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The Causes of the Vietnam War Callum Pastuszak The Vietnam War was one of the bloodiest conflicts post WWII, it is important to understand how it started and learn from our mistakes so nothing like this happens again. It was a war that revolutionised warfare for ever with the first widespread use of Grulla warfare and introduce many new tactics and weapons. It involved some 2.2 Million soldiers and $150 billion ($950 billion in todays USD). It is a war that should be used to learn off…

The Protector’s voice brought major changes in government (Kington). On January 31, 1968, the Tet Offensive became a major turning point in the war. This was a surprise attack was highly successful against the U.S. and South Vietnamese troops and sparked intense waves through the anti-war movements. The movement has also gained faster traction during the Watergate scandal, an incident which undermined President Nixen’s authority and exposed corruption in the government. The ‘Hudson…

Hon. Byron L. Dorgan, a U.S Senator from North Dakota presented a bill on the issue of overseas sweatshops abuses, their impact on U.S workers, and the need for anti-sweat-shop legislation. He presents the issue on businesses that are corrupted and cause problems in our country, when the manufacturing plants in forging countries are mistreating…

United States recognized this group as a threat and denounced the NLF. The NLF claimed to be made up of a majority of anti-war protestors and non-communist members. The United States tagged them with the term “Viet Cong” which was a slang wording for Vietnamese Communist. In 1961, President Kennedy sent a group of spies to South Vietnam to report conditions. This act was labeled “December 1961 White Paper”. The team reported that there needed to be an increase of military equipment. The United…

more powerful but was disguised as an attack on the spread of communism. Before the US became involved in Vietnam, the country was mainly ruled by the French, but after a few riots the French were forced out.. The French had to leave because the Vietnamese people did not want another country running them so it didn 't help when the U.S. went over and tried to fight against them (Anderson). In 1945 a man named Ho Chi Minh was a political leader who was running in the election in Vietnam and was…

I. Introduction National image is important with each country. It is not only to show the basic information but also represent the picture of country to over the world. If the national image good, it makes country is more famous and support to contribute the economy developed. Except America-the most famous and powerful country in the world, some countries should be mentioned because of national image have changed and affect over the world. II. Definitions First of all, we should understand…

could not fire upon someone to protect themselves”. His understanding as to why the conflict started was the Gulf of Tonkin incident, also known as the USS Maddox incident in 1964. It began with an American ship that was fired upon by the North Vietnamese which was a French colony at the time. North and South Vietnam split after they got their freedom from the French. North Vietnam was a communist country and South Korea was a democracy and was backed by America. Once the South was attacked by…

The language of the United States changed drastically once the Vietnam War began. At the start of the Cold War, the United States' society was caught in an age of consensus. During this time period, the people of the United States conformed to a certain normality which was widespread because of the Cold War. However, once the generation born in the age of consensus came of age, the age of dissent began. Through expanded education and literary works from the Left, the youth began to rebel against…

Australia is known to be one of the most multicultural country in the world. However, most cultures that live in Australia do not fit in as white Australians. Mainstream Australians have the expectation that everyone who migrates to Australia should conform. According to some writers who identified the ideologies held by mainstream Australians, migrants or people from other cultures often feel excluded and discriminated. It is also evident through poems written by Komninos titled “Nobody calls…

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…