Essays on Vietnam War

Introduction

The Vietnam War will always be remembered throughout much of the history of the United States (US) as a mighty assertion by the nation of its status as a reckonable political and moral influence in the international community. Democracy has since been the driving force of the US in its pursuance of goals in the Asia-Pacific region – an area the nation sought to contain against communism by the former Soviet Union (USSR). Indochina, geopolitically adjacent to communist-led China through its location in mainland Asia, stands as perhaps the area in the Asia-Pacific region that is most affected by communism. Continue reading...

Vietnam War

Vietnam War
The Vietnam War is the most famous and significant US external affairs that will remain in the history of US. In essence, it is arguable whether US lost the war or to some extent; it won. Often than not, it appears that the US lost the war as it withdrew from the battlefield before achieving its agenda. The war had a significant economic, social and political impact on the people of US. The US government was overspending on this war; thousands of soldiers were being killed and protest and thus ‘no need of drama’ (O’Brien, 2014 Continue reading...

The movie “Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara”, is a documentary expressed through the viewpoint of U.S Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara, who worked during Kennedy and Johnson Administrations. In the movie, McNamara describes the reasons for the Vietnam War, Cold War and the Cuban Missile Crises. Regarding the cold war, the movie expresses the domino theory, which explains that if a state in a country is ruled by communism, then the neighboring countries follow the domino effect. Throughout the movie, it is understandable that war occurs because of a conflict between Continue reading...

Introduction

The Vietnam War took place between 1961 and 1975. The technology of helicopters goes back to the 20th century. The US army had acquired experience on the effectiveness using helicopters during the World War II. Mobility set the pace of the war. Time, policy, politics, and circumstances converged with technology and adequate funding to create the Vietnam War. The US army entered Vietnam in May 1965 to find they were fighting a different kind of war than that for which they had been trained. However, they did not enter blindly. There were a large number of army officers already Continue reading...

The United States has a proud tradition of military accomplishment and support. Federal holidays like Memorial Day and Veterans Day celebrate the men and women who have fought and died in battle for American freedom. Historians have coined terms like the “Great War,” and the “Good War,” to describe the proud feelings of America’s participation in modern wars. After World War II, the country experienced an unprecedented economic growth and increased political power throughout the world, leading some to label the decades after World War II “the American half-century.” However, the memories of one American war stand in Continue reading...

In the mid of the 1960s were many events that had impact on the history of United States. There were events that impact both domestic and foreign policy. One of these events was attack on the USS Maddox in the Gulf of Tonkin in 1964. You can ask me why exactly this event? Let’s analyze it.
The Vietnam War was one of the largest and the bloodiest conflict of the second half of XX century. For the United States it is the bloodiest war after Second World War, the casualties of US Armed Forces estimated in 58,286 Continue reading...

Vietnamization was a policy that established by President Richard Nixon during the Vietnam War. It was tailored to bring to an end the US involvement in the Vietnam War and therefore expand, train, as well as equip the Vietnam military forces so as to assign them with increasing combat responsibilities. The same gradually reduced the number of the United States combat troops. This investigation is aimed at examining the efficiency of the Nixon’s Vietnamization policy since the year 1969 towards the end of the year 1975. In a bid to evaluate this policy, this investigation will reconnoiter the Continue reading...

The Vietnam War (1959-1975) was one of the murkiest episodes and solemn conflict in the whole of modern history. It was one of the longest and most unpopular wars that America took part in without proper justification. The war influenced the lives of the next generation of Americans after the scission of the nation. After French’s withdrawal from Vietnam in 1956, democratic elections were to be held in an effort to unite Vietnam under one government. The U.S turned down the idea of doing the election since it feared that the communist would win. U.S’s involvement in Continue reading...

Introduction

The Vietnamese War, fought from December 1956 up to April 1975, is one of the Cold War-era proxy wars fought in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. Although, on paper, the war was fought between North and South Vietnam, allies of the two antagonists were also involved in the war. For example, North Vietnam was supported by its communist allies (such as China), while South Vietnam was supported by anti-communist allies (such as the United States and France). Up to date, there is no consensus about whether the war itself was necessary, and whether objectives of the war were achieved.

