Operation Rolling Thunder

Foreign policy is an extremely difficult and complex aspect of government that all presidents faced, and will continue to face for years to come. During 1945 to 1991, foreign policy proved especially challenging because the public held many different opinions on the issues. Also, America often was not directly affected by communist actions, but would step in to protect the honor of other democracies and ensure that basic human rights were being met all around the world. Between 1945-1991, many…

After world war 1 a Vietnamese patriot named Nguyen or Ho Chi Minh hoped to go to the 1919 Paris peace conference in hopes to free Vietnam from French control but like many other people he is ignored. The start of world war 2 happened with japan entering the war in September 27th, 1940. They managed to take control of parts of the French territory now known as Laos Cambodia and Vietnam. The next year the Viet minh is founded a group that tries to get Vietnam’s independence. In March 9th, 1945…

The Vietnam War and Its Effects on America From 1955 to 1975, a long, hideous war raged on throughout Asia. North Vietnam and their allies, the Viet Cong, faced off against South Vietnam and their U.S. allies over the communist control of North Vietnam (Tran & Fermoyle, 2012). The war ultimately ended with the U.S. withdrawing their forces and South Vietnam surrendering to the communist North. Aside from the loss of millions of lives, the war had costly effects on the face of America. At…

assassinated in 1963 he has raised the number of U.S. troops in Vietnam from 900 to 16,000. The Gulf of Tonkin incident in 1964 provided the U.S. an excuse to roll out a large escalation of the Vietnam War. From the following year until 1968 Operation Rolling Thunder among others is carried out dropping millions of pounds of bombs on North Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. The creep into Cambodia and Laos was not welcome by the American public and lead to widespread protests across America. This was…

* Phony War * Period between 1939- 1940 * there was very little combat as both sides built up their armies and arsenals * Axis * Alliance between Germany, Italy and later Japan * The 'Blitz' * in September of 1940, bombings of London and other major cities occurred in what the British called `the Blitz` * Italian Campaign, 1943 * in July 1943, Canadian, British, and American forces launched an assault on the Italian island of Sicily * by…

Each had his own following, and there were some violent debates. At the Meetings Snowball often won over the majority by his brilliant speeches, but Napoleon was better at canvassing support for himself in between times. He was especially successful with the sheep. Of late the sheep had taken to bleating ‘Four legs good, two legs bad’ both in and out of season, and they often interrupted the Meeting with this. It was noticed that they were especially liable to break into ‘Four legs good,…