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Lessons Learned from the American Experience in Vietnam DeVry University HUMN415: Vietnam and the 20th Century Experience Spring A 2010 Lessons Learned from the American Experience in Vietnam The Vietnam War was a war that seems to have thought the American Military and Government officials a lot about diplomatic negotiations, presidential leadership, and cultural/social contexts. Each American involved most likely has a different story to tell about the War from the ground soldiers all

The Vietnam War was another United States attempt in containing Communism in southeastern Asia. To this point in the Cold War, containment dominated U.S. foreign policy and already led the U.S. into a war, Korea. In 1964, The North Vietnamese attacked the U.S.S. Maddox in the Gulf of Tonkin. Soon after the attack, the U.S. Senate crafted the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which gave President Johnson the ability to engage in the Vietnam War (Phillips). President Johnson immediately sent thousands of

modest by assigning responsibility for the war in Vietnam to the Johnson administration election, Nixon consistently criticized Johnson 's Vietnam policy. Republican Party 's leading spokesman on Vietnam, Nixon forced the administration to acknowledge and respond to his rhetoric, Nixon 's hawkishness on the Vietnam conflict during 1964-66 has been largely ignored by students of the war.(2) Given Nixon 's role in Nixon as a critic of America 's Vietnam policies during the Johnson administration 's escalation

concentration will be Vietnam. The Nixon doctrine was later referred to as the Vietnamization plan. The Nixon doctrine was a response to the cold war that was going on in Vietnam. The president doctrine stated that the Vietnam should defend them instead of waiting for military help from the US. What led to the Nixon Doctrine? The cold war was instigated by the fight of resources between US and USSR. Vietnam fall victim because they had had good relations with South Vietnam and that they

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

My biological name is Dang Thanh Tam. I was born in Da Nang Vietnam in 1972 and do not know whom my biological Mother is or if she had survived the Vietnam War. My biological father, an African American, and might have served in the United States Army or the United States Marines. Due to the extent of the war, it is highly likely he did not survive the war as well. Much of the Vietnam War is something hard for me to understand. Growing up as a child, young adult, and as an adult, this is a very sensitive

The vietnam war was a time of tragic events that paved a way in our nation 's history. It was a war between a third-world country and a place that was very well known to you and I, the United States. The Vietnam war was also known as the second Indochina war. Military struggled, fought in Vietnam from 1959 to 1975 involving the North Vietnamese and the National Liberation front in conflict with U.S force and the South Vietnamese army. The U.S became involved in Vietnam because America policy believed

The Vietnam War was started when North Vietnam and the Viet Cong started attacking South Vietnam. They did this to unite Vietnam under communist rule. Because North Vietnam did this, South Vietnam asked for help from the US and other allies. When we joined the war the Russians and Chinese joined in also. They were communist countries helping North Vietnam. Jungly terrain made it hard to move supplies and soldiers, so we bombed Vietnam with pesticides. The pesticide , Agent Orange, worked, but it

Resolution were too chaotic and too violent to overlook. By 1964, the US—desperate to contain communism—had already sent troops to support South Vietnamese leader, Ngo Dinh Diem. Ngo Dinh Diem couldn’t end communist infiltrations of the South; such infiltrations were otherwise known as the Viet Cong (South Vietnamese communist guerillas), who made their debut to the South in 1959. Diem did not receive loyalty and his rule was so “deteriorated that he was overthrown and assassinated by several of his generals

The war in Vietnam was one of the worst wars in American history. There were so many young men who died fighting for their country, some of which did not even choose to be sent to Vietnam. There were also many who suffered injuries that affected them for the rest of their lives. It was a terrible war for the U.S. in both casualties and injuries. In WWII, Japan took over vietnam. The French also wanted to take over. Not long after that, Ho Chi Minh created the Viet Minh to fight against them. They