The Vietnam War was between the of 1957-1975. ... The Vietnam War was the longest war the United States had ever participated in. ... The Vietnamese Communists called the war "a war of national liberation." ... The war had many stages. ... Countries such as Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines, South Korea and Thailand helped South Vietnam. ...
., Vietnam all had different motives for their involvement in the Vietnam War in the years between 1945 and 1975. ... Even as the war increasingly destroyed the country, he remained committed to Vietnam's independence. ... Although his main focus was in Korea at the time, he believed the French were fighting for the free world in Indochina just as the United Nations was fighting for it in Korea. ... Eisenhower took over and was absolutely convinced that China would intervene in the war on the side of Ho Chi Minh against France, just as they did in North Korea against the U.S, to prevent...
This war became known as the T.V war. Unlike the Korean War and World War Two, the American government decided not to censor it and let the press have free access. ... Many black leaders spoke out against the war saying, "They weren't going to fight in a white man's war". ... Though they had of coarse fought in Korea, the difference there was that they won. ... China did not want to trust America as they had been hostile when it came to Korea and Vietnam. ...
Growing up Korean in white America was different. As a child I was sometimes embarressedembarrassed to be Korean. ... Some can say Korean American, but to me I consider myself Korean because that is what I am, and what I was born to be. I am a Korean living in America, but I can also say that I am a Korean in China, no matter where I am, I will always be Korean. ... In the Korean culture, education is a priorityschool is stressed the most. ...
Remember the episodes depicting Bugs and the gang in Word War I or World War II garb and situations? ... But then came Korea and Vietnam. ... (Dudley & Bender, 1990, p. 76) The media, ever since being the puppet of the World War I and World War II government has since strived not only to cut the strings, but also to become the puppet master. ... What the press brought to the dinner table brought out the opposition to the war. ... In both cases support for the wars remained high despite mounting casualties.""...
Rather an incorrect study of the Vietnam situation: wrongly identifying it with the previous Korean dilemma and the overall attitudes of indiscriminate fear of any communist movement, regardless of circumstances, prevailed over American foreign policy and helped begin an ill-advised escalation of American involvement into the Vietnamese civil war. ... The United States soldiers realized that the war would last for many more years and wondered if the U.S. war effort could succeed. ... ilitary throughout the war. ... Vietnam War, military struggle fought in Vietnam from 1959 to 1975. ... On both...
The outbreak of war in Korea in 1950 served primarily to confirm Washington's belief that communist aggression posed a great danger to Asia . 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. ... By July 1965, Johnson faced the choice of being the first president to lose a great war or of converting the Vietnamese War into a massive, U.S. directed military effort. ... The American troops and POWs came home, but the war continued. ... Why did the United St...
During the First and Second World Wars, infantry snipers were effectively employed within the army, where they could be found in strength in every army infantry battalion. ... During the First World War the British Army encountered expert German snipers equipped with camoflage and special rifles with scopes. The British Army soon employed these same techniques against the Germans and at the end of the war the British snipers were superior to those of Germany. During the Second World War, U.S. forces found out that the employment of snipers differed between units. ... During the Korean War th...
Vietnam: An Overview Of Strategies There have been many battles, movements and wars in United States history. However one of the most awkward conflicts was the Vietnamese war. ... As the Vietnam war intensified through 1965-1966 so did the Chinese commitment to North Vietnam (Raskin& Fall 207). ... In fear that Chinese might inflict damage like earlier in the Korean war President Johnson decided on bombing raids in "an escalating fashion"(Thompson Http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/68apr/vietnam.htm ). ... What were the United State's war aims? ...
