Juan Lemuz Kent Andrade English 101 9/14/2014 Essay #1 “Why are we in Vietnam” and “This is not our War” were on the minds of many Americans during the post-World War 2 era. After World War 2 the war had left Europe and other surrounding countries devastated‚ and to many countries adopting Communism ideals were their only option. Tensions were running high between the two “big nations” The Soviet Union and the United States‚ each of which wanted to spread their influence as much as possible
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The Vietnam War was a war fought between Communist North Vietnam and anti-Communist South Vietnam. The main‚ intended goal from the United States perspective was to prevent the further spread of communism. In order to execute their goal‚ they sent troops to South Vietnam and established several bases. The U.S. assisted South Vietnam to push back the North Vietnamese. Although the U.S. pushed North Vietnamese back many times‚ they never succeeded in the end. The Vietnam War left several positive and
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The Korean and Vietnam war are very similar in that both were the US’s attempt to fight communism by waging war in a distant third world country. Both wars were unpopular in the US and both led to a lack of victory. In fact‚ remarkable similarities exist between the Korean War and the Vietnam War; from the US support of a dictatorial and corrupt anti-communist regime to its conception of communism as a monolithic entity‚ under which all communist nations were necessarily allies‚ rather than individuals
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changing attitudes to Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War was the long struggle between nationalist forces attempting to unify Vietnam and prevent the spread of communism. Australia was involved in the Vietnam War from August 1962 – December 1972‚ with approximately 60‚000 men and women serving. Australia was called to fight by the United States and on the request of the South Vietnamese government for assistance. The war was seen as necessary at first because of their fear
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The Vietnam War was not necessary Donna Baker COM/172 Version 3 October 29‚ 2012 Donna Hooley The Vietnam War started in 1954 with the defeat of the French and ended in 1975 with the fall and withdrawal of Saigon. The United States’ (U.S.’s) involvement in the Vietnam War started in 1963 with support of weapons‚ military training‚ advisement‚ and supplies until 1965 when U.S. troops went into battle with the North Vietnamese (Szczepanski‚ n.d.). American troops did not pull out of the war until
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History AP 23 April 2010 The Vietnam War With the end of World War II in 1945‚ many Americans hoped to head toward an era of prosperity and renewal. However‚ this was made impossible as the anti-communist tensions of the Cold War between the United States and the USSR sparked almost immediately after the destructive world war. The tensions between anti-communists and communists eventually led to one of the most controversial events in American history: the Vietnam War. Historians have still left
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try to look for books or articles about Chicanos in books about Vietnam they are‚ for the most part‚ almost absent. They fail to recognize how important Mexican Americans were in this war. They fail to mention that Mexican American soldiers are the most decorated ethnic group in the America. In the bestseller Everything We Had by Al Santoli‚ though it discusses soldiers in the Vietnam War‚ not one Chicano is interviewed . The Vietnam War failed to advance status as Americans and help their civil right
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United States Involvement in the Vietnam War History 308: The Vietnam War May 1‚ 2013 Did the United States blindly plunged into an unnecessary conflict for wider Cold War considerations? Some characterize the conflict as a limited war fought to defend South Vietnam and its neighbors against communist aggression and bring a united peace for a self-governing Vietnam. But was it necessary and justifiable for the U.S. to intervene in Vietnam: to defend freedom and liberty
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peace was “victorious peace”. However‚ all of the peace proposals offered to the North Vietnam were rejected as of January 25th‚ 1972. The North Vietnamese began their largest attack of the Vietnam War on March 30‚ 1972. It was an attack that was designed to inflict a
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At the peak of the Cold War‚ the US faced many social and international issues. Some of the decision that were made in the 1960s‚ still affect Americans today. People were mostly concerned with the idea of the draft and being sent to fight in a war that has lost its purpose. The main reason that America was still fighting in vietnam was the idea of the domino effect where if Vietnam were to fall to communism‚ the rest of Southeast Asia would follow. While president‚ Nixon took an immoral stance where
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