In January 1946, Britain agreed to remove her troops and later that year, China left Vietnam in exchange for a promise from France that she would give up her rights to territory in China. ... The situation improved in 1949 after Mao Zedong and his communist army defeated Chaing Kai-Shek in China. ... When it became clear that France was becoming involved in a long-drawn out war, the French government tried to negotiate a deal with the Vietminh. They offered to help set-up a national government and promised they would eventually grant Vietnam its independence. ... China and the Sov...

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But expanding communist control of Eastern Europe and the triumph of the communists in China's civil was made France's war against Ho seem an anticommunist rather than a colonialist effort. ... Subsequent charges that Truman had "lost" China and had settled for a stalemate in Korea caused succeeding presidents to fear the domestic political consequences if they "lost" Vietnam. ... But the Diem government still failed to show economic or political progress. ... A larger in Vietnam also raised the risk of a military clash with China. ... Some postmortems singled out media criticism of ...

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Also, many other countries were involved in their decolonization process like Japan, the United States and at times China. ... The British government allowed some limited self-government in Burma by the 1930s. ... The British recruited most of their officers and government officials from these ethnic tribes. ... At first, he went to China and sought the help of nationalist government of the Kuomintang. ... Once in Japan, the government offered him to supply arms and necessary finance. ...

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This war took place because the Vietnams couldn't agree on one government so they broke up into two major parts, North and the South. North Vietnam wanted to have Communism for a government under the influence of Ho Chi Minh, and the South wanted to have democracy, under the influence of the French rule. ... They thought this because the Northern Vietnam was backed by China and Russia. ... Either to help South Vietnam, which was highly impossible because South Vietnam had only consisted of armies with low morale, and all the corrupted leaders and officials, or to fight against communism, ...

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The people and governments of the French, U.S., Vietnam all had different motives for their involvement in the Vietnam War in the years between 1945 and 1975. ... Within days, Emperor Bao Dai abdicated, promising to support the new government as a private citizen. ... The country was then divided along the 17th parallel of latitude, with the south being supported by the United States, and the northern communist lead by Ho Chi Minh was allied by Russia and China. ... Historian Buttinger stated that, "Ho Chi Minh over the years had succeeded in creating for his country as an anti-French, ant...

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Before World War II Vietnam was part of the French Empire and after the war were given control of the Southern Vietnam while the Chinese were given the Northern Vietnam. The Chinese pulled out from North Vietnam and the French now wanted to take the North Vietnam and quickly were defeated in 1946. ... While democracy is used in Australia and means the population is used to elect a government and representatives. Communist forces in The Vietnam War were: North Vietnam, Viet Cong, Khmer Rouge, Pathet Lao, Soviet Union, China and North Korea. ...

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After World War II and The Korean Conflict, the last thing U.S. citizens wanted was for the government to send troops into Vietnam. ... North Vietnam was aided by Russia and China, but not with soldiers but with finances, supplies and weaponry. ... "The American government initially believed that this conflict would not last more than two years" (Edwards 160). ... The American government controlled South Vietnam, and dictated what its governments steps should be. ... The growing anti-war movement alarmed the U.S. government, and eventually dictated the way the government ran the war. ...

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Nixon imagined a future in which more pleasant relations among the major powers "the United States, the Soviet Union, China, Western Europe, and Japan "would allow for ventures profitable to all. ... To do so would not only be damaging to his image, but would encourage further aggression by the Soviets and the Chinese. ... Nixon hoped that improved relations with the Chinese and the Soviets would spur a quick exit from Vietnam the summits did little to push the war towards its end. The U.S. entered the talks in 1969 seeking mutual withdrawal and no coalition government [ ] bef...

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The Johnson administration kept tight control at first because they feared that if they beat up the NVA to bad then China and the Soviet Union might step in as defenders of communism. ... Bombing was prohibited within 25 miles of the Chinese border, within 10 miles of Hanoi and within 4 miles of Haiphong So, by placing the capital, Haiphong and surrounding areas off limits, the U.S. ... The North Vietnamese government claimed to have dug over 30,000 miles of tunnels under the ground. ...

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(p. 184) The majority of people in Vietnam work in agriculture and the southerners were very reluctant to give up their land to the collectivization and redistribution that the government was trying to implement. ... (Neher, p.188) This does not give people much faith in their government. Currently, the situation has improved, but mainly because of the steps the government has taken away from its Communist roots. They are slowly moving towards establishing relations not only with their other Southeast Asian neighbors by joining the ASEAN, but also have worked on their relations with Ch...

