Carpe diem

Before Ky was born in 1959, Vietnam was divided into two states at the 17th parallel during the Geneva Conference of 1954. These two states were known as North Vietnam and South Vietnam. The North was governed by a Communist Party and the South was governed by the Republic of Vietnam. Since many of the people in the North feared the persecution from the Communist regime, nearly one million individuals fled for the South. Among these one million individuals was Ky’s family. By moving to the South…

The Vietnamese War has always been a sensitive subject to Americans and the Vietnamese from that day forward. A poem named “Vietnamese Morning” written by Curt Bennett, truly speaks of that day. Bennett also reminds us how it is still affecting many of those men, women, and loved ones today. Curt Bennett was an American flight pilot during the Vietnamese War. Curt Bennett explains, expresses, and tells his experience throughout this poem, Vietnamese Morning. I decided to write about this…

During the first Indochina War, major problems occurred with both the Vietminh and the French. As the Vietminh were fighting off disease and many other issues, the French were dealing with the unfriendly Vietminh. The First Indochina War was caused by the tyrannical colonial rule of the French over the Vietnamese people. The Vietnamese people resented the tyrannical rule and political and social implementations of the French. Which resulted in tensions that escalated into the first Indochina War…

people who immolated themselves. Several months later, Diem was assassinated by his own military forces in a coup d’état that was funded and supported by the United States on November 2, 1963. The assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem was just because he was a dictator who arrested his political opponents and was biased against people based on their religion; however, some believe that Diem would have changed Vietnam for the better. Although Diem was appointed into his chair as President, he was a…

Introduction There are many different views and opinions of the war in Vietnam. It was one of America’s longest, most controversial conflicts to date. In a war that lasted over a decade it is no surprise that lessons were learned on all parts. This paper will discuss what I feel is important lessons learned by Americans from the following arenas: diplomatic negotiations, presidential leadership, and cultural/social context.…

were offshoots of monolithic Soviet communism, which is the idea that all communist countries were controlled by the Soviet Union. Thus, in order to stop the spread of communism, the United States installed the anti-colonialist anti-communist Ngo Dinh Diem as the ruler of South Vietnam. In the historical fiction novel The Quiet American by Graham Greene, Thomas Fowler, a cynical British journalist, and Alden Pyle, an idealistic young American who turns to terrorism to combat both the French and…

America’s 1970s, the decade nickname as the ‘Me’ Decade. It was a time to show your individual choice of outfit and color combination, expressing you and/or how you feel. And the viewer would also see the meaning and chooses the same style of outfit or oppose it. During this time, certain events like the Vietnam War, the protests for a group rights, and the uprising desire for a fitting ideal figure is an example that changed the way fashion represent its opinion in punk and glam look, the…

The Vietnam War was a long fought war between North Vietnam, which marked its communist regime and South Vietnam, which was supported by the United States. It was believed that if Vietnam fell under communist influence, than other nations in Southeast Asia would follow, hence the domino theory. Although the United States’ involvement dated back to World War II, it did not escalate until the 1950’s. Unfortunately the United States’ involvement kept increasing due to the fear of communism. There…

d Vietnam become an American War by 1968, and what problems did the United States have in winning the “Hearts and Minds” of the Vietnamese people? By 1968 American politicians committed hundreds of billions worth of resources and nearly half a million personnel to the Vietnam War. Which was a war based on fabricated research and statistics, blatant lies to the American public, and cherry-picked threats. Americans provided most of the financial assistance, resources, over half a million…

The rise of communism in the USSR and China sparked fears in the American government. The U.S. learned of a new power rising in North Vietnam under Ho Chi Minh who wanted to gain control of the South making all of Vietnam communist. Through Eisenhower’s tactics (which ran poorly) America lost many of its troops. The domino effect ran through the predecessors of Eisenhower who wanted to continue in his ways. However, each President proved that their policies were faulty and could not withstand…