United States Learned from the Vietnam War The United States made lots of mistakes in Vietnam. It stayed too long in the war‚ it failed to gather intelligence that could have saved lives‚ and we made rash decisions regarding the public’s reaction to us being there. The United States‚ at the most part‚ ignored these lessons as we continued some years later to invade Iraq and Afghanistan. But one mistake we did learn from was the allowance of free media in the war zone‚ and how never to do
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‘’Too Little‚ Too Late’’ – Could the Vietnam War have been won if intervention had started earlier‚ or firepower been increased? ‘’We are not about to send American boys nine or ten thousand miles away from home to do what Asian boys ought to be doing for themselves.’’ Were the words of Lyndon B. Johnson in October 1964‚ [Lyndon B. Johnson Re-election Campaign speech 1964] in reference to the pressure the American government had been facing from questions raised about how far their support in
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DB January 30‚ 2013 Hist 101: Professor Mauzey Difference between Desert Storm and Vietnam War and Impact I order to fully understand the difference desert Storm and the Vietnam War‚ you must understand the lessons learned by the U.S. after Vietnam. Vietnam soldiers were not adequately trained to handle the obstacles on the ground. The limitations of air power were very apparent as well. In Vietnam‚ the high cost of substituting machines for people in combat didn’t pan out and results were
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Welcome to Vietnam! If someday you decided to go to visit other countries‚ you should go to visit the very beautiful country‚ Vietnam! It is located in Southeastern Asia‚ nearby Thailand‚ Laos‚ South China Sea‚ alongside China‚ and Cambodia. It is very interesting that Vietnam has the geographic shape looks like the letter S. The weather is hot‚ rainy and humid from May to September and it is dry from October to March. There are a lot of big cities in Vietnam‚ for example‚ Ho Chi Minh City‚ Ha Noi
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were many 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
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It’s hard to discuss the Vietnam War without mentioning President Richard Nixon. Like everything else related to Nixon‚ his role as a leader during the Vietnam War is the subject of debate‚ speculation‚ and much interest. For one‚ President Nixon won the 1968 election thanks to his secret plan to end the war through a strategy known as “Vietnamization” in order to bring “bring peace with honor”. However‚ Nixon’s leadership during this period cannot be discussed without mention of his domestic
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Canada ’s Complicity & U.S Aggression in the Vietnam War Submitted by: CHST 711 Canada and The United States July 11‚ 2013 Canada’s status during the Vietnam was officially that of a non-belligerent passive observer. Despite this‚ Canada would remain a major supplier of goods to the United States during the war‚ many of which would end up going to Vietnam to support the war effort. Canada traded raw materials to the United States as well as military gear‚ munitions‚ napalm
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The Vietnam war was a long and violent war. The students at Kent State did not agree with the war and the bombing of Cambodia. This caused an outrage after getting shot by the Ohio National Guard. The Vietnam War started on November 1‚ 1955‚ and ended on April 30‚ 1975. The war was fought between North Vietnam and the government of South Vietnam. The North wanted to reunify Vietnam. The U.S. supported South Vietnam along with South Korea‚ Australia‚ and Thailand. The U.S. joined because they were
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This photograph taken by Eddie Adams on 1st February 1968 during the Vietnam War shows the execution of Vietcong officer Nguyen Van Lem‚ also known as Bay Lop by South Vietnamese Gen. Nguyen Ngoc Loan‚ chief of the national police. The prisoner’s hands are tied as “Colonel” is about to pull the trigger. This picture was taken in the city of Saigon on the second day of the Tet Offensive; a series of attacks on all of South Vietnam’s major cities by the communist North Vietnamese and Vietcong rebels
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CONGRUENCY BETWEEN THE PROJECTED AND PERCEIVED TOURISM DESTINATION IMAGE OF VIETNAM Bui‚ Thi Lan Huong‚ CFVG. Journal of International Business Research‚ suppl. Special Issue10. 2 (2011): 1-13. Turn on hit highlighting for speaking browsers Hide highlighting Abstract (summary) Translate Abstract Since the last decade‚ the tourism industry has given great opportunities to emerging markets like Vietnam to grow remarkably. Vietnam has been still an attractive tourism destination for Chinese‚ Japanese
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