In 1965, President Johnson sent the first American combat troops to South Vietnam, and at that point, it became an American War. When the first American troops went to war in Vietnam, Americans went to war at home. ... They thought the United States should have never been fighting a war in Asia, a war that made troops travel halfway across the world. They believed Americans had no business interfering in a Vietnamese matter. ... It became the longes and most painful war in American history. ...

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President Eisenhower believed in what's known as The Domino Theory - the belief that if one country in Southeast Asia gave into communism more countries would start to follow suit, much like falling dominoes. Eisenhower said in his speech "This would lead to disintegration in Southeast Asia, with the "loss of Indochina, of Burma, of Thailand, of the Peninsula, and Indonesia following." " (http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/eisenhower-gives-famous-domino-theory-speech). ... Most people know the Vietnam war for the protests and chaos in America during the war, but what many don'...

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When we do come together, we unite as just Americans. ... "American" becomes one singularly used word. It is no longer hypernated as African American, Irish American, Asian American or Latin American. ... Yes, America is the land of the free. America is such a resilient nation. ...

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Growing up Korean in white America was different. ... Whether being ridiculed by whites or other Asians, there were constant cultural conflicts. ... r been to the homeland, I still get these dirty looks from other Koreans here in America, because I am totally not Asian washed. Back Even in high school the typical Asians that always hung out with just only other Asians sometimes called me a "sellout" because I never hung out with them. ... The Asians did not understand why I hung out with them, but that these athletes were different then the Asians were. ...

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The foreign policies of President Eisenhower led to the involvement of the Americans in the Vietnam War, but to a limited extent. ... These foreign policies led to an effective involvement in the Vietnam War from an American perspective. ... The French did not find the easy victory over Ho Chi Minh as expected and were endangered of being thrown out of their colonial empire in Southeast Asia which forced them to seek assistance from their American ally. John Foster Dulles, secretary of state, and Eisenhower were convinced that if a French defeat in Southeast Asia was allowed it would begin ...

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The United States was unable to defeat communism in South-East Asia between those years because of their ineptitude, and the superior tactics of the Viet Cong. There were many problems that the Americans faced. ... The Americans also had a lax way of life compared to the Communists who only had the basics. ... The way the Americans had things did not help, they had a massive lack of discipline. ... The Viet Cong's guerrilla tactics were the most important reason for the US failing in South-East Asia. ...

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Although the U.S.A. played a major part in opposing the Vietcong, this was just one significant part a larger conflict which had it's origins in the French colonization of South-East Asia in the late 19th century. ... The anger of the American people was demonstrated through several protests and riots. Big demonstrations against the war took place in Australia with the visit of the American President "Lyndon Johnson" in 1966. It was not long after this time, America came to realize that this was a war they simply could not win. 1968. ... In 1969, America began reducing the numbe...

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What he brought was a spirit of rebellion--against first the French and later the Americans. ... He never committed U.S. troops to South East Asia, but he did authorize material aid in 1950 and raised the level of assistance until his term came to an end in 1953. ... President Truman had transferred his Cold War images from Europe and Southeast Asia and based his policies on naive analogies rather than specific Asian realities. Asia was not Europe though and what may have worked for Truman in Europe would turn out to be a disaster in Asia. ... The B-52 bombers seemed to be one last effort ...

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"We are in Vietnam because our national security and security of the entire free world demands that firm line be drawn against the further advance of Communist imperialism - in Asia, in Africa, in Latin America, and in Europe." ... Pro-communist guerilla movements spread across South America, Africa, and Southeast Asia. ... "Whether we decide to abandon Southeast Asia or to try to draw another line outside Vietnam, the loss of Vietnam will result in dozen more Vietnams in different parts of the world. ... Vietnam War has been simply right thing to do for many Americans. ... No one wants ever t...

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Although many positive strides were taken in the year, 1968 was a year of crisis for American society. ... This was a very unpopular war amongst Americans. ... However, the communists seized the offensive and the American people witnessed the horrors. ... This is one way how 1968 was a year of crisis for American Society. ... It must have been a tough year for every single American, whether you were black, white, hispanic, asian, male, or female. ...

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There were more than 16,000 U.S. military advisers in South Vietnam, and more than 100 or more Americans had been killed by the John F. ... Every American President called the enemy in Vietnam-the Vietminh. 1960's successor, the National Liberation Front (NLF) : and the government of north Vietnam which was led by Ho Chi Minh as agentsof global Communism. Most Americans called communism the "antithesis of all they held dear." ... A lot of Americans even compared communist as a disease. ... As if they were to follow everyone else, most of Southeast Asia was under this theory. ...

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The initial reasons for U.S. involvement in Vietnam seemed logical and compelling to American leaders. ... American attention focused primarily on Europe and on Asia beyond Vietnam. ... After China became a communist state in 1949, the stability of Japan became of paramount importance to Washington, and Japanese development required access to the markets and raw materials of Southeast Asia. The outbreak of war in Korea in 1950 served primarily to confirm Washington's belief that communist aggression posed a great danger to Asia . ... The American troops and POWs came home, but the war con...

