(Compton's) On January 29, 1968 the Tet Offensive started with the order to attack broadcasted by Radio Hanoi in the form of a poetic exhortation written by Ho Chi Minh. ... (Pike) Outside of Saigon NVA and VC forces tried to stop U.S. forces by attacking the bases at Bien Hoa, Lai Khe, and Cu Chi, but were relatively unsuccessful. ...
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. ...
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 ...
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...
"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...
