The Tet Offensive caused a chain of events that led to the withdrawal of US troops from Vietnam and ultimately led to a defeat for the United States armed forces. ... Americans now commonly believe that the war in Vietnam fueled the anti-government and anti-war movements that shocked American society and ultimately led to the United State's failure in Vietnam. ... To this day, the Vietnam War is considered one of the most controversial events in American History. ... Unfortunately, the negative image of the Vietnam War is greatly influenced by Hollywood's portrayal of the war. ... Th...

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The Vietnam Revolution could apply be summarized as a war between communism and democracy. ... The Vietnam Revolution was an epilogue of events that started way before the conflict that occurred during the 1960's and 1970's. ... This war would be the Vietnam Revolution. Many nations around the world kept a close eye on the involvement's in Vietnam after the Geneva Conference, most importantly, the United States and Russia. ... Plans for a full scale war were now being made by the Allied forces defending South Vietnam. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

From the US viewpoint, it was thought that the War in Vietnam would be over and done with rather quickly. ... Rejection and exploitation of the Vietnam Veteran by the US caused the veterans to fight a different war, PTSD when they returned home. ... To keep in mind how important each day of being alive was, the soldiers had made calendars that had 365 spaces to mark off, and thus the calendars became a way of judging one another. ... One important fact about the Vietnam War was that it was America's first true integrated war. ... Even though over 58,000 Americans died in the Vietnam...

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• Grade Level: High School

Medical breakthroughs were important in the sixties. This essay explains the events and people of the sixties from 1960 to 1970. ... With leaders like Martin Luther King and Malcolm X, the Civil Rights Movement grew to be one of the most important movement in the sixties. ... Sadly his life came to an end by a bullet from his assign, James Earl Ray, on April 4, 1968 Important events in the movement involved the many sit-ins, riots, and the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1968 passed. ... Kennedy's death was the fall of the "American Camelot" The War on Poverty was also another movem...

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Abstract Ravaged by war, violently pushed out of their home country, separated from their extended family and friends, and evacuated to a foreign country where they have no commonality, Vietnamese refugees faced the worst after the end of Vietnam War in 1975. ... Indeed, the end of the Vietnam War sparked the beginning of Little Saigons, with the great effort and contribution of the first wave refugees. ... In an interview with my grandfather, Binh Le, a marine in Vietnam War, he confides, [Little Saigon] has everything and [I go there because of the] Vietnamese people. ... I can feel the ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate