North Vietnam

The Vietnam War was the longest war in the United States history that ended in a stalemate with the North Vietnam government. According to the United States History website, promises and commitments to the people and government of South Vietnam to keep communist forces from overtaking them reached back into the Truman Administration. Through three Presidents, and decades of fighting the war, the United States failed to achieve its goals. Air combat became prevalent in the Vietnam war.…

of the Vietnam War and its socio-political effects on the United States After the Assassination of John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson was inaugurated as the next president of the United States. He began to escalate his bombing campaign on Vietnam, named Operation Rolling Thunder. The casualties that were resulted in this operation were as follows: thousands were dead, missing or captured, hundreds of planes shot down. On the other side there were over one hundred and eighty two thousand North…

picture windows facing the water" on the opposite side the houses were described as "handsome, though less expensive and on a smaller scale" (131-132). The division in this town is similar to the division that is caused politically in America over the Vietnam War. America was on the expensive side of the lake where they knew what was going on with the other side, but they didn 't have to face the reality because it was different and far away. They didn 't have the reality check that the soldiers…

Vietnam War On November 1, 1995 the North Vietnamese attacked South Vietnam to mark the beginning of the Vietnam War (Tet Offensive). Spanning nineteen years, the Vietnam War was a conflict fought between six different countries and allies over the differing opinions concerning communism. Ho Chi Minh was the leader for the North and believed in a communist government and received help from the Soviet Union and China (Biography of Ho Chi Minh). On the other hand, leader of Southern Vietnam,…

situation in Vietnam, although he resisted action as it could have threatened his election. After serving out Kennedy’s presidency, LBJ was elected in a landslide victory, winning 61% of the vote, and 44 states. President LBJ now had the daunting duty to make a decision in Vietnam. The situation in Vietnam had worsened in that past few years and South Vietnam, whom the United States were supporting with approximately 75’000 soldiers , were losing. The Democratic Republic of Vietnam/The Viet…

d Vietnam become an American War by 1968, and what problems did the United States have in winning the “Hearts and Minds” of the Vietnamese people? By 1968 American politicians committed hundreds of billions worth of resources and nearly half a million personnel to the Vietnam War. Which was a war based on fabricated research and statistics, blatant lies to the American public, and cherry-picked threats. Americans provided most of the financial assistance, resources, over half a million…

concerning the causes of the Vietnam War, it is for sure that it all began due to the works and effects of the Cold War. Before World War Two began, Vietnam was part of the French Realm. During the war, the country had been overrun by the Japanese. After the war had ended, the Allies gave South Vietnam (Viet Cong) back to the French while the North (Viet Minh) continued to be left under non-communist rule. In 1946, the French declared their plan to reclaim the North meaning that the Viet Minh…

Typically known for its intensiveness and numerous deaths, the Vietnam War was a time of manic in the 1950s to 1970s in both Vietnam and America. Technological advances were very prevalent in this time period with cameras and film, making reporting a major aspect in the war for the first time. Therefore, journalism, film, and other forms of media played a largely influential role in the attitudes and effects of the Vietnam War. To begin the war, the media’s effect was established. Attitudes…

you ever wondered if the Vietnam Conflict was ever really necessary? Many people did from the day President Johnson dispatched 3,500 soldiers to the shores of Danang in 1956, to the day the conflict ended. The Vietnam Conflict was a fight between the anti-communists of the Southern Vietnamese people and their allies and the Northern Vietnamese people and their allies. South Vietnam’s ally was the United States so; the U.S. helped South Vietnam try to defeat North Vietnam. The American troop’s…

permission for U.S to send troops to Southeast Asia as a consequence of North Vietnam supposedly attacking American warships? This resolution gave the U.S authority to defend U.S. from supposed possible enemies. But North Vietnam had always denied any attacks there have always been doubts about the existence of these attacks. This incident is significant in history because it created the first involvement of U.S. troops in Vietnam. 2. Détente .- It was the French word given to the Nixon era of…