North Vietnam

Vietnam, a war based on lies. The Cold War’s increasing belief that the spread of the communist power would mean the end of freedom. "Reality is grim and painful. But it is only a remote echo of the anguish toward which a policy founded on illusion is surely taking us.” -John F. Kennedy. The American takeover of the newly born South Vietnam that hurt the people more than it helped, taking on a series of destruction and devastation rather than assisting and strengthening. The 11 year war that…

While both the Korean War (1950-53) and the Vietnam War (1962-75) played significant roles in the duration of the Cold War, the Korean War’s effects contributed to the causes and early development of the Cold War, whereas the Vietnam War’s role was more concerned with the latter stages of the development and the path towards the end of the Cold War. The Korean War and the Vietnam War were similar in the sense that they both directly influenced the Cold War. With both of these regions being…

States war efforts. Sympathy for “Vietnam Veterans Against the War” and other adamant organizations protesting the Vietnam War. The United States heard the outcry from the citizens and found it in their best interest to cut their losses and admit defeat. Such an admission of defeat came in the form of a peace treaty with the North Vietnamese. This treaty, however, came with the condition of a full American retreat but a continued occupation of South Vietnam by North Vietnamese troops. This was…

chain reaction, spreading communism like wildfire. The United states quickly took action stationing troops to “stop the spread of communism” thus beginning the Vietnam war. Ultimately this war ended in failure for the United States, at the cost of 211,454 American lives. There are too many opinions of why the United States failed in Vietnam too talk about in one sitting,…

In "Captivity," Sherman Alexie retells the historical backdrop of European venture into North America and the expulsion of Native Americans from their conventional grounds. The story appears to claim that Native American history as we probably am aware it rotates around Mary Rowlandson. Toward the start of the story, Alexie quotes Rowlandson's 1676 account, in which she was caught by Indians, one of whom "gave me a biscuit, which I put in my pocket, and not setting out to eat it, covered it…

involvement in the Vietnam War for the United States. In the Gulf of Tonkin incident, North Vietnamese torpedo boats attacked the USS Maddox in the Gulf of Tonkin, off of Vietnam coast, in a couple of attacks on August 2 and 4, of 1964. The USS Turner Joy also reported being attacked on August 4, 1964. The Tonkin incident was the source for the Tonkin Gulf Resolution, which committed major American forces to the war in Vietnam. After time had passed and troops were already in Vietnam, many…

communists shattered the Tết Truce with such devastation and violence.” The Vietnam War was raging, a battle between the North Vietnamese with the Việt Cộng against the South Vietnamese and their allies, the U.S. 1954 was the end of the First Indochina War and 1955 marked the beginning of the Vietnam War. The Tết Offensive was a series of synchronized, surprise attacks by the North Vietnamese and Việt Cộng on the people of South Vietnam from January 30 to February 25, 1968. The conflict affected…

To the question “Did the American Strategy win the Cold War?”, I chose the Vietnam War between 1964 and 1968 as a suitable example of how the American strategy was developed in a real context. In 1950 the NSC-68 exposed the strategic concept used at the beginning of the Cold War by US. This report emerged as a response to the communist threat against the democratic and liberal values of the US , as the individual freedom and capitalism, and at the same time the defence against external threat.…

Billington English 11 8 May 2015 Nixon and Vietnam The presidency of Richard M. Nixon was fraught with turmoil; but despite the madness and chaos that were part of his presidential history, Nixon will go down as one of the most dedicated presidents of our country. At a time that America was in a state of disarray from being involved in three different wars since the beginning of the century, Nixon entered office with Vietnam fully engaged in warfare. His policy for the war was one…

The war in Vietnam was surprised and it happened in the mid-1960s and it had change the American political life. American tries to figure out why Vietnam attacked them but they could not figure out because American was peaceful and they do not fight with no foreign country. In the Vietnam War, American President involve only the public speeches and private letters. On the other hand, many American People support on this war to win. Soldiers got shock about foreigner attack on this war. In this…