Vietnam War Essay

War is not easy on anyone; it causes too many psychological and physical problems. Reading this article about the nurse’s experiences in the Vietnam War did change my perspective of nursing. My respect level of past nurses has increase tremendously. The reason why is because they did not have the technology or the education that we have now. How they overcame the many challenges that they had to face, still amaze me. The women that decided to join the military took a major risk with their lives…

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…

can most definitely say that researching all about the war in Vietnam was very informative. I felt that being able to assess the war from both American and Vietnamese perspectives was a very big factor in understanding the full magnitude of it. Unlike any war before, each side had completely different strategies, strengths, and weakness that leveled out the playing field. In the end, both America and Vietnam paid hefty consequences for a war whose outcome was not particularly favored by either…

In 1945, the Vietnam War began with the U.S joining the forces of the Republic of South Vietnam against North Vietnam between 1965-1968. The U.S failed to gain a military victory and ultimately lost the war due to the fact that South Vietnam was taken over by the communists (North Vietnam) who ended seizing the U.S Embassy in Saigon in April 1975. In 1966, around a year after the U.S involvement in Vietnam, anti-war groups began to protest the war as immoral and debauched and by 1968, American…

century, the Vietnam War was undeniably the longest and the most horrendous war in the history of America. The United States supported South Vietnam and resisted communist North. Based on our study, it was my contention that as one of America’s most controversial wars, the Vietnam War had far-reaching impacts on American citizens’ perceptions of government and military for years. Firstly, the credibility gap between the American government and the American people arose during the Vietnam War.…

Wars of any kind can not only affect the physical state of soldiers but they also greatly affect their emotional state. The Vietnam War was no exception and it is seen many times throughout the The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien how the events of the war change the character’s thoughts, actions, and feelings. As the novel progresses and more of the stories are told, it is seen how damaging the war is to characters such as Tim O’Brien, Mary Anne Bell, and Rat Kiley. Each of these characters…

The Vietnam war started on November 1st 1955 and lasted until April 30th 1975. The Unites States joined the war because they gave aid to the french who were fighting the the vietnamese. This and a part of the history with vietnam and america the United states. While the United States fought in the war they were fighting alongside southern vietnam to try and take down the north part of vietnam. . Under the provisions of the Accords, U.S. forces were completely withdrawn. Unfortunately, this did…

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 Vietnam War is one of the longest and most divisive wars in US history. U.S entry into the war was largely due to misperceptions about Vietnam by U.S policymakers, including US presidents. President Kennedy and President Johnson were both responsible for the escalation of US involvement in Vietnam. In this essay, I will discuss which US president, Kennedy or Johnson, was most responsible for US involvement in the Vietnam War. First, I will discuss why President Kennedy is responsible for US…

The Vietnam War was one of the many bloody Cold War era conflicts. It was a conflict between North and South Vietnam, who both had different ideals; the North was communist, and the south was anti-communist. Although the war was brutal and bloody for both sides, it has greatly impacted and changed both societies in one shape or form, shaping them into the ones we know to this day. There is no doubt that the Vietnam War had affected society during its time and still has a lasting effect on…