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U.S. and Vietnam?s Misperceptions during the Vietnam Conflict, 2002.
This paper explains how the U.S. and Vietnam?s misperceptions of each other affected the way they fought the war, mentioning the My Lai massacre and the affect this had on the way Vietnamese perceived the United States.
1,360 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 45.95
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Because of the way the Americans fought this war, the Vietnamese had different perceptions or misperceptions of the United States. All of the assigned readings make this point valid. Many of the Vietnamese civilians saw the American soldiers as instruments for America?s leaders wanting their war machine to defeat the North Vietnamese, not to help Vietnam, but just to win. American leaders were making their decisions by listening to certain people ?who didn?t really know what they were dealing with.? This paper explains how the Americans misunderstood the Vietnamese and what went wrong when they tried to take over the fight between North and South Vietnam.
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"After reading the assigned books for this paper, I have come to the conclusion that the way the US fought this war was not very honorable. The American military leaders back in the United States did not know enough about what was really going on in Vietnam and as a direct result, they underestimated the power of the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese Regular Army. Herr makes this evident when he says ?there is a point of view that the United States got involved in the Vietnam War ... simply because we thought it would be easy.?1 "
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The U.S. Economy and the Vietnam War, 2002.
Review of three books on the state of the U.S. economy, before, during, and after the Vietnam War.
965 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 34.95
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This paper reviews different literature discussing the economic implications of the Vietnam War on the U.S. Economy. The books analyzed are "Lyndon Johnson and The Wars for Vietnam", "Nixon's Economy: Booms, Busts, Dollars, and Votes", and "The Economic Consequences of the Vietnam War". The paper concludes with the finding that the U.S. economy was significantly damaged by American involvement in the war and that American presidents of that period were aware of the damage being done to the economy but pursued war nonetheless.
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"Perhaps the most eloquent work in this regard is that of Anthony Campagna (1991) with his book titled "The Economic Consequences of the Vietnam War." Campagna in this book traces the historical performance of the US economy along with the country's involvement in the unwanted War. According to him the US involvement began during the Truman administration when the US promised to help the French government in their governance of the Indochina region. The US after the World War II followed a containment of Communism foreign policy and to help the French meant containment of the Asian and China region effectively."
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U.S. Cold War Foreign Policy Failures, 2002.
This paper discusses that the foreign policy failures of the U.S. in Cuba and Vietnam were the results of a foreign policy based on Cold War ideology.
2,040 words (approx. 8.2 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 64.95
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This paper explains that the American failures in Cuba and Vietnam in the 1960s were due in large part to the fear, arrogance and ignorance of Cold War containment policies that developed in the aftermath of World War II. The author believes that the problem was the assumption that all political and economic reform movements in Third World nations were not indigenous but were inspired instead by the evil Communist leaders of the Soviet Union. The author states that once this Cold War policy was in effect, no leader of the U.S. had the courage, wisdom or political independence to try to alter fully that policy.
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"Kennedy certainly entered office under the pall of the same Cold War ideology and its containment policy, as evidenced by his "missile gap" rhetoric, his increase of advisors in Vietnam, and the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba. It will never be known whether he would have averted a war in Vietnam, but his test-ban treaty with the Soviets, his denunciation of the CIA after the Bay of Pigs disaster, and his plan to withdraw some troops from Vietnam indicate at least a willingness to consider more flexibility in that policy."
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U.S. Foreign Policy, 2005.
This paper discusses U.S. foreign policy from 1900 to the present.
1,680 words (approx. 6.7 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 54.95
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This paper explains that the military activities in the Philippines and Mexico signaled a change in the attitude of U.S. foreign policy from isolationism to imperialism. The author points out that the Second World War and the Cold War caused all of U.S. life to be filtered through the lens of foreign policy such as (1) the facilitation of grant programs such as the National Defense Student loans, (2) reliance on state and local governments for local infrastructure financing because federal monies were committed to Cold War foreign purposes and (3) the more rapid integration of the races at home due to the necessity of integration in the military to have enough troops to conduct overseas operations such as Korea, Vietnam and assorted smaller wars. The paper concludes that, today, there is no foreign policy agenda per se; Bush II is a tabula rasa, straddling two wings of the same party, like a feckless cowboy on two horses.
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U.S. National Foreign Policy Style, 1900 to the Present
U.S. Foreign Policy Domestic Context 1950
Changes over the Last Ten Years
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"It would seem this attitude of foreign policy was written in stone. However, one of its early ardent supporters, Theodore Roosevelt, was among those who began to see that U.S. imperialism was not working. In the end, it was Wilson who noted that the drive for colonies contributed mainly to savage warfare. He concluded, in another sea-change manner that would influence U.S. foreign policy at least until another Roosevelt (Franklin Delano) entered the White House, that it would be best to "dismantle the colonial structure itself. His plan included self-determination for former colonies, international arms reduction, an open trading system to discourage economic imperialism, and a commitment to collective security through international organizations, what is now sometimes referred to as multilateralism." That drive, culminating in such bodies as the League of Nations and reluctant entry into further wars, would be the dominant attitude until the start of World War II."
