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Ho Chi Minh Henry Cabot Lodge
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Vietnam War was fought in Vietnam from 1959 to
1975. The war was between North Vietnamese and the
National Liberation Front (NLF) versus the United
States and the South Vietnamese army. It
eventually divided into two parts, North and South
Vietnam. The United States was incorporated with
the south. The United States became involved in
the Vietnam war because it believed that if all
the country fell under the Communist government,
Communism would spread throughout Southeast Asia
and beyond. This ...
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Dien Bien Phu Ho Chi Minh
1,588 words
The Vietnam conflict began in the late nineteenth
century. The French conquered Vietnam and made it
a protectorate. For nearly forty years, Vietnam
had not experienced settled peace. The League for
the Independence of Vietnam (Viet Minh) was formed
in 1941, seeking independence from the French. On
September 2 nd, 1945, Ho Chi Minh proclaimed it
independent of France. The French opposed their
independence from 1945 to 1954. The first
representatives of de Gualles government landed by
parachute in...
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Ho Chi Minh San Diego Ca
2,342 words
At the end of World War II in 1945, The United
States government was, seemingly, intent on
eradicating Communism from the world. The
government was, in a Machiavellian but sometimes
inept way, using any means necessary to achieve
this goal. In the process, the United States
nearly engaged in nuclear war with the Soviet
Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962,
sacrificed over 58, 000 American lives and some
300, 000 causalities (not to mention the untold
millions of Asian lives), and create...
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Cuban Missile Crisis Lyndon B Johnson
1,847 words
JFK IN VIETNAM From the 1880 s until World War II,
France governed Vietnam as part of French
Indochina, which also included Cambodia and Laos.
The country was under the formal control of an
emperor, Bao Dai. From 1946 until 1954, the
Vietnamese struggled for their independence from
France during the first Indochina War. At the end
of this war, the country was temporarily divided
into North and South Vietnam. North Vietnam came
under the control of the Vietnamese Communists who
had opposed France...
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Dien Bien Phu Ho Chi Minh
3,784 words
By the late 1960 s, the conflict in Vietnam had
escalated to a limited war involving approximately
half a million military personnel and billions of
dollars a year. The American presence in Indochina
had steadily increased from the Truman
administration to Kennedys decision to initiate
greater American involvement in 1961. The peak of
543, 000 American forces was achieved in 1969 and
was the culmination of US aid to the nation of
South Vietnam. The US policy since the beginning
of the Cold War h...
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