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Once again America had just finished a great war in which France was an important ally. ... Kennedy quickly discovered that this was a new kind of war America was fighting. ... By the time of Kennedy's death America would have 16,000 "advisors" in the country. ... I am not going to be the president who saw Southeast Asia go the way China went". ... The television brought Vietnam into the homes of Americans and fueled protest against it. ...

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I think his seven primary concerns are as follows: 1) The termination of the Poverty Program; 2) Sending young brothers to fight for liberation in Southeast Asia, when they don't live free in Georgia and Harlem, and die alongside whites who live in a nation and cannot go to the same schools; 3) The massive violence used in Vietnam; 4) America would never be free or saved from itself unless the descendants had their own shackles removed; 5) The burden of maintain his role as a man who received the Nobel Prize for Peace and work for the "brotherhood of man"; 6) The Vietnam people who have b...

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The media became an enemy as great as the one the country was battling thousands of miles away in the Asian rice fields. ... It rallied American support behind the government and for the entrance of American troops into the war. ... The media and the public viewpoint shifted once between these two attacks on America. The Vietnam War had very little support on the home front from the American public. ... Reporters usually lacked experience and understanding of Asian politics. ...

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This caused much controversy throughout America. ... first got involved after president Dwight Eisenhower said, "If we let the communists take over, the other Asian countries would fall like dominos." ... By 1954 there were 342 American military personal there. ... Some thought that these people were unpatriotic and therefore un-American. ... Others feel that it helped in stopping the spread of communism in South East Asia. ...

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The United States became paranoid that Communists from the Soviet Union were bound to overthrow democracy in America. ... This oath was extremely important because if America did not hold to this promise the worlds view on America could be forever damaged. ... These broadcasts opened Americans eyes that the war in Vietnam was not the only one being fought. ... American troops were unprepared to fight this type of warfare. ... President Lyndon Johnson stated, "We are not about to send American boys nine or ten thousand miles away from home to do what Asian boys should be doing for themselve...

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The Moment the War Comes Home After landing troops on the battlefield of South Vietnam with huge amounts of war expenses, Washington D.C. incessantly acclaimed for a liberal democracy in this small Asian country. ... After witnessing the media portrayal of the devastation in Southeast Asia, Americans began to react to US participation in this war. ... That was really the battles in the heart of America. ... The war also left behind a painful America. ... American blood not only shed on the battlefields of Vietnam, it also shed on American territory against the US military intervention in In...

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Indeed, America was torn between sharply divergent opinions. ... Like most Americans in the 1950s, Caputo grew up knowing little of Asia and virtually nothing of Vietnam. ... As North Vietnamese Communists began to threaten South Vietnam, the United States initiated a military counter to Asian communist aggression. ... However, as a result of the TET Offensive launched by Communist forces, American leaders were forced to begin negotiations to achieve a quick end to the war. Although the Communists were eventually driven back, America's quest for a rapid victory was dashed. ...

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I am not going to be the president who saw Southeast Asia become communist."" The U.S. was now fighting to keep communism out of Southeast Asia. ... Since Cambodia was a neutral country, many people in America protested the invasion. ... Nixon's continued reliance on expanded air war to provide cover for an American retreat angered U.S. citizens. ... Millions had depended on the money spent by Americans in Vietnam. ...

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The American people were outraged by this increase. ... He sent envoys to European, Asian, African, and Latin American capitals carrying a message of America's desire for peace. ... When the end of 1967 approached the American public support for the war had dropped to only 39%. The president's performance was not being approved by the American public. ... I believe that a peaceful Asia is far nearer to reality because of what America has done in Vietnam. ...

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They finally had to pull out of South Vietnam after one million Vietnamese as well as nearly 60, 000 Americans lost lives and the administration incurred severe backlash at home (Good Muslim, Bad Muslim, chapter 3). ... The war had shown that even America's vast military might could not stop the spread of Communism. ... Students protested local and federal governments as well as Johnson's policies in Southeast Asia. ... For the U.S, animosity towards Iran came from that hostage crisis, while for Iran, anti-American buildup came from the 1953 coup and reinstatement of the Shah'...

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Not only were the Vietnamese affected but the American citizens her at home. ... Although a decision had been made, the United States did not agree and felt that a Southeast Asia Treaty Organization was needed to protect Indochina from the communist aggression. "A final battle was over the provisions of the South East Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) agreement. ... This is who America decided was a threat that they wanted to stop before all of Indochina became communist. ... South Vietnam was still being defeated and needed a serious intervention from America. ...

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Popular culture and its natural process of development can be and is affected by virtually everything from other cultures (the recent Latin influence on American popular music), the weather (would Morrisey have happened in a country that didn't get as much rain?)... When it comes to popular music in a North American setting, there is some precedent that we can examine. ... As that war raged on, and the television cameras overseas broadcast images of death and destruction all over the jungles of Southeast Asia, the natural evolutionary processes of popular culture did their thing. ... The ...

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The most original piece of legislation Kennedy put through Congress was the bill creating the Peace Corps, an agency that trained American volunteers to perform social and humanitarian service overseas. ... The idea of American volunteers helping people in foreign lands touched the idealism of many citizens. Within two years, Peace Corps volunteers were working in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, living with the people and working on education, public health, and agricultural projects....

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