South Vietnam

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 Vietnam War was one of the most expensive and longest wars in American History. We not only paid the financial toll, it cost the people involved greatly, mentally and physically. This war caused great sadness and distress, as well as national misunderstanding. Everyone had one big question being why? Why was the war being fight? Another question was why America extracted from Vietnam. The reason of this paper is to answer these two questions, and maybe add some clearness to the confusion…

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…

Communist gained victory as North Vietnamese used effectual strategies and tactics employed by NVA and Vietcong. Also, the use of ineffective tactics and strategies by the South Vietnamese and USA forces impacted negatively on the civilians in Vietnam and the rise and significance of anti-war movements in the USA further contributed to the communist victory in 1975. The key reason for communist victory was their Strategies and tactics being based on the “Golden Rules” . This made them…

The Vietnam war was a brutal war killing millions of vietnamese civilians, thousands of americans, and destroying miles of jungle. it also caused long term effects that to this day are making people physically ill, ruining habitats, dividing people on both home fronts, and causing a high tension point between a people and its government. The vietnam war started in 1956 due to the division of the (GVN South Vietnam) and the (DRV North Vietnam). American pressure caused these two countries to…

The Vietnam War The Vietnam War was by far the most violent and traumatic of America’s three wars in Asia in the fifty years since Pearl Harbor. In August of 1964 two U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin were attacked by North Vietnamese torpedo boats. President Lyndon B. Johnson ordered the bombing of military targets in North Vietnam as retaliation. By February 1965 the United States had begun regular bombings of North Vietnam (History.com). The war did nothing but cause problems for the…

The Vietnam War was a chaotic time in the history of the United States due to America losing countless men in a costly war thousands of miles away. It not only divided our country politically, but also on a moral and a philosophical frame. To understand why the United States would be drawn into such a war, one must understand the immediate history of that era. Vietnam was at war with France in 1954. The French, overwhelmed at the battle of Dienbienphu, requested American air support. America…

The Vietnam War, the Kennedy assassination, and the Apollo 11 Moon landing accurately depict the 1960s as and age of loss and gain. In the 1960s, NASA landed the first man on the moon. Before Americans could successfully travel to space NASA had to build a functioning rocket and find…

involved in the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War was a tragic, bloody event that changed the mentality of America forever. The acting president at the time of the war was President Richard Nixon, who served as the president of the United States from 1969 to 1974. Many Americans believed that Nixon, in fact, had the ability and power to pull the young men fighting for our nation out of Vietnam. Unfortunately for America, Nixon’s so called plan to evacuate the soldiers out of Vietnam and back…

to Vietnam a civil war began between North and South Vietnam. At France’s request the United States intervened in the battle to help the South combat the Vietcong and the communism that they represented. Also known as “America’s Longest War” the Vietnam War was ultimately a political disaster and after 9 years the United States pulled out, leaving the South Vietnamese to fight on their own. But the question remains, what went wrong? There have been many different theories for why the Vietnam…