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Vietnam: An Overview Of Strategies There have been many battles, movements and wars in United States history. ... 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). ... The United States fighting strategy in Vietnam proved to be unsuccessful due to unrestricted guerilla warfare. ... As the Vietnam war intensified through 1965-1966 so did the Chine...

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Johnson summarizing the situation in Vietnam as very disturbing. ... He stated flatly: "Lodge [Henry Cabot Lodge, ambassador to South Vietnam, 1963 ­1967] has virtually no official contact with Harkins [General Paul Harkins, first commander of Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV)]. ... All of those teams were located by the enemy, and only four survivors returned to South Vietnam. ... Taylor divided his analysis of the circumstances into three sections: Strategy: "The communist strategy as defined by North Vietnam and the puppet National Liberation Front is to seek a political s...

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There were also weaknesses within U.S. strategy, which contributed to the failure of American involvement. ... There are still questions about the strategies of the United States. It seems as though some of the strategies were based upon political reasoning rather than foreign policy or military tactics. ... This turned American support away from Vietnam. ... Communism took over South Vietnam after American troops pulled out. ...

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The initial involvement of the U.S. in this conflict was based on strategies to ensure a victory in the Cold War. These foreign policies led to an effective involvement in the Vietnam War from an American perspective. ... Ho, controlling the Republic of Vietnam allowed 15,000 French troops to settle in Vietnam . ... "The Geneva Agreement called for a division between North Vietnam and South Vietnam along the seventeenth parallel, with establishment of a so-called Demilitarized Zone between them. ... In the meantime the agreement provided that the French would pull out of North Vietnam and ...

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It was started by communist North Vietnam wanting to take over South Vietnam. ... Elections were scheduled for 1956 in South Vietnam for reunification of Vietnam. ... In January 1959, the Vietnam Conflict began when North Vietnam's Central Executive Committee issues Resolution 15, changing its strategy toward South Vietnam from "political struggle" to "armed struggle." ... In 1976 North and South Vietnam was officially united into the single nation of Vietnam. North Vietnam forced culture and political system on the people of South Vietnam. ...

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During World War Two, the provinces of Vietnam had been colonized by the French who promised to protect Vietnam from the threat of a Japanese invasion. ... This went directly in line with their containment strategy of communism. ... Another factor that contributed to the failure of America's involvement in the Vietnam civil war was extremely poor military management and ineffective military strategies used against the Viet Cong forces. ... His strong views on the subject, combined with the equally strong views of General Westmoreland, made the two a very opinionated force to be reckoned w...

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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. ... These attacks were looked down on by the international community and forced the Nixon administration to reconsider its tactics and negotiation strategy. ... On March 29, 1973, the last U.S. troops left Vietnam. ... Millions had depended on...

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Vietnam Case Study Vietnam is a poor, densely populated country that has had to recover from the ravages of war. ... Economic strategies In 1986, Nguyen Van Linh marked a new era in Vietnam. He had the idea of improving Vietnam's economy by making it Socialism. ... Relationship of Vietnam's economy with Australia's Australia's relationship between Vietnam are sound. They are close as Australia ranks 5th of Vietnams exporter. ...

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