Two Places: US Vs. Vietnam

In conclusion, Vietnam War and World War 2 both involved unprofessional soldiers during the war and caused many innocent people’s deaths, but the World War 2 has more reasonable explanations than Vietnam War that the United States participated in the war. Also, the defect of Vietnam War caused the society sadness by comparing and contrasting elements of O’Brien’s story, “The things they carried” and the Vietnam War with other texts about World War 2. The war is the most extreme and the most destructive thing among human experiences. Therefore, the war is the biggest tragedy for the human. Once it starts, it affects countless lives and their destinies. It doesn’t only affect directly nationalities and countries who guided

One of the most important issues that happened to everyone in the past called the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War is a war that between the Southern and Northern zones of Vietnam. In the early 1960’s, the United States was very worried about the situation in the South Vietnam. Therefore, the president Lyndon B. Johnson were starting to draft so many young people in the country to combat issues in the war with Vietnam. However, the Vietnam War were proved to be a common topic were to fight against the war, combat the issue of drafting about freedom and peace in countries to stand against the U.S. intervention in other countries. Moreover, the United States has believed there were over 20,000 Viet Cong guerrillas in the south and about another 100,000 of the population were on the Viet Cong side to defeat with other countries. Also, Vietnam War is one the longest war in the history has fought with the United States on the bridge of Cau Tan Cang which never going to win the war in Vietnam. Besides that, the Australians have fought a battle in a rubber plantation near the Long Tan. They won this battle with the Viet Cong and was lost with 18 men and has 21 wounded during that battle. Also, The Viet Cong had about 500 people wounded and lost 245. Therefore, the Vietnamese traditional culture may be still a mysterious and unknown to most of the people outside the countries of Vietnam, especially the white people. Nowadays, many white people, Philippines, and other neighbor countries

The Vietnam War and Iraq wars have many more similarities then the common American would think. Both were fighting gorillas in a foreign land in a way that the soldiers were never trained or prepared for, against a foe that despise America as a whole. However I believe the biggest difference is the American publics view and attitude toward each of the two wars. As well as the attitude of the soldiers in each of the wars in 2001 after the September 11 attacks we had people like Pat Tillman give up a career in the NFL and volunteer for the Army. The uprising of pride and numbers plumped to the start of that war. That is greatly different then the attitude during Vietnam when the US government had to institute a draft to help the numbers in soldiers. While people in the streets chanted “hell no we wont go”

Ever since its birth as a country in 1776, the United States of America has been a country surrounded by a certain aura that is not shared by other countries throughout the world. The country is one that was born out of a struggle and revolution, which has helped shape the character of its citizens and its national identity. Throughout the various wars the country has fought, such as the war of 1812, both World Wars, and the Vietnam War, propaganda has played an important role in influencing the people of America. The government of the United States has effectively used propaganda over the centuries to generate funds for war or relief efforts, save resources for war efforts, to get out and work or to possibly sway the minds of its citizens towards particular political ideals. Propaganda throughout the history of the United States, and throughout the world, have had various themes such as slandering an enemy as seen in anti-German, Italian, and Japanese propaganda in World War 2, or the opposite when trying to gain support for an ally. The main purpose of propaganda throughout history has been to persuade people to buy into or follow a set of ideals set out by whoever created the propaganda. Propaganda has played a large part in shaping the understanding of the United States by causing its citizens to buy into the beliefs of the government, which is a large reason why the country was able to become the great nation that it is today.

“Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever must realize that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events.” - Sir Winston Churchill. Throughout history, men have fought battles to protect and serve for their country. Some men become injured at war and others don 't get to live on to tell their stories. We are all thankful of those who are able to live on and tell their stories to the common people about their experiences. Two intriguing Wars are the American Civil War and the Vietnam War. They both deal with the long challenging fights between the North and the South regions within each country. The Civil War and the Vietnam War were never declared wars but still managed to divide nations and families. During these wars, many people died defending their land. Two very different war veterans are truly remarkable for the duties they have performed. Robert Edward Lee; the general in chief of the Civil war, and Gary James Walker; a veteran of the Vietnam War have interesting stories from their active military days.

The climate that the soldiers serving in Vietnam War were exposed to was an additional challenge they faced since it was extremely different from what they were used to. “When I arrived in Vietnam, it was so tropical that it took a while to get used to the humidity,” Denis shared. The climate

Vietnam has a very rich history that often goes unnoticed and unaccounted for, this is most likely due to the war being such a big landmark in the history of Vietnam. Before the war many events transpired that would eventually lead up to the war. In the late 19th century Vietnam was considered to be a French colony. The French built their own standing infrastructure, they began to build railways and roads and bridges. All of this building meant heavy taxation on the Vietnamese. This was all good and progressive for vietnam however “Naturally the Vietnamese wanted independence.” (http://www.localhistories.org/viethist.html) From there Ho Chi Minh founded a revolution and within 20 years Vietnam came under Ho Chi Minh rule.

