The Spread Of Communism And The Vietnam War

The Vietnam war has been referred to by many names, one of the longer ones was 'the cornerstone of the free world southeast Asia'. It was called that by John F. Kennedy. He was talking about Vietnam being and essential country in a non-communist world. He believed that if Vietnam became a communist country, all of the surrounding countries would also become communists. This is the main reason America was involved in the Vietnam war. Another reason was that America wanted to spread their “political ideas around the globe”. They wanted to do this so that their anti-communism stance was clear. The public also wanted to keep communism from spreading. To soldiers, the war was like a crusade, a great journey to purge the communists from Vietnam.

During the Vietnam War, United States involvement was for personal reasons and fear of communism. Neither the United States or the Soviet Union should have been involved. The War was just used as a cover up for the actual silent, passive aggressive war between the United States and the Soviet. The Vietnam war was started by the North “Viet Cong” and their desire to unify Vietnam under communist rule. The South was against communism, making tensions grow until eventually, a war broke out on November 1, 1955. Five years later in the 1960s, the war was escalated with the involvement of foreign countries. While the North was supported by its communist allies such as China and the Soviet Union. The South was supported by the United States of America. The Americans wanted to halt or prolong the spread of communism. The “domino theory” compelled the U.S. to get involved as soon as possible because if not, the rest of Asia would fall to communism like “dominoes”. The U.S. involvement only started with Eisenhower administration when Vietnam split in half. This action of the United States was only for their own well being and their main goal was not for the good of Vietnam. During this time period the Vietnamese had just united and established the state of Vietnam. The war ended up lasting 9 years with long periods of bitter guerrilla warfare in the rugged jungles of Vietnam which would eventually result in the victory of the North and longed unification of Vietnam

The Vietnam War was the first major war American’s had suffered defeat. The Vietnam war was a war of confusion, competition and biasness. The outcome of the war was far greater than an upset American nation, but a severe breakdown of the Vietnamese culture, economy, environment and government. It also had a tremendous impact on American society even up to present day. It was unclear from the beginning of the war if the American’s should even be involved. It was a war between Northern and Southern Vietnam but the U.S saw it as an indirect way to challenge the USSR’s sphere of influence in Southern Asia and to prevent the domino effect and the further spread of communism. The Vietnam War completely changed the way the United States

The Vietnam War was a conflict, which the United States involved itself in unnecessarily and ultimately lost. The basis of the conflict was simple enough: Communism vs. Capitalism, yet the conduct of the Vietnam War was complex and strategic, and brought repercussions which had never been seen before. The struggle between North and South had an almost inevitable outcome, yet the Americans entered the War optimistic that they could aid the falling South and sustain democracy. The American intentions for entering the Vietnam conflict were good, yet when the conflict went horribly wrong, and the resilient North Vietnamese forces, or ‘Viet Cong' as they were known, refused to yield, the United States saw they were fighting a losing battle.

Today, our World is a lot safer than 1960s. With emerge of civil rights; The United States was at its own War in 1960s. Despite, the differences and political crisis inside the Country, American politicians denied the fact that Americans were at their own War. Chronically, the Government threatened most of Civil rights Movement leaders to death, but they fought for people’s rights against discrimination. Meanwhile, the United States was unrest with emerging Vietnamese War. With the help from Soviet Union, the Communist Government of Vietnam was trying to destroy Southern Vietnamese. To stop spreading out the Communism in Vietnam, the United States intervention required. In this essay I will talk about how American Government

Vietnam War goes down to be one of the most traumatic wars in American history. Among many of the American citizens have argued about the real reason and cause for the start of the Vietnam War. John Prados states what he believes to be the true cause of the Vietnam War was done solely by the hands of one important president. “President John F. Kennedy got the United States into the Vietnam War by aggressively pursuing

In Vietnam the U.S lost lots of things like money, power, troops, etc while they were at war. In 1955 many American troops were sent over to Vietnam to help stop the communist spread. The U.S felt obligated to go to war with Vietnam because they were scared of the domino effect. During the war America lost a lot of things both financially and manpower wise. This took a toll on many American troops and their families.

