Hanoi

In the year of 1960 Nixon was selected for the Republican nomination to run for office, and nixon was up against Cabot Lodge. He had a campaign against a team of senators including JFK and Lyndon Johnson. Nixon then lost to Kennedy, but it was a close, he lost by one hundred thousand votes out of the sixty-eight million cast. Soon as Nixon was defeated he then returned to Los Angeles to return to law. After the defeat by President Johnson. Nixon soo wondered that he is a serious presidential…

The Quiet American by Graham Greene Graham Greene’s fascinating novel The Quiet American is about two men who fall in love with the same women in Vietnam during the French and Indochina War. The protagonist, Thomas Fowler, and another English journalist, Alden Pyle, both shared a love for Phuong. The author of this novel, Graham Greene, wrote many stories that dealt with American and English involvement in foreign wars. Being born in Berkhamsted Hertfordshire, England, Graham suffered from…

he encounter Marcellus Wallace in the street and they both end up fighting in a general store where they both get caught by two hillbillies trying to rape both of them and when Koonz was speaking to butch as child he said that the POW camps was a “Hanoi pit of hell” and the two hillbillies say that the dungeon of rape was a “pit of hell” this and the POW camps are similar in their ways he has to overcome this obstacle like his father and pass on the watch to the next generation.The fact that…

Executive Summary In response to a request of CBI, a Hong Kong supermarket group, for preparation of a market entry report to Vietnam, research has been made with findings applied to a number of International Market Selection Analysis Models for assessment of appropriateness of the company’s choice of market and time of entry. Different analysis revealed that Vietnam is a suitable market for CBI’s purpose and now is the right time for market entry. Nonetheless, it also revealed that the move…

VIETNAM PROFILE OVERVIEW Official name: Socialist Republic of Vietnam Continent: Asia Region: South East Asia Form of Government: Socialist Communism Capital: Hanoi Largest city: Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon) Official languages: Vietnamese Official scripts: Vietnamese Ethnic groups: 85.7% Kinh (Viet) Religion: 80% none, 20% other religions Anthem: Army March Anthem Demonym: Vietnamese Area -Total 331,210 km2 -Water (%) 6.4 - RANKED 66 Population (2014 estimate) -…

 A brief background of a strategic thinker: Birth name : Sun Wu Courtesy name : Sun Tzu Name means : Master sun Born : 544 BC Birth place : State of Qi, Shandong Province, China Death : 496 BC Best known for : The Art of War - Had strong interest in military and became a soldier. - Gained reputation as a good leader of soldiers. - Led the State of Wu to many victories including the capture of the Chu capital city of Ying.  Main points of his/her strategic thought: - Doctrines: 1. Prepare…

The Prison Raid took place around the Vietnam Era. This Raid was an attempt to recover 61 American Prisoners of War. Colonel Author “Bull” Simmons was in charge of this operation. The members of this operation were handpicked from two Special Forces Groups, 6th and 7th group. There were over 500 volunteers for the mission, but they were all interviewed. 103 were selected but only 56 conducted the actual mission. Even though no American Prisoners of War were rescued during this mission, it was…

The Ugly American depicts the difficulties the United States experienced in trying to defeat communism in Southeast Asia. It highlighted methods that the U.S. should have adopted to be successful and the ones that led to failure. The book demonstrated how the political and social climates were affected by individuals’ lack of consideration and awareness of the Sarkhanese culture. The characters in this book are fictional, however some share similar qualities of American diplomats serving abroad…

Introduction The Vietnam War was an undeclared war without front lines or clear objectives that lasted almost 20 years from 1955 to 1975. Over two and a half million Americans fought and over 50,000 died during the conflicts. During January 1968, the Vietcong and North Vietnamese conducted several simultaneous attacks against the South Vietnamese, Americans and their allies known as the Tet Offensive. There were several indicators were ignored by the Intelligence Community (IC) and…

During the 1800s, France began to imperialize the region of Indochina, which consists of the countries known as Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. The wealth produced in this land was considered very valuable to the French during this time. Many nationalists throughout the Indochina region were not happy with the idea of the French being in their homeland. Ho Chi Minh, who was a strong Nationalist in Vietnam, educated in westernized ideas, and a follower of Marxist thought, formed a movement to get…