With banh mi and pho becoming internationally recognized dishes today, it's amazing how quickly Vietnamese culture has taken root within only 40 years since the end of the Vietnam war. Today, the Vietnamese diaspora has become the largest refugee resettlement in American History with an estimated 1.2 million Vietnamese abroad who have brought their culture and lifestyle along with them (Phu). However, with so much influence, this leads to the question of “how did the Vietnam war impact the world on the international level?”
Prior to 1954, Vietnam had been at war against French colonial rule for nine years in the indochina war (Vietnam War). With the emergence of communist forces in the North, Vietnam had the military power it needed to defeat …show more content…
as an anti-isolationist country. After Congress Passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, Lyndon B. Johnson deployed American troops to Vietnam despite not declaring war. The U.S. would later go on to pass Operation Menu which was the bombing of Cambodia, Laos and North Vietnam to attack Viet Cong Troops. As a result, America received lots of criticism domestically. However, American involvement eventually came to an end after the Paris Peace Accords where the U.S. withdrew soldiers (Kennedy). Additionally, the spending in war effort proved to be unfavorable. As a result, the world faced a monetary crisis and US gold reserves were going down in value (Diem). This would later show that the U.S. could no longer afford to spend anymore money on the war …show more content…
As previously stated, there are over 1.2 million Vietnamese abroad today. In the Americas, the U.S. suffered from post war Vietnam Syndrome, which prevented the U.S. from getting involved in foreign issues and becoming committed to internationalism (Rohn). President Carter, someone who suffered from Vietnam Syndrome, failed to prevent Russia from invading Afghanistan out of the fear of being involved in “another Vietnam”
Prior to 1954, Vietnam had been at war against French colonial rule for nine years in the indochina war (Vietnam War). With the emergence of communist forces in the North, Vietnam had the military power it needed to defeat …show more content…
as an anti-isolationist country. After Congress Passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, Lyndon B. Johnson deployed American troops to Vietnam despite not declaring war. The U.S. would later go on to pass Operation Menu which was the bombing of Cambodia, Laos and North Vietnam to attack Viet Cong Troops. As a result, America received lots of criticism domestically. However, American involvement eventually came to an end after the Paris Peace Accords where the U.S. withdrew soldiers (Kennedy). Additionally, the spending in war effort proved to be unfavorable. As a result, the world faced a monetary crisis and US gold reserves were going down in value (Diem). This would later show that the U.S. could no longer afford to spend anymore money on the war …show more content…
As previously stated, there are over 1.2 million Vietnamese abroad today. In the Americas, the U.S. suffered from post war Vietnam Syndrome, which prevented the U.S. from getting involved in foreign issues and becoming committed to internationalism (Rohn). President Carter, someone who suffered from Vietnam Syndrome, failed to prevent Russia from invading Afghanistan out of the fear of being involved in “another Vietnam”