... freeing slaves. This purely metaphorical circumstance is almost parallel to the very real events involving America in Vietnam from 1956-1975. The longest war in American history, (besides the Iraq War), and probably one of the most controversial events in American history as a whole, the Vietnam war divided our country and resulted in over 58,000 American causalities. The events of the Vietnam War expose a side of American history that is, put bluntly, quite ... unpleasant to look at considering the death and destruction left in the wake of our actions in Vietnam. The unnecessary and ex...

• Word Count: 2109
• Approx Pages: 8

... the Vietnam War from 1964 through 1974. A major event in this war was the Tet Offensive, which profoundly affected American history by impacting our politics, economy, military, and society. The Tet Offensive affected politics by influencing the presidential elections of 1968. It affected the American economy, boosting personal prosperity with new jobs but greatly increasing the national debt, due mainly to the vast amounts of money spent on the war effort after the ... jobs. (Spector 124) After Tet, more money was to be spent to rebuild the bases and equipment damaged or destroyed in t...

• Word Count: 1442
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... other nation had the power to guarantee alone the freedom and security of peoples of the world. The Vietnam War taught Americans a humbling lesson about the limits of power. The domestic consequences of the war were equally profound. From Truman through Nixon, the war demonstrated the increasing dominance of the presidency within the federal government. Congress essentially defaulted to the "imperial presidency" in the conduct of foreign affairs. Vietnam also destroyed credibility within the American political process. The public came ... to distrust its leaders, and many officials dist...

• Word Count: 1860
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

The War in Vietnam direct U.S. military participation in The Vietnam War, the nation's longest, cost fifty-eight thousand American lives. Only the Civil War and the two world wars were deadlier for Americans. During the decade of Vietnam beginning in 1964, the U.S Treasury spent over $140 billion on the war, enough money to fund urban renewal projects in every major American city. Despite these enormous costs and their accompanying public and private trauma for the American people ... , the ... ...

• Word Count: 1688
• Approx Pages: 7

... this war. The war had involved the strongest military, the United States, and an untrained militia, the Vietnamese. The Viet Cong were not the only enemies of the war as harsh weather and the substantial amount of thick jungles grew into a frustrating factor. Many questions still remain regarding the involvement of the U.S. in the war. The psychological scarring and the harsh responses to soldiers all helped show the distaste for the U.S. involvement in the war back on the home front. I see the Vietnam War as ... a political stand for maintaining democracy and foreign involvement, but I...

• Word Count: 1774
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

We WON the war? The Vietnam War lasted through six presidents, 50,000 dead American Soldiers and 25 years of battle. In 1945 Vietnamese nationalist declared independence from France. In 1954 France surrenders 10,000. Vietnam splits, North and South. American's thought that Vietnam was thought to be the gateway for China and Soviet Union. South Vietnam was thought to be vulnerable to attack from ... supply depots. After Johnson asks congress for congressional approval to conduct war without declaring it. Congress approved overwhelmingly. Johnson feels this will end the war in six months. The No...

• Word Count: 1574
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... lying about one of the main the incidents that got the United States involved in the Vietnam war, the United States continued to lie to its citizens even during the war about many things such as the total deaths of the U.S soldiers, the number of Vietnamese soldiers that were killed and the number of U.S troops that were deployed to Vietnam. The government would feed the public this false information ... to make it appear as if the United States was winning the war and almost had the Vietnam ... need to survive. As for my final reason for on why I believe the Vietnam war was unjustifiab...

• Word Count: 1714
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... can be readily traced back to their parents' exposure to Agent Orange during the war, or the consumption of dioxin contaminated food and water since 1975. These families, who worked at the opposite end during the Vietnam War now represent the final vestige of the war: Agent Orange. This year marked the 36th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, but the legacy of Agent Orange remains. Thousands of American GIs still receive disability payment ... for condition related to dioxin. Millions of Vietnamese are believed to be effected by the traces Agent Orange that remain in numerous ......

