The Globalization Of America's Economy After The Vietnam War

The French imperialised Vietnam and negatively reconstructed their flourishing economy. When the imperialists came to Vietnam in 1887 they immediately took control of their economy and also began stripping the Vietnamese of their resources .According to (alphahistory.com),

The Vietnam War holds its place in history as one of the most devastating wars for the

In this week’s “Working with Evidence”, the primary focus was on globalization, which is the process of businesses or other organizations developing international influence or operations on an international scale, after World War II. Based on the provided six images and the text of Chapter 23, it presented different ways various groups of people experienced globalization since the end of World War II. To begin, visual source 23.1 (‘Globalization and Work’) shows a Chinese-owned company producing jeans in a small country in southern Africa called Lesotho - this image shows the economic benefits of globalization. Many companies in wealthier countries would often find advantages to build facilities in places where labor is less expensive or environmental regulations are less restrictive. However, some companies would abuse the process of economic globalization as shown in visual source 23.3 (‘Globalization and Protest’). Visual source 23.3 shows a protester in Sao Paulo, Brazil, holding up a sign that reads “A better world according to Monsanto is a world with more cancer.” The company Monsanto is a major producer of herbicides, genetically modified foods, and many highly controversial chemicals such as DDT, PCBs, Agent Orange, and bovine growth hormones. In dozens of developed/developing countries activists have demonstrated or riot against government policies that removed subsidies raised prices on essential products, frozen salaries, or cut back on social services. Although

Regarded as one of the most controversial and polarizing military conflicts in U.S. history, the Vietnam War has left a deep and lasting impact on American culture, politics, and foreign policy. From 1964 to the present day, the Vietnam War redefined the scope of U.S. influence both at home and abroad, and caused a fundamental shift in American society that dramatically changed the way in which Americans viewed their government and the role of the United States as a world power. For an entire generation of Americans, who watched as the horrors of the war in Vietnam unfold before the spotlight of the national media, the Vietnam War directly challenged the superiority of the American way and the infallibility of U.S military dominance. In truth, the U.S government, U.S. military, and the American people as a whole struggled to accept the lessons of America’s greatest military failure and the sobering reality of the war’s consequences. To this day, the legacy of this so-called “American War” continues to resonate throughout the fabric of American society as a cautionary tale of U.S foreign intervention and blind acceptance of open-ended conflict.

“No event in the past half-century of American history has commanded a morep rominent place in the public consciousness than the Vietnam War” (Hall xi), a rightfully said statement. Lasting from 1960-1975, it is America’s longest war and changed the United States politically, socially, and culturally during that period. In the early 1970s, the voting age was lowered to 18, largely because of the war. Also, Vietnam was one of the first wars in which African Americans largely participated. Lastly, Vietnam changed America culturally by causing mistrust in government. In the 1960s through early ‘70s, the Vietnam War changed America in ways that nothing had ever done before.

The Vietnam War greatly changed America forever. It was the longest war fought in America’s History, lasting from 1955 to 1973. The Vietnam War tarnished America 's self image by becoming the first time in history the United States failed to accomplish its stated war aims, to preserve a separate, independent, noncommunist government. The war also had great effects on the American people. It was the first war ever broadcast on television. The public was able to see what happened on the battlefield. One of the chief effects of the war was the division it caused among the people. Not since the Civil War had America been so divided. This war would have lasting affects on the United States.

Vietnam is a country in Southeast Asia. During 1887, France took control of Vietnam for its valuable resources, specifically rice and rubber. Laos and Cambodia, two countries neighboring Vietnam were also conquered by France. These three countries all formed a single colony known as "French Indochina". Vietnamese people didn't appreciate being colonized, many farmers lost their land and became poor while the French colonists grew rich.

CONSIDERATION: In March 8, 1965, 3,500 marines of the 9th Expeditionary Brigade arrived in Central Vietnam; they were the first of the many American combat troops to be deployed into what ultimately was, a great tragedy (Lindsay). This tragedy is known to the world as the Vietnam War. A war that was an unmitigated disaster. A war that was lost before it even began. A war that resulted in the deaths of countless lives. An estimated two million Vietnamese civilians were killed, alongside 1.1 milion North Vietnamese soldiers, 250,000 South Vietnamese soldiers, and 58,200 U.S. soldiers (Spector). Once a champion of America's involvement in the Vietnam War, Robert McNamara, the Secretary of Defense who presided over

