... Americans never fully appreciated the determination of the Vietnamese nationalist movement, and held out believing that they were a weak and ideologically malleable people, until efforts proved otherwise. The American view of the Asian "other" largely affected American assumptions from the beginning, as they believed most Vietnamese were politically immature and lacking a sense of nationhood. As we can see from the beliefs of the ... them to seek a reasonable end to the war," (Hoopes 2). What was actually the case, in fact, was that American interventionist goals of "happiness, weal...

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... the Vietcong, aided by North Vietnam, remained a constant threat to the government in the south. In 1965, President Johnson sent the first American combat troops to South Vietnam, and at that point, it became an American War. When the first American troops went to war in Vietnam, Americans went to war at home. Hawks, people in support of the war, believe that our ... support of non-Communist South Vietnam was necessary to prevent the expansion of Communisim in Southeast Asia. They thought that if North Vietnam took over South Vietnam and other southeast Asian countries, they ... in the...

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... audience. This year is the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival 20th birthday. During these 20 years, Asian America filmmakers and works that helped this festival expand from 13 films in 1982 to 134 in 2002. It became the largest Asian American film festival in the country. The Asian American Film Festival helped Asians to promote to change in Asian community in several ways. Film promotes the ... culture awareness of history and social events in our Asian America culture. History aspect comes from the fact that Asian Americans learn how they helped shape American hi...

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The War in America Vietnam is a small Asian country, 9000 miles away from the United States. Yet America felt that its national interest were threatened strong enough to fight a war over there. ... was willing to go through anything to stop that, including sending millions of US troops to Vietnam and watching them die live on TV, and this greatly effected the American culture and society. The Vietnam War changed the lives of many people. "By the end of 1965, 184,314 troops were in Vietnam" (Alterman 11). "Within ... a year, the number had grown to 385,000"(Alterman 11). Back in America, the...

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... impregnable virility and the embodiment of simplistic, laconic virtues" (www.jwayne.com/biography.shtml). One can believe that the influence John Wayne has on American society helps shape the way Vietnamese immigrants are treated in America. John Wayne has a deep love for his country and his patriotism is reflected through ... Republican view on politics, and even is honored for his support of the American troops in Vietnam. He stars in a number of heroic movies in the late 1940's and 1950's in which the U.S. opposed Asian enemies. His appearance in over 15 films set in or dealing with ...

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... John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. to the Civil Rights protests and riots, the year was definitely a year of crisis for American society. The Vietnam War started in 1961 in an attempt to stop the spread of communism in the Eastern Hemisphere. This was a ... holiday called, "Tet." The Viet Cong and North Vietnamese attacked cities throughout South Vietnam and penetrated the heavily guarded grounds of the American Embassy in Saigon. General William Westmoreland claimed that the Tet offensive was actually a victory for America and South Vietnam due to the ... the communists. It wo...

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... Dwight Eisenhower said, "If we let the communists take over, the other Asian countries would fall like dominos." At that time he pledged to assist the South Vietnamese government with war. By 1954 there were 342 American military personal there. The mounting communist assault against the south then prompted president John ... either fled the country or just hid out. These people were known as draft dodgers. Some thought that these people were unpatriotic and therefore un-American. This caused even more controversy. The war also caused people to protest all over the U.S. especially on col...

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... Dwight Eisenhower said, "If we let the communists take over, the other Asian countries would fall like dominos." At that time he pledged to assist the South Vietnamese government with war. By 1954 there were 342 American military personal there. The mounting communist assault against the south then prompted president John ... either fled the country or just hid out. These people were known as draft dodgers. Some thought that these people were unpatriotic and therefore un-American. This caused even more controversy. The war also caused people to protest all over the U.S. especially on col...

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... religion, color,creed and even gender. When tragedies like this occur, these things are put aside, and we are all just people. "American" becomes one singularly used word. It is no longer hypernated as African American, Irish American, Asian American or Latin American. We are no longer distinguished by these things, but we soon realize that we are all vulnerable as human beings. Our tears flow ... ...

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... the hands of their enemies. In fear of persecution, thousands fled through the jungles and swam across the Mekong river to refugee camps in Thailand. It was time for the American government to live up to their commitment, and the Americans eventually provided the Hmong a new home in the United States. Of the 200,000 Hmong who have resettled in the ... United States, approximately 50,000 live in the Twin cities area-mostly in Saint Paul-making them the largest local Asian community. Numerous factors affect the economic self-sufficiency of the Hmong in the Twin Cities. As a minority in La...

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... moon in 1969? Was the moon landing just a Hollywood video? Our suspicion grows! The United States gets involved in the Vietnam War because American policymakers believed that if the entire country fell under a Communist government, Communism would spread throughout Southeast Asia, known as the "domino theory". Our ... South Vietnam and created the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN). Which later forced our military to become physically involved years later. American Society was not told of our early connection until years later. We were told when it was already evident we were involved...

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... Japanese gained a strategic advantage in international politics. Japan had by this time reconstructed itself into an economic power, making use of the favourable external environment that was now available through American support and assistance, and pre-war industrial knowledge and experience. As for Korea, the external environment was favourable but the internal that is the domestic situation was at polarity. Following ... the region, which also included Korea stand up to the communist challenge, America provided various categories of foreign aid, access to its markets and transfer of...

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... jungle terrain in the midst of a population that refuses cooperation to the white forces and provides a great intelligence advantage to the other side-(option 3). This war was not traditional fighting. American troops were unprepared to fight this type of warfare. This war was guerrilla war. Villages and paths were not always what they seemed. Treacherous traps lingered within every step taken ... deceiving as well. Many civilians belonged to a pro communist organization known as the Vietcong. President Lyndon Johnson stated, "We are not about to send American boys nine or ten thousand ...

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... United States. For the next ten years, diplomatic tensions grew between these two nations. As North Vietnamese Communists began to threaten South Vietnam, the United States initiated a military counter to Asian communist aggression. On August 7, 1964, Congress passed the Tonkin Gulf Resolution, which empowered President Lyndon B. Johnson to take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of ... government of South Vietnam. The President steadily increased U.S. troop levels until they reached nearly a half million men by 1968. However, as a result of the TET Offe...

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... labor work in those states on railroads and in lumber mills. After the Vietnam War, many more Asian immigrants started coming to the United States. Around 130,000 men, women, and children made it into the United States during that time because of American troops who came in and rescued people. These people were called refugees and were to stay mainly in ... ...

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