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1. The most important man of the twentieth century, according to Charles Kaiser was Martin Luther King Junior. He was important for spearheading the civil rights movements that were advocating for social justice between the blacks and the whites.
2. The Diggers were a group of radical activists where were considered as left wings and operated from Haight-Ashbury within the proximity of San Francisco, in additional they were also improvisational actors who had guerrilla kind of a group that was referred to as San Francisco Mime Troupe. The original founding member was Peter Coyote (Perry 284).
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Book report: Fields of Fire

It is said that experience is the best knowledge which can be shared with others. James Henry Webb a former representative from Virginia in the United States’ Congress and a combat veteran of the War in Vietnam expressed personal experience in his book ‘Fields of War’ which came out in 1978 describing the events of the year 1969 during the Vietnam War.
Having served as a Commander of a Platoon for four years, he retired in the rank of the first lieutenant with exceptional awards such as the Silver Star, two Purple Hearts and a Navy Cross, being the Continue reading...

‘Instructor’s Name’

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Associated press Photo from Vietnam in 1968
Source: The New York Times
The above photo taken during the Vietnam War, where a wounded soldier signals to an unseen helicopter to a place where other injured comrades are waiting to be rescued, describes in a nutshell what this war meant for the USA – a catastrophe. The World War II is remembered for the end of the fascist rule of the Axis nations (Germany, Italy and Japan) and the recent war on Afghanistan is remembered for the end of the Taliban. But what are the memories the world has of Continue reading...

The Vietnam War is widely acknowledged as one of the most contradictory wars in American and worldwide history. It has been a historical incident whose causes, effects, interpretation and role in the evolution of world affairs has never stopped causing heated debates, still leaving lots of questions unanswered or half-answered. Like any contradictory event, the Vietnam War hurt lots of people, destroyed numerous human lives, tore America apart in terms of its heated supporters standing against its heated opponents and brought nations on the front step of dealing with one of the world’s worst historical pages. If history Continue reading...

The weather underground is a documentary that outlines the violent protest aimed at overthrowing the United States government. The general set up of the documentary is up to standards. It vividly shows the brutal violence of the protestors opposing the injustices performed by the government. The document is very informative on matters touching on the Vietnam War and how the weatherman got frustrated from the SDA (students for a democratic society). After I did deep review of the subject matter of the movie it is clear that it has captured the important elements of the Vietnam War and the Continue reading...

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Abstract

The Vietnam War (Viet. Chiến tranh Việt Nam) was one of the largest wars of the second half of the XX century, has left its mark on the culture and occupying an important place in the modern history of Vietnam and the United States and the Soviet Union, which played in it important role.
The war began as the civil war in South Vietnam. Later in the war was embroiled North Vietnam - later gained the support of China and the Soviet Union - as well as the U.S. and its Continue reading...

Often described by the media and some political pundits as an unnecessary war, the Vietnam War is one of the historical events that have received both criticism and admiration with an equal measure. Nevertheless, there are many political and military lessons to be learnt.
One of the most important lessons learned from the Vietnam War is that we should always have an end goal. The reason why the war was unnecessarily prolonged for such a long duration is because there was no exit strategy. According to Hunt Jr. (2004), the US military went to the Republic of Vietnam with Continue reading...

Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) in the United States history were a radical student movement during the 1960s. This was a student activist organization in the U.S. that was one of the foremost representations of the New Left. In the prominent Port Huron (Michigan) Statement of 1962, the movement, established in 1960 , offered its vision for-Vietnam War America and invited students to join the organization to establish ‘participatory democracy’. On June 1962, less than 100 individuals show up during the initial SDS meeting at Port Huron, Michigan. During this convention, the group espoused an endorsed political philosophy, the Continue reading...

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It would not be incorrect to state that the Vietnam War can be rightfully considered as one of the most incomprehensible and murky events and simultaneously, one of the most grave conflicts in the whole contemporary history. This 20th century war is one of the longest and the most detested American war. If the overall impact of the Vietnam War is observed, one can easily see how deeply it affected the Americans. In addition, the war resulted in the breakage of American nation as it experienced defeat for the very first time. The war is exceptional Continue reading...

Communism has catalyzed numerous wars in the history of the world with the Vietnam War being an explicit example. At the end of 1955, a cold war era was brewing due to the differences between the North and South Vietnam. North Vietnam was communist and South Vietnam, anti-communist. The People’s Republic of China supported the northerners and the Southern Vietnam got their main support from The United States (Pious 85). The United States involvement was an attempt on their part to prevent the invasion of communism to South Vietnam. This is because they had a wider strategy of Continue reading...

THE VIETNAM WAR AND U.S. INVOLVEMENT

Introduction

The common name "Vietnam War" or "War in Vietnam" - is the second Indochina war in Vietnam with the U.S.. It began around 1961 and ended April 30, 1975. In the Vietnam War, it is called the War for Liberation, and sometimes the American war. The Vietnam War is often regarded as the peak of the "cold war" between the Soviet bloc and the People’s Republic of China, on the one hand, and the United States with some of its allies - on the other. In America, the Vietnam War is considered Continue reading...

