The public distaste for the Vietnam War had a huge effect on the cold War and Proxy war. Richard Nixon was elected President after promising that he end the war honorably and get our troops home. The Vietnam War left a lasting effect on how proxy wars are conducted today. The US is today more likely to just provide aid and assistance rather than sending in ground forces as proxies (Trueman‚ 2017). The reluctance of the US to send ground troops to Syria during its civil war is proof that the US
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Essay: Explain the impacts the Vietnam War had on soldiers. The Vietnam was a war like no other and the nature of the fighting in this war had great impacts on the soldiers. At this time‚ communism was seen as a great threat‚ especially by Western countries‚ and so extreme emphasis was placed on the domino theory that when one country falls to communism‚ others would follow and that forward defence would be the only solution to this issue. Also during this time‚ Vietnam was artificially split into
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Lost The War Against Vietnam? During the 1900’s‚ Vietnam was one of the various countries across the world which fought for independence in order to decolonize from the European super powers. This steady process of decolonization was mooted by nationalism and encouraged by the actions of a resistance group of native leaders; all fighting for independence like Ho Chi Minh. This fight for independence caused a split of the nation into two different parts; North and South Vietnam. The communist north
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The Vietnam War had a tremendous social‚ environmental‚ political and economic impact upon both parties that fought. The most direct impact of the Vietnam War was the staggering death toll on both sides‚ with 1.35 million total deaths‚ 1.1 million of which were North Vietnamese troops. . (Sparknotes Editors‚ 2015) Between the years of 1965 and 1971‚ US planes dropped over two million tonnes of bombs on the jungles of Vietnam. This was part of the US’s new plan‚ “Operation Rolling Thunder”‚ the aim
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"The tactics used by the Vietcong in Vietnam were unsuccessful" The Vietcong were a communist movement in the South who were against the South Vietnamese government and the USA’s involvement with the civil war. The use of tactics (the plans‚ weapons and battle strategies used in war) were prime in minds of the Vietcong and they went to all means to gain the upper hand in the conflict. For example the use of booby traps‚ tunnels and trails. Some like the Ho Chi Minh trail were a huge success among
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December ‚ 2012 Candidate: Words:1998 Working Title: Lyndon B. Johnson’s Policies on Vietnam Thesis Question: To what extent did Johnson continue Kennedy’s foreign policy concerning Vietnam? Thesis statement: Johnson starts to follow Kennedy’s policies of containment in Vietnam but realizing the commitment needed to win the war‚ he eventually causes a much larger American involvement in Vietnam. Table of Contents Section Page Part A:Plan of Investigation
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Asia. China and North Korea became communist and communism continued to spread south as Vietnam became independent from the French after the battle of Dien Bien Phu resulting in the country being split at the 17th parallel into communist North and non-communist South. The United States entered the war to stop the spread of Communism in Southeast Asia‚ as they feared that Communist forces would gain control of Vietnam. Australia being an ally of the US and for certain other reason entered the war. However
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Introduction The Vietnam experience was a war that lasted for almost twenty years. The American military and leadership appear to have learned some lessons from our involvement in the Vietnam War. This paper will discuss the lessons learned from the following arenas: diplomatic negotiations‚ presidential leadership‚ and cultural/social contexts. Diplomatic Negotiations Princeton University (2006) defines diplomatic negotiations as between nations. The lesson learned by the Americans was the need
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Why did the USA Withdraw from Vietnam? US military tactics The US military attempted to handle the Vietnam war with tactics similar to what they learned in World War II. They had used tanks to break through the enemy front line and the infantry would follow‚ not having to break the frontline themselves made this easier. This had worked effectively in World War II but there were no jungles in Europe‚ Tanks found it impossible to force their way through the jungle thanks to trees and vegetation
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