Vietnam

In 1954, the United States felt the need to partake in the battle against communism, against Ho Chi Minh, and for a unified democratic Vietnam. They did so by supporting the South Vietnamese Coup through monetary aid. In the following years, the need for supplies increased and in March 1965 the first troops were deployed in Vietnam. This escalation of aid caused anguish and pain to many American families whose sons were being drafted into an unreasonable war in a foreign country. In December…

How and why did the US forces change as a result of the Vietnam War? The Vietnam War started in 1955 and finished in 1975. Over this time, the US army changed dramatically, mainly because the troops lost hope that the US would win soon. It changed in terms of composition, morale, motivation, recreation, equipment used and quality of soldiers. In this essay, I will go into detail about how and why the US forces changed in terms of the motivation, composition and morale. I will conclude at the…

In the 20th century, American foreign policy in Vietnam is on the top of my list. The United States war in Vietnam was a lost cause. The American’s did not even gain anything from it, but lost lives both American and Vietnamese. Truman decided to let France its claim in colonizing Vietnam in the hands of France, (727) instead of giving Vietnam the independence they sought since Roosevelt’s administration. That decision of Truman was motivated by two reasons. First, Truman hoped to get support…

The Vietnam War attracted national attention and was arguably one of the most controversial wars in U.S. history. Many pro-war advocates believed the war to be justified, while many anti-war peaceful protestors believed it to be an unnecessary loss of life. The pro-war advocates, such as Lyndon B. Johnson, thought that the Vietnam war was preserving America’s strength and protecting South Vietnam from a communist takeover (Schomp 41). However protesters, such as Country Joe McDonald of the…

The Vietnam War One singular death is horrifying in itself. Thousands upon thousands of deaths is something that the world should have never experienced but did when the United States entered the Vietnam War. Of course, the United States joined the South Vietnamese to fight communism, however, there were thousands of innocent civilian lives lost. The draft often stirred violent controversy that divided the country, and stressed U.S. soldiers resorted to alcohol, marijuana, and heroin. Support…

The press being allowed to broadcast the Vietnam War, the mental state of soldiers and when they returned from the war had a big impact on how U.S. citizens viewed the Vietnam War. It had a role that changed the outcome of the war so that America would eventually lose. The broadcasts were one of the main causes of the antiwar counterculture that formed in the United States during this time. Every day it showed the horrors of war in almost every home, causing some of the American citizens at…

stress disorder, the practice of life review has shown to significantly lower post-traumatic stress disorder among aging veterans suffering from the mental disability. Awareness of this disorder has gradually increased since veterans returned from the Vietnam War, but there has yet to be a breakthrough in how to properly treat post-traumatic stress disorder. The authors state that the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder on someone growing old will not result in successful aging, which is a…

Chapter Summary Vietnam has a long history of colonial domination under China’s control for about 1000 years, followed by French colonization for almost 100 years. In 1954, Vietnam was finally able to gain independence. However, the conflicts in the country were far from ending. The Geneva Accord divided the country into two regions until elections could be held. Friction between these regions and the potential for uniting the country under communist rule led to the Vietnam War, which finally…

Wallace Rusty; Sissel, Scott Research Paper: The Vietnam War The Vietnam War was a useless war that took place in 4 different countries North Vietnam, South Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. The war started soon after the Geneva conference which divided Vietnam at the 17th parallel in the year of 1954. This escalated to the Vietnam civil war the Vietcong, the communist north and the south, it started out with the Viet Cong fighting to reunify Vietnam under communist rule. Which was fought initially…

Twenty years and 58,286 deaths later, the Vietnam War went down as one of the most significant in United States history. (Source A) The war is more historically remembered as the Indochina War to Americans due to its location and its unforeseeable loss to North Vietnam. Although the United States was just an ally of South Vietnam with hopes to stop the spread of communism, they ended up being the largest foreign military presence which lead to Vietnam schooling labeling it as the American War.…