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…In the region collectively known as Vietnam, over 25 years of hostilities had been endured by the Vietnamese people, culminating in the midst of this conflict, the division of Vietnam into North and South as stated in the Geneva Accords. These now…

…the Vietnam War. The goal of the United States was to preserve a separate, independent, noncommunist government in South Vietnam. However, whether or not the American people always agreed with the decisions the government made regarding Vietnam is not quite…

…Source A tells us of the problems faced by America during the Vietnam War. It says that troops were drafted into the US army and scored so low on the IQ tests that they should have been rejected from service. We are told that the army being sent…

…nothing more than an incident, which occurred during a time of war. It was a futile invasion of a small settlement in Vietnam where there were no enemies present. The soldiers, known primarily as Company C or Charlie Company, essentially went mad…

…them fell like backing up the boys in Vietnam. 26% felt moved to oppose the war" Also the USA felt confident as Vietcong were from a poorer country and had to use traditional ways of fighting, but they had the backing of other communist countries. The USA…

…differed drastically from the generally peaceful methods of the anti-Vietnam protests that occurred in the late 1960's. Publications from Malcolm X and other militant leaders show their extreme but perhaps necessary views. Contrastingly the peaceful rallies…

…protests, but on the day of King's assassination, the biggest riot happed in the capital of the United States, Washington, D.C. Between the civil rights movement and the anti-Vietnam protests, the only people that were stuck dealing with the issues were…

…The French colonized Vietnam in the late 1800s. Before this time, land in Vietnam had been communally owned, in the sense that individual households had access to it by membership to the village. "Every family had land to till that it could call its…

…"In this war with no front lines on a map, never was intelligence more essential - but seldom has intelligence performed so poorly." Discuss in regard to Vietnam, 1962-72. Even though the US had some of the finest intelligence services in the world…

…is merely a combination of facts and opinions. Either book would greatly enhance a reader's historical knowledge of the Vietnam War. Patterson's Grand Expectations and O'Brien's The Things They Carried show the significant stresses of war whether…