• Word Count: 2102
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... returning vets. Thousands of soldiers came back with reoccurring 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 Orange, the U.S. quite possibly could have won the Vietnam War completely through the use of air power. More tonnage of ordinance was dropped in any given ... week during Vietnam than during all other wars in the history of the world combined. One would think this would make the war easy to win. Unfortunately, ethical pr...

• Word Count: 2331
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... returning vets. Thousands of soldiers came back with reoccurring 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 Orange, the U.S. quite possibly could have won the Vietnam War completely through the use of air power. More tonnage of ordinance was dropped in any given ... week during Vietnam than during all other wars in the history of the world combined. One would think this would make the war easy to win. Unfortunately, ethical pr...

• Word Count: 2310
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Vietnam: The War We Should Have Won The Vietnam War is one of the most disgraceful periods in American history. Not only did an almost third-world nation best the greatest superpower in the world, but also the loss was a great one. Perhaps this war could have been won, or even prevented in the first place. The United States could have and should have won this war, with a combination of better weapons ... Agent Orange, the U.S. quite possibly could have won the Vietnam War completely through the use of air power. More tonnage of ordinance was dropped in any given week during Vietnam than durin...

• Word Count: 1837
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... after the majority of American soldiers left. The military involvement in Vietnam is directly related to the political management of the m! ilitary throughout the war. The military controlled by the politicians. Vietnam War, military struggle fought in Vietnam from 1959 to 1975. It began as a determined attempt by Communist guerrillas (the so-called Vietcong) in the South, backed by Communist North Vietnam, to overthrow the government of South Vietnam. The struggle widened into a war between South Vietnam and North Vietnam and ... ultimately into a limited international conflict. The Un...

• Word Count: 1281
• Approx Pages: 5

The war in Vietnam - was fought by two forces - the American soldier and the American media. It could be argued that the soldiers lost and the media won. The Vietnam war was like no other before it. It certainly was not a war embellished with all the glamour of the World wars that came before it. Unlike the first and second world wars and even the Korean war, the Vietnam war seemed to be a war of blurred lines. Like the current war in Bosnia ... , there seemed to be a problem in identifying just who the bad guys were ... ...

• Word Count: 2018
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... died later in prison camps. Dien Bien Phu ended the first Indochina war, it clearly showed the difficulty of fighting the Vietnamese in their own country. Dien Bien Phu also represented a significant defeat for Western imperialism. The second Indochina War became President Johnson's war. Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy in 1963 was determined to win the Vietnam war. To Johnson: "nothing could be worse than being ... light for Johnson to substantially increase United States involvement in Vietnam. In March 1965 a continuous bombing programmed began on Vietnam (Operation Rolling Thunder). In...

• Word Count: 2139
• Approx Pages: 9

... , Thieu is quoted admonishing the U.S. saying that the Paris peace accords "led the South Vietnamese to death." Days later, on May 30 Saigon fell to North Vietnam. Tanks and troops conquered the city with little resistance. ( Butler) CONCLUSION The fall of Saigon ended the Vietnam war. The war's outcome was decided before Saigon fell. Factors within South Vietnam and elsewhere crippled Saigon. The Paris peace agreement removed the U.S. from the war and put Saigon in a difficult ... defensive position. U.S. withdrawal destroyed South Vietnam's economy. U.S. political forces decreased fund...

• Word Count: 1346
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... , Ho Chi Minh City (Wilcox. 2011). Everybody knows that Agent Orange caused diseases in soldiers who came back from the Vietnam War, but the exact number of people affected is unknown. Agent Orange is a fifty-fifty combination of 2,4-D and 2,4,5-T, two commercial herbicides used widely in the United States (Stellman et, al. 2003). A research botanist, Dr. Arthur W. Galston, discovered Agent Orange, but he had no intention ... of Medicine (Joseph, 2011). According to a story of Michael and Maureen Ryan and their daughter Kerry, Michael was a soldier who came back from the Vietnam War. He ...

