Army of the Republic of Vietnam

engagements ensued between communist countries and the United States. Two insidious examples include the Korean and Vietnam wars. The repercussions of the Vietnam war are still felt today by many Americans and many of these Americans feel it was a horrible failure to the reputation of the United States and an ill considered war to stop the spread of communism in Vietnam. The Vietnam War changed American Society in many ways. The war resulted in protests, civil disobedience and out-right violent…

“At the time the Vietnam war was President Nixon biggest headache, although Nixon feared Allende’s victory might erode the image of U.S strength”(if magazine). The Vietnam War was an embarrassing time period for the United States it ties into the U.S being involved with Chile because I perceive that if we are able to overthrow Allende, it would…

“It was at that moment, America knew, they fucked up”. The Vietnam war was not just any ordinary war. To this day, there is still a lot of controversy over the United States’ involvement in the war overseas in a communist dominated country. There is definitely hatred and regret of the people that watched it all live in their homes; as well as the soldiers that went through the scarring experience themselves. It will be probably never be fully understood why America decided to take part in the…

“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are”. (“Theodore,”1901)Today this quote have greatly summarize American’s involvement in the international crisis and dilemma. Currently, there are three major involvements that America was in were Vietnam War, Iraq war, and ISIS. Henceforth, they are look upon by a world to get involved since they are the strongest military. Furthermore, we are placed on a tip of sword. Why? Its rather simple on one side if we help these situations and operations…

The Cold War began in 1945 after WW II, between the United States and the Soviet Union. Each country had their own ideologies about how to rebuild Europe after the war. President Truman and the Russians leader Joseph Stalin were in disagreement on how to divide postwar Europe. The Soviets controlled Poland and most of the Balkans while the American and British forces had liberated Western Europe from Scandinavia to Italy. The Russians were concerned about past invasions and were intent on…

South Vietnam had many of the same desires for freedom as North. Divided by the 17th parallel as also given by the Geneva Agreements of 1954 South Vietnam had many resource advantages over the North. With the richness of the delta’s this gave them access to ports and fishing. The Republic of Vietnam (RVN) or South Vietnam (SV) were allies with the United States and their allies. Like North Vietnam, South Vietnam was seeking full independence, forming a nationalist country. The (RVN) was ruled by…

The United States has been considered the world’s police for more than one hundred years. The founding father’s originally sought to keep American interest secular and to be solely concerned with it’s own well being. World events since that time have caused the United States to involve itself in the affairs of other countries, some for the benefit of that country and its people and others for U.S. interests. President Roosevelt’s Monroe Doctrine “asked the Europeans not to increase their…

000 US troops to Vietnam. North Vietnam was trying to make South Vietnam a communist nation. North Vietnam was supported by the Soviet Union and South Vietnam was supported by the United States. The United States sent massive manpower and lost a lot of soldiers, but was unsuccessful in stopping the North Vietnamese. The loss was not only a setback to ending communism in Asia, but a shock to American morale. The United States citizens disagreed with going to war with Vietnam because we…

confrontation between East and West, threatening to escalate into a third world war. The allied forces became embroiled in a war unlike any they have known, yet, for the Americans it served as a military rehearsal, for one, they would come to know, in Vietnam. Reminiscent to the First World War, it started in racketed advances and retreats, and ended in trench warfare, continuing with bombardment. The United Nations forces relied on superior weaponry to limit their losses, experts believed that…

Rouge ruled for too long before Vietnam invaded them in 1979 (“GENOCIDE-CAMBODIA”). Vietnam tried to come in strong to overthrow the Khmer Rouge, but the Khmer Rouge had some allies who tried to help them. The Khmer Rouge’s allies, The United States and the United Kingdom, defended the Khmer Rouge because of their joining dislike of Vietnam and their history with the Vietnam War (“GENOCIDE-CAMBODIA”). In the end, the Khmer Rouge was not powerful enough compared to Vietnam, so the Khmer Rouge was…