The end of the Vietnam War had a great impression on my political opinion because of the controversy that surrounded the war and the fact that it created a major rift between the government and the American citizens. The war that lasted almost 10 years cost billions of dollars, the lives of 58,282 American soldiers and left 303,644 American soldiers wounded. The war defined a generations, divided Americans and changed the U.S. military policy and operation. Americans opposed the involvement of the U.S. in the Vietnam and by 1970 less than 30% of the citizens supported the Continue reading...

The Paris Peace Accords were signed on January 27 1973 between the United States (US) government, South Vietnam then politically known as the Republic of Vietnam, North Vietnam known officially as the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and the PRG or the Provisional Revolutionary Government which represented interests of revolutionary groups residing in South Vietnam. The purpose of the accord was to end the Vietnam War and bring peace to war-ravaged Vietnam. In particular, the accord was aimed to end direct involvement of American military in the war and stop the wars between South and North Vietnam (Griffith, 42). When Continue reading...

The Vietnam War was occurred between the year 1960 and 1975. It started as a determined effort by Communist insurgents, the so called Vietcong, in the South, supported by Communist North Vietnam, to remove the South Vietnam government from power. The struggle broadened into a war between North Vietnam and South Vietnam and eventually into a restricted international battle. The United States, as well as some 40 other nations, backed South Vietnam through providing munitions and troops while the People's Republic of China and the USSR supplied armses to the Vietcong and North Vietnam. In spite of the massive Continue reading...

Introduction

The purpose of Afghanistan invasion was essentially to dismantle Algaeda organization and stop its use of the Afghanistan as its base. The US intention was to eradicate fundamentalist Taliban regime from authority in Afghanistan. The United States war in Afghanistan was actually estimated to cost between $4 trillion and $6 trillion. On the other hand, Vietnam War represented an attempt that was successful on the part of the Vietnam republic and national front for liberation of Vietnam to unite together and impose the communist system over the whole nation. This war occurred in the cold war and is viewed Continue reading...

The Vietnam War started in 1955 and it ended in 1975. It was a cold war skirmish that took place in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from first of November 1955 to 30th 1975.The Vietnam War was a war between North Vietnam and South Vietnam. The communist allies supported the Northern Vietnam while the United States of America and other anti-communists states supported the government of Southern Vietnam. The Vietnam War and its impact on Martin Luther King, jr are discussed in the book Vietnam and America: A documented history by Gentleman, M. E. (1995). He says that no single Continue reading...

The United States and the German Student Movement
The German Student Revolt of 1968 in West Germany happened due to various domestic and international political and social forces. The merger of the opposition Social Democratic Party (SPD) and the majority Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in 1966 left the German political system with virtually no opposition during that time, raising insinuations that an authoritarian regime is well underway (Hockenos 53). The emergence of radical left-wing movements in the United States (US) inspired dissenters in West Germany, particularly college students who lamented the degrading university system due to the Continue reading...

Vietnam War Memorial, designed by Maya Lin, is a national memorial established in Washington, D.C to honor U.S soldiers who fought in the Vietnam War. The design of the war memorial was unanimously selected by an eight-man jury in May, 1981 from 1,421 entries, but was not established until November, 1982 following criticism of the initial design, which resulted into the addition of The Three Soldiers. The Three Soldiers, designed by sculptor Fredrick Hart, is the bronze statue intended to complement the Vietnam War Memorial and give it a traditional appearance. The Three Soldiers was finally established in Continue reading...

According to the historian, Marilyn Young, Americans were involved in the fighting in Vietnam from 1945 to 1990. The Vietnam War became a very contentious issue in the United States (U.S.) and many mark the serious decline in American citizen’s support for the war. The purpose of the war was stated to be – to save South Vietnam from becoming communist. The 1968 Tet Offensive was a surprise attack launched by North Vietnam and the Viet Cong at the end of January during the Vietnam War. A truce had been called between the north and south warring parties because Continue reading...

Dang Thuy Tram was born in Vietnam on 26th November 1942. At the young age of 25 she was already working as surgeon in the battlefield during the Vietnam War. She was however a civilian doctor but many are the times that she operated of wounded soldiers. It is during this time as a surgeon in the battle field that she secretly wrote down the encounters and the events of the Vietnam War in her diaries of which two were burned by United States soldiers. Her war time encounters as well as the story of her diaries are now Continue reading...

