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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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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The North with a communist government led by president Ho Chi Minh (胡志明) and the South ruled by American-backed President Ngo Dinh Diem (吳廷琰). ... Asian Financial Crisis The Asian financial crisis did not have to seem direct impact on the Vietnamese economy, During 1998, however, the effects of the regional crisis on the Vietnamese economy became increasingly evident: at the end of the year all major macroeconomic indicators suggested that the situation was becoming critical. ... As East Asian countries accounted for around 70 per cent of FDI and ove...

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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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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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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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Because South Vietnam had its own enemy within country borders, neighboring North Vietnam (Democratic Republic of Vietnam) prevented South Vietnam from falling to the communist's, which ultimately led the United States to fight a major amount of battles in Southeast Asia (Raskin& Fall 117). ... (Raskin& Fall 191) American forces in Southeast Asia operated under some strict restraints such as no being allowed to invade enemy territory in North Vietnam and for many years being stuck in ground, search-and-destroy missions in the remote jungle regions (Cameron 80). ... From then on the Vietco...

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Vietnam is a small country on the coast of South East Asia. ... " Further, in his news report for New America Media, De Tran noted a fifty seven year old woman and her nineteen year old severely deformed son, as they live in a one bedroom shack, with a leaky roof and no running water within the city of Danang where some of the US military personnel were station. ... Thousands of American GIs still receive disability payment for condition related to dioxin. ... "The spray was white like a midst," said a former soldier in the article "Agent Orange Studies Overlook Vietnamese...

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And, although it only lasted for about one month, it was one of America's most notable battles that taught the Americans and the Vietnamese valuable lessons about life and war. ... 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. ... So the offensive did, in fact, not take Americans by surprise. ... The question that started to be asked by American troops and its citizens was: "Is this the offensive or not?" ... At the very least, they would shatt...

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One of the main photojournalists in the Vietnam War was the American, Larry Burrows. ... The causes of the Vietnam War revolve around the simple belief held by America that communism was threatening to expand all over south-east Asia and America wanted to stop its spread. ... The Americans backed the capitalists, South Vietnam, but because they put troops on the ground the Soviets could only back North Vietnam through China, supplying them with weapons so that the Vietcong could fight the Americans. ... One other factor could have been television, which showed the conflict to Americans on a ni...

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For example, congress passed the Elementary and Secondary School Act of 1965, which was the first form of broad financial aid given in America's history. ... During Johnson's Presidential career, he spent much of his time developing a solid foundation for the well-being of America's Foreign Affairs. ... For example, in October 1966, representatives from the United States, Thailand, Korea, the Philippines, and other south Asian countries agreed to withdraw their troops and work for peace negotiations if Vietnam abandoned the war (Goodwin, Doris 255.) ... With a close analysis of ...

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In this period of renovation, Vietnam is emerging as an economic powerhouse in South East Asia. ... You should pay your bills with Dong instead of low denominations of American currency. ... Americans tend to start their presentations with a joke. ... One of the negative comments Vietnamese sometimes make about American companies is that when the Americans leave, they lose contact with them. ...

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