North Vietnam

nations had been used for this purpose. The Vietnam War was one of the cases in which the Cold War turned into an armed battle in which the US and China supported different sides. Northern Vietnam, ruled by the communist Viet Mingh wanted to control the Southern part of the country in order to have a unified country under their terms. Meanwhile the Southern side they…

While most are familiar with the main reasons that the United States became involved in Vietnam, many are not aware that the beginning of the conflict has roots further back than was generally established. As explained in the investigative reporting by Fox Butterfield contained in the Pentagon Papers, after china fell under the influence of communist forces, Vietnam or Indochina as it was known by then was viewed as a major security interest. Geographically if Indochina fell completely to…

In 1963, the streets of Saigon and the surrounding cities of Southern Vietnam were flooded with Viet Cong (VC). These were Vietnamese Communists who lived all throughout Vietnam. The towns became overrun and soon the South started to lose control. As a result, the United States sent around 16,000 military “advisers” to Southern Vietnam. Their job was to aid the South in their efforts to drive the VC out of their country. This, however, was rarely the case as there was a thin line between…

The Vietnam war was a 19-year long battle that took place in North and South Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. To Harry G. Summer, the conflict had the 18th century stylistic fighting and war strategy so many causalities of Men, Women and Children. And to Michael Hennessy the vietnam war was a strategic war that started peaceful and ended as not so peaceful. I find myself wondering what the advantage of the Vietnam war was to america. Our two Historians , as well as others, will help us find the…

create a stable government. Ironically, history has proven that the fall of South Vietnam to Communism was not a significant threat to Democracy and no weapons of mass destruction were ever found in Iraq. This simplified example does not detract from the patriotism or ability of U.S. soldiers, but helps one to understand this battle of wills. The battle of wills can be further explained by…

activated in many war between different countries. WWI, WWII, Cold War, Korean War, and VIetnam War are the major wars that U.S. have attend. Each war have a disparate objective. You might think that U.S. won most of the wars, however, not all winning can be count as a success. In my opinion, Most conflicts that have connection with U.S. are failures with only one exception. First, U.S. supported South Vietnam, but it fall into communist after American troops leaved. Second, U.S. did not contain…

space race and the Cuban Missile Crisis. But Kennedy was quite infamous for the Vietnam War while he was in office. Kennedy started this whole “mess” with Vietnam while he was in office. Although he was not able to see how sending troops and advisors over to Vietnam, he made the mistake of starting the sending of troops. Vietnam was a costly war for the United States. Overall more than 58,000 troops were killed in Vietnam and the US did not accomplish its goal, to stop the spread of Communism.…

The events that occurred and the situations that the Prisoners of War were put through during the Vietnam war were tremendous. The stories that have been told from some of the soldiers significantly help us understand just what went on and why exactly they were captured in the first place. Researchers to this day are still uncovering more and more information about what happened in the detention camps and looking at how it affected the soldiers. Going from 1964 all the way to 1973, there was…

Dwight Zimmerman and Wayne Vansant’s book: The Vietnam War: A Graphic History delivers an amusing account and perception on the Vietnam War in North and South Vietnam, as well as an account in America at this period in time. This book is an exceptional source to teachers, students, and war enthusiasts. The book answers the question of what it remained like to be a citizen living in America at the time of the Vietnam War and what it was like to be a shoulder fighting in this horrid war. Starting…

Conflict Surrounding “Billy Don’t Be a Hero” The song “Billy Don’t Be a Hero” is mostly associated with the Vietnam War, however, its lyrics make no reference to any specific war. The Vietnam War began in 1954 when communist North Vietnam, backed by China and the Soviet Union, with their allies in South Vietnam called the Viet Cong wanted to unite their country under a single communist rule. The Southern Vietnamese that were not a part of the Viet Cong, on the other hand, wanted to preserve…