Effect Vietnam War The causes of the Vietnam War trace their roots back to the end of World War II. A French Colony‚ Indochina (Vietnam‚ Laos‚ & Cambodia) had been occupied by the Japanese during the war. In 1941‚ a Vietnamese nationalist movement‚ the Viet Minh‚ was formed by Ho Chi Minh to resist the occupiers. Before World War Two‚ Vietnam had been part of the French Empire. During the war‚ the country had been overrun by the Japanese. When the Japanese retreated‚ the people of Vietnam took the
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Following the end of World War II‚ the United States became involved in a battle of ideologies against the communist Soviet Union in what became known as the Cold War. During this time American leaders believed in the “Domino Effect” where nations would fall under communist rule one by one‚ leading to the implementation of containment policy. This led to several ‘proxy wars’ between the United States and Soviet Union‚ with the best known conflict being the Vietnam War in 1955-1973‚ which resulted
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Vietnam War vs. Soviet Afghan War Vietnam War vs. Soviet-Afghan War The Vietnam War was a long and costly armed conflict between the communist regime of North Vietnam who joined forces with its southern allies‚ also know as the Viet Cong‚ and South Vietnam and their principle ally‚ know as the United States of America. The War began in the year 1954‚ after the accession to power of Ho Chi Minh and his communist Viet Minh party in North Vietnam. This continued against
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says the United States are fighting in Vietnam because the United States do not want Vietnam to be a communist. Vietnam needs extensive assistance from capitalist states because Vietnam is not capable of defending themselves from the communist. He also says that Vietnam falling to the communism means that the entire Southeast Asia potentially falls to the communism‚ and it eventually threatens the United States and their allies. Therefore‚ the war in Vietnam is for Americans to protect their free
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During class‚ the Vietnam War was discussed. The biggest impression I had of the war was the number of casualties on both sides. Based on our study‚ the two lessons that could be learned were that strategies were more important than the size of the army and that a government should never lie to its people. North Vietnamese and the Vietcong were winning mostly throughout the Vietnam War because of their efficient operational plans. In fact‚ the North Vietnamese army had fewer and less powerful
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DBQ Essay In the 1600’s‚ the New England colony devolved very rapidly. The political‚ economic‚ and social development of the colonies was highly influenced by the Puritans‚ who helped find most of the colonies in the region after emigrating there from England. The Puritans strict values and ideas helped shape the colonies greatly in several ways. They believed in a representative government which later on became an essential part of the United States’ government. Economically‚ the idea of fair
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The Vietnam War‚ arguably the most controversial war in American history‚ severed our country between the pro-war “hawks” and anti-war “doves”. With the seventeenth parallel division of North and South Vietnam‚ the United States stepped in to support the south against the communistic north and Vietcong. The discussion seems to always revolve around whether or not we should have inserted ourselves into foreign affairs; however‚ not many appear to take interest in the impact it has had on the men of
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The instability created by the First World War (1914-1918) proved to be not the end of a catastrophic international conflict; in fact‚ it marked the beginning of another also commonly known as the Second World War (1939-1945). World War II took the lives of about 17 million soldiers and an even greater number of civilians‚ who died due to bombings‚ starvation‚ and deliberate campaigns of mass murder. Additionally‚ this global war also ushered in the atomic age and was quickly followed by the collapse
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The Vietnam War had several social effects in New Zealand. The New Zealand publics’ opinion was polarized due to New Zealand’s involvement in the war‚ and public debate was generated over New Zealand’s foreign policy in particular how it relied on an alliance-based security. An anti-war movement developed in New Zealand‚ who disagreed with the strategy of forward defense. They also questioned the validity of the domino theory‚ and thought communism in south-East Asia did not in any way threaten New
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The Maya‚ Aztec and Inca were three civilizations in Latin America that accomplished many social‚ political and economic feats during the Middle Ages. Though all civilizations were alike in many ways‚ they also varied in some ways. All three civilizations greatly ranked their social classes‚ and each valued religion. However‚ roles and expectations of men and woman were not all the same throughout each empire. Another variation between the three empires is their geographic location which also enabled
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