... the Democratic Republic of Vietnam under the leadership of Lao Dong party. The South became the Republic of South Vietnam. After the Geneva agreement a virtual state of war existed between both countries. The war lasted from 1954 until April 30, 1975. Since the United States" policy was one of containment we took it upon ourselves to defend South Vietnam agianst the Communist North Vietnam. In the beginning of 1965 Lyndon B. ... Johnson decided to send American troops to Vietnam to protect the south ... than 500,000 American and 100,000 allied troops in Vietnam. The beginning of 1968 mar...

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... , marches and few young men would even move the Canada to avoid being drafted. Vietnam was tearing our nation apart. A new part of the war was started on January 30, 1968 when North Vietnam and the Viet Cong started attacks on the major cities of South Vietnam. These attacks started at the beginning of the Vietnamese New Year, which is known as Tet. These attacks are now known ... as the Tet offensive. This proved to the Americans that the U. S. and South Vietnamese were not winning this war. Richard Nixon became president and announced a new policy, known as Vietnamization. This called ...

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CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF THE VIETNAM WAR Why was there a Vietnam War?? This question has been asked a lot of times since the war. Basically, to put a long story short it's because the United States couldn't keep their noses in their own business. Since this is a report I"ll tell the story. The United States war in Vietnam had no beginning and it was a series of steps between 1950-1965 "in May 1950, ... President Harry S. Truman authorized a modest program of economic ... and military aid to the French, who were fighting to retain control of their Indochina, colony, including Laos and Cambodia a...

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... Guardsmen. This action left 4 students dead and 11 injured. Where this all leaves us, I do not know. I found through the course of writing this paper that this war had many enemies and few allies. In the beginning, I feel that the American people stood firmly behind the actions of our government officials. Yet, as time went on, and the media, who played a very large role ... of its own in this war, continued to broadcast footage of the overwhelming atrocities, public opinion shifted. In the end, with no hope of a clear resolution in sight, the White House ... finally concluded that thi...

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Vietnam War The Vietnam War was truly one of the most uncommon wars ever fought. This conflict was so hostile and ironic, that the official beginning and end could never be identified, or pinpointed. Likewise, the enemies and the allies looked exactly alike. This turmoil made everyone in the war confused, because "anyone" could be a friend by day, and foe by night. Additionally, what made the war ... called "Guerrilla Warfare," which consisted of the simple process of "hide, shoot, and run." Surprisingly, this fighting technique matched the skills of many of the best-trained soldiers from the...

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... very community he lived in was also a clear example. The unstable years after the communist seizing of South Vietnam between the 1970's and early 1980's were like a war zone for Kien and his family, and racism becomes a battle that unfortunately cannot be won. South Vietnam was being evacuated of U.S occupation during 1975, and their absence was followed by a communist revolution led by Ho Chi Mhin ... was considered offensive to the new regime (page 45). The sobbing boys are introduced to racism at that moment, and it's power to tear a family apart. This was only the beginning of famil...

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