Ho Chi Minh City

Written by Tim O 'Brien, “If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home,” is a nonfictional story of a soldier as he battles the physical, psychological, spiritual and emotional challenges that come with being on the frontline of war as an American soldier. With his personal account and presentation of events from a sensate perception, O 'Brien takes the readers through the pain and fear that many American soldiers went through as they fought during the Vietnam War. Its sheer rawness…

The Things They Carried took place during the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War was made up of two sides. One side was the communist ruled Government of North Vietnam, China, Soviet Union, and other communist countries. While the opposing side fighting against them were the United States, South Vietnam, Philippines, and many other anti-communist countries. When the war start it was February 28, 1961 and officially ended on May 7, 1975. The Vietnam War was the first televised war. The war was…

There was a multitude of occurrences that helped to begin the Vietnam war, most notably: the spread of communism through areas of Southeast Asia, including China and Korea, the establishment of the Viet Cong in South Vietnam, the election of President Ngo Dinh Diem, and Congress’s decision to give President Johnson utmost authority over the military. The importance of Southeast Asia’s susceptibility to communism is demonstrated when, in Document B, McGeorge Bundy says, “It is recommended that…

North Korea, and Cuba had all fallen to Communism (Caputo 22). To many, “it looked as if Communists might be successful in their often stated goal to take over the world (Caputo 22).” Therefore, the United States government believed that “if the Viet Minh took over all of Vietnam, Communism would infiltrate the neighboring nations of Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and Indonesia (Caputo 22).” As a result, the United States stepped in and placed an active role in the Vietnam War. The most controversial…

Vietnamese history and people. During World War II, Japan invaded and occupied Vietnam, a nation that had been under French administration since the late 1800s, after several epochs of Chinese imperialism. After Japanese surrender in August of 1945, Ho Chi Minh and his followers, called Vietminh, were able to easily fill in and take control of the country. But unlike the British and the Dutch, who reluctantly granted independence to their colonies, liberated France sought to recolonize…

The Causes of the Vietnam War Callum Pastuszak The Vietnam War was one of the bloodiest conflicts post WWII, it is important to understand how it started and learn from our mistakes so nothing like this happens again. It was a war that revolutionised warfare for ever with the first widespread use of Grulla warfare and introduce many new tactics and weapons. It involved some 2.2 Million soldiers and $150 billion ($950 billion in todays USD). It is a war that should be used to learn off…

From 1945 to 1964 Vietnam was separated between the communists in the North and the colonialists in the South. Ho Chi Minh, leader of the communist forces in the North (Vietminh), was a Vietnamese nationalist who was prepared to do anything in order to earn his country’s independence. Many believed that Ho was an agent under the Soviet Union sent to Indochina in order to spread communism. In The Quiet American, an anti-war novel by Graham Greene, Thomas Fowler, a British Journalist, and Alden…

casualties were shocking and the tactical portion was farfetched. This Battle went into history books nearly immediately. What led up to this intense, blood battle? Throughout this paper we will converse the battle analysis of why and how the Viet Minh were successful at this powerful battle in 1954. Positioned in the Northwestern part of…

Where the Domino Fell is a book by James S. Olson and Randy Roberts, it speaks on the history of the Vietnam War, which happened from 1945-1995. This war involved the North Vietnam and South Vietnam after the World War II ended. A war that the Vietnam needed a new system apart from that of the French colonial government, which created so much discomfort, from the way they treated people. Hence, a revolution was necessary to them, to make a change and making things better. My aim in this paper is…

people-to-people propaganda. These messages were transmitted between children, parents, priest, etc. Also, in the 1969 the death of Ho Chi Minh was a significant set in the advancement of the North Vietnamese armies. Hanoi recalled many of the troops back from the battlefield to the Ho Chi Minh trail. It was thought by the United States that it was unrest due to the death of Ho Chi Minh. Unknown to the American warriors it turned out that Hanoi was using propaganda messages to the North warriors…