The Vietnam War was the longest war in which the United States took part. ... After the Second World War France attempted to re-establish control over Vietnam. ... Communists saw the Vietnam War as an extension of their struggle with France, as another attempt by a foreign power to rule Vietnam, and as a war of national liberation. ... By 1969, the Vietnam War seemed endless, and the United States slowly began to withdraw troops. ... The war finally ended on April 30, 1975 when South Vietnam surrendered to North Vietnam. ...

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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 war in veitnam Only hours after Lyndon Johnson Had became president of the United States in 1963, his first words on the Vietnam War were "I am not going to lose Vietnam. ... Johnson believed that the key to success in the war in Vietnam was to frighten North Vietnam's leaders with the possibility of full-scale U.S. military intervention. ... By early 1967, the war wa! ... The Communist Party believed that the American people were growing war-weary and that they could humiliate Johnson and force the United States to hand over south Vietnam. ... e war. ...

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Iraq and Vietnam The Vietnam War was fought over 14 years and it was a lot bigger than Iraq war. ... The Vietnam War was an awful war that affected millions of people in many different countries. Wars usually start because there is a difference in people's opinions, and the Vietnam War that was the case. ... Then in 1946 Vietnam's leader (who was also a communist), Ho Chi Minh organized the people of North Vietnam and took out the French rulers in a war that took around eight years. ... So one of the differences between the Iraq war and the Vietnam war was validity ...

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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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VIETNAM Vietnam was the longest war the United States has ever been a part of. ... Before the war many Americans knew nothing about Vietnam, let alone where it was located. ... The "Hawks supported the war and the fight against communists and the "Doves" were against the war and didn't think America was a risk from North Vietnam or communism. ... A new part of the war was started on January 30, 1968 when North Vietnam and the Viet Cong started attacks on the major cities of South Vietnam. ... On March 29, 1973 the last US troop left Vietnam, but the war did not cease there. ...

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When people talk about the Vietnam war, more often than not, they are referring to the war between the U.S.A. and the North Vietnamese Forces, led by Ho Chi Minh. ... After the war, the Vietminh controlled north Vietnam while an unpopular government setup by the French with it's capital in Saigon controlled the South. ... The Australian Government setup a propaganda campaign that the Vietnam war was a simple struggle between freedom and communism, and that free nations had to stop communism from spreading around the world. But this was not the first time the Australian Army had been invol...

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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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Vietnam War- The Vietnam War was the longest war in which the United States took part. ... By 1965 the U.S. began sending troops to Vietnam and bombing North Vietnam. ... He left the Johnson administration and his involvement in the Vietnam War. ... Peace demonstrators in the United States protest the involvement of the U.S. in the Vietnam War. ... The Vietnam War is not a war that the U.S. should be proud of. ...

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World War 1, World War 2, the Vietnam War and the Gulf War are all 20th Century conflicts, with different backgrounds but similar causes. ... The causes of the Vietnam war are the divide of the north and the south between ideology and nationalism. Nationalism was one of the main cause of the Vietnam war because The United States initially entered the Vietnam War to aid the French but it was nationalism that caused the both the Communist North and American's to continue the war. ... I think these two causes are the most important causes of the Vietnam War because if the country was div...

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France lost control of it's Indochina territory of what is now called Vietnam in 1954. ... In 1964 the US took control of almost all of the South Vietnamese military and began to fight the communist forces. 200,000 men were sent to fight and later a draft sent about 35,000 men a month to fight the war. ... The Peoples Republic of China and the USSR promoted the communist North Vietnam while the US supported South Vietnam. ... During the course of Vietnam war Humphrey worked for peace, being that he did not agree with the war, but he knew that it was necessary to fight until they could pu...

