Ho Chi Minh

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…

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…

1. Research statement This research will investigate the similarities and differences between Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange (HSX) and The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), in terms of their operations and trading systems, in order to assess what HSX could learn from the NYSE’s standards, so that recommendations can be made to HSX. 2. Research questions 2.1 Research question 1: What is the historical development of Vietnamese and American Stock Markets? There are three types of information…

The Declaration of Independence written and presented, by Ho Chi Minh, to his countrymen is eerily similar to the United States Declaration to Great Britain, circa 1775. They have many similarities along the lines of what they wanted, but different about the circumstances. The main themes and overall point to be taken from the U.S. Declaration of Independence is why they left Great Britain and tried to become a free and equal country. It states, “ that all men are created equal, that they are…

The Vietnam War was between North and South Vietnam, North Vietnam was communist run by leader Ho Chi Minh. South Vietnam was run by anti-communist leader Ngo Dinh Diem. New Zealand was involved in the Vietnam War between 1963 and 1975. There were around 3000 New Zealanders that contributed in the war, as medical aid, combat or volunteers. The key ideas of the Vietnam War for New Zealand are communism, causes, perspectives, effects on military and significance. The Vietnam War started because…

Television in the Postwar Era There will be a demonstration of how television change the world in the postwar era. Through articles that were read for this class, and personal knowledge, of the information in the postwar era, such as music, civil rights, and the Vietnam War. There were a lot of things going on in the 50s, 60s, and 70s. Television profoundly influenced and played a role in the postwar era with music, civil rights, the Vietnam War, and the way we viewed our lives. Television…

Vietnam during the Vietnam War; however they each helped Vietnam differently and had a dissimilar advice and counsel to Vietnam. With both China and Soviet Union, Ho Chi Minh never accepted direction from either of them, as he did with the French and the Japanese, but he does in fact receive openly their help and support for the war. Ho remains independent concerning the decisions made in North Vietnam, he is not dependent on the Soviet Union or China, as South Vietnam is dependent from…

In 1975, big events have unfolded, from Microsoft, surrendering of Saigon, to the Watergate scandal. Each event had really big significance during that time. Which still has a strong impact in our society. The most important event during this 1975 is the creation of Microsoft. Which has a huge impact it had on the world.. The Watergate scandal was a robbery, but not an ordinary. The robbery took place in Washington D.C. in a building called Watergate. Watergate was the headquarters for 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 rid of the French influence in Vietnam. Ho Chi Minh greatly disliked the idea of France being in control. During World War II, Japan occupied Vietnam which dissolved the rule of the French. Ho Chi Minh soon thereafter organized a liberation movement known as the Viet Minh. By 1945, the Viet Minh, using guerilla warfare…

United States found itself fighting a battle of ideologies against its former ally, the communist totalitarian Soviet Union; state-controlled Soviet communism clashed with both American free market capitalism and representative democracy. When Ho Chi Minh and the communist Vietminh defeated the French army in Vietnam in 1954, Americans believed that the Vietminh were offshoots of monolithic Soviet communism, which is the idea that all communist countries were controlled by the Soviet Union. Thus…