Army of the Republic of Vietnam

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    The Vietnam War, a war involving the invigorating power of the superpower America and its democracy and freedom versus the almighty Russia and its tight fist of communism. This infamous war would go on to be one of the most controversial wars to date, but people rarely tend to have the knowledge behind everything that took place in the Vietnam war. You see The United States involvement in the Vietnam War did not do what do anything in the way of stopping communism. Because of this war, many men were

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    The Vietnam War was a power struggle between communism and capitalism, North Vietnam against South Vietnam respectively. The Vietnam War was fought between 1955 and 1975 which fell in the middle of the cold war which was fought between 1947 and 1991. The United States of America as well as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics used the Vietnam War as a way to indirectly fight each other. The involvement in the Vietnam War was very unpopular in America and many movements were made against it. America

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    The War on Vietnam Many believe that the way Americans entered the war against the North Vietnam communists was unjust. The United States got into a war that they had no clue on how to win. “The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973

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    The Vietnam War first began in 1959, five years after the division of the country by the Geneva Accords. Vietnam had been divided into two, with a communist regime in the north under Ho Chi Minh and a democratic government in the south under Ngo Dinh Diem. In 1959, Ho commenced a guerilla campaign in South Vietnam, led by Viet Cong units, with the goal of reuniting the country under a communist government. These guerilla units often found support among the rural population who desired land reform

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    The Vietnam War was a complex and contentious war, that the American people demanded an end to and the return of American troops to native soil. Facing this complex problem, President Richard Nixon had to devise a hasty exit strategy. This exit strategy known as “Vietnamization” was controversial exit strategy and remains so to this day. Following his inauguration, Nixon ordered the compilation of National Security Study Memorandum (NSSM 1) titled “Situation in Vietnam”. The Nixon administration

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    “A Look into Vietnam” Vietnam resembles the shape of a seahorse that stretches southeast into the Pacific Ocean; Vietnam is known as to as the “balcony of the Pacific.” By way of its water transportation links that were developed prior to rail and road networks, Vietnamese migration pressed southward (Nam Tien) along the coast. (Taus-Bolstad, 2006) Distinct regions meant that trade was more than a means to establish national unity within a dispersed settler society. (Taus-Bolstad, 2006) A geographical

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    Second Indo-China War, which is commonly referred to as the Vietnam War around the world and in the United States (US), pitted two very different nations against each other. This fight represents the modern day version of the biblical story of David versus Goliath. The United States at the time possessed the most technically advanced military in the world utilizing the latest high-tech equipment. The Democratic Republic of Vietnam or North Vietnam (DRV) was only a semi-industrialized nation struggling

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    The Vietnam War began in 1954 after years of conflict stretching back to the 1940s between the communist regime of North Vietnam and South Vietnam. North Vietnam was attempting to make South Vietnam a communist country; since we are a democracy, the United States opposes the views of communist countries, and because we feared the spread of communism the United States became involved as an ally of South Vietnam. The war ended in 1975, resulting in disastrous effects on Vietnam and America. The assertion

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    Communism In Vietnam

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    the end of the Vietnam War in 1975 Americans believed that there are no winners, while the North Vietnamese believed that all Vietnamese were victors. Despite American attempts, with the help of the capitalist government of South Vietnamese, to take control of Vietnam and halt communism, at the end of the war the North Vietnam had total control over Vietnam. Thus it’s reasonable to say that the North Vietnamese were the victors because they gained their independence, peace and a Vietnam free of the

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    These wars have usually occurred because of differences amongst nations and people in society. The Vietnam War is an example of relentless fighting and conflict between countries due to political differences. Through Mark Atwood Lawrence’s book, The Vietnam War, the differences and reasons behind the war are better comprehended. In his book, Mark Atwood Lawrence accomplishes to portray the war in Vietnam from several different perspectives. Lawrence examines the reasons behind the Vietnamese revolution

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