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The U.S. at War, 2002.
A look at U.S. participation in different wars throughout history.
1,774 words (approx. 7.1 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 57.95
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This paper looks at how the United States is a country which has risen to become a ?superpower? country since its liberation from British rule during the early 19th century. It analyzes how America has developed from a newly-established nation to a political power in the world today through its various public information and policy campaigns during the wars it has participated in. It also discusses how its active participation in the Indian Wars, Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam War have helped determine America?s political stance and military capabilities, qualities that have made the nation one of the strongest and most stable forms of political and social system.
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"The Korean War was once of the conflicts that US participated in during its containment policy program or the Truman Doctrine in 1947, a few years after the WWII. The Truman Doctrine or Containment policy of the United States seeks to prevent the spread of Communism in the world, particularly in Southeast Asian nations, which are in danger of becoming influenced with Communist doctrines and beliefs. The Korean War stemmed from the separation of Korea as a nation during WWII. Because the North was allied to the Japanese and Russian forces during US?s containment policy, US sought South Korea?s help to combat the probable spread of Communism in the country. With the help of the United Nations, the US enforced anti-Communism in the Asian region, and participated in the violent attack against North Korean forces, resulting to further damage in the country and widening the gap between the North and South Korea."
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U.S Domestic and Foreign Policy, 2002.
An examination of the period 1960-1974.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 9 sources, $ 71.95
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Examines the period 1960-1974. Argues that U.S. made effective progress domestically in the area of civil rights which gave minorities & women greater freedoms & rights. Contends U.S. foreign policy did not promote progress abroad. U.S. focus on the Cold War and Vietnam policy. Policies of Presidents Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon.
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"This study will argue that between 1960 and 1974 the United States was an effective champion of progress at home, but did little to promote it abroad. Specifically, with respect to progress at home, political and social leaders and activists advanced the cause of civil rights during this period. The civil rights movement affected for the better the lives of blacks and other minorities and women, groups which had been restricted in their freedoms and rights in the past. The reason for the lack of the promotion of progress abroad was that the United States was fixated in those years on the Cold War. Foreign policy was based not on the desire to help the people of other nations politically, socially or economically, but rather to fight the communists, particularly the dreaded Soviet Union, and to fight them specifically in the poor nations of the Third World. Those..."
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The Impact of the U.S.- Vietnamese War on North Korea, 2002.
An examination of the social, economic and cultural consequences of the Vietnamese war on North Korea.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 45.95
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This paper discusses the impact of 11-year U.S.-Vietnamese War on North Vietnam?s economy, society and culture. In the postwar years, the pace of change in Vietnam is satisfactory but, unfortunately it is limited only to the realm of culture and social values while the economic sector is still desperately looking for a revival. The change on this front is expected soon with the softening of America? attitude towards its ex-enemy.
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"The 20th century was a period of great social and political upheaval for Vietnam. The US-Vietnam war that lasted eleven years changed the face of a country, which had already been injured by severe poverty and intense political instability. It is important to understand that the war did not only change things at home but also transformed the state of international relations. Vietnam suffered socially, economically and politically because of this war and even though it won in the end, the victory did not exactly made any difference as far as development was concerned. But even though the war had far reaching implications, it is quite interesting to know that Vietnamese do not give as much importance to this war as we do, here in the United States. This is because the two countries and their people do not share same views on the subject of Vietnam-America war. In other words, while we assign tremendous importance to this event, to Vietnamese the only reason it was significant was because America was involved. (Lamb, 2002)"
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U.S. and the Vietnam War, 1990.
This paper examines the involvement of the United States in the Vietnam War and argues that Cold War imperatives more than national security led to U.S. this involvement.
2,475 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 8 sources, $ 87.95
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"This study will examine the involvement of the United States in the Vietnam War. The study will consider whether the national interest or Cold War imperatives primarily inspired American involvement in that war, and will argue that Cold War imperatives far more than any true national security interests were responsible for the involvement. The word "imperatives" should be first defined, however. An imperative implies that the United States had no choice but to engage in war in Vietnam, as if the Cold War confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union (with Communist China thrown in for good measure) required that the United States involve itself in Vietnam to guard against, for example, a collapse into the Communist camp of every nation in Southeast Asia.
In fact, the United States became involved in Vietnam ... "
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U.S. & Vietnam: Political Relations, 1990-1996, 1999.
An examination of 1990s policy in context of the Vietnam War and its aftermath, economics, rise of capitalism, normalization, POW/MIA issue and diplomacy.
2,700 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 13 sources, $ 95.95
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"Political Relations Between The United States and Vietnam: 1990-1996
Introduction
This research examines the political relations between the United States and Vietnam for the inclusive period 1990-1996. The relations between the United States and Vietnam during the 1990s do not exist within a contemporary vacuum. Rather, these relations remain to some extent a manifestation of the Vietnam War and the aftermath of that war from 1975 through the end of the 1980s. For this reason, it is necessary to allude to this earlier relationship between the two countries when reviewing their contemporary relationship. Further, political relations between countries no more exist in disciplinary vacuum than they exist in a temporal vacuum. Thus, economic factors affecting the..."
