Ho Chi Minh

Krishna Gupta History 1302-63013 Music as History Theme- Antiwar movement against Vietnam War, 1960s-1970s Vietnam War, the second Indochina war, began on November 1, 1995 and ended on April 30, 1975. The war was fought between the North Vietnam and the government of the South Vietnam. South Vietnamese army was supported by America, South Korea, Australia, Thailand and other non-communist allies while North Vietnamese army were supported by China, Soviet Union and other communist allies. As per…

scale bombing, there was little progress to report. The years of continued conflict and tragedy wore on the public. People were upset with the way the war was being fought. When it was known that President Nixon authorized operations to destroy the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Cambodia and Laos, the people responded with massive protests. The incident involving protesters and the National Guard at Kent State University was a widely publicized event linked to the use of force outside of Vietnam (Rogers).…

INTRODUCTION The question this essay will explore is the following: "Why did the United States get involved in Vietnam after the fall of the French at the Battle of Dien Dien Phu?" This is important because the reasons the U.S. entered the Vietnam War are still a controversial issue today and people may not understand or may just be completely oblivious to the facts. This is important to study because many Americans died during the war and it still effects decisions made by presidents today.…

The Vietnam War became an American war in 1963 because President John F. Kennedy’s assassination in 1963 allowed for his successor Lyndon B. Johnson to take a more aggressive and hands-on approach towards American involvement in Vietnam. In addition, shortly before Kennedy’s assassination American politicians approved a South Vietnamese military overthrow of South Vietnamese Prime Minister Ngo Dinh Diem. This allowed the South Vietnamese military to install a Prime Minster who was more likely…

The US and South Vietnam were against North Vietnam and the Viet Cong. The war officially began in 1954 when Ho Chi Minh and his communist Viet Minh party arose to power in the North Vietnam (“Vietnam War History”). Vietnam was very different than other war the US fought. Unlike previous wars, the enemy used guerilla tactics. Even though the US used similar tactics during the American…

Joseph Stalin, born as Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili, led the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics as absolute dictator from 1929 to 1953. After Stalin established his supremacy, he abused the power he gained. This resulted in unimaginable destruction to the USSR. After analyzing Stalin’s early life, implemented policies, and global impact, we can see that Stalin was a ruthless leader. Joseph Stalin was born on December 18, 1878, in the small town of Gori, Georgia to peasant parents.…

The Vietnam war is probably the most controversial war in United States history. Many people wanted the U.S. to never join the war, but then when we joined, people got mad. People in the U.S. even rallied to leave the war. There were many new weapons and war tactics that were introduced in the Vietnam war and have become well known today. The biggest thing that was introduced and was a huge factor in the war was the war tactic, Guerilla warfare, that the Vietcong used. It was a very successful…

The end of World War II led to an era from 1945 to 1970 known as the Cold War. The Cold War was a conflict between the U.S.S.R. and the United States in response to communist expansion. Communism was viewed as threat to Western Society. The United States believed in the Domino Theory; the idea that if one nation was conquered by communists, neighboring nations were at risk, and therefore it was the United States’ obligation to prevent that from happening. Foreign policy of the 1950s in the…

Asians had a long history in the United States. They originally came to the United States as immigrants. Now, there are second and third generation Asian Americans making up almost six percent of the total United State’s population. However, many of the Asian groups did not share the same fate when coming to the United States. Some groups came to the United States for jobs, while other groups came to seek sanctuary. This paper will examine two separate experiences of the Asians in the…

and appetite for Western tastes increase, so does the demand for dairy. With that being said, there are still large inconsistencies in where Vietnamese consumers consume dairy, with 78% of dairy consumption concentrated in 10% of the population, Ho Chi Minh and Hanoi . Dairy consumption is also heavily segmented, with primary consumers being babies and the elderly due to dairy’s nutritional attributes. Unlike the U.S., Vietnam has not reached the stage of development where consumers have…