The Vietnam War: A Brief Analysis

Ishmael is the protagonist of the story. His role is important because he is the one who wrote this memoir. He was raised as a poor kid without an education. He live in Mattru Jong with his brother Junior, father, and stepmother. His mom lives in a different place with his brother Ibrahim. Ishmael loves to spend time with his family. He doesn’t like to be separated from the people he loves the most.

If Big Darrell lets Krik keep quill and gets over his son and old dog.

In the later months of 1967 500,000 America troops were on the ground in Vietnam. Morale was low when the troops began to realize just how much control the Viet Cong had over the small country of Vietnam. Any success against the Viet Cong was purely body count. Politicians claimed the would break the Viet Cong with war, they were mistaken. Back home the media pushed an antiwar movement. The media continuously told the people the war was being won, yet there was no end in sight. The war to break down the Viet Cong broke the troops and civilian support

The Vietnam War started on the 1st November 1955, however full U.S military involvement was not until over ten years later in 1965 following the Gulf of Tonkin incident in which a U.S Destroyer was reportedly fired upon by North Vietnamese forces. Once again, as with the Korean War five years previous, the North part of the country was the Communists and the South part was the Capitalists. The Vietnam War was a lot more forthcoming than the Korean War, given the ten year period in which military advisers resided in Vietnam before the outbreak. Despite this build up the interest in Vietnam by war correspondents was at a minimal level. It is reported that even in 1963, just two years prior to the full involvement of the U.S military, there were only enough full-time correspondents to fill a table at a restaurant . The lack of media personnel in the country until 1965 shows that despite the indications shown in Korea for the USA to protect their interests, there is not much pull unless there is a full military involvement. The number of correspondents around in Vietnam before 1965 was at a measly eight. However, signifying the size of the war, the peak number in March 1968 hit 645 correspondents in Vietnam . Amongst this number saw a large quantity of female correspondents make their way to Vietnam. In all 467 women were accredited to being correspondents during the war, the most ever in any war . This may have been as a result of the

After reading “The Vietnam Wars” I found out that the Vietnamese are very proud of their country and culture. First of all, in paragraph one, “The Chinese Dragon”, the author said that “The Trung sisters led the first uprising, then drowned themselves rather than surrender.” This quote from the text explains that the Vietnamese people were so proud of their culture they would rather die than surrender. Secondly, in paragraph three, “Life, Liberty, and Ho Chi Minh,” after defeating the Japanese with the aid of Americans the author says, “Ho mounted a platform in Hanoi’s Da Dinh Square and it was decorated with flowers and banners. During the ceremony the crowd chanted “Doc Lap” while they were granted independence.” Hundreds of thousands showed

South Vietnam president believed “the treaty put his country at the mercy of spies from the North and refused to accept it without significant changes” (Bia). It was signed in 10 May 1968 in Paris, to stop U.S’ direct military bombings, and temporary stop the fight between North and South Vietnam (Bia). The U.S army pulled out that same year, however, the Southern government still refuse to let go of power. “The capture of Saigon by the North Vietnamese Army in April 1975 marked the end of the war, and the North and the South unified the following year” (Dougan 152). There was no gun shot at the revolution, local people said, described it just as a “tank parade”, only to get the Southern authorities to surrender. After the country united, some Southern soldiers still hid the forests and fought in small civil battles until the end of 1978. Vietnam finally ended its last war, and has kept peace with the U.S since.

The Vietnam War was a pivotal changing point in the American foreign policy. Through the span of three presidents and the Cold War, Vietnam changed the outlook of America in the world wide arena. After the end of the Indochina war and oppression of Vietnam by the French, the country was split into the north and the south along the 17th parallel. Following the declaration of the Geneva Accord there was to be a demilitarized zone along the north and the south of the 17th parallel and each side of the nation would have 300 days to remove their personnel from the opposing side of the country. North Vietnam, or the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, was controlled by the Vietnamese Communist Party (Worker’s Party) the