The one thing I found to be interesting in this weeks reading is how the Vietnam War affected the American economy. The war diverted money from domestic programs and was an end to Johnson’s Great Society. It contributed to the ongoing economic crisis. It is interesting that after the work put into the Great Society, yet the Vietnam War was the sounding bell for its death. An increasingly unfavorable balance of trade, related in part to spending for the war abroad, contributed to an international monetary crisis leading to Nixon having to deal with the economic problems of the war. This is related to the Great Society reforms that helped to provide some equality. It did not achieve any success during 1960 – 1974; it, in fact, caused the programs

The Montagnard had suffer the same consequent as the Native American, the conquer of the land, according to the Degar Foundation “In this way, we have suffered a fate similar to the Native Americans, Australian aboriginals, African Bushmen and other original inhabitants subjected to invasion and exploitation by outsiders.” The same way as the Vietnamese is taking over the land, but the solution in taking back the land is far too risky, due to the fact that; the Montagnard population is dropping. It was once over 3 million during French colonialism, today the race has dwindle to only a few thousand. As the tension between the Montagnard and Vietnam grow the safer place to be is in Cambodia and the neighbor countries.

Former Secretary of State and Vietnam veteran John Kerry said it best when he stated “In our opinion and from our experience, there is nothing in South Vietnam which could happen that realistically threatens the United States of America” and “To attempt to justify the loss of one American life in Vietnam, Cambodia, or Laos…is to us the height of criminal hypocrisy which we feel has torn the country apart” (Goldstein). This statement stands true with many Americans as the Vietnam War was the most opposed and debatable war in the history of the United States. The Vietnam War or Second Indochina War began 1954 and ended in 1975 and was a direct result of the First Indochina War in which France claimed Vietnam as a colony (Mintz, McNeil). The war ended in 1954 following a French defeat in the battle of Dien Bien Phu (Marlantes, history.net) which resulted in Indochina’s independence, and the division between North and South Vietnam. America’s involvement heightened in the war in 1954 in an attempt to stop the spread of communism (Mintz, McNeil). In fact, the United States had the largest military presence in the war and basically directed the war from 1965 to 1968 (Mintz, Mcneil). This battle against communism led to one of the longest wars in American history, and one of the bloodiest conflicts America has ever seen; thus, leading to outrage and protests in streets of Washington D.C. The Vietnam War is considered one of the most controversial wars in the history of

The Vietnam War is one of the most debatable and controversial wars in U.S. History. To this day people are questioning why we ever entered a war that was over 8,000 miles away. Why would we put our soldiers through such harsh fighting conditions and why would we spend so much money on a war that was not ours? Some people say that U.S. involvement was necessary to help end Communism and important to keep South Vietnam from coming under North Vietnamese control. However, there are many people who oppose that U.S. was involved due to the high number of casualties and financial burden it had on our country. Many people also say that we shouldn’t have participated in this war because Vietnam 's political issues didn’t affect the U.S.. The United States should not have participated in the Vietnam War because of the effects it had on our soldiers, the overall cost to our country and because it was a battle we could not win.

This war caused many tensions on the American home front. People lost trust in the government because of the war. Many innocent Vietnamese people were killed. American reasons for war to stop Communism is what started the war. The Vietnam War caused many tensions, many lives were lost, and it caused distrust in the government. In this new age people saw thing about that war that they were never able to see before.

The Vietnam War is an event in history that resonates through time way past the period of its actual occurrence. Aside from being the only war that the United States has ever lost, the Vietnam War resulted in around 58,000 American deaths, 3 to 4 million Vietnamese deaths, hundreds of millions of U.S. dollars spent, and a nation divided over its purpose and worth. Although the effects of the Vietnam War may not be a common or pressing topic in current times, the Americans who were involved in the war effort are still constantly reminded of its impact. Joseph Orsini, a retired veteran who served in the Air Force during the time of Vietnam, is one of these Americans. Through discussing his experiences in Vietnam, Joseph expressed the challenges that he faced both while abroad and after returning home to the U.S. Although it is not possible to generalize all Vietnam veterans’ encounters of the war with those of Joseph’s, his narrative not only breathes life into the typical facts seen in history books, but also provides tremendous insight into how the war was shaped by the daily danger presented by the Viet Cong, the surprise attacks of the Tet offensive, and the opposition raised by Americans back home.

The United States’ war with Vietnam was undoubtedly “a different kind of war”. Guerilla tactics and a largely jungle environment throughout the theatre of Vietnam made this a supremely unique conflict in the annals of American military history. Faced with this type of unique enemy and terrain, the American Armed Forces undoubtedly had to evolve and adapt their tactics accordingly. One element that is particularly extraordinary and exclusive to the Vietnam War is the development of highly organized scout-sniper training. Prior to the Vietnam War, the United States had zero trained snipers. By the time the War had ended, trained American snipers had killed more than 13,000 enemy soldiers. The impact of these efforts must be examined on a