Arguably, the Vietnam War is one of the known wars in the world. As a matter of fact, most conflicts in Southeast Asia were fought in South Vietnam between the guerrilla forces which are guided by North Vietnam and the Government forces that benefited from United States guide. The Vietnam War began in 1954 after a Geneva conference, which divided Vietnam into South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam) and North Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam). The war escalated from a civil war in Vietnam into an international conflict that US became involved. The war in Vietnam did not come to Continue reading...

The significant role that has been played by women in the Vietnamese society cannot be overlooked. Unlike the women in other countries in the region, traditionally “a special position and prestige in family and society” has been held by the women in Vietnam ("Vietnamese Women in the Eighties" ). There is an old but memorable Vietnamese saying: “When war comes, even women have to fight” (Tai). In Vietnam, for as long as the people have been fighting against international forces, women were an essential part of that struggle. It is said that hundreds of thousands of women played a Continue reading...

Arguably, war and philosophy tend to always appear a little common. As a matter of fact, scholars assert that philosophy is a field that defines and establishes the rationality and justice for being part of a war and that it attempts to set norms and rules on how wars in most cases must be conducted. One of the philosophical theories that try to justify the essence of going to war is the Just War Theory. Certainly, the scheme of a Just War is to define and establish ethical and moral foundation for human destructive events and activities. In addition, Continue reading...

Summarize the events that led to the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. Also, outline the controversy associated with these events.

Gulf Of Tonkin Resolution is a resolution that was put before the US Congress by President Lyndon Johnson on August 5, 1964 as a reaction to two related unprovoked attacks on US Seventh Fleet in the Gulf of Tonkin, the Maddox and C. Turner Joy by North Vietnamese torpedo on August 2, and August 4 respectively (Young, 1991). The purpose of the resolution was to support and approve the determination of the president as a commander in chief to consider any suitable measure to deter any armed attack against United State’s forces and to avert any further aggression. Continue reading...

Abstract

Le Ly Hayslip’s memoir is a remarkably personal account of the Vietnam War from the perspective of a native who was victimized by both sides. Her viewpoint is a sharp departure from other histories of the Vietnam conflict, which has often been written about from the standpoint of combatants or by scholars writing highly academic histories. Hayslip’s account shows how one’s understanding of the world can be determined by an ideology, and how it can be changed radically by personal experience. When Heaven and Earth Changed Places is an important work in Continue reading...

The war experience for soldiers in the various wars such as the Vietnam War, the two world wars and the civil wars were quite different. There is however some similar experiences that both soldiers can also share. In this paper, we shall be focusing on the differences and the similarities that the soldiers had in terms of their experiences.

Similarities

The first similarity of their experiences is that the soldiers had to know that they were making a sacrifice for their nation. This did not matter whether they had been trained for war or not. All they had to keep Continue reading...

“Ultimately it was Australia’s dependence on the United States that led it into Vietnam” (Gregory Pemberton). Is this a correct analysis of Australian military involvement in Vietnam in the 1960s?

The Vietnam War or the Second Indochina War—a conflict between the North and South Vietnam to gain the ruling power over Vietnam—took place from 1962 to 1975 (The Cold Warrior). While the United States and other democratic countries supported South Vietnam, communist nations, People’s Republic of China and Soviet Union supported North Vietnam (The Cold Warrior). Several international events were responsible for the revolution that Continue reading...

The Village is a well acclaimed book written by well known military writer Mr. Bing West. The book is based on the Vietnam War. This book paints a complete picture of the Vietnam War and the mental, physical, psychological conditions of fighting soldiers during and after of the war. Since Mr. Bing west has worked on the several important posts of American defense and has served as marine infantry officer during Vietnam War itself, the writer is well aware of the war conditions, policies of the war and the state of mind of soldiers. Bing in this book has Continue reading...

The Vietnam War of the 1960s was a protracted, unpopular war that experienced a lot of media coverage and local resistance. The enemy was no longer an official military force, but a group of guerilla warriors who deployed unconventional tactics to defeat American soldiers. The Iraq war carries a substantial number of similarities, from the unpopularity of the war to the level of media coverage it received. In this paper, the similarities and differences of the two conflicts are raised, indicating that they should have a similar outcome (the withdrawal of American troops from the region).

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Abstract

The Vietnam lasted for 30 years and had dire consequences for both, America as well as Vietnam. However, these consequences where not short lived. Some had long lasting effects on the society, economy, politics and foreign policy. Continue reading...

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Revision is very important in helping the reader understand what exactly the writer wanted to say in the first place. The writer is able to tackle all the concerns that he or she forgot to highlight or deal with in the first place.

Revision in any kind of writing is important for it gives the writer a second chance to convince the reader that indeed what he or she did in the first place was not a true reflection of his or her actual knowledge of the subject.
In the first place, the writer did not Continue reading...