Proxy war

The Vietnam War was one of the most controversial wars of its time. Many americans opposed of the war because they thought it was highly unnecessary with all the trouble that appeared based around how the young felt and the use of brutal weaponry. Even though some government officials thought they were doing the right thing to protect southeast asia's freedom. It wasn’t worth giving up the many of our own people's freedom. The senate claimed in their debates of the Tonkin Gulf (Doc 8) 1964…

The Vietnam War was one of the bloodiest wars in American history resulting in the death of nearly sixty thousand American troops even though most citizens back home opposed our involvement in the war. This wasn’t always the case though, when the United States joined the war effort in 1965 most Americans supported the decision whole heartedly. Our reason for joining was to stop the spread of communism but as the war went on it seemed like this reason wasn’t good enough for many American citizens…

The Vietnam War era was a time of many controversies, especially within the government. There are many people who have spoken out against the government during this era and suffered repercussions, though the ones that had spoken out, we revere them for their courage to do what other people wouldn’t dare to. A few of the people who had done America favor, was the people who stole the government’s study on the Vietnam war and the news organizations that decided to publish the papers for all the…

amount of unfortunate circumstances, The Vietnam War was deemed as the “unwinnable war”. Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War stemmed in August 1962, in support of South Vietnam and putting an end to the spread of communism. This started due to the separation between the French Indo-china and the following requests of realignment between the countries, yet the Vietnamese weren’t interested in the realignment. Australia’s engagement in the war mainly consisted of Army personnel, but…

Introduction Topic The war affected the American culture in many ways. It changed the attitudes of the Americans towards their government, military, constitution, media, and public institution. The impact of the war can be still felt in the United States today. During wartime or even when people are making peace, those in the waterfront as well as those they leave behind, need morale boosting. This is the reason behind the composition of folk songs during the Vietnam War (Alexander, 1980). War…

America over the Vietnam War. America was on the expensive side of the lake where they knew what was going on with the other side, but they didn 't have to face the reality because it was different and far away. They didn 't have the reality check that the soldiers did when their eyes were opened to a new world of destruction that was for some effort they knew little about. They didn 't know why they were fighting. America was even divided so much on the topic of the war that our soldiers were…

The aftermath of the Vietnam War brought attention to severe issues in multiple countries that the war had affected. America was largely impacted by the war, however, Vietnam and other countries nearby were affected the most drastically. “The Wages of War,” an essay by Michael H. Hunt, offers the most detailed perspective on the aftermath of the Vietnam War due to it explaining the effects of the war outside of the United States as well as inside, whereas while “Competing Memories,” by Arnold R.…

previous American wars support only joining wars when we are directly threatened. In WWI, Germany took the “Sussex pledge” during WWI saying that they would not engage in unrestricted submarine warfare, but since America was aiding the Allies with supplies, Germany considered America to…

chapter 4 was to demonstrating the historical past of American Foreign Policy and how and what leaders and events lead the shaping of policy to what we see it as today. In addition to, that war is can be broken down into three alternative factors/components political, military, and economy all effect each other and war in different aspects. While all the matter stressing the notion that each specific foreign event should be handle not by past presidents, but by a detailed investigation of the…

America from the 1950’s to the 1970’s was in complete turmoil. The Vietnam War had taken over and fear was instilled into the lives of Americans everywhere. There was the fear of being drafted, the fear of loved ones leaving, the fear of loved ones dying, and the fear of war itself. Although society wanted to believe the war was notable and heroic, many did not think that way. Men who were sent over to Vietnam during the war were stripped of their lives and forced to adapt to life under attack.…