Vietnam War Essay

in the Vietnam War. Often referred to as the “living room” war, Vietnam was the first televised conflict. The national broadcast of the war influenced the public in a way that they had never experienced. For the first time the public could sit in their living room and see what the military was experiencing on the battle field. Vietnam was being broadcast every evening on the nightly news with Walter Cronkite. Because of this, the media’s influence on the public during the Vietnam war was…

The Vietnam war was a 19-year long battle that took place in North and South Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. To Harry G. Summer, the conflict had the 18th century stylistic fighting and war strategy so many causalities of Men, Women and Children. And to Michael Hennessy the vietnam war was a strategic war that started peaceful and ended as not so peaceful. I find myself wondering what the advantage of the Vietnam war was to america. Our two Historians , as well as others, will help us find the…

The Vietnam War (1955-1975) Location: Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia Date: Nov. 1, 1955- April 30, 1975 Background: The Vietnam War was a long and costly conflict between the communist North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong against the South Vietnam and their ally The United States. The war began after the rice of power of Ho Chi Minh, and continued against a Cold War between two global superpowers (The United States and The Soviet Union). 3 million people were killed…

War was death. "There were a million ways to die. Booby traps and land mines and gangrene and shock and polio from a VC virus (197)." The solders "carried the emotional baggage of men who might die" at any moment (21). "Ted Lavender was shot in the head…

When one thinks about the Vietnam War one thing that might come to mind are the psychological effects it had on many soldiers. The most prevalent of those being PTSD, which at the time wasn’t a recognized as a mental disorder. Not to mention it often takes roughly a year for symptoms to set in so it was written off even easier which undoubtedly left many of those suffering discouraged and made to feel alone in their disorder. Psychological disorders aren’t the only problems that arose for…

The Vietnam War, the Kennedy assassination, and the Apollo 11 Moon landing accurately depict the 1960s as and age of loss and gain. In the 1960s, NASA landed the first man on the moon. Before Americans could successfully travel to space NASA had to build a functioning rocket and find…

The Vietnam War was a war that introduced a new level of warfare. The Vietnam War a war fought with heavy firepower caused the lives of many brave American soldiers. In the story “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’ Brien emphasizes on the heavy burden American soldiers carried during the Vietnam War. As the war rose with misery, American soldiers began to rebel against it. Lastly, the theme of the story is to pay a tribute for the brave 2.5 million American soldiers who gave their lives during…

The Vietnam War The Vietnam War was by far the most violent and traumatic of America’s three wars in Asia in the fifty years since Pearl Harbor. In August of 1964 two U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin were attacked by North Vietnamese torpedo boats. President Lyndon B. Johnson ordered the bombing of military targets in North Vietnam as retaliation. By February 1965 the United States had begun regular bombings of North Vietnam (History.com). The war did nothing but cause problems for the…

The Vietnam War Veterans Current Mental Health Status By Anabel Rotger The aim of this paper is to explore the current mental health of the aging Veteran population that served during the Vietnam War. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2009 there were 9 million veterans in the United States age 65 and older (Ferrini & Ferrini, pg. 414). The Vietnam War Veterans are vivid proof of long-term negative consequences of combat exposure in different ways. After a long period of disservice and…

The Vietnam War is known to be the only war the United States ever lost. It was extremely unpopular and had approval ratings of below 20% (McConnell 183). It left us with a war memorial containing the names of 58,209 dead soldiers, all inscribed on black granite (Isaacs 1). Although the military action of the Vietnam War took place thousands of miles from our shores, the war’s effects were strongly felt in the United States of America. Vietnam was originally a French colony, and it gained…