However; after World War Two had ended, Ho Chi Minh, (a pro-unification and independence leader of Vietnam), and his supporters the Viet Minh declared independence of France and attempted to unify the French-Vietnamese colonies. ... During this time, Ho Chi Minh had asked for the United States help in defending against the corrupt government of the south, but was refused. ... Being aided by these countries was the catalyst for Ho Chi Minh's North Vietnam adopting a communist government. The corruption in the South also formed a pro- communist group there who were supporters of Ho Chi Minh...

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Ho Chi Minh, a self-declared president of North Vietnam once said that guerilla warfare was " practical methods of achieving the strategic objectives" (Http://homepage.mac.com/stray/ib/history/guerilla-terrorism.html). ... They depended mainly on the Ho Chi Mihn Trail for arms and ammunition site. ... The main network system base was at Cu Chi , nearly 200 miles of tunnels used by guerillas(Tregaski 67). ...

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To truly understand you must go further back to when a young nationalist named Ho Chi Minh (using a pseudonym) wrote to U.S. ... This time Ho Chi Minh who up to the point of initial rebuff had been a nationalist sought the backing of the Soviets who were eager to expand Communism in the region. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

John F. Kerry, Paul Potter, and Martin Luther King all identify the larger social issues that they felt were reflected in the Vietnam War. They see these larger problems as problems that lie within the United States; problems that the United States must resolve within themselves before intervening ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The initial reasons for U.S. involvement in Vietnam seemed logical and compelling to American leaders. Following its success in World War II, the United States faced the future with a sense of moral rectitude and material confidence. From Washington's perspective, the principal threat to U.S. securi...

• Word Count: 1860
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• Grade Level: High School

How would you feel if your home, the one place you and your family can feel safe to practice and believe in whatever they wanted to was constantly being invaded by your next door neighbor who thinks otherwise. You would most like be furious and attempt to put an end to the reign of tyranny at all c...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The most characteristic feature of the Cold War, indeed the very reason behind the name, is that superpowers were afraid of the potential consequences between them, as epitomized by the fear of nuclear Armageddon.  As a result, both sides were dedicated to fighting the battle through proxies rather...

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• Grade Level: High School

Our assignment was to write a paper using Robert F. Kennedy's book Thirteen Days: a Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis. We were asked to examine the Cuban Missile Crisis as: a) an example of the Cold War mentality of the early 1960's or b) a demonstration of the Kennedy administration's decision-ma...

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"As wretched, awful and savage as any war can get, all wars have this element of thrill and excitement in them- Caputo said, in an interview with CNN. A Rumor of War was just that, it discussed everything from gruesome encounters with the Viet Cong to descriptions of the horrible weather. Philip...

• Word Count: 2306
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• Grade Level: High School