It is easy to desire a change of scenery when living in the same setting for a long period of time, but great opportunities can arise closer than I previously imagined. Tennessee offers a wide range of opportunities in music, the outdoors, sports, and many more, and the more time I spend throughout the state, I will be able to meet and network with a wide array of individuals who provide a unique perspective on life. My travels throughout my home state will also allow me to catch up with friends from high school who have moved on to various colleges and jobs. While it is a dream of mine to set foot in as many places around the world as I can, it is wise to not rush past hometowns or home states, as they greatly impact the direction of each person’s life. This is also a vacation I can take without spending any money on housing and only spending about $240 for a week of travel (as listed in my itinerary/budget below). Nearly every state in the United States has a wide variety of activities to do and places to explore, and it is crucial to appreciate the opportunities that are in close

Imagine sitting in a helicopter that is taking to a battle ground were an estimated 2000 enemy troops are awaiting your arrival. You know you are heavily outnumbered but regardless, you have a mission to complete. The lives of your subordinates sit in the brink as they are counting on your ability to make split second decisions, employ meticulously devised tactics, and give precise orders. These are the challenges Lieutenant General Harold “Hal” Moore faced on 14 Nov 1965 during the first battle of the Vietnam War.

The Vietnam War was one of the bloodiest wars in the history of Vietnam. Vietnam use to be a peaceful country until the idea of communism started spreading across Vietnam. Many wanted to stay democratic but saw what happened to the Germans and started to lean towards communism. Many also wanted to stay democratic and still had it hopes high that it will soon get their lives and economy back on track.

The Vietnam War (VW) remains arguably the most contentious military conflict the United States of America (US) has ever been involved in. There has often been a tendency amongst historians to attribute the loss of the war to General William Westmoreland, who commanded all US military operations from the beginning of US involvement in 1964 to the Tet Offensive in 1968. Given that ultimately America failed to reach a decisive victory in the VW, numerous historians have attributed blame to Westmoreland for persisting with a failing strategy of search-and-destroy missions, waging a war of defensive attrition, and foolishly neglecting viable alternative strategies. On the contrary, Westmoreland had a comprehensive grasp of the nature of the war in both its political and military aspects, and cannot fairly be described as a ‘poor leader’ who fought the war ‘the wrong way’. This essay will seek to reach this conclusion by investigating three important propositions related to this question. Firstly, whether Westmoreland’s strategy of large unit search-and-destroy missions can be considered the ‘wrong way’ to fight the war will be examined. Secondly, given the circumstances can Westmoreland accurately be described as pursuing the ‘wrong’ strategy, instead of pursuing alternative tactics. Finally, this essay will investigate whether Westmoreland can fairly described as a poor leader for persisting with a flawed strategy of defensive attrition, even in the face of

The Vietnam War is a war that took place in Vietnam. The war was a particularly interesting war because it resulted in a previous unheard of result: the United States of America outright losing a war. This war was a war that was symbolic of one between democracy (good) and communism (bad). Vietnam was and still is a country that is run through communist rule. At the time, there was a democratic minority and this group was funded by other countries that were currently democratic. The United States in particular saw this as an opportunity to help Vietnam become a more democratic state.

Currently, society is increasingly more modern. Education growing priority not only for the developed countries like the US, but also in developing countries like Vietnam. Different learning approaches between the US and Vietnam are learning environment, approaches and objectives need to be achieved in the process of

Good evening and thanks for tuning in to the ABC, I am your host for this evening Josh Jacquet, and on today’s show we will be continuing our series on the topic of the Cold war but today we will be exploring the Vietnam War into detail. The topic that will be discussed tonight is that towards the end of the twentieth century the amount of democratic countries had quintupled. This was not expected at the beginning of the twentieth century. Now the question is Did the US use the cold war to further spread democracy to other countries and also contain the spread of communism? We will be exploring how the Vietnam War had an effect on this. Just in case you don’t know what the Vietnam war is, the Vietnam war is a military conflict that spanned from 1954-1975 and was between the Communist forces of North Vietnam which was led by the communist leader named ho chi minh who wanted to unite north and south to be ruled as a communist ruled democratic republic. He was supported by China and the Soviet Union. The non-Communist forces of South Vietnam led by Ngô Đình Diệm were supported by the United States.

Ideology In both countries was still very much Vietnamese. In fact this core aspect of Vietnam identity was retained in both cases such as customs and religious occurrences. In the South National ideology borrowed heavily from the west, I.E. capitalism and later Pro US as a strong backer. The North took its ideology from the Communist regimes in both China and more importantly from Russia. The North under the leadership of Ho Chi Minh early on turned from Chinese Ideology to a Russian one. As such its communism was not directly a result of the Mao model but more based off of the Lenin and later Stalinist version of Communism. This ideology used by the North was just a means to an end however. Ho Chi Minhs goal and in turn North