and the North. President Lincoln was left with the trust to unite the Confederacy and the Union once again. President Lincoln’s duty of preserving the Union was more important to him than to give the slaves freedom because he just wanted to use
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