History of Vietnam

On the other side of the ideological spectrum, a Communist Soviet Union, which is now Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union; welcomed Vietnamese President Ho Chi Minh from the Communist nation of North Vietnam. In the Soviet Union, Vietnamese President Ho Chi Minh continued his education from France about politics. It can easily be seen that an education from France and an education from the Soviet Union (pre what is now Russia), on the subject of politics is two different things,…

Sheehan Neil divides his work into seven books clarifying the biography of John Paul Vann, and the history of Vietnam War. The book commence at the funeral of John Paul Vann. Properly described in the leading chapter as a former army colonel who served in both Korea and Vietnam in 1963. It was evidential though out the chapter that van was a war hero determine to win the war of Vietnam for his people. Although his fight and plots were strong higher leaders knocked him down and forced him to…

The Vietnam war was quite a long-lasting war that started in 1954 and ended in 1975. One of the main reasons that caused this war was that the north part of Vietnam wanted to spread communism throughout all the country. The United States got involved in the war, because they opposed that communism would spread throughout all of Vietnam. The US was at the side of the south part of Vietnam. This war was called the "American War" that took place in Vietnam. The Soviet Union and China supported the…

the end of the Vietnam war. Today, the Vietnamese diaspora has become the largest refugee resettlement in American History with an estimated 1.2 million Vietnamese abroad who have brought their culture and lifestyle along with them (Phu). However, with so much influence, this leads to the question of “how did the Vietnam war impact the world on the international level?” Prior to 1954, Vietnam had been at war against French colonial rule for nine years in the indochina war (Vietnam War). With…

“Good Morning Vietnam” is a comedic movie and thought-provoking criticism of the Vietnam War. Robin Williams plays Adrian Cronauer, an off-the-cuff radio DJ who is assigned to liven up a bland US military radio show broadcast from Saigon in South Vietnam during the War. Cronauer uses this platform not for its intended purpose of spreading American propaganda, but instead to poke fun at different facets of the unpopular war. The movie heavily criticizes US leadership, military methodology, and…

analysis of the key decisions that the Johnson administration made leading up to the Vietnam War. Using recently declassified material, including many tapes and papers from the Johnson Presidential Library, he highlights how and why those decision were made, thereby giving readers a fresh and unique view of how the United States turned Vietnam into an American war. McMaster, a military historian and former history instructor at the United States Military Academy, based this book on his…

Past events are considered historical if they are meaningful and made an impact on the country. Every person has their own perspective on historical events. These personal perceptions are formed by a number of circumstances and can change through their life. Historical events can have various impacts on people depending where they lived in the country, and when an event took place. So much historical knowledge can be gained through hearing someone discuss events they were alive to experience.…

true of the war in Vietnam but the musical soundscape to the Vietnam War was very different from that of World War II. While there were patriotic songs that did very well the vast majority of Vietnam War songs were anti- rather than pro-war songs. By early 1968 there were 550,000 troops in Vietnam and rising death toll with no end in sight. The anti-war movement, and the anti-war music was rooted in wider changes taking place in America. The soldiers drafted to fight in Vietnam were part of the…

Afghanistan, The Vietnam War was the longest war in American history. For Americans, the war spanned over a time period of 15 years, however for the Vietnamese people the struggle for independence and self-determination lasted much longer than that. A small American involvement that started with a group of key advisors eventually escalated into a large scaled war that had an army of over half a million American soldiers. The American involvement in Vietnam started slowly. During the first…

In the Vietnam War, the force ratio between US military and North Vietnam military capability is 53:1 (Toft, 2001: 113). As a limited war, the external power should prepare to inform the population to tolerate a long war (Toft, 2001: 123). Conventional strategy does not work in asymmetric wars…