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...the French Union. Despite this, there were constant small wars being fought against the French, whose dominance was resented by the local people. At the end of the year 1946, forces of the Viet Minh launched their first large attack on the French. This is considered the beginning of the first Indochina war, with each side hardening its stand. The Viet Minh military commander, Vo Nguyen Giap, declared, "The resistance will be long and arduous, but our cause is just and we will surely triumph” (The History Place, 1946). In 1949, the French installed Bao Dai as the head of the state of South Vietnam. In 1949, Mao Zedong’s victory over Chiang Kai Shek in China brought the...
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...? In the Vietnam War, the US was unable to understand what a revolutionary war was and that was the reason why US strategies failed painfully in gaining victory (Vickers, 1993, p.126). The people of Vietnam and the country’s leadership were so full of revolutionary fervor that they were mentally unbeatable. That was why they could persevere the prolonged attacks of a very powerful enemy. Another factor that the US rulers failed to understand was that “third world governments seeking US assistance against insurgencies frequently are governed by elites benefiting from social inequality and the exploitation of a majority of the population” (Vickers, 1993, p.125). South...
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...? Order 537100 Topic: History Vietnam War The Vietnam War began somewhere in the year 1959 and ended on April 30, 1975. It is also known as the waragainst the Americans to save the Nation, from the point of view of the people of Vietnam. Americans arrived at a later stage; the war has been going on for decades earlier, only the parties involved in the war were different. Japan invaded a part of Vietnam in 1940 and before that Vietnam was under French colonial rule for about six decades. In the year 1941, two alien powers were on the soil of Vietnam,...
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... The Vietnam War U.S. involvement in Vietnam proves that there are limits to the capabilities of any military, even the largest and most sophisticated in the history of the world. Understanding this reality is, or should be, a vital facet of foreign policy. The current conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq shows that if the costly lesson learned from Vietnam is not appreciated the U.S. will continue its foreign relations debacles which will further weaken its armed services, economic stability and political influence within the community of nations. The former imperialistic Roman Empire should serve as an example of how this cause and effect scenario plays out. A similar destiny awaits America if it refuses to stop repeating... the student...
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...History of Vietnam War OUTLINE I. Introduction II. Origin of the War a. French colonization of Vietnam b. First Indonesian War c. The Geneva Accord d. Division of Vietnam into South and North Vietnam III. U.S involvement into the war a. U.S. military aid to French occupation in Vietnam b. Formation of National Liberation Front c. U.S. military intervention d. Operation Rolling Thunder IV. The Attrition strategy a. Creation of “free-fire zones” b. Increased number of dead soldiers c. Anti-war protests in the U.S. V. The Tet Offensive a. Beginning of U.S....
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...THE VIETNAM WAR INTRODUCTION The dynamics of the Vietnam War make it one of the most complex wars ever fought by the United s. Every element of the war was saturated with complexities beyond the previous conceptions of war. From the critical perspective, for the first half of the twentieth century, Vietnam was of little strategic importance to the United States and, even "after World War II, Vietnam was a very small blip on a very large American radar screen" (Herring, 14). The U.S. knew very little about Vietnam outside of its rice production until the...
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...of the communism was not accepted by anyone. Another reason of the Vietnam War was that the credibility of the foreign powers in the eyes of rest of the world would have damaged, if the Southern Vietnam had been left by the American and other foreign armies.
Therefore, it was a question of the ego of the foreign powers, which did not allow the withdrawal of American forces from the Vietnam, and disregarded the ceasefire with the Vietnamese people. Thus, a number of factors are responsible for the commencement of Vietnam War from the year 1959 to the year 1975. It has worsened the lives of millions of people, and yet still, no clear...
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...The rules of engagement (ROE) for limited warfare during the Vietnam held different implications for different levels of stakeholders in the conduct of the war, from the President as Commander in Chief down to the foot solider in the field of battle. In this brief essay, some of these major implications for major stakeholders will be summarized. The materials for these summaries were taken from reading Lewy (1978) and The Weider History Group (2006)
For the individual soldier in the field, the ROE were often either unknown or unacknowledged. While the soldiers were aware of the general nature of the American involvement in Vietnam and understood that they needed to avoid unnecessary violence, if only to avoid making enemies... the...
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...Vietnam War What were the most important factors, according to Johnson, that led to the withdrawal?
The first factor was the poor leadership and decision making techniques exhibited by the two presidents who fore so the war: Kennedy and Lyndon. They both put in more money and soldiers into the war that the Americans were clearly losing. The most important factor that led to the withdrawal was the immense deaths of the American soldiers. These deaths saw complaints and disgruntlement from the American people and so of the future leaders in the US and the pressure led to the withdrawal and end of the war.
There was also the fact that millions of dollars...
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...the American to poor decision-making, and lack of support from the congress. Notably, several factors fuelled the failure, as this paper will indicate.
Howard Zinn views
Howard Zinn bases his argument on the origin, the course, and the end of the Vietnam War. Zinn sees the Vietnamese as an experienced side that had waged successful wars against the French and the Japanese. In his book “A People’s History of the United States,” Howard Zinn clearly manifests that even though Americans had the best technology and military artillery during the Vietnam War, America was destined for failure. Before their involvement in the...
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