Vietnam War Essay

Public Opinion of the Vietnam War and its socio-political effects on the United States After the Assassination of John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson was inaugurated as the next president of the United States. He began to escalate his bombing campaign on Vietnam, named Operation Rolling Thunder. The casualties that were resulted in this operation were as follows: thousands were dead, missing or captured, hundreds of planes shot down. On the other side there were over one hundred and eighty two…

Ever since, the dawn of man war has been a part of man’s culture. War has been both vital and fatal to the survival of many cultures in the world. But, when the powers that oversee force people that they have ignored and quelled for many years to fight a war against people who pose no threat to them then problems emerge. The real purpose of war from the attacker’s viewpoint is not to protect an idea or defend the innocent from evil, the real purpose is to secure the resources that the territory…

The Vietnam War was a military conflict during the Cold War that started in November of 1955 and ended with the fall of Saigon on April 30th 1975. The war was fought between the United States along with Southern Vietnamese against the North Vietminh, in response to the French defeat in Indochina. At first the people in the United States supported the war and thought it would be patriotic to serve for their country, like the older generation that served in the World Wars’. However, as the Vietnam…

The Vietnam War; a war where millions of Americans went to fight a worthless battle that wasn't even theirs. This was essentially when America tried to be the hero and save South Vietnam from North Vietnam, pursuing their goal to stop the spread of communism. It all started when the nation split into two parts, communist North Vietnam and the democratic South. America’s involvement into this gruesome war simply escalated as time went on… and not in a good way. Even though the U.S was trying to…

Drug Use During the Vietnam Conflict Drug usage during the Vietnam War era was very common. Many soldiers who were drafted into the army had previously experimented with drugs, and it has been estimated that this included 30% of enlisted soldiers. While the remaining 70% of soldiers may not have ventured into drug use before the war, it became all to easy for them once they entered Vietnam where heroin and opium were easily accessed by the soldiers. The drugs were cheap and pure which enabled…

Essay: In the aftermath of the Vietnam War (1955-1975) Cambodia’s political and social tensions rose so dramatically that they led to war with Vietnam. Cambodia went from celebrating their victory over the Americans to a nation on the brink of war with its neighbours. In the aftermath of the war, due to clashing communist ideologies, the countries, Cambodia and Vietnam, positioned themselves against each other. Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge conducted mass purges that kill a million people and…

The Vietnam was not a pretty war, there were many young kids that got drafted and others that wanted to go, like Ted Boquist. Boquist was a young kid straight out of high school and wanted to get away from his small hometown so Boquist decided to fight a war that many wish would never had happened. Boquist’s experience in the war was what most people expected it to be like, he was sent to basic training, AIT, and eventually to Vietnam to defend our country. Luckily he made it back safely, and he…

Krishna Gupta History 1302-63013 Music as History Theme- Antiwar movement against Vietnam War, 1960s-1970s Vietnam War, the second Indochina war, began on November 1, 1995 and ended on April 30, 1975. The war was fought between the North Vietnam and the government of the South Vietnam. South Vietnamese army was supported by America, South Korea, Australia, Thailand and other non-communist allies while North Vietnamese army were supported by China, Soviet Union and other communist allies. As per…

The Vietnam War was a chilling time in American History. Many who did not grow up in that era of time look at the nineteen sixties as a time of peace and love. The truth is, it was a time of violence and turmoil in America. Race riots were happening all over our country, drugs were being embraced by a new generation and there were political riots about the draft and the involvement of the American government in Vietnam. No one suffered more from the chilling effects of the Vietnam War than…

Canada played a role in the Vietnam conflict as a member of the International Control Commission, they also had a significant contribution of war materials to the United States. The Prime Minister of Canada publicly maintained that he was against the war, but some of his actions suggest that pressure from Washington was affecting his decisions. While some took to the streets in protest, Canada took thousands of draft resistors into the country and thousands of Canadians volunteered to fight with…