Argument: It is my belief the US intervention in Vietnam represented a foreign policy disaster for the US, at the time, and during subsequent foreign policy crises, particularly, the policy makers decision to invade and occupy Iraq. The United States intervening in Vietnam represented a foreign policy disaster that created the feud between the US and the Soviet Union first because it costs the US 58,000 lives and billions of dollars. Furthermore, millions of Vietnamese died, including civilians. Due to the US military, Vietnam was devastated.…
Twenty years and 58,286 deaths later, the Vietnam War went down as one of the most significant in United States history. (Source A) The war is more historically remembered as the Indochina War to Americans due to its location and its unforeseeable loss to North Vietnam. Although the United States was just an ally of South Vietnam with hopes to stop the spread of communism, they ended up being the largest foreign military presence which lead to Vietnam schooling labeling it as the American War. Having only been there for three years but still being a contributor to the outcome, the United States was handed their first loss in war.…
The Vietnam war affected America in ways that helped our country become more superior. The Vietnam war was just another war entry America could not help but be involved. Although, three presidents were able to serve their term in office. America succeeded in assisting South Vietnam while dealing with our problems, such as economy, social, and cultural life complications. During the time of the war, life was nothing but war related to American citizens.…
Chandler Bridges May 14, 2015 Agent Orange “One Significate Ghost" In war, the first prerogative is that you must be able to find the enemy. During the Vietnam war, the United States utilized a group of herbicides which became known as the “Rainbow Herbicides" (Murray 2005) These chemicals, prefixed with "agent" named for their color, were stored in 55 gallon metal barrels with a simple, color-coded strip to designate the contents, of all the "agents", Agent Orange was the most extensively utilized, with 150,000 gallons being sprayed each at the height of the conflict. The United States government officially dismissed claims that herbicides were harmful to human health as a product of "propaganda war." (Potter 1962)…
The Vietnam War is a violent and drastic war that is highly frowned upon. The United States is losing many lives and much confidence from this event. Some still question whether getting involved is a smart decision or a severe mistake. This war is lasting for roughly 20 years and has such a great impact on America. The U.S. wants to protect Southern Vietnam from being under a communist government which escalated to a war with Vietnam and many lives from both countries being lost.…
and Iraq and North Vietnam. The expectation of a fast war with low casualties placed an emphasis on technology and a secure logistical footprint. The cost of this in both Vietnam and Iraq has resulted in trillions of dollars of US debt. Add to the equation (whether caused by the wars or not) the economic crisis of the early 1970’s and the late 2000’s, and the instability and possible threat to the U.S. economy placed additional political pressure on the U.S. to end the conflicts. On the other hand, the insurgents (North Vietnam and Al Queda) required a minimal logistical footprint (living in their own country), secured sufficient international support, and were able to inflict significant military damage with limited resources.…
Nearly 310 billion dollars was lost from November 1, 1955, to April 30, 1975. (How much did the Vietnam War lose?). The United States taxpayers were fronting the cost for the Vietnam War, but Medicare, education, and “great society programs” as President Johnson would say, were never funded. Americans went without medication as well as reduced medicine prices. Children were having to use old, or sometimes no textbooks for their school work.…
The French was involved in the war by invading Vietnam and making it a colony. The outcome of the U.S. being involved in the war is that there was a loss in money, time, men or soldier, and the trust between the U.S. and Vietnam was not solid because they feared there was a possibility of a communist takeover of Vietnam. In 1965, the United States had about 20,000 men enlisted per month and in 1968, about 40,000 men per month enlisted. As time increased so did the amount of men enlisting. More than 48,000 American soldiers were killed or injured in the war.…
Do you know how many US service members died in the Vietnam war ? 58,200 American soldiers died during the United States' involvement in the conflict. Lots of lives were lost in the Vietnam war not only US service members, but vietnamese on both sides died. when remembering the soldiers that fought in Vietnam, It's important to consider that after the war, they are changed men, many soldiers had to deal with lots of hardships during the war , and the training for the war ahead. how has war shaped men to who they are after the war John Aguilar said “I talked about some of the experiences.…
Over the course of the 1960s, causes to protest were not uncommon. For events such as the Civil Rights Movement and especially the Vietnam War, people fought, people cried, and people rioted, peacefully and not. All of this is documented today in the music that came out of that era. The biggest inspiration for protest music in the sixties, even greater than the Civil Rights Movement, was the Vietnam War.…
The Vietnam War was a power struggle between communism and capitalism, North Vietnam against South Vietnam respectively with each party wanting different political system. The United States of America aided South Vietnam while North Vietnam was aided by the Soviet Union and the republic of China. The Vietnam War was fought between 1955 and 1975 which fell in the middle of the cold war which was fought between 1947 and 1991. The United States of America as well as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics used the Vietnam War as a way to indirectly fight each other. The involvement in the Vietnam War was very unpopular in America and many movements were made against it.…
The Vietnam war was a brutal war killing millions of vietnamese civilians, thousands of americans, and destroying miles of jungle. it also caused long term effects that to this day are making people physically ill, ruining habitats, dividing people on both home fronts, and causing a high tension point between a people and its government. The vietnam war started in 1956 due to the division of the (GVN South Vietnam) and the (DRV North Vietnam). American pressure caused these two countries to stay split between each other after french rule had ceased.…
The 1970’s was a decade full of social, economic, and political changes for the American people. During this era, the country was plagued with high inflation rates, but social spending, at that point in time, was at an all-time high. After the passage of Medicare and the Community Mental Health Act of 1963, deinstitutionalization became a major factor in the development in mental health care policy. It caused the states to shut down their mental hospitals and introduce a more-community based form of treatment. With the Vietnam War ending in 1975, America was able to utilize the funds that were once designated to military use and apply them to programs meant to empower the citizens.…
Vietnam War, for some regarded even as one of the most important conflict after the Second World War must have had a great impact on American economy, culture, politics and more importantly society. More than 58,000 American soldiers were killed while more than 150,000 others wounded. A disastrous effect had not only the fight with Vietnamese soldiers but also herbicides – “Agent Orange”, which increased rates of i.e. cancers, nerve, digestive, skin, and respiratory disorders among the veterans. All of that definitely contributed to the massive costs of the war and healthcare contribution.…
The aftermath of the Vietnam War left a lasting affect on American culture. This was the the longest and most debilitating war for the United States and changed the U.S. forever. There was overwhelming protest and debate on the war and it divided the country and its leaders on the uncertainty of foreign policy. My mother was just a child during the war itself but her family experienced the aftermath of the war economically, socially and culturally. The Vietnam War damaged the U.S. economy, spending 168 billion towards the conflict.…