Vietnam

the US had a lot of missed opportunities in trying to stop communism. Vietnam, formerly Indochina, was a great source of materials and a good area to set up operations against communist China, and keep a barrier between less powerful nations. Thus when communism appeared in the region, the US was sure to try and stop it. Indochina was one of the many countries that became pivotal after WW2. The country, which would become Vietnam, was a vital source of materials and minerals that greatly benefitted

The Vietnam War was one of the most unpopular wars in American history from the beginning. There are many reasons why the Vietnam War was one of the most unpopular wars in America, but a few will be focused on. The government’s deceptive motive of the war and the hypocrisy regarding the government’s motive was exposed, the horror stories from Vietnam War veterans themselves painted a gruesome image, and the view that the Vietnam War was unwinnable are reasons why this has come to be known as one

golden opportunity to finance the construction of rail ways, roads, canals, bridges and ports essentially needed to export crops such as rice and corn, or rubber, coal and minerals. Whereas the corruption was visible in Vietnam as merely two percent of the population in South Vietnam owned eighty percent of the land. Colonial bureaucrats, government, landlords and all those who made up the class of collaborators among Vietnamese profited under the French rule. Doumer sought out to repair Indochina’s

films. As true as it is, it is a story of good vs evil. The war is there just to set a risky experience. No doubt, Platoon shows the Vietnam War was a big error, but being based on a false idea of Vietnam is far from its use. The story of Platoon is told from the point of view of a young soldier, Chris Taylor. Chris Taylor is a young naïve boy who goes to Vietnam, thinking it was the right thing to do for his country. In the first ten minutes, Chris is shown in the rough jungle, struggling just

Prior to the start of our study of the Vietnam Era, I thought that I knew quite a bit about the Vietnam War and the overall time period. But after listening to some guest speakers and reading Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried, I discovered that I knew hardly anything, and that most of what I did know was pretty much insignificant. These past weeks were not only extremely educating, but it was also very interesting. I learned more than I ever thought I would, mostly through the people that know

Vietnam, January 31, 1968. The Vietcong and the North Vietnamese army has just launched a large surprise attack on the U.S and South Korea during the holiday of Tet, engaging in over 120 cities and U.S occupied bases throughout South Vietnam and Cambodia. This large offensive was led by Ho Chi Minh and other leaders in the North. Their goal: to weaken U.S. forces to wean off from guerilla attacks and carpet bombings in the North. They never knew that this historical attack would become an important

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

The Vietnam War wasn’t a war that the Americans needed to get involved in because at first it was a war between South and North Vietnam. The Fighting in Vietnam spanned the period 1940-1975. The Americans only got involved in order to help stop the communist North Vietnamese from taking over South Vietnam, America wanted to stop spread of communism. To do the United States military firmly believed in air power, launching major bombing offensives that would leave so devastation behind that craters

involvement in the Vietnam War was because they wanted to contain communism and was also an effect of the Tonkin Gulf Incident, which occurred on August 2nd, 1964. This incident involved an American ship by the name of USS Maddox which was patrolling in the Gulf of Tonkin when suddenly, “The Maddox was supposedly chased by three North Vietnamese Navy torpedo boats. A sea battle ensued…” (From Lecture) Initially, during Truman’s presidency, we sent money to France to help battle communism in Vietnam, which ultimately

During the Vietnam War, United States military forces worked closely with a population indigenous to Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam known as the Hmong. The Hmong demonstrated loyalty and dedication in their cooperation during the war at a great cost to themselves. Not only did they suffer losses of 20% if their adult male population (Vang, 1979, cited by Tatman, 2004, p. 223), but once the fall of Saigon in 1975 marked the end of the conflict with a victory for North Vietnam, the Hmong were suddenly