The draft of the Vietnam War led to the ratification of the twenty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution. In order to have a sufficient army, Congress initiated a draft in the form of a lottery to force young men between the ages of 18 through 26 to go into the military. Many people protested against the draft and draft dodgers escaped from military service. As a result of the draft, teenagers wanted voting power during the war so they could have an influence on who became the commander-in-chief and other political affairs. To calm the protest, the Voting Rights Acts was amended to allow eighteen years olds to vote. The amendments were then deemed unconstitutional in the court case Oregon v. Mitchell which created a need for an amendment to the

When reading this case you have to take it back to the abuse of human rights and how to properly proceed the evidence that will allow the violators to be accountable for their actions. The story clearly analyzes on how the shooting in New Orleans on the Danziger Bridge in 2005 occurred. At this time it was during the wake of Hurricane Katrina were two victims were killed and four others were injured ((Bohm & Haley, 2014) when crossing the Danziger bridge these six bystanders were killed and injured by the hands of a police officer's. However, these officers failed to mention the use of deadly force against six unarmed citizens. Arthur Kaufman was among one of the officers that made the attempt to cover up the crime (Bohm & Haley, 2014)

JFK told troops in 1961: “The United States is determined to help Vietnam preserve its independence, protect its people against Communist assassins…” Kennedy wanted people to believe that Soviet supported Communism was another force coming to take command of Vietnam (Faber 117). The way the U.S. acted was that of any government turned to communism was taken over by the Soviet Union and not their own independent land. In 1945, Ho Chi Minh sent a series of letters to President Truman asking for support in their efforts to rebuild the country (Course Slides 8). At that time, there was no indication that Vietnam would be taking aid or guidance from the Soviet Union. In fact, Minh was asking for U.S. help. President Johnson spoke of the war as if it would come to an easy end and be welcomed by the South Vietnamese “ The central issue of the conflict…is the aggression by North Vietnam…If that aggression is stopped, the people and government of South Vietnam will be free to settle their own future-“ (Faber 117). However, many people in South Vietnam were not happy with the U.S. installed government and the role that the Americans were playing in their country. In November1960, the overthrow of Diem was

Many famous fore fathers supported a strong federal government and were supporters of the Constitution. James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and John Jay were among these men who showed their support by writing essays called the Federalists Papers. They believed that to get the Constitution ratified they needed to “convince the public and state legislators that the Constitution would empower the new nation to succeed.” In Federalists No. 9 Hamilton argued that “a firm Union will be the utmost moment of the peace and liberty of the States, as a barrier against domestic faction and insurrection.” Federalists also had the experience to negotiate treaties with countries abroad, and believed that a

In Ten-Point Manifesto, the NLF, at the end of 1960, presented its idealism of a peaceful, independent, and unified Vietnam along with its antagonism towards its rival the United States in the midst of Vietnam War. This manifesto gained substantial support from abroad, whereas most foreign observers did not realize that the NLF was actually a collaborative organization between North Vietnam and rebels in South Vietnam. In general, Ten-Point Manifesto was an notable embodiment of the shared values of the global revolutionary generation of the 1960’s.

The source of the article is from NPR.com with the KQED network. The article name is “ Study Finds Many Veterans Live with War Trauma throughout their Lives”. The original report is from the source of “ The JAMA network” in the JAMA Psychiatry Journal section.

President John F. Kennedy 's started off the Vietnam War by sending over 2,000 military advisers to South Vietnam in 1961 to mark the beginning of twelve years of American military combat.” U.S. unit combat began in 1965. The number of US. Troops steadily increased until it reached a peak of 543,400 in April 1969. The total number of Americans who served in South Vietnam was 2.7 million. Of these, more than 58,000 died or remain missing, and 300,000 others were wounded. The US. Government spent more than $140 billion on the war.” Sadly on November, 22nd, 1963 he was assassinated. Lyndon Baines Johnson stepped into office as the 36th President of the United States. On July, 20th, 1954, In Indochina there was conference that produced a set of documents known as the Geneva Accords. These agreements temporarily separated Vietnam into two zones, a northern zone to be governed by the Viet Minh, and a southern zone to be governed by the State of Vietnam.

The French then left Vietnam agreeing to most of their demands. This conference was held at Geneva and a treaty was signed called the Geneva peace agreement. As a result of this a portion line was set up dividing the south and north of Vietnam. This line was also demilitarised. America did not sign this; they saw this as giving into communism and hated it completely.