Guerrilla warfare

Rules of engagement for the Unites States in the Vietnam War were a framework put into place by military authorities to define the limitations and circumstances that combat will be initiated or continue with enemy forces. (Georgia Tech College , n.d.). The rules are put into place to be compliant with international law for conducting war, minimize friendly fire accidents, and protect civilians. All of these regulations also had political motivation and each level of rank within the army from…

where people are willing to do anything for money. Massacres were also committed during the war. This is especially shown as an American soldier indiscriminately guns down Vietnamese civilians in the film. Though the Vietnam War was fought using guerrilla warfare, this scene is still unsettling. These are forms of atrocities committed by the Americans during the Vietnam War which were overlooked in America’s media in order to promote a positive narrative. The film Full Metal Jacket serves as a…

Before the Vietnam War Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder was not as prominent or well known as it is today. At the end of the Vietnam War about 15 of every 100 soldiers were diagnosed with PTSD. But more recent studies show that the actual amount of veterans that suffered from PTSD at some point in their life is closer to about 30 out of every 100 soldiers. No other war has had that high of PTSD statistics. Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) reported having about 11 out of every 100 soldiers suffering…

treaty with rebel forces in 2005. Colombia has the third largest economy in the Latin American region which has been on rise in the recent years (GlobalEdge, 2016). Political Factors In the 1960s, some insurgent groups and drug cartels started guerrilla warfare against the government. Amongst the guerilla groups, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) was the biggest group. Colombia has a long history of active drug cartels producing illegal drugs on a mass scale to export it to USA. In…

Che Guevara had the confidence that communism would save the disadvantaged people of Latin America in the Cuban Revolution in 1956-1959, and continued to be a guerrilla leader in South America. Since his execution by the Bolivian army in 1967, he has been considered a legendary political figure and an icon of radicalism and anti-imperialism because he exemplifies the core characteristics of what it takes to be a leader (Besancenot, Lowy, & Membrez). According to Warren Bennis, an American…

been left with serious psychological trauma.” (“Children in Conflict: Child Soldiers” 1). Many reports by international human rights organizations have recorded ISIS using children in dangerous situations like being used as a human shields, guerrilla warfare, suicide missions, and execution. The main Sunni military group in Iraq, called the ISIS, are brainwashing children, and training them to fight their enemy, the Shiites. Kids as young as fifteen are put into the front lines. Child soldiers…

The book “The Things They carried” by Tim O’Brien was about the Vietnam war. One of the things that is in the book is that there is more than what is just on the surface of the war. It puts a personal spin on the dry material that is usually read about wars. Tim O’Brien was in the Vietnam war when he was a young man, and he uses these experiences to write both fictional stories and nonfictional stories about this war. When a person is about to start reading this book they must go into it…

The Vietnam War The Vietnam war was the first war that the United States of America lost. This war was one of the bloodiest that the United States had fought since the civil war. A total of around fifty-eight thousand Americans were killed, three hundred fifty thousand were wounded, and two thousand were captured as Prisoners of War. The Vietnam War was utterly devastating for our troops and potentially for our country. Robert J.McMahon states in his book, Major Problems in the History of the…

recruits as Fidel felt this would be more effective. Che although disappointed at this decision accepted his demotion and took advantage of his new assigned task. He took a group of peasants and transformed them into educated, passionate and trained guerrilla fighters. Knowing when to step back and do the less “glorious” is an essential key trait of a great leader. This moment showed Che’s purpose was truly for the people and not individual recognition and glory meaning he was motivated…

The Vietnam War was a changing point in American history. Causing high tensions between the US and the Communists parties around the globe, the Vietnam War was another way people were effected by conflict. The Communist conflict in Vietnam effected soldiers and even the people back in the United States. There were rallies against the war. People were parading in the streets of Washington DC promoting the extraction of American soldiers from a war that they believe made no sense. Some anti-war…