... drawbacks of human civilization, that consume enormous resources, both human and material, and lead only to destruction. Vietnam is the longest and most controversial war US fought. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara during the Vietnam era admits in his memoirs that Vietnam War was a mistake. "We of the Kennedy and Johnson administration who participated in the decisions on Vietnam acted ... in 1960's that ever before. Cuba, Algeria, China, and some African countries already fall into the communist hands, and many others could follow. Pro-communist guerilla movements spread across South A...

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• Grade Level: High School

... Tet Offensive in January 1968 was a military failure for the VC, they gained a massive psychological edge. On the holiday of Tet, the VC simultaneously attacked dozens of South Vietnamese cities across the country. Although the majority were quickly repelled, the morale of the US was hampered. The US embassy in Saigon had been taken over for a short period of time, whilst ... started to diminish through the 60s and into the 70s. The majority of Congress supported US involvement in Vietnam at the start. A big worry for the US administration was when Robert McNamara's change of stance on ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... 12 students participated in a campus peace picket. One hundred hawkish students mobbed the activists and threw demonstrator Barbra Brock to the ground, kicking her in the face. Kent State president Robert White, who looked back upon an era when the school had been smaller and the students conformed to Cold War political and social mores, declined to take disciplinary action against ... and police. In the spring of 1970 the visible badges of the counterculture, coupled with a national mood of polarization, built the tensions into a major political tragedy. As at many Campuses across the ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... Minh wants to unify Vietnam. Eisenhower felt that South Vietnam was essential to western Security. John F. Kennedy wants to prevent South Vietnam from becoming communist. In 1962 Guerrilla control spreads across Vietnam. 25,000 American Advisors where sent over to show the South Vietnamese how to use American weapons. These troops where sent to Saigon. They where often drawn into battle ... the morning. JFK was distraught. He was assassinated three weeks later. Lyndon Johnson took over as president. JFK had planned to remove troops in Vietnam, according to historians. Defense Attorney R...

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

... 12 students participated in a campus peace picket. One hundred hawkish students mobbed the activists and threw demonstrator Barbra Brock to the ground, kicking her in the face. Kent State president Robert White, who looked back upon an era when the school had been smaller and the students conformed to Cold War political and social mores, declined to take disciplinary action against ... and police. In the spring of 1970 the visible badges of the counterculture, coupled with a national mood of polarization, built the tensions into a major political tragedy. As at many Campuses across the ...

• Word Count: 1345
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate