Vietnam War Essay

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Vietnam War is one of the wars that United States of America was a part of during the cold war to fight against the communism. Frdrick Dowes throghout his book says that this war was a surprise to him and he didnt expect so much brutality to happen. The war lasted for more than 20 years from 1954-1975 according to encyclopeadia britanicca and was one of the biggest indochina wars.The war itself had many casualties that even caused uprisings in the homefront. There are still veterans who have not mentally and emotionally made it home because of the autrocities that happend from the vietnam war. When we look into this timefreme of the United States history we can see that the war was a serious loss to America and its allies during the war.Many …show more content…
The history of this war can be dated back to the ending of the French dominion over Vietnam. After the french rule and through some negotiations at the geneva conference, Vietnam was divided into two countries. Above the 17th paralle becoming North vietnam under the leader of Ho Chi Minh, and below the 17th parelle became South Vietnam. South Vietnam through the help of United States established Ngo Dhin Diem as the new premier and later declaring himself the president of South Vietnam. After the seperation the North wanted to takeover the South and make it communiwst and the South aided by the US wanted to contain the communism in the North.
The United States of America was not prepared for what the Vietnam War and the consequences for playing an active role in it. The US involvement of the vietnam war was not needed for the containment of communism because America was coming back from the Korean war. Tim O Brien said "You know, the Korean war and the Vietnam war aren 't much different. One country divided by an artificial
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United States never prepared for the different weather patterns and pathogens that came with the land of Vietnam. Throughout the war many US soldiers had physical trouble due to many pathogens such as the flu and malaria.Vaccines for the flu and malaria were

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