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    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 predicted to win by a landslide. His political views threatened United…

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    WIFE Entry 1 12 July, 1965 I gather the fresh paper from the drawer and my ink pen and go to my favourite place in the sun room, where the light pours through and fills the room. I sit down and begin to write, not expecting a reply. I spend an hour writing the letter and seal it with my stamp. I tell him how we have been receiving news updates on radio and broadcasts through the television, as the first war broadcasted on Television it is very significant for our country. I post the letter at…

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    Following the Battle of Diem Bien Phu the Geneva Peace Accords were signed in 1954 and were considered a temporary resolution to conflict in Indochina. The agreement played a pivotal role in the development of both South and North Vietnam until 1964, creating instability in both regions. Politically, of one of the key elements of the peace agreement was the division of Vietnam along the 17th parallel. The division played a significant role in the social development of the North and the South.…

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    The chi square value is then compared to the p-value, which is a critical value gotten from a chart based on the degree of freedom and percent of error which this experiment used as 0.05. If the chi square value was greater than the critical value, the hypothesis would be rejected, meaning there was too much error and observed results were way off from the expected results. However, if the chi square value was less than or equal to the critical value…

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    The Vietnam War was a proxy war that occurred in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. Vietnam was split into two in 1954 as part of the Geneva accords in order not to have another large-scale war after Korea. Communist North Vietnam was supported by the Soviet Union, China and other communist allies whilst democratic South Vietnam was supported by the United States and other anti-communist allies. The two were due to be reunified by national…

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    1. Until the War in Afghanistan, The Vietnam War was the longest war in American history. For Americans, the war spanned over a time period of 15 years, however for the Vietnamese people the struggle for independence and self-determination lasted much longer than that. A small American involvement that started with a group of key advisors eventually escalated into a large scaled war that had an army of over half a million American soldiers. The American involvement in Vietnam started slowly.…

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    Political Impact John F. Kennedy, who stood tall with Ngo Dinh Diem in defending Vietnam proved to be the first snowball in the great avalanche that was the Vietnam War, Lyndon Johnson had to inherit the decisions of the previous administrations and ideologies when it comes to containing the spread of communism with the ever escalating war in Vietnam and popularity of it rapidly decreasing due to factors like Tet and the unpopular draft Lyndon B. Johnson chose not to accept the Democratic…

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    The Vietnam war was between Communist and Capitalist both trying to show whose dominant over Vietnam. The U.S unexpectedly joined the war when it began. The reason why the U.S should have not joined the Vietnam war is because it wasn't their war to begin with, they were making the war worse by killing the innocent Vietnamese in many ways, and the U.S citizens hadn’t agreed to fight for a war with no cause. Therefore, the U.S should have not joined the war. First reason the U.S should have not…

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    The Vietnam War, (1954-1975), was a lingering conflict that immersed between the North Vietnam communist government and its allies in South Vietnam (Viet Cong) and its principal ally, the United States. Some refer to this as the “American War” in Vietnam or the “War Against the Americans to Save the Nation” (Encyclopedia Britannica). The war was also a part of a much larger conflict as well, but that is not the research for this paper. On the home front, the opinions of the war and the U.S.…

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    Queda volunteer soldier, fighting for their perceived way of life, on their own soil, against a foreign invader, with all their capability (although limited as it was). Compare that to the mindset of a drafted or paid U.S. soldier, fighting thousands of miles away from home, to prevent the spread of communism or to find weapons of mass destruction or create a stable government. Ironically, history has proven that the fall of South Vietnam to Communism was not a significant threat to Democracy…

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