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…that they were trying to do and even threatened them, they still continued to pursue their idea of change. Ngo Dinh Diem became the first president of South Vietnam in 1956 he was a catholic who opposed Communism and sought for an independent Vietnam while…

…The Vietnam War The Vietnam War is truly one of the most unique wars ever fought by the Unites States of by any country. It was never officially declared a war (Knowll, 3). It had no official beginning nor an official end. It was fought over 10,000 miles…

…. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Congress, the President, and the Battle of Ideas: Vietnam Policy, 1965-1969 Michael Jay Friedman 1. Introduction "This is a time of testing for our nation. The question is whether we have the staying power to fight a very costly war, when…

…raid on Hanoi, and knowing he could die at any moment. But the Vietnam War, the POWs experienced a fate that was worse than death. "As a result of the Vietnamese treatment of American POWs the men were headed for a living hell," said Jeremiah Denton…

…was quick to join the hippie movement. From the beginning, he helped Timothy Leary to publicize the discovery of LSD and was a regular speaker at Vietnam War protests. Continuing to publish poetry, he became a signature of the hippie subculture in addition…

…nomination without any trouble. But growing opposition to the war in Vietnam, unrest on college campuses, and urban rioting, made him vulnerable. In November 1967, Senator Eugene McCarthy of Minnesota announced that he would seek the Democratic nomination…

…The French lost the First Indochina for a variety of reasons, such as the inability to match the Vietnamese War machine, lack of vision regarding the end of colonialism and independence for Vietnam, and finally the disaster which was Dien Bien Phu…

…Tim O'Brien is a highly acclaimed Vietnam War novelist. His depictions of the war are both gruesome and disturbing. O'Brien achieves such reality in his books by drawing material for his novels from his own experience. He uses imagination and fiction…

…, the U.S. agreed to lift the blockade and not invade Cuba. Also, the U.S. would withdraw their own missiles in Turkey that were pointed toward Soviet targets. War had been averted once again. Lastly, Kennedy focused on Vietnam as part of his foreign policy…

…for the betterment of mankind were not always met with approval. Conservatives disdain his “Great Society”, while liberals excoriate his Vietnam policy. Reganites group Johnson’s tenure with the Nixon, Ford, and Carter administrations in a quartet of presidential failures…