The Vietnam War was between the of 1957-1975. In these eighteen years, men and women served and fought in the war. Even though men took most of the acknowledgment in this war, women played a tremendous role as well. Their remembrance was not as well-known as the men who served in the war. Almost 30,000 women served in the Vietnam War, as both medical and civilian workers. There were many groups and organizations that provided them a spot in the war. The Vietnam War was the longest war the United States had ever ... , North Vietnam and the United States did most of the fighting. Countries such...

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In 1965, Johnson sent the first US combat troops into Vietnam and they left in 1973, accomplishing nothing. The United States was unable to defeat communism in South-East Asia between those years because of their ineptitude, and the superior tactics of the Viet Cong. There were many problems that the Americans faced. Firstly, they didn't get along with the Vietnamese people. The Americans disliked the very people that they were supposedly helping, all people were treated the ... lack of discipline. US military tactics were also incompetent. One of the most prominent approaches was Operation Ro...

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... State University students following the steps of thousands of students all over the country protested against the war. The protesters left the dormitory town and went down the streets of the City of Kent in the morning on May 2. The City Mayor Leroy Satrom asked Governor James Rhodes to send the National Guard forces to school to suppress the protest after an anonymous student had burned the ROTC building. The confrontation between students and the force had lasted for ... of Vietnam or intervening in the civil war of another country. Other protesters believed that the war purposes were...

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... peace talks stalled repeatedly. Covert dialogue between Henry Kissinger and North Vietnam dragged on with little progress. At home anti-war activist filled the streets. Nixon hoped that improved relations with the Chinese and the Soviets would spur a quick exit from Vietnam the summits did little to push the war towards its end. The U.S. entered the talks in 1969 seeking mutual withdrawal and no coalition government [ ] before the first secret meeting with the North, Kissinger met U.S. ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge ... have abandoned our prisoners of war, or that would of ended the war f...

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