Personal Review: The Vietnam War

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After reading the first four sections of “The Vietnam Wars” I can infer that the Vietnamese are extremely persistent people that are not likely to surrender. I can infer this because of several pieces of information, the first being the actions of the Vietnamese people during the 1945-1954 battles against the French and Americans. During this war, the Vietnamese had significantly less technology than their current opponents, but instead of surrendering to the French they made use of their land and defeated the anti-communists. The second piece of information that helped me infer this is simply the dates of the war against the Chinese. If Vietnam was not extremely persistent and kept hope for independence, the constant battle against the Chinese

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