Side of the Vietnam War The Positive Side of the Vietnam War War is a tough gritty world that describes the destruction of people and countries in the name of nationalism; it is difficult to justify war and give a positive outcome when shown the disaster it causes. The Vietnam War was an extremely difficult war and is widely seen as a catastrophe by the world‚ even with that being the case there is still some positives that have been extracted from the situation. The Vietnam War is a heavily
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and cultural/social contexts. During the Vietnam War the United States did not realize the high level of intelligence that the Vietnamese people had and how much their culture and nationalism meant to them. They did not want the United States interfering with their country but some of the leaders in charge felt that the United States could help since they were offering monies and military advisors in regard to the conflicts between North and South Vietnam. The diplomatic negotiations that
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Impact of the Vietnam War On Vietnam Veterans and their Families And the Impact of the Australian Culture The Vietnam War had a lasting impact on Vietnam Veterans‚ who although they fought their hardest for their country‚ they returned to a country who saw them as less than heroes. They suffered both psychological and medical problems from open battles‚ sniper attacks and chemical warfare‚ and stress from war-life. Although the Vietnam War had some negative impacts‚ the Vietnam War was the turning
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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 tarnished America’s self image by becoming the first time in history the United States failed to accomplish its stated war aims‚ to preserve a separate‚ independent‚ noncommunist government. It was the first war ever broadcast on television. The public was able to see what happened on the battlefield. One of the chief effects of the war was the division it
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The Vietnam War War affects millions of people in different ways everyday. The United States government involvement in the Vietnam War only led to millions more deaths of american and vietamese people. The United States started sending military around 1957 to assist the south vietemese army known as the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. By the time the United States government withdrew there men they left vietnamin an even worse condition then when they arrived. The United States government should
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It is believed by the majority‚ that one of the chief downfalls of the American occupation in Vietnam was the underestimation of the resilience of the Communist Vietcong in the north. It was believed by most analysts‚ at the time‚ that the North Vietnamese could easily be brought to negotiate. President Johnson‚ along with most of his advisors‚ believed that once the North Vietnamese saw the enormous power of the U.S. military that they would ultimately capitulate. This was also the general consensus
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The Vietnam War throughout history has been debated as whether or not it was a necessary war. Some say the war is considered necessary because President Truman was simply trying to help stop the increase of communism in Southeast Asia so that communism wouldn’t spread to other nations. While others say the war was unnecessary because it was the first war the United States lost. In the text‚ Major Problems of American History‚ it was stated that people even consider America’s involvement in the Vietnam
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The Vietnam War Of all of the wars fought by the United States‚ the Vietnam War was by far the most controversial. After the defeat of French forces‚ Vietnam was divided into two sections: North Vietnam‚ and South Vietnam. North Vietnam became a Communist government under Ho Chi Minh‚ and South Vietnam eventually became a Republic under Ngo Dinh Diem. Under Diem ’s oppressive rule‚ the Viet Cong (those against Diem) grew in power‚ and the U.S. reacted to the Communist threat by sending in troops
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situation and families were torn apart. As American got sucked deeper into the war‚ Americans wanted to get out more badly. The growth of anti-war movements was caused by a mixture of different factors. The decline of support for the Vietnam War mainly started in 1968. Although antiwar movements in the United States had been occurring before‚ the Tet Offensive opened the eyes of countless people. General Westmoreland had assured the public that the war was going to come to a swift end soon‚ that
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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 . Due to the length of the war‚ the high number of U.S. casualties‚ and the exposure of U.S. involvement in war crimes such
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