• Word Count: 1538
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... part of everyday activities. Although the air strikes were lethal United States was still not permitted to strike some targets in fear of Chinese retaliation. Leaving communistic China un-attacked helped insure the survival of South Vietnam. As the Vietnam war intensified through 1965-1966 so did the Chinese commitment to North Vietnam (Raskin& Fall 207). During the spring of that year almost 50 ... ,000 Chinese troops were deployed to serve under the control of North Vietnam. In fear that Chinese might inflict damage like earlier in the Korean war President Johnson decided on bombing ....

• Word Count: 1729
• Approx Pages: 7

... part of everyday activities. Although the air strikes were lethal United States was still not permitted to strike some targets in fear of Chinese retaliation. Leaving communistic China un-attacked helped insure the survival of South Vietnam. As the Vietnam war intensified through 1965-1966 so did the Chinese commitment to North Vietnam (Raskin& Fall 207). During the spring of that year almost 50 ... ,000 Chinese troops were deployed to serve under the control of North Vietnam. In fear that Chinese might inflict damage like earlier in the Korean war President Johnson decided on bombing ....

• Word Count: 1818
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography

... , preventing the dreaded "Domino Effect". The Vietnam War was not a very popular war with the American people and due to the prolonged United States involvement the number of people against it grew. The television brought Vietnam into the homes of Americans and fueled protest against it. The Vietnam War was the first war in the history of the United States to be fought on foreign and domestic soil at the same time. The only difference was that the foreign war was being ... fought with the use ... ...

• Word Count: 2373
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... would support America's reasons for getting involved. A critic of the war would want to show that the war was fought for unjust, selfish reasons. However, all these views do not make clear all the reasons, especially the long term reasons, for the war. US involvement in Vietnam was a result of, at first the Second World War, then the Cold War and the French defeat in Vietnam, especially at Dien Bien Phu in 1954. It was ... against communist expansionism. When Ho requested diplomatic recognition from Peking and Moscow, the Cold War officially entered the dispute. Linked to the Cold War, ...

• Word Count: 1722
• Approx Pages: 7

... campaign of the Vietnam War, the north communists launched against the south. The Tet Offensive proved to be a political and a psychological victory for the Vietnamese communists. And, although it only lasted for about one month, it was one of America's most notable battles that taught the Americans and the Vietnamese valuable lessons about life and war. The Vietnam War, a military struggle fought in Vietnam from 1959 to 1975, involving the North Vietnamese and the national liberation ... front (NLF) in conflict with United States forces and the South Vietnamese army was a complicated w...

• Word Count: 2466
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

... had different motives for their involvement in the Vietnam War in the years between 1945 and 1975. The French participation was on the basis of restoring its own power over Indochina. The U.S can blame their exaggerated and misinterpreted fears and hopes of its presidents, who seemed to have made one bad decision after another. North Vietnam was for the most part involved due to their Leader Ho Chi Ming ... communism from early on. This can first be observed from one of his early quotes and as proof of the motives for the Viet Minh's participation in the Vietnam War; "At first patriotis...

• Word Count: 1357
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Vietnam War The man I chose to interview was a helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War. His name is Lonnie Quitman Ellis he was born on March 2, 1946 in Gaffney, South Carolina and he was an only child. Lonnie has two children and is now a collections manager, a resident of Jacksonville, Florida and a big Jaguar fan. Lonnie flew helicopters and instructed students in flight school during his time in the Army ... outside our compounds that much as we really weren't sure who was friendly and who were not. Roads were almost nonexistent. The one road that passed our compound was called Highway on...

• Word Count: 1735
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

... , and twice everyone made 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 a root that lifted half ... growing up and didn't have anyone to write to him or to write to. With no one to communicate to back in the U.S. he didn't know any people that opposed Vietnam back in the U.S. Also since Vietnam was over, there was no negative me...

• Word Count: 1284
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

There are many similarities and differences between the political mood surrounding the Vietnam War, as well as the life styles, tactics and equipment used by the American riflemen in the years 1965 and 1969. Most of the American troops stationed in Vietnam in 1965 were member of the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV). These specialized advisors were charged with the training of the South Vietnamese (ARVN) in the use of modern weapons and tactics in ... an effort to stop communist aggression from the north ... ...

• Word Count: 1323
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School