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    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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    Compare and Contrast Essay Overview: Students will learn about poetic interpretations of universal themes (love‚ hurt‚ joy‚ dreams‚ and hopes) and how those interpretations impact the author’s writing. The students will look at the work of two artists who address the same universal theme in their writing. They will then complete a compare and contrast essay talks about each author’s approach to the theme. In class‚ the instructor will lead students through an analysis of a selected poem‚ an in-depth

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    Vietnam War During the time of 1959 to 1975‚ The United States had entered in a controversial conflict and war with Vietnam. There were hidden controversies that lay beneath the Vietnam War about whether it was worth fighting. Some views suggest that it should have not been considered a war. President Kennedy had plans to remove all troops in Vietnam up until his tragic death‚ whereas President Johnson‚ when becoming head of office‚ had plans to hold off any of North Vietnams attacks on the South

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    I chose to write about the confrontations in Cuba and the Vietnam War. The confrontation in Cuba began as the result of the Soviet Union placing nuclear missiles in Cuba. The Soviet Union was responding to President Kennedy ’s rearmament program. At the time‚ the United States (U.S.) was the dominant superpower and the Soviet Union wanted to restore the balance of power by placing nuclear weapons within range of every major American city. Only 90 miles off the Florida coast‚ Cuba was the perfect

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    The Vietnam War began in 1966 and lasted until 1975‚ this tragic war was one of the most important events in United States history. The Vietnam War helped shape modern world history by changing the minds of millions of people on how they felt and viewed the war. The purpose of the war was to stop the spread of communism which led to many negative outcomes such as students protesting‚ the Tet offensive‚ a severely damaged U.S. economy‚ and millions of lives lost or wounded. After WWII in 1945‚ France

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    United States’ Involvement in the Vietnam War Source Based Vietnam in South East Asia had always been a desirable country. Since the 19th century‚ it was ruled by France and called Indo China. Apart form one rebellion in 1930‚ France had total control of the country until they surrendered to Germany in the Second World War in 1940. Japan‚ Germany’s ally‚ took control of Vietnam and the resources in it‚ such as coal‚ rice‚ rubber‚ railways and roads. An anti-Japanese resistance organisation

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    Agent Orange is a chemical herbicide used as a defoliant by the United Stated military forces during the Vietnam War to eliminate the forest. A defoliant is a chemical that removes the leaves from trees and plants. The Vietnamese soldiers were using the forest as cover to attack the enemies. The military also sprayed a chemical mixture on the crops that were used to feed the Vietnamese army and population. The original problem that the U.S. military was trying to solve with the “Rainbow Chemicals”

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    The Vietnam War had many other names‚ such as the Second Indochina War. It was known as the Indochina War‚ as it was the name of the land in which Vietnam‚ Laos‚ Malaysia‚ Singapore‚ Thailand and Burma sat. “The cold war was a state of political and military tension after World War II‚ between powers in the Western Bloc (US‚ NATO allies and others)‚ and the powers in the Eastern Bloc (The Soviet Union‚ and its allies in the Warsaw pact).” The cold war had shaped international relations in many ways

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    In Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace‚ Tolstoy presents Princess Marya Bolkonsky’s Christianity‚ Pierre Bezukhov’s Freemasonry‚ and Prince Andrei Bolkonsky’s “lofty skies” as a way to express the characters’ relief from conflict. Princess Marya applies her belief in Christianity to justify actions and to simplify matters to receive relief. When Princess Marya is first introduced‚ she is seen praying “that this daily meeting [geometry lesson with her father] would go well” (88). This supports the idea

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    Media Coverage of the Vietnam War Mass Media and Society COMS-130E-O Media Coverage of the Vietnam War The Vietnam War was one of the first wars to receive strong opposition from the American people mainly due to raw‚ uncut‚ uncensored and graphic media coverage. Many people agree with the fact that the Vietnam War was the first televised war. Media coverage and televised images literally brought the war into the living rooms of several American homes. Because of the brutality‚ horror

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