... Kennedy's decision to initiate greater American involvement in 1961. The peak of 543,000 American forces was achieved in 1969 and was the main part of US aid to the nation of South Vietnam. The US policy since the beginning of the Cold War had been containment of Communist aggression and advances. US intentions of ensuring democracy throughout the world had not changed, however the US did ... not support the right of self-determination in Vietnam in scheduled elections in 1956. Rather an incorrect ... study of the Vietnam situation: wrongly identifying it with the previous ... ...

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... it out alive. As a result from these quick "in and out" missions, my father was never severely injured or ill in this war. The best thing my dad remembers about the war is how beautiful Vietnam was. "Everything was so natural and beautiful, I would rest on trees as big around as this room, lay my rucksack on ... him, he heard about it on the radio, but as far as he was concerned it hadn't affected him so he didn't worry about it. The war was technically over when he was 15 years old after all, and he was too busy growing up on his own without guidance to loose sleep over political ... i...

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... allies, they declined. It was only after Russia and China offered to help that Ho adopted communist ideals and wanted to make all of Vietnam communist. The Vietnam war started simply because Ho Chi Min and his communist supporters wanted South Vietnam to become communist after the South split off in 1954 to become its own democratic nation. The United States saw this as a threat ... sicknesses, and even cancer. 6 The use of Agent Orange was perhaps one of the largest mistakes made in Vietnam. By simply thinking ahead, weighing the consequences of using weapons such as napalm and Agent O...

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... allies, they declined. It was only after Russia and China offered to help that Ho adopted communist ideals and wanted to make all of Vietnam communist. The Vietnam war started simply because Ho Chi Min and his communist supporters wanted South Vietnam to become communist after the South split off in 1954 to become its own democratic nation. The United States saw this as a threat ... sicknesses, and even cancer. 6 The use of Agent Orange was perhaps one of the largest mistakes made in Vietnam. By simply thinking ahead, weighing the consequences of using weapons such as napalm and Agent O...

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... water for drinking (64-65). At the beginning of the Vietnam War, the atmosphere was like Kipling's colonial wars. The battalion's name of Expeditionary Brigade was even romantic. The battalion was the only American unit in Vietnam at the time as they expressed, "we few, we happy few, we band of brothers." Lieutenant Bradley called Vietnam the "splendid little war." For the Vietnamese it was not that splendid ... matched the weather as it was unpredictable. The mood would swing from depression, to sarcasm, then to fatalism. The Vietnam War was a war without rules and one of survival. Sold...

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... enough water for drinking (64-65). At the beginning of the Vietnam War, the atmosphere was like Kipling's colonial wars. The battalion's name of Expeditionary Brigade was even romantic. The battalion was the only American unit in Vietnam at the time as they expressed, "we few, we happy few, we band of brothers." Lieutenant Bradley called Vietnam the "splendid little war." For the Vietnamese it was not that splendid ... matched the weather as it was unpredictable. The mood would swing from depression, to sarcasm, then to fatalism. The Vietnam War was a war without rules and one of surviv...

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... Dudley & Bender, 1990, p. 76) The media, ever since being the puppet of the World War I and World War II government has since strived not only to cut the strings, but also to become the puppet master. The media sensationalized and condemned the government during the Vietnam War and even as recently as the 9/11 terrorist attacks continued its revolt by not displaying ... to the dinner table brought out the opposition to the war. "One of the key errors was the lack of a declaration of war which could have rallied the American public behind the military, and given the U.S. a clear reason for...

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... altered greatly by triumphs of war and great defeats in war. Tracing back to hunting for food and preying of lesser forms of nature, war has always been a tactical test of wit and strategic knowledge. However, with modern technology's rapid progression through the twentieth century, war has become more of an arms race and an advanced-equipment contest. The Vietnam War saw the extremities of these two poles of combat – the American ... reversion as they venture into Cambodia in search of General Walter E. Kurtz. The decline in military technology and effectiveness of firearms throughou...

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... nationalist parties opposed him for his absence during the Indo-China Wars, they saw Diem as a sellout for leaving his country during times of war. Among those loyal to him were the catholic refugees from Northern Vietnam, the landed gentry, and others who strongly opposed the communist. As a leader Diem proved to be a perfectionist and overly distrustful, advances in the military, government, and ... sought to destroy all opposition from religious sects, to eradicate the French, remove sympathizers of the Viet Cong, and to convert the country to Catholicism. Diem may not have lasted lo...

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