are the reason for war‚ number of deaths‚ and the cost. The Vietnam War was a war over communism that started in 1950‚ when Ho Chi Minh‚ the national leader of Vietnam‚ introduced a communist government into North Vietnam. In 1954 it was decided to split the country at the 17th parallel‚ and was ruled under opposing governments‚ Bao Dai leading the south and Ho Chi Mihn the north. North Vietnam went to war with South Vietnam with the north being supported by Russia and China‚ as they were also
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growing nationalist movement within Vietnam led by a group known as the Viet Minh. Although America continued to show its disapproval of France’s colonial domination of Indochina through World War II‚ by 1945‚ growing fear of Russian activity worldwide prompted the United States to reverse its position and support French colonialism in Southeast Asia. When the nationalist movement‚ led by the devoted communist figure Ho Chi Minh‚ threatened to topple the French government right after World War II and
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U.S. Withdrawal U.S. President Lyndon Johnson’s decision not to seek reelection in 1968 prompted serious negotiations to end the war to began. Between 1968 and 1969‚ contacts in Paris between North Vietnam and the United States were expanded to include South Vietnam and the NLF. Under the leadership of President Richard M Nixon‚ the United States changed its tactics to combine U.S. troop withdrawals with intensified bombing and the invasion of Communist sanctuaries in Cambodia .
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AT WAR’S END: AN ELEGY by Rony V. Diaz ©2002 by Copper Sturgeon 1. THE DINNER PARTY THE evening before he killed himself‚ Virgilio Serrano gave a dinner party. He invited five guests—friends and classmates in university— myself included. Since we lived on campus in barracks built by the U.S. Army‚ he sent his Packard to fetch us. Virgilio lived alone in a pre-war chalet that belonged to his family. Four servants and a driver waited on him hand and foot. The chalet‚ partly damaged‚ was
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Vietnam Immigrants and Refugees Immigration has been around for years. It is when someone or even a culture comes to live permanently in a foreign country that is of their own. It is important for us now to realize how this was more relevant in earlier years than it is now. Most of it was related to leaving a country due to war whereas now it may be just to live in America or a better place. Vietnamese people settlement in the United States was a direct result from World War II and the failure
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CASE STUDY- BUSINESS SIMULATION AT VIETNAM AIR CARGO I. Introduction: Vietnam air cargo is considering if they should invest for a project to carry goods with the route Hanoi-Ho chi Minh city-Rangoon-Bangkok-Hanoi. This is the route except for the leg between Rangoon and Bangkok –where Vietnam Airline has regular passenger flights and Vietnam Cargo often buy the extra space and weights on these flights for their cargo. Mr. Toan is deputy head of the business development unit. He had come to
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South. Despite the downfall of Agricultural reforms in 1956 the DRV authorities were able to begin to increase food production allowing the North the stabilize itself. By 1960 North Vietnam had made significant economic progress as the result of Ho Chi Minh setting up Cooperative Plans‚ making actions to unify Vietnam possible. The role that the Geneva Agreement played in this was its accords to give North Vietnam independence to carry out these developments. From this farmers began to work on each
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VIETNAM I. Intro II. Body a. Origins of the war/Justifications (or just have own paragraph) • Ho Chi Minh (beat the French 1954) • French Colonization • Split North/ South • North is communist; South is not. • Gulf of Tonkin (incident was used by the US; it may or may not have happened)/Resolution • Cold War & economic justifications III. Body a. Problems fighting in the war • Guerilla Warfare • Disillusionment • South Vietnamese Political Corruption o Ngo Dinh Diem • Temporary leader
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purpose of this essay is to explain how the Vietnam War led to many effects. The main reason why the Vietnam War occurred is because the Vietnamese wanted independence from the French. At first Vietnam was controlled by the afranch. Then‚ Ho Chi Minh fought the French and won. Then the Vietnam split into two countries: North Vietnam and South Vietnam. The North was communist and the South was not. This later became a conflict because the Vietcong fought the leader of South Vietnam because he
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greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. This will mean that generally‚ the sea levels will rise unavoidably by 50cm by the year 2050. It will have pronounced effects at the equator‚ especially around densely populated areas such as Bangkok‚ Thailand and Ho Chi Minh City‚ Vietnam. Scientists predict more intense tropical storms‚ food shortages‚ dangerous heat waves‚ and eventually flooding that could
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