This photograph taken by Eddie Adams on 1st February 1968 during the Vietnam War shows the execution of Vietcong officer Nguyen Van Lem‚ also known as Bay Lop by South Vietnamese Gen. Nguyen Ngoc Loan‚ chief of the national police. The prisoner’s hands are tied as “Colonel” is about to pull the trigger. This picture was taken in the city of Saigon on the second day of the Tet Offensive; a series of attacks on all of South Vietnam’s major cities by the communist North Vietnamese and Vietcong rebels
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Notice for Scholars This monograph was originally published as the September 1972 issue of Southeast Asian Perspectives‚ a publication of the American Friends of Vietnam‚ an organization which was formed in 1955 and prior to its demise two decades later included on its board such diverse figures as Senators John F. Kennedy and Mike Mansfield‚ Socialist Party Chairman Norman Thomas‚ and Journalist Robert Shaplen. It is reprinted here with the permission of the author. Please note that in formatting
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prisoners of war during the Vietnam War (Ruanyin). The name of Hanoi Hilton was came from the American GIs. “To the Vietnamese‚ the prison was known as Hoa Lo” (McMahon‚ Mary). The name Hanoi Hilton may sound a little luxurious but it actually a place that had full of brutal‚ torture‚ dirty‚ and dark in the history. First of all‚ the Hoa Lo prison had been around over a hundred years ago. It was constructed or built by the French arounds 1886‚ when French had the control over Vietnam. Back then‚
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The United States got involved with the fight in Vietnam mostly as a result of three things: Eisenhower believed in what’s known as the domino theory‚ which is the belief that if one country in southeast Asia gave into communism more and more would start to follow suit‚ just like falling dominoes. Eisenhower said in his speech “This would lead to disintegration in Southeast Asia‚ with the "loss of Indochina‚ of Burma‚ of Thailand‚ of the Peninsula‚ and Indonesia following” (http://www.history.co
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Why did the US enter the Vietnam War? The Vietnam War was fought during the cold war on 1 November 1955 - 30 April 1975. The Vietnam War was a war fought between the North and South Vietnam mainly‚ but in later year the US would join in to help South Vietnam ward off the communist mind of Ho Chi Minh and North Vietnam. The Vietnam today is no longer called a war in fact no war since World War I and II have been wars. Instances like Vietnam have merely been police interference or police actions
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The Vietnam War -A History project- Nadine Gan‚ Grade 9 Part One. The Overview History ~ French Indochina ~ Vietnamisation ~ Epilogue Vietnam was a part of the French colony‚ Indo-‐China. Then at September 1940‚ the Japanese decided to invade Vietnam to prevent China from sending supplies through French Indo-‐China. Having invaded by
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Vietnam War The war first began in 1959‚ five years after the division of the country by the Geneva Accords. Vietnam had been split into two. The communist government in the north was under Ho Chi Minh and democratic government in the south was under Ngo Dinh Diem. The Vietnam War stated because France tried to make another attempt to takeover Vietnam by having a foreign power to rule. In Vietnam the target of containment was Ho Chi Minh and the Vietnam front he had created in 1941. Ho and
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Not every American citizen or politician was satisfied with the results of Johnson’s Great Society agenda and some even felt like the government shouldn’t be involved in American lives. Although Johnson’s Great Society had a lasting impact on almost all future political agendas‚ his success was concealed by the Vietnam War. He was forced to use funds from the War on Poverty on the Vietnam War. Even more damaging to the goals of the Great Society‚ ever larger amounts of money were being used to fight
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It’s hard to discuss the Vietnam War without mentioning President Richard Nixon. Like everything else related to Nixon‚ his role as a leader during the Vietnam War is the subject of debate‚ speculation‚ and much interest. For one‚ President Nixon won the 1968 election thanks to his secret plan to end the war through a strategy known as “Vietnamization” in order to bring “bring peace with honor”. However‚ Nixon’s leadership during this period cannot be discussed without mention of his domestic
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The Vietnam War is truly one of the most unique wars ever fought by the Unites States of by any country. It was never officially declared a war (Knowll‚ 3). It had no official beginning nor an official end. It was fought over 10‚000 miles away in a virtually unknown country. The enemy and the allies looked exactly the alike‚ and may by day be a friend but by night become an enemy (Aaseng 113). It matched the tried and true tactics of World War Two against a hide‚ run‚ and shoot technique known as
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