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…the Russians are able to use for their own political benefit. The American ambassador is rude and awkward; the Russian is refined and skillful. This theme is implied through out The Ugly American in reference to Burma, Ceylon, Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia…

…, with the likes of Joseph Stalin and Mao Tsetung. In the mid to late nineteen forties, communism was thriving in Asia. The Chinese and the Russians had pushed the spread of Communism south into countries such as Cambodia and Vietnam. The United Stated saw…

…who flew over Vietnam and was captured and taken as a POW. This book covers his time in the military before hand describing the daily procedures etc. of his military life.                  The author graduated from Jordan High School…

…the rewards of fighting. Later in the year, General Giap was forced to flee Vietnam and fled to China. Towards the end of 1941, Giap returned to Vietnam to organize and set up intelligence operations. Throughout World War II, Giap worked with a bandit collecting…

…to reach heaven or the "dunk" so to speak. This relationship is also exposed when Johnny gets an excuse from being drafted. Owen realized that to not compromise his friend's unyielding opinion of the Vietnam War and the draft, he would have to find someway…

…in Malaya in 1948-58 and again in 1962 and also with the US forces in Vietnam in 1964-72. Throughout the 1950's and 1960's Australia again, followed the lead of the US and refused to recognise the existence of China. China was seen as the enemy and the non…

…for war was over government. In 19 , the Vietnam War began. In this war, South Vietnam fought to be a democratic country. North Vietnam defeated South Vietnam. In this war alone, the United States lost 58,000 soldiers. Most of these soldiers had family ties…

…. The situation was very delicate, to say the least. However, in the end this crisis demonstrated both sides' reluctance to actually descend into nuclear conflict. In early 1965, the United States began air raids on North Vietnam and on Communist-controlled areas…

…the south, which cost many lives for almost a pointless war. The north, which should be classified as third world, sought, not being much better, did have more freedom because it is aided with democracy. Vietnam was another valuable war zone for the infiltration…

…to the Soviets, that's why it needed a peace with the Western world. To the US, military expense was also a problem, but unlike Soviets that was spending the money on the arms race, it focused its military power in the Vietnam War, which was a money, time, resources…