For decades in the United States the Cold war remained one of the biggest political issues. However, the divisive point of the Cold War era was the Vietnam War in the thousands of Americans were killed and back home in the United States a civil war almost broke out.

Just imagine coming home to people who are unappreciative of other people risking their lives, fighting for their own country. The Vietnam War began over an argument between North Vietnam and South Vietnam about communism. American troops deployed in Vietnam to fight with the South during the Vietnam War, because they did not support communism. The Northern Vietnam troops were in support of communism and the Southern troops were not. The war went on for about 20 years, from 1955 until 1875. When the American soldiers who fought in Vietnam returned home, they were mistreated and unappreciated for their service.

The causes of the war in Vietnam are rooted in events that took place before the United States finished World War II. Before WWII started, Hitler was taking over territories that had been taken away from Germany after the First World War. The nations that allowed Hitler to regain those territories were appeasing him thinking that he would stop after the next territory he took. Eventually appeasement had to end but by that time, it was too late; Germany was once again a strong world power, ready to fight a war to regain its position in the world. In part because of the immense fighting that resulted, the United States took it upon itself to not appease the spread of Communism with the Soviet Union. This was best put into light when President

There were many wars about Communism or was for Communism. Communism is a system of social organization in which all economic and social activity is controlled by a totalitarian state dominated by single and self-perpetuating political party(Harper). In fact, there a few wars where Communism current like The Cold War itself, therefore the Korean War, Vietnam war, and the Cambodia War. Likewise, their other things what happened during the wars that current Communism which involved deaths and violence. There was also a little death drop in the world population(World pop.Growth). Yet USSR government reported that 626 provincial show trials had been held(Gellately 37). So they convicted 5,612 and at least executive 1,955(Gellately 37).

The penultimate step in my studies was to conduct an interview with my mother and grandmother. During Thanksgiving Break, my mother held responsibility for my grandparents whilst my relatives were out of town; I took the opportunity to interview them. Before I began, I established a plan with two vital goals to meet: to understand if the Khmer Rouge breached any international, human rights laws, and to get confirmation of known facts found in the novels or article. I brought several essential objects to assist with the interview such as a voice recorder on my phone to capture every word said, a list of questions, and a tablet to search up any unclear information. Also, I refreshed my ability to speak Vietnamese as my grandmother can only speak

Spark of the Vietnam War due to President Kennedy’s assassination. Since World War II, the United States has been fighting to get rid of communism throughout the war. However, it was not until the war broke out in the southeast, that the American government really began to fear the growing communist parties. The Vietnam War began in 1954, and it was a war between Southern communist Vietnam and Northern Vietnam. It was not until 1965, when America decided to go into Vietnam.

<br>The Vietnam conflict changed when John F. Kennedy took the Presidential oath of office in 1961. Kennedy had long been interested in Vietnam. As a senator, he had visited the country in 1951. Like Truman and Eisenhower, Kennedy felt the United States needed to contain the spread of Communism. Kennedy wanted to take more military action against Communist rebels. When Kennedy took office there were only 900 American military advisors in Vietnam. Diem's Army of the Republic of Vietnam (known as ARVN) numbered 200,000 men, opposing a Viet Cong guerrilla force of only 17,000 men. The ARVN seemed unable to stamp out the Viet Cong (Communist rebels).

Vietnam is divided into two distinct zones which are a communist party (North Vietnam) and a democratic party (South Vietnam). Shortly after the cold war had broke out between both parties and their differences. Throughout the war, The united states became involved and sent troops to guide the south, since we supported their political view. Even though the south side fell to north vietnam, which caused a majority of people from vietnam to migrate away from this country. Due to the political differences, poverty and the continuation of the war, also led those to leave vietnam. After all the noth overpowered the south and those who tried to escape the situation they were involved in and leave vietnam from the south were directed to oversea camps, dealing with the torture they were put through and were learning about the new government that