The cold war period was marked as an ideological warfare between communism and capitalism. The concept and fear of communism was perceived as major threat to the democratic nations including Australia. Due to Australia’s fear of communism it became actively involved in the Vietnam War. There were underlying factors which led Australia to become engaged in the Vietnam War. These predominant reasons included the SEATO and ANZUS treaties‚ the domino theory and more importantly forward defence policy
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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 scarred America’s self image by because this was the first time in history the United States failed to accomplish what they planned to do in war. The war also had great effects on the American people. It was the first war ever broadcast on TV. The public was able to see what happened on the battlefield. The Vietnam conflict began long before the U.S. actually
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The Vietnam War Vietnam is a small country to the south of China (’Vietnamese’ means "non-Chinese people of the south"). In 111 BC‚ Vietnam became part of the Chinese Empire. For the next thousand years Vietnam struggled to gain its independence from its much larger neighbour. This was achieved in 938 AD. The long period of Chinese rule had left its mark on Vietnam. The language‚ religion‚ architecture‚ system of government and most other aspects of Vietnamese life‚ reflected the influence of the
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Why did the U.S enter the Vietnam War? Background: Much of Vietnam was occupied by France before ww2‚ but these French territories were lost during the War as the Japanese set up a puppet regime in this time. The French tried to regain their former territories around the Early 50s‚ but failed in their attempt as they were defeated by the Communist general Vo Nguyen Giap. They left behind them a buffer zone splitting the North and South of Vietnam. After French troops had withdrawn the Vietnamese
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stages of escalation from countries accross the globe‚ leading up to US military involvement in Vietnam. The events began with the French‚ who had returned to Vietnam to claim it for their empire after World War 2. It wasn’t expected that this would take as long as it did. Incredibly the French were defeated by Ho Chi Mihn’s Vietcong army at Dien Bien Phu. The Vietcong sought to promote communism in Vietnam. Communism was feared in America‚ the largest capitalist country in the world. The American
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The Vietnam war spanned roughly 20 years‚ making it the longest war Australia has fought to this day. The civil war made Vietnam into a warzone‚ but also affected the neighbouring countries of Cambodia and Laos. As a result of the war and estimated 1‚300‚000 civilians and soldiers were killed and almost 2 million civilians were forced to seek asylum elsewhere. During the war Vietnam was an extremely dangerous country to live in‚ hundreds of civilians died every day because of the conflict‚ causing
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Prostitution has been going on for many centuries. Many studies have gone on‚ researching and trying to understand on why women get involved with prostitution and the main effects it has on then. Some report the main causes of early prostitution was due to poverty and deviance. Many see it as a career‚ a way to make a living and survive and provide for their families. “Studies show that many women engage themselves in such activities as prostitution by their own choice‚ forced into it‚ or because
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The Vietnam War lasted from November 1955 through to April 1975. During this time almost 1.5 million people were killed including both soldiers and civilians. Towards the end of the 1960s the public began to be less approving of the war at hand starting many Anti-War Movements‚ which many popular musicians of the time joined as a voice of the masses. The Beatles were one of the many musicians who joined the protest against the Vietnam War. They formed in Liverpool‚ England‚ during 1960 voicing
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Explain why the United States became increasingly involved in the war in Vietnam The war in Vietnam was a conflict that started in the 1950s and ended in the early 1970s. During this time period‚ the United States became increasingly involved in Vietnamese political‚ economic and military affairs. There were a combination of reasons as to why the United States became more involved‚ the most important of which in my opinion were the Domino Theory and the growing influence of the National Liberation
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【Abstract】 This study focuses on the reason why the US fail to win the Vietnam war. To search for the reason‚ I analyze this topic from three aspects‚ the Vietnam‚ the US and the international. This paper shows that the US fail to win the war both have the subjective reasons and objective reason‚ internal reasons and external reasons. There still some deficiencies in this research‚ and there may be without analysis in some aspects. 【Key Words】international environment; resources; experience; aid
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