Vietnam Essay

The whole conflict in Vietnam started with France’s imperialism. The French took over Vietnam and established Indochina in the 1880s. However, the people of Vietnam wanted to be free from France, and under their communist leader Ho Chi Minh they established a military organization called Viet Minh. This organization took over the capital and declared Vietnam an independent country. Ho asked for aid from the U.S, but the U.S distrusted their communist ideals. Instead, President Truman sent aid to…

permanent resting places. (https://memorials.com/blog/why-memorials-are-important) The Vietnam Veterans Wall Memorial and the Lincoln Memorial…

Indochina (the modern world knows this region as Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia). Since French colonialism speculation against the French had increased in Indochina, and many natives struggled for independence. The struggle had started when the separated Vietnam into 3 separate regions, Annam, Tonkin and Cochinchina causing grief for the Vietnamese. Although, the French had provided the Vietnamese with education and leadership, the French took advantage of Vietnam by exploiting their resources of…

attacks on more than 100 cities and outposts in South Vietnam. The offensive was an attempt to provoke rebellion among the South Vietnamese population and encourage the United States leave the Vietnam War. Though U.S. and South Vietnamese fought hard to hold off the attacks great damages were done. Despite the damages, North Vietnam did will with planning the Tet Offensive. Because of this the attacks were marked a turning point in the Vietnam War and the beginning of slow American withdrawal…

the Vietnam War (Bia). Although the Vietnam War was difficult and demanding for soldiers, the lives of the Vietnamese civilians were forever changed. The war affected the everyday lives of civilians by either making them flee the country to safety or by the countless attacks or killings they endured. The trials that the civilians faced during this time seem unrealistic; they suffered things that some could never imagine. The Vietnam War started in 1954. It was between North Vietnam and…

reinforced Vietnam during the Vietnam War; however they each helped Vietnam differently and had a dissimilar advice and counsel to Vietnam. With both China and Soviet Union, Ho Chi Minh never accepted direction from either of them, as he did with the French and the Japanese, but he does in fact receive openly their help and support for the war. Ho remains independent concerning the decisions made in North Vietnam, he is not dependent on the Soviet Union or China, as South Vietnam is…

picture which could be shocking for the viewers. Most of these problems were caused by the imagery that came from the Vietnam War. Those pictures were seen as controversial because they symbolize a special impression of war: the violence and brutality that was inflicted on the civil population, the useless sacrifice of American soldiers. Those images that now appear as symbols of the Vietnam War showed the atrocity of the war and the capacity of humans to commit crimes against other human…

“When I was a kid, we watched the Vietnam War on the six o 'clock news, and it was desensitizing. You felt you were watching a war film; meanwhile you were really watching these guys getting blown to bits,” said Johnny Depp about the Vietnam War. History has a funny way of repeating itself, and people have the funny habit of staying stuck in the past. Many people believe the Vietnam War and the current War on Terrorism is a reflection of this. Some people believe that both of the wars are…

evening, my father and I went to eat a local Vietnamese restaurant. During dinner, I decided to interview him about his experience in the Vietnamese l culture. I interviewed him because he could offer a unique perspective. You see, my father left Vietnam in 1979 at the age of 19 to escape fighting for the Communist party. As such, his life experience includes a multitude of cultures; French-Vietnamese, Communist, and American. As our conversation evolved, we spoke of pre and post-communism;…

VIETNAM PROFILE OVERVIEW Official name: Socialist Republic of Vietnam Continent: Asia Region: South East Asia Form of Government: Socialist Communism Capital: Hanoi Largest city: Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon) Official languages: Vietnamese Official scripts: Vietnamese Ethnic groups: 85.7% Kinh (Viet) Religion: 80% none, 20% other religions Anthem: Army March Anthem Demonym: Vietnamese Area -Total 331,210 km2 -Water (%) 6.4 - RANKED 66 Population (2014 estimate) -…