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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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America's war in Vietnam really started with the Tonkin Gulf incident. ... The first major battle of the Vietnam War was the battle of Ia Drang Valley. ... The main US objective through out the war was to try to stop the North Vietnamese from bringing supplies into Southern Vietnam via the Ho Chi Minh trail. ... This offensive even led President Johnson to realize that the war was futile. ... America was finally planning on leaving the war. ...

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"In 1975 the Vietnamese people gained an excellent victory for themselves by driving out the U.S. armed forces and reclaiming South Vietnam. With over 20 years of war and the loss of about 2 million lives the Vietnamese were reunited as one. The peasants and townsfolk of Vietnam were the ones who suffered the most after the reincarnation of Vietnam because they were the ones who revolted in the first place so they were severely punished for there actions. In the 19th century Vietnam was under French rule and exploited for its cheap labor and rich lands. ... On September 14 the Vietminh po...

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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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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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The Americans entered the Vietnam War with the sole intention to prevent the spread of communism or as they liked to call it, "the domino theory". ... Nixon, aiming to achieve "peace with honor" in Vietnam, began to put his "Vietnamization" policy into place, which basically involved removing the number of American military soldiers in the country and transferring combat roles to the South Vietnamese. ... The agreement specified the complete withdrawal of all American military forces from South Vietnam, including advisors, and the end of all U.S. military actions in support of Saigon. ... At t...

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During the Vietnam war thousands of troops were sent to prevent an oppressive government from taking over and spreading communism. The social-political situation in Vietnam emphasizes that the war was not a result of an aggressive North Vietnam invading South Vietnam, but instead complicity of interrelated factors. ... Many voiced their opinions by preaching, "Make love not war" and "flower power" to get their word across about the disastrous Vietnam War. ... Clothing embarked as a major fashion statement during the Vietnam war for the hippies. ... By protesting and rallying for th...

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Ho Chi minh one of the most well known Vietnamese because of his leading role in the war between North and South Vietnam known as Vietnam war. ... Vietnam and the west coast of the island hainan. ... Eventually led to the escalation and official documentation of U.S. involvement in Vietnam National liberation front- it was formed in 1960 to effect the overthrow of south Vietnamese government and the reunification of north and south Vietnam. ... Nixon doctrine- Set in 1969 the point of this doctrine was that the major effort for deterrence of localized wars overseas. It must be made...

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It also had a major but not decisive impact on the 1952 Geneva conference, clearing the way for the division of Vietnam along the 17th parallel; which in turn would lead to the creation of the National liberation front against the corrupt Diem regime, inevitably catalysing the 2nd Indochina war into play. ... Furthermore, the French public support and faith was sapped and the French Communist Party against the war gained momentum. ... The resounding victory for Ho and his Vietminh enhanced their status within Vietnam and fuelled their commitment to go on to establishes a united and independe...

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Comparative Analysis These two letters put forward by Arnold Mann and Cynthia O"Keefe, I protested against Vietnam - but this is different and Please, Mr Howard, give peace a chance respectively, give two sides to an issue making headlines all over the world. ... The article written by Mr Mann titled I protested against Vietnam - but this is different uses several different techniques to influence the reader. Mr Mann is adamant that this almost inevitable war with Iraq is not the same as Vietnam. After having protested against the Vietnam war, the writer says that Vietnam was different...

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It was a case of two different countries in the Vietnam War. The first part of this two sided battle was North Vietnam. In North Vietnam they had a disciplined and structured army, but they did not have that much food. ... Contrary to popular belief we do have to pay for planes flying over to Vietnam. ... The United States brought over more troops to prepare South Vietnamese people for war. ...

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ROLLING THUNDER As you all know, President Johnson was a starch anti-communist and the American people, as a majority, were against the Vietnam war. ... Rolling Thunder was a restricted but massive bombing campaign against North Vietnam. ... In the begging of Rolling Thunder, Johnson insisted on maintaning tight personal control over the air war. ... By 1967, the US had destroyed most major targets with no desirable effect on the war. This was partly because the people of North Vietnam learned to cope with they bombings. ...

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