Viet Cong

Adrian grows very close to Tuan and considers him to be his best friend, and they are shown to spend a lot of their free time together. In the climax of the movie, we discover that Tuan is a noted member of the Viet Cong. Adrian confronts Tuan and angrily questions him about his deceit, feeling betrayed that his friend is a sworn enemy of the United States. Tuan’s charged response: “Enemy? What is enemy? […] We're not the enemy! You the enemy!” – summarize the criticisms…

Good Morning Vietnam, written by Mitch Markowitz, was released on the 23rd December 1987 became one of America’s most favourite war comedy film. The movie starred Robin Williams as Adrian Cronauer, who was an Army Force Radio DJ (Disk Jockey), and Forest Whitaker as Private First Class Edward Montesquieu; also known as “Eddie” Garlic. Good Morning Vietnam is set in 1965 in Saigon, during the Vietnam War, where tensions between the American Capitalist government and the North Vietnam Communist…

During the Vietnam War, the opposing oppositions sides, the north and south, gathered allies to aid them in their conquest. The South of Vietnam associated with Australia, South Korea and United States. Whilst the north sided with the Soviet Union and China. There were many other communist that supported the north and non-communist allies that supported the south wasn’t as big of a part. The war started in 1954 and lasted a brutal 19 years commencing in late April 1975, but Australia didn’t…

The Vietnam War was between the Communist North Vietnam and the United States. The conflict became global when Communist-supportive countries began sending reinforcements to the Vietnamese and the United States gained support from its allies. The Viet Cong soldiers knew their jungles by heart and used the plant cover to their benefit, hiding from the US Army in strategic places. To combat the newfound advantage, the United States developed an herbicide called Agent Orange, which would be sprayed…

the adoption of this policy, the United States felt it was necessary to intervene in Vietnam when it was separated into North and South Vietnam and when it was known that Ho Chi Minh, president of North Vietnam, and his anti-communist allies, the Viet Cong, sought to unify Vietnam under Communism. Ho Chi Minh and his allies had the opportunity to completely unify Vietnam after the anti-communist president of South…

A perfect example of the media and the way there coverage changed people 's viewpoints was the Tet Offensive in 1968. “During the Tet Offensive, the Viet Cong launched a surprise attack on several of the southern cities and the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. Although many Viet Cong soldiers were killed and the Tet Offensive was considered a military victory for the United States, it shocked the American people.” “The Vietcong army was decimated, and they made no significant…

It is argued that American involvement in the Vietnam War is not justifiable; they were engaged in the wrong war, at the wrong time in the wrong place. I consider this assessment to be fair and the arguments of Carl N. Degler, Jon Roper and Nigel Cawthrone and others will be discussed in support of this argument. This essay will also elaborate on why I understand this assessment to be fair together with reasons why the involvement of the Americans in the Vietnam War was unjustifiable. America’s…

The Weight We Carry The weight we carry and its significance we put on the past, present, and future is something that affects our mood and truly influences our lives. People move through life and get caught up in their minds while missing important things going on around them all while missing out on the joys of the world surrounding them. The short story The Things They Carried written by Tim O’Brien, focuses on how First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross lets his daydreams of the past, present, and…

War has ended the persecution of other for centuries. The importance of war is shown by the freedom of those around you and abroad. Without war countries would be nothing but colonies, ruled by a more powerful nation with an iron fist. Different races would no longer exist because nothing would be done to help them. War is what keeps tyranny and persecution in check. Waging war has the ability to end the tyranny of another country, freeing the citizens affected by an unjust government. If the U…

halt the spread of communism, the Anti- communist forces consisted of South Vietnam, United States, South Korea, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, Khmer Republic, Kingdom of Laos and the Philippines. The communist forced consisted of North Vietnam, Viet Cong, Khmer Rouge and Pathet Lao. The main reason the U.S became involved in this war was to stop another country from turning to communism. Thousands of Americans at this time were drafted into the war without a choice and died in battle. This…