Vietnam

During the war in Vietnam, between the United States and the Viet Cong/North Vietnamese, the tactics and strategies used by the two sides were very unalike. In the end, the methods used by the Viet Cong and the NVA enabled their success in the war, because their techniques were meticulous and unexpected, which the US was not ready for and lead to their defeat. The first, most remarkable strategy that the VC/NVA used was guerrilla warfare. To prepare and organize their forces, the Viet Cong created

leaving country, the problem was labeled as pre-existing and the service member was not eligible for treatment. Also, at the time, the American public viewed the Vietnam war with disdain and those who fought there as pariahs. When returning veterans of other wars were viewed as heroes and asked to tell the stories of their time overseas, Vietnam vets were despised, often called murderers and baby killers. So not only were these service members battling inner demons from the horror of the war, they were

1. The Vietnam War, 1954-1975, started as a conflict between Vietnam and France as an Anti-French Resistance War in Vietnam. After many years, the French were defeated at a mountain outpost called Dien Bien Phu, which showed the French that they can no longer keep control in Vietnam and resulted in the French making a peace agreement with Vietnam in Geneva, Switzerland in 1954. The Geneva Peace Accords was a temporary agreement of a partition between Vietnam at the seventeenth parallel. In addition

men are to be treated equally. Yet, this did not happen to the soldiers in the Vietnam War. The purpose of the Vietnam War was an attempt to unify the country of Vietnam under a communist government and the United States attempting to prevent the spread of communism. The soldiers who had fought in the previous wars, found parades, bands, speeches, and celebrations. It was not the same for the Vietnam soldiers. The Vietnam war revolutionized the world

The Vietnam War: Who Is At Fault? During the Vietnam War, also called the Vietnam Conflict, an estimated 75 million liters (20 million U.S. gallons) of chemical herbicides including ‘Agent Orange’ was sprayed throughout Vietnam, parts of Cambodia and Eastern Laos by the U.S. military. As a result, over 400.000 people died, and according to the Red Cross of Vietnam, over one million people are disabled or have health problems due to the contamination. From late 1850s, France controlled Indochina

towards South Vietnam has been considered in the context of its premises by various sholars. According to historians M. Isserman and M. Kazin, initially America helped Vietnam because the two countries were allies. However, there are other reasons to be indicated while trying to answer the question why the U.S. helped South Vietnam under certain histrorical circumstances. At this point, it should also be added that the U.S. aided South Vietnam not only due ti the fact it was South Vietnam anti-Communist

The Vietnam was a costly conflict for all who were involved. Following WWII, Vietnam broke away from France. Vietnam was then divided into North VIetnam and South VIetnam. North Vietnam was under a communist role backed by the Soviet Union and North VIetnam was under a democratic role backed by the United States. Ho Chi Minh rose to power in North Vietnam as did Ngo Dinh Diem in South Vietnam. IN 1961, many SOuth Vietnamese had come to distrust Diem. They feld that Diem favored the wealthy and ignored

The Vietnam War impacted America in a great way. It has changed how we look at war in general. America had many reasons to be involved in the Vietnam War. The War also had a major impact on society during this time. The majority of America was against war. Foreign policy has changed from the effects of the Vietnam War. The United States is more careful on when they choose to go to war. America had a few reasons to be involved in the Vietnam War. The big reason was to fight communist power. Countries

The United States had entered the contention in Vietnam as the world's superpower following its conclusive triumph over the Pivot controls in World War II, yet left Vietnam with an embarrassing annihilation, shockingly high losses, American open strongly partitioned and its pioneers dubious of what lay ahead in remote strategy. The country's longest and most incapacitating war – the main war the U.S. ever lost, had broad results and effect on most parts of American life from the economy, culture

My claim is that the Vietnam war was the biggest event in 1960. The war was bad because thousands of good people died,houses were destroyed, and a lot of money was spent during the war in 1960. The Vietnam war was very long and very costly to America. More than 3 million people (including over 58,000 Americans) were killed in the Vietnam War, and more than half of the dead were Vietnamese civilians. States History.com. Americans weren’t happy about going to war because they didn’t want to lose their