First Indochina War

Edwin Starr was a well-known American singer from the 1960s. In the 1960s, there were many social issues, such as African-American civil rights movement, feminism, and the Vietnam war. Many artists stood out and spoke loudly to against unequal treatment and war, Edwin Starr was one of the great singers during that time. Before 1945, French had the highest status in Vietnam, Lao, and Cambodia; however, after 1949, with communist became more and more powerful at that time, Ho Chi Minh who led…

There were several prison camps located in North Vietnam, but they all shared the same basic characteristics as the Hanoi Hilton. Prisoners were isolated from each other to the greatest extent possible. The individual cells consisted of small concrete areas with a wooden bunk bed and a bucket to be used as a toilet. There was also typically a window although it was heavily barred with the amount of light protruding inside being minimal. The cell doors were heavy wood and contained a peep hole…

interested in spreading their religion, making a profit, and adding Vietnam to their growing empire. Vietnam was not France’s only invasion: “France controlled Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, which collectively it called Indochine Francais (French Indochina). Indochina soon became one of France’s most lucrative colonial possessions, part of an empire that spanned northern and western Africa, as well as islands in the Caribbean and the Pacific (J. Llewellyn 1).” The French sprung on Vietnam’s…

The Declaration of Independence of Vietnam first expresses the idea that Vietnam was under the French rule for over 80 years. During this era, Vietnam had to face a lot of distress, “more than two million of our fellow-citizens died from starvation.” When Japan attacked Vietnam during World War II, the French did not fight back but instead handed over Vietnam to the Japanese. The Vietnamese still were treated by the Japanese in a cruel manner. The declaration expresses that it is now that all…

that easy.Post-World War II, Harry Truman provided the French with money which assisted them on taking over the vietnamese Nation.Even with the help of America, the French didn’t managed to get control of Vietnam; therefore, Vietnam won their independence in 1954.After they gained their independence, Vietnam was divided into two creating North and South Vietnam.The North was Under communist rule by Ho Chi Minh while the south was trying to fight the North creating an internal war in Vietnam. U.S…

America from the 1950’s to the 1970’s was in complete turmoil. The Vietnam War had taken over and fear was instilled into the lives of Americans everywhere. There was the fear of being drafted, the fear of loved ones leaving, the fear of loved ones dying, and the fear of war itself. Although society wanted to believe the war was notable and heroic, many did not think that way. Men who were sent over to Vietnam during the war were stripped of their lives and forced to adapt to life under attack.…

the Vietnam war. In one of the short stories the “Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong” one of the soldiers, Mark Fossie, brings over Mary Anne Bell, his high school sweetheart, from back home. She quickly becomes curious about her surroundings in a foreign country far from home and what occurs around them in Vietnam, where she learns of the power and destruction of war. Mary Anne Bell represents the innocence that has been stolen from the soldiers, which dehumanizes them after exposure to war. Mark…

During the 18th century, Britain was trying to deal with China through diplomacy and economic reason in a way to make the Canton Trade system fair for both sides. Trade between the British and the Chinese was severely lopsided in China 's favour during the end of the 18th century. The reasons for this trade imbalance in China 's favour were mostly due to a difference in worldviews between Britain and China. Britain sought trade and another strong alliance in the pacific; and China believed it…

At first, Ah-Q does not support the rebels. The narrator states, “back then, he had an intuition – why, he couldn’t say – that these revolutionaries were rebelling against the established order of things, and that rebellion would make his life difficult; and…

many other countries, which recalls from the first Opium War, the event that aroused the industrialization in China, and later on the second Opium war… Due to the pressures from enemies,…