Vietnam

best thing at the time in regard to intervention in Vietnam, but failed miserably. By no means should this war have taken place, United States ignorant or uninformed view of Vietnam’s situation lead to a lot of unneeded deaths and suffering. While intervention in Vietnam could have been beneficial to stop an oppressive government, have a better knowledge of what was going on would have benefited Vietnamese people greatly. Both governments in Vietnam were oppressive, and unfortunately we…

The Vietnam War has been one of the most terrifying wars United States was ever a part of. The war began in 1955. North Vietnamese leaders and the Vietnam congress were struggling with each other because of their different ideas to reunite Vietnam under a single communist rule, a form of government in which a single party rules the government. North Vietnamese wanted a dictatorship. They wanted a military to rule. On the other hand the Vietnamese congress wanted freedom and establish a democracy…

The Vietnam War was one of the toughest wars that American forces ever fought in. The conflict took place in Southeast Asia, amongst the dense jungles and high mountains of Vietnam, between communist North Vietnam and their allies in China, North Korea, and the Soviet Union, and the democratic nations of South Vietnam and the United States. What made the war tough was the fact that not only were soldiers fighting in an unknown land many thousands of miles away from home, but they were also…

In Vietnam, the country was temporarily divided into North and South, called the 17th parallel, where civilians could move freely between two states. Two years later elections were held to make a unified government. The U.S. government did not like this because the elections might not be fair and if the Communist won the Vietnam war, Communism could spread and it could be a bigger threat to U.S. Basically the Vietnam War started because of Communism. In 1950, the Indochina War begins. Also,…

the peace movement have on day-to-day life in the United States?” The Vietnam War was an armed conflict between North Vietnam and South Vietnam with the help of their allies, the United States of America. The peace movements were put in place against US involvement in the war. It started off on a rather small scale amongst intellectuals however it gained national prominence in 1965 when the US began to bomb North Vietnam. Protests organised by Students for a Democratic Society began against…

in this case Vietnam, a decision can be made about whether this quote is true…

with freedom and democracy, while someone in Vietnam might associate it with loyalty to Communist principles. However, all definitions follow the same thread: loyalty to one’s country. Patriots are people who fight for their country, through words or through actions. The sense of American patriotism has been reinforced with each war, and the American people have tried to spread that patriotism when they could. What Americans failed to realize in the Vietnam War was that patriotism is not a…

The Vietnam war (1950 - 1975) was a significant event for New Zealand and its involvement in it. It was commonly known as the Second Indochina War. It was the first time that New Zealand had not allied with its usual countries e.g.Great Britain. The Vietnam War was fought between North Vietnam/Viet Cong (communist - run by Ho Chi Minh) and American ran South Vietnam. As the war raged on in the early 1960’s, and the Viet Cong got closer and closer to the south, namely Saigon, America decided to…

The Buddhist Crisis During the Vietnam War, there was a religious and political movement of Buddhists in South Vietnam. Buddhist were being supressed of their religion. In this time, Vietnam was led by a powerful leader, President Ngo Dinh Diem. He was a pro-catholic leader who was trying to displace many of the Buddhist in South Vietnam. In fear of losing their job, many Buddhists converted to Catholicism, but there were also lots who did not, causing there to be dangerous revolts and protests…

When the United States takes the place of the French in the Vietnam War, Hal Moore is chosen to train lead a battalion of soldiers using helicopters for the first time in combat. He is told to take 400 men into a landing zone in La Drang Valley even though no one has any clue as to how many soldiers the North Vietnamese have around that area. When they arrive Moore captures a Vietnamese scout who tells them they have landed right next to a base camp located in a mountain near the landing zone…