Coming out of World War II, the government of the United States fostered an inflated view of its capabilities in foreign affairs. ... Mecklin proves this to be the case when he states how these beliefs were reaffirmed when the Americans had arrived there, since "among most of the ten million people of rural South Vietnam, terms like democracy, Communism, imperialism, and Cold War were meaningless," (Mecklin 4). ... For Hoopes, a fighter pilot in the latter years of the Vietnam War, it was clear that what constituted victory and defeat was not shared equally by both sides, since the Americans...

• Word Count: 849
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Graduate

This essay will give detailed analysis on the reasons that contributed towards their downfall such as the rise in nationalism, the Second World War and arguably the First World War, the rise of the US and other such factors. ... With a history of emerging nationalism in Vietnam where French rule was not desired, the French had to remove three Emperors from 1885 to 1917 and this did not solve their problem. ... Countering this, it can be argued that there are two sides to this argument of a spread in nationalism after the war, one being that the British assisted it. ... Though, this may not be ...

• Word Count: 4015
• Approx Pages: 16
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate