By definition, the Vietnam War was a protracted military conflict between the Communist forces of North Vietnam supported by China and the Soviet Union and the non-Communist forces of South Vietnam supported by the United States. ... The Vietnam War gives birth to a striking epiphany that war is directly comparable to love. ... Love and war are closely linked forces of combat that became intertwined during Vietnam. ... The Vietnam War also fashions a striking realization that war is real. ... True war, like Vietnam, is relentless. ...

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" The Vietnam War was fought to support our alliance with the US and in the effort to stop the spread of communism. ... Menzies view on the Vietnam War was that at all costs it had to be fought by Australians and won, he greatly supported the war against communism that it was to neutralize the threat and to serve our alliance with the US under the ANZUS treaty. ... This wasn't a big issue until 1966 when the government announced they would be sending the conscripts overseas to fight in the Vietnam War. ... Most of the newspaper such as "the Age" stated that the Vietnam War...

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The Vietnam War was fought not only in Vietnam but also in surrounding countries such as Cambodia and Laos. There are many contributing factors for the beginning of the Vietnam War which was all linked to the Cold War. ... 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. ... War began out between the North and the South with communist countries supporting North Vietnam and democratic countries supporting South Vietnam. ... Communist forces in The Vietnam War were: North Vie...

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Vietnam Many believe that America's involvement in the Vietnam War was a disaster. ... One question that comes to mind when thinking about the Vietnam War is our reasoning for entering the war and what our enemies thought about America's intervention in the war. ... After analyzing this statement one can make a direct connection to moral authority and America's actions at the time of the Vietnam War. ... President after president avoided being charged with the loss of the Vietnam War. ... Hayslip entered the war as a teenager in a war stricken country. ...

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There are a number of differences between the Korean and Vietnam wars. ... Both of these wars were expensive, the Korean War cost the US $67 billion and Vietnam cost $140 billion . ... The Vietnam War commenced very differently from Korea, the Korean War originated internally when North attacked South, but Vietnam was started externally by the United States. ... On 30th April 1975, South Vietnam fell to the communists, and America lost the war against communism. ... Historian, Neil Sheenan believes that Vietnam will have been a war in vain only if we fail to draw wisdom from it. . ...

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The Vietnam War Throughout the past century, there have been numerous controversial topics from suffrage to slavery. Perhaps one of the most controversial, at least in my opinion, was the war in Vietnam. Even today, right now, if you ask someone what he or she thinks about the Vietnam War, you are sure to get an earful. ... The Vietnamese War, as defined to me in the New Standard Encyclopedia, was " an undeclared war for the control of South Vietnam, starting in 1957 and ending in 1975." The war began as a Communist guerrilla campaign supported by North Vietnam, w...

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They have no sense of why they are even in this war; this is not their war to fight. ... The Vietnam War is unlike any war the United States of America has ever participated in. ... To them there is no great purpose in this war as in The Revolutionary War or World War II. ... The Vietnam War begins because of the fear of the communist "domino effect". China and the Soviet Union are communist, and now Vietnam wants to be communist. ...

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The government's paranoia of the Communist party escalated once again during the war of Vietnam. ... The only war was not being fought in Vietnam but back in the United States as well. ... Former Vietnam veterans even supported to end the war. The veterans established a group known as the Vietnam Veterans against War. ... The war did not only affect the people in Vietnam but the people in the U.S. as well. ...

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CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF THE VIETNAM WAR Why was there a Vietnam War?? This question has been asked a lot of times since the war. ... The United States war in Vietnam had no beginning and it was a series of steps between 1950-1965 "in May 1950, President Harry S. ... The United States was now at War! Since there were so many starting points in the Vietnam War it complicated to say the causes of the U.S entry. ...

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The foreign policies of President Eisenhower led to the involvement of the Americans in the Vietnam War, but to a limited extent. ... These foreign policies led to an effective involvement in the Vietnam War from an American perspective. ... Preventing Vietnam from becoming a communist state would become imperative given the state of affairs in the post World War II era. From the 1880's until World War II, France governed Vietnam as part of French Indochina under the control of Emperor Bao Dia. ... Two months later in July, foreign ministers of nineteen nations met at Geneva to end ...

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The Cold War was a war that literally wasn't your typical war. ... This is the main reason the United States got involved in Vietnam. ... The Vietnam War is called by many today to be one of the only wars in the history of the United States that they ever been defeated in. ... Nations like England, France and most of Europe was backing the United States and countries like China, North Korea, Cuba and Vietnam were backing the Soviet Union. ... These levels are important because the Cold War could have easily had gone the other way because in Latin America the democratic ideas weren&...

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Cook Reaction to Howard Zinn's Writing about Vietnam Zinn gives a complete overview of what happened. ... While reading this some of my thoughts of the entire Vietnam War changed. ... I think that one of the biggest problems our country had during the Vietnam War was the extreme lack of public support. ... They would rather go to jail then be put in the situations of the Vietnam War. ... If I was alive during the time of the Vietnam War I believe I would have been willing to go to war, until it got out of hand. ...

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After America's defeat of Japan in World War II, the French continued its colonial rule in Vietnam until 1954 when the Vietminh, Ho Chi Minh's communist army, defeated it once and for all. ... Eisenhower imposed a demilitarized zone on Vietnam that split the country into two and effectively delineated a civil war boundary between the Northern communists under Ho Chi Minh's rule and the Southern nationalists under Ngo Dinh Diem. ... The statement clearly shows the American's ambition on Indochina and Vietnam. ... (intro)"In October 1949, US policy moved swiftly to full-scale...

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Korea and Vietnam essay Some people say Vietnam and Korean War was a bad thing for America, but I disagree to some extent. ... I understand that we lost many lives in the Vietnam and Korean wars, but we also saved a lot. ... The Vietnam and Korean War has changed our life because throughout the lectures in class I learned that since then we are more cautious about getting involved in a war. The current war we are in and the Vietnam and Korean War are similar in many ways. ... In conclusion, I still think it was a good thing for the U.S. to be involved in Vietnam and the Korean War....

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In 1955, the United States began to help South Vietnam, and for ten years, spent billions of dollars in war equipment and economic aid. ... In 1965, President Johnson sent the first American combat troops to South Vietnam, and at that point, it became an American War. When the first American troops went to war in Vietnam, Americans went to war at home. Hawks, people in support of the war, believe that our support of non-Communist South Vietnam was necessary to prevent the expansion of Communisim in Southeast Asia. ... But in 1975, the North Vietnam Army invaded South Vietnam, ignoring the ...

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The US was not actually into the war they were just supplying the French. ... The US had to get out or take control and win the war. ... The Gulf on Tonking incident provide the excuse needed by President Johnson to seize control of the war and send troops into Vietnam and win the war. ... The war effort was in place and the US navy and the South Vietnam navy fought the Vietminh navy. ... The later part of the war consisted of two Nationalist parties who wanted power over Vietnam. ...

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Reaction to Howard Zinn's Writing about Vietnam Zinn gives a complete overview of what happened. ... While reading this some of my thoughts of the entire Vietnam War changed. ... I think that one of the biggest problems our country had during the Vietnam War was the extreme lack of public support. ... They would rather go to jail then be put in the situations of the Vietnam War. ... If I was alive during the time of the Vietnam War I believe I would have been willing to go to war, until it got out of hand. ...

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Both pieces depict young men as they lose their innocence in the Vietnam War facing the inhumane acts that comes along with war. ... Thus far, this is shown as the young men go into the Vietnam War sheltered and not really being revealed to immorality in the world. ... Although as the war persisted and Richie gets a real taste of war, he is faced with the inhumane acts that come along with war, such as the cruelty and senseless lives lost from both opposition of the VCs and the American soldiers. ... Whereas in "The Man I Killed" O'Brien narrates his experience in the Vietnam Wa...

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At the peak of the Cold War, the war in Vietnam was a catalyst to the strong emergence of counterculture. ... The war in Vietnam began because America was taking a stand in the fight against communism. ... The Vietnam War was extensively bloody, controversial, and monumental in the introduction of new technology and warfare. ... Since the start of the Vietnam War, a new form of counterculture had been brewing. ... The war in Vietnam had upset and opened the eyes of many Americans, encouraging them to take a stand, developing non-conformist subculture. ...

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Background information: Before The War The Vietnam War, well known and brought up a lot in today's world as a comparison to the current Iraq war. 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. ... They thought this because the Northern Vietnam was backed by China and Russia. ... Being that it was the Vietcong's homeland, they were in the better position to win this war. ... That was a bad time for Richard Nixon, having to control the Vietnam War that Johnson had started. ...

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In an unjustified war, it means just that. ... By using dualistic thinking all unjustified wars can be avoided. An example of lack of dualistic thinking resulting in an unjustified war can be heard by any Vietnam vet. ... "The president who saved your sons from being brutally slaughtered in the Vietnam jungle." The war tactics used by America in Vietnam were lower than low. ...

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This started the Vietnam War, which lasted from 1959 - 1973 when the U.S finally withdrew. ... (Vietnam War Statistics). ... (The History of the Vietnam War). ... He was only 19 when he was drafted to go and fight in this war; he also went through all of the training and drills to go over to Vietnam just to be sent back. ... Overall my grandfather is a man I inspire to be, that is why I researched him and wrote the story of his Survival in the Vietnam War....

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For example, after studying the Vietnam War you can have students go to two opposite sides of the room. One side who feels the Vietnam War was necessary to keep communism from spreading and one side who felt the U.S. should not have risked U.S. lives for foreign affairs. ... You could relate this to our history of the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the spread of communism, and the nuclear race with the USSR. ...

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The anti-Vietnam War movement brought demonstrations in New York City that attracted 25,000 marchers; within two years similar demonstrations drew several hundred thousand participants in Washington, D.C., London, and other European capitals. ... The legacy and meaning of the massive protests against the Vietnam War are still debated, but as you can probably see that the American movement against the Vietnam War was the most successful antiwar movement in U.S. history. A significant event that leads to the philosophical shift from liberalism to conservatism is the Vietnam War. The Vietnam W...

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Marines to help out South Vietnam in the war effort. ... It covers most of Vietnam, this made the fighting very difficult. ... This went on thru the entire war. ... They were first introduced in many of the earliest wars, but were only used during the war. ... After the Vietnam war, however, they were not disbanded, but started training Marines at home to be a combat sniper. ...

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