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    The Quiet American is a novel that explores social and political relationships between Europe and America in Indochina War through connections among the three main characters: Fowler, Pyle, and Phuong. Graham Greene, an author of the book, uses the attitudes and personalities of Pyle and Fowler to create tension to symbolize the greater tension in the political conflicts over Vietnam at the time. Through Pyle and Fowler’s different political views but a common desire for Phuong, The Quiet…

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    The Latehomecomer: a Hmong Family Memoir, by Kao Kalia Yang, offers a first-hand account of the trials and tribulations of a family of Hmong, an ethic group from Southeast Asia who are little known by the outside world. The Hmong fought alongside the United States during the Vietnam war, but were left to fend for themselves after the American withdrawal in 1975. In the aftermath, the Hmong saw the devastation of their traditional towns and villages by America’s enemies, among them the Pathet Lao…

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    International.” (Truong, 190) Due to such fact, revolutionary Ho Chi Minh was able to blend nationalism with communism, making it seems like the Communist Party is the only force that lead Vietnam to independence. The fact is, however, there were Southern, Western-influenced Vietnamese who also advocated for independence in parties such as the PRG, Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam. It was the year 1970 after the death of Ho Chi Minh that the Communist Party started viewing…

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    Causes Of The Vietnam War

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    g.Great Britain. The Vietnam War was fought between North Vietnam/Viet Cong (communist - run by Ho Chi Minh) and American ran South Vietnam. As the war raged on in the early 1960’s, and the Viet Cong got closer and closer to the south, namely Saigon, America decided to intervene and send New Zealand and Australian troops to help out. The war ended with the Communist North winning the war and Ho Chi Minh taking over in April 1975 New Zealand was tied to the Vietnam war because of its connection…

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    When walking through a cemetery, one often sees thousands of names engraved on the headstones. To a stranger, one name, quote, or date may mean nothing; however, to someone that knew them, it may be a link to the memories of a friend, family member, or loved one’s life. Like headstones, memorials connect us to the memories of a past person, or perhaps an event. From November 1st, 1955 to April 31st, 1975, war waged as the United States partnered with South Vietnam and fought against the…

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    The roots of the Vietnam War go back long before the American involvement which lasted from 1961 to 1975. The direct involvement of the American troops was only a part of a much larger military conflict, which had begun in 1946 with resistance by the Vietnamese people towards the French colonial rule over their territories. The Vietnam War, or the Second Indochina War was unique for the Americans on many levels. Firstly, unlike any other war, the Vietnam War was a failure from military, social…

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    The Guatemalan Civil war was a long and brutal conflict. Guatemala’s thirty-six-year civil war ended with the Guatemalan government signing peace accords. The Civil War began in 1954 when the CIA backed coup dismantled the democratic elected government. American intervention was due to their fears of the spread of communism in 1954. The Civil war in Guatemala was due to the Cold War. It was a proxy war where the rebels were labelled as Marxists, while the American backed coup were fighting for…

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    The American revolution and the Vietnam war were winnable wars by the conventional Armies. They were lost because of poor leadership, political restraints, no public support, and failure to see and recognize the fight and adopt to it. There were no clear strategy, they did not know the enemy and had rules of engagement that were controlled and dictated by politicians. The enemy had the upper hand, they decide the pace, where to fight, how long the fight, and the duration of the entire engagement…

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    Pol Pot Significance

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    The rise to power of Pol Pot’s regime was made possible due to a significant factor being the consequence of the spread of the Vietnam War to Cambodia. Had this not of happened, Pol Pot’s Communist Party of Kampuchea, Khmer Rouge, would have had fewer chances of coming to power. The first Indochina War started in 1946 but it wasn’t until 1955 when the US became involved and like adding fuel to a fire, Cambodia gradually was dragged into the conflict between North Vietnam and the US who supported…

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    In the book Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai, many sad events take place. Those events are connected to real life. This book takes place in 1975, during the Vietnam war. The main character who goes by Ha is living in Vietnam at the time with her mother and three older brothers. Throughout the book Ha has to live on a boat for months before they move to the U.S.A as refugees. Ha’s story relates to many other refugees stories that have happened over time. Refugees have gone through many…

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