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…Essay Question #2: The Vietnam War The Vietnam War was the longest and most unpopular war in which Americans ever fought. And it cost the nation lots of money. The toll in suffering, sorrow, and in national turmoil can never be tabulated. No one…

…Agent Orange Agent Orange is a defoliant, a plant killer that was used in Vietnam for "Territory Denial". The idea was that the VC wouldn't be so hard to kill if we could see them better by killing the jungle canopy that protected them…

…Entering the executive office in 1969, Richard Milhaus Nixon would have to "pick up the slack" of his predecessor Lyndon Johnson who had left office while the Vietnam War was still waging on. Expected to be the "peaceful-president", Nixon…

…. The United States wanted to keep their position in Asia, so they decided to take a lead role in the containment of China. The United States new containment policy focused on South Vietnam. It was here that the revolutionary Vietcong were trying to overthrow…

…The American/Vietnamese War By Kelly Reynolds, Year 12 Despite the defeat of the French in 1954 by the Viet Minh, America was still confident that they could win the America/Vietnam war. During this time Americans believed that America…

…The novel, Flight of the Intruder, written by Stephen Coonts, is both realistic and historical fiction. This is the riveting novel of America's powerful, high-tech, A-6 Intruder attack planes, and the men who flew them in Vietnam during the war…

…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 direct U.S. military participation in Vietnam beginning in 1964, the U.S…

…China want their country to be independence. Indo China was divided in to 3 countries, which were Lao, Cambodia and Vietnam. Vietnam- In the north part of Vietnam, there were Vietnamese soldiers led by Ho Chi Minh fighting for independence with the French…

…Robert McNamara In Retrospect Random House New York, 1995 Vietnam had long since been a place of controversy, and where our government focused it’s fear of communism for many years. Throughout the Kennedy and Johnson administrations…

…U.S Involvement in the Vietnam War "No new taxes." This is a quote that most all of us remember from the 1992 presidential election. Along with it we remember that there were new taxes during that presidents term in office…