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 end. Firstly, as a result of the Vietnamese War, US forces lost their motivation to fight. In 1965, the troops were highly motivated.…
Vietnam War The Vietnamese tried to escape during the Vietnam War. “I felt sorrow and desperation,” Tam recalls. “My eyes blurred with tears. I had lost my homeland”…
The Vietnam War was a devastating war that took our men and even the young boys from their families and got them killed, either physically or mentally. Lieutenant Cross from “The Things They Carried”…
As a nation, the United States, can learn from what happened in Vietnam. A Rumor of War is not a book created from Philip Caputo’s imagination. “This book is not a work of the imagination. The events related are true, the characters real, though I have used fictitious names in some places. I have tried to describe accurately what the dominant event in the life of my generation, the Vietnam War, was like for men who fought in it.…
Due to an extreme amount of unfortunate circumstances, The Vietnam War was deemed as the “unwinnable war”. Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War stemmed in August 1962, in support of South Vietnam and putting an end to the spread of communism. This started due to the separation between the French Indo-china and the following requests of realignment between the countries, yet the Vietnamese weren’t interested in the realignment. Australia’s engagement in the war mainly consisted of Army personnel, but significant amounts of Air force and Navy personnel were heavily involved also. There were many contributing factors that can consequently deem this war as unwinnable, and these include the horrible conditions soldiers had to face, as well as the wide media coverage and the protests and the harsh backlash they received.…
Vietnam, a war based on lies. The Cold War’s increasing belief that the spread of the communist power would mean the end of freedom. "Reality is grim and painful. But it is only a remote echo of the anguish toward which a policy founded on illusion is surely taking us.” -John F. Kennedy.…
America has had a history regarding the involvement of unplanned war entries. Although, this time the involvement of the Vietnam war had a large impact concerning America’s economy, citizens and cultural life. The Vietnam War not only brought difficulties to America, however, it helped bring peace with…
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 motive for involvement was to halt and prevent the spread of communism and a containment strategy and foreign policy called the National Security Council Report 68, NSC-68 for short, was implemented to do so. Roper explains the introduction to a book…
The Doctrine Nixon put into place is very important in regards to U.S. history. The doctrine states “Supply weapons but not troops to countries fighting off communism. During his term in office president Nixon was extremely passionate about two specific policies that were very important to him both of which accumulated in 1972. He visited china in attempts to set into action the normalizing of the Peoples Republic of China. He also visited the Soviet Union, where he agreed to sign the first Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty agreement.…
The Vietnam War is a violent and drastic war that is highly frowned upon. The United States is losing many lives and much confidence from this event. Some still question whether getting involved is a smart decision or a severe mistake. This war is lasting for roughly 20 years and has such a great impact on America. The U.S. wants to protect Southern Vietnam from being under a communist government which escalated to a war with Vietnam and many lives from both countries being lost.…
Was the Vietnam War worth it? This was a question asked by many young men being drafted into the United States military to fight in the war through 1959-1975. After the men were drafted, they faced many struggles through basic training, but unfortunately, it was only the beginning of a long list of trials. One of the first trials the soldiers would experience was extreme change in climate and adapting to the rough terrain. Second, was navigating through the jungle, avoiding the tension traps and mines set to kill U.S. soldiers.…
We did not have just cause or probability of success. By not following jus ad bellum, we did not receive support from our citizens and we did not achieve what we wanted to in Vietnam. However, we learned many valuable lessons and hopefully these very lessons have prevented future…
Vietnam War is a historic event for my country. As war is a way to reform the government and to reconstruct policies, thus, the Vietnam War contributes greatly to the independence of Vietnam as of present. Many of us have different views about this event, but overall, we cannot negate the influences and consequences of the war toward Vietnam and the United States. Even though the facts from this war has been discussed widely through mass media and many historians have been studied and researched about it; however, this essay will contain a solely and individually the opinion of the interviewee.…
Patrick R. Hollman Billington English 11 8 May 2015 Nixon and Vietnam The presidency of Richard M. Nixon was fraught with turmoil; but despite the madness and chaos that were part of his presidential history, Nixon will go down as one of the most dedicated presidents of our country. At a time that America was in a state of disarray from being involved in three different wars since the beginning of the century, Nixon entered office with Vietnam fully engaged in warfare. His policy for the war was one that held promise; however Nixon’s ability to move forward with the policy became compromised by the politics. The Vietnam War had an impact on both the United States and the presidency of Richard M. Nixon.…
The Vietnam War destroyed many people lives. In American, it lead to psychedelic era with fashion and music never being the same. It lead to massive civil unrest with protests against the war, against government, and against lack of civil rights for African Americans. Two soldier that fought on opposite sides give two of the best summaries of what war does to individuals. The first being “The Sorrow of War” by Bao Ninh.…