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From the movie I learned about the emotions that America was feeling and how the American government was reacting to the situation. ... The Chinese were supplying the North with ammo and weapons for the already abundant men well the south had only the ignorant American shoulder to lean on. ... I thing the thing that hurt the Vietnam vets the most was not only did they feel that they were fighting a war that would kill many through out the war and after due to the governments negligence many more would be victims. ... Hopeful due to films and books the veterans of Vietnam will be seen as brave ...

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China and the Soviet Union are communist, and now Vietnam wants to be communist. ... Despite this government officials refuse peace. ... I believe that the government underestimated the resolve of the Viet Cong and Northern Vietnamese. ...

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North Vietnam, under the leadership of the skilled guerilla fighter Ho Chi Minh, was lending military support to a group of communist insurgents in the south who were attempting to overthrow the South Vietnamese government in order to become a unified communist nation. The United States became involved in Vietnam because it believed that if all of the country fell under a communist government, communism would spread throughout Southeast Asia and beyond. ... (Bender, 14) The U.S. government, therefore, supported the South Vietnamese government. In 1962, the United States sent 4000 troops to ...

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We Were Soldiers Once and Young was co-authored by Lt. General Harold G Moore and Joseph L Galloway. Lt General Moore was in command of the 1st Battalion, 7th Calvary division during the November 1965 battle, which took place in the Ia Drang valley in Vietnam. Joseph L Galloway was a reporter that a...

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There was not a representative present from the Saigon government. ... Corruption in the Saigon government hurt the south's chances. The government was corrupt from the lowest village ranks to the president himself. ... The Saigon government following the Paris peace conference had the backing of the U.S. military, through the leadership of President Nixon. Nixon was able to persuade China and The Soviet Union to not escalate efforts in North Vietnam. ...

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Business protocol has more ritual with government officials than it does within the private sector. When you meet with government officials, a local person will accompany you to make your introduction. ... In a government office, your hosts will show you where to sit. ... Show respect to the senior people, especially in the government structures. ... Though Vietnamese is the official language of Vietnam there are several other languages spoken, such as, Chinese, English, French, Khmer, and tribal languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian). ...

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The north wanted to overthrow the South's government. ... China and the Soviet Union, which were large communist regions gave the Vietnamese communists war material but no troops(Marc). ... The years from 1957 to 1963 "North Vietnam aided rebels opposed to the government of South Vietnam, which fought the rebels with United States" aid and advisory staff." ... Civilian women were also secretaries and receptionists in the US Embassy and other government agencies. ...

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American's thought that Vietnam was thought to be the gateway for China and Soviet Union. ... Some people wanted to change the Saigon government. Intense debate was started in the U.S. government. ... Large told CIA agent Lussen Ciaen, "My instructions were that I was to inform General Mien that the US government would not thwart there cool. ...

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Congress was threatening a bill of impeachment indicated it would cut off all funding for operations in Indo-china once U.S. forces had withdrawn. ... Thieu's government was ill equipped to treat the mass unemployment and deepening poverty that resulted from the U.S. withdrawal. ...

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We wanted to help ensure that South Vietnam had a separate, independent, and noncommunist government. ... This war caused a major division among the people and between the people and the United States government. ... "Participants in the Geneva Conference were the four parties that had called for the meeting, France, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and the United States; also present were China, Cambodia, and Laos; and representing elements within Vietnam itself were spokesmen Bao Dai's government and for the Vietminh. ... Also, there was supposed to be an election held in two years to...

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There were complications from the start as the US Air Force was limited as to where it could bomb so it didn't provoke a Soviet or Chinese response, this was contrary to what the Hawks wanted in Congress – to show the US military power. ... It seemed the public was making government policy almost. ...

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From the ancient time with one thousand years of dominance from China, to the 1800s with one hundred years of being a colony under France and Japan. ... Born out of one veteran's desire to help those America has forgotten, the Danang/ Quang Nam Fund, Inc. works in collaboration with the College at Brockport (SUNY), the Danang Union of Friendship Organizations, and other Vietnamese government agencies, and many private organizations to provide aid to the poorest of the poor in Vietnam. ...

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AMARICA IN THE 1960"S The sixties were an exciting, revolutionary, turbulent time of great social and technological change: assassination, unforgettable fashion, new musical styles, "Camelot", civil rights, women's liberation, a controversial and decisive war in Vietnam, the antiwar protest to go along with the war, space exploration and the space race, peace marches, flower power, great TV and film and sexual freedom, and of course the great baby boomers. The sixties also showed Communism coming into the Western hemisphere and thus coming...

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