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Vietnam and U.S. Economic Relations, 2001.
An analysis of the attempt to improve economic relationships between these two countries since the end of the war in 1975.
1,550 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 50.95
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This paper looks at how after the Vietnam war ended, the United States wished to invest in the Vietnamese economy in order to get it out of its ten-year stagnation following the war. The writer examines various forms of aid, laws and committees which have been established to normalize relationships between Washington and Hanoi.
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"Vietnam?s economy stagnated for 10 years after the war ended in 1975. In 1986, the Sixth Party Congress approved a broad economic reform package called ?Doi Moi? or renovation that was geared to dramatically alter and improve Vietnam?s business climate, both at home and abroad.
?Vietnam became one of the fastest-growing economies in the world, averaging around 8 percent annual GDP growth from 1990 to 1997.? (Bureau of Public Affairs) Vietnam?s inflation rate stood at an annual rate of more than 300 percent in 1987 and fell below 4 percent in 1997. Investments and domestic savings grew and agricultural production doubled which led to the country being the second largest exporter of rice in the world."
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Normalization Of U.S.-Vietnam Relations, 1995.
Examines the political, economic and historical implications of President Clinton's 1995 action, pros and cons, impact on China, trade and the P.O.W. issue.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 7 sources, $ 63.95
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"On July 11, 1995, President Clinton the normalization of diplomatic relations--that is, full mutual diplomatic recognition--between the United States and Vietnam (McManus, 1995, p. A1). This move touched one of the rawest of American political nerves. It raised immediately the question of the uncertain fate of service members still missing from the war, and ultimately that of the outcome of the Vietnam War itself and of whether American opponents of the war, including President Clinton, bore a share of responsibility for the American defeat in the war.
Thus the normalization of relations was immediately denounced by Republican congressional leaders Newt Gingrich and Robert Dole, as well as by the American Legion and organizations active in the issue of Americans still missing in action from the ..."
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U.S. in Vietnam, 1992.
Argues for and against the American involvement, discussing the Cold War, politics, military, treaty, strategic issues, Geneva Accords, imperialism and ethics.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 4 sources, $ 79.95
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"This study will first argue that the United States should have been involved in Vietnam, will then argue that the United States should not have been involved, and will conclude with a summary of the arguments.
The United States should have been involved in Vietnam because it was necessary for the leader of the Free World to take a stand against Communism in a vitally strategic area of the world.
In the Boettiger-edited Vietnam and American Foreign Policy (published in 1968 and therefore covering only part of the war), Scalapino contributes an essay entitled "We Cannot Accept a Communist Seizure of Vietnam."
Writing in 1966, Scalapino writes, with respect to the United States and Vietnam, that "We face a challenge in Asia similar in its proportions to that which we faced in Europe 20 ..."
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Peace Efforts In Vietnam, 2002.
Discusses the problem of getting the U.S. out of Vietnam in an acceptable way.
5,400 words (approx. 21.6 pages), 8 sources, $ 135.95
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Discusses the problem of getting the U.S. out of Vietnam in an acceptable way. Large scale involvement of American combat troops during the war. Problems of negotiations. Conditions that make for successful negotiations. Political dynamics in South Vietnam. Early American negotiating proposals. U.S. policy makers concept of "withdrawal with honor," and an acceptable outcome.
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"More than a quarter-century after the end of American military involvement in Vietnam, the Vietnam War remains a great unsettled question in American public life. The cultural division in American politics, as displayed in the close 2000 election, probably correlates strongly to opinions about the American experience in Vietnam, which likewise hangs over American foreign policy, particularly when any commitment of forces is involved. Vietnam still matters.
The discussion below is focused on the problem of getting the United States out of Vietnam in an acceptable way, once American combat forces were involved there on a large scale, not..."
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?Lyndon Johnson?s War: American?s Cold War Crusade in Vietnam?, 2002.
This paper discusses that in ?Lyndon Johnson?s War? author Michael Hunt provides the reader with a synopsis of the factors leading to the United States involvement and, later, its first defeat in a foreign war.
990 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 35.95
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This paper explains that more than 25 years after the last helicopter lifted from the United States embassy in Saigon, the Vietnam War continues to cast a shadow on American history and continues to be the subject of contentious debate.The paper says that, for Hunt, one of the biggest failings of U.S. policy in Southeast Asia was the government?s inability or unwillingness to view the war from the perspective of the North Vietnamese. The author believes that the major shortcoming of ?Lyndon Johnson?s War? is that it failed to present the relationship between the Cold War presidencies.
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"Johnson?s government subscribed to the prevailing ?domino theory,? the idea that if Vietnam falls to Communism, other satellite countries would follow. Like his predecessor President Eisenhower, Johnson believed that Communism was inimical to the free world. The domino theory reveals a view of Communism as a monolithic aggression. It did not recognize the nuances of the motives of the North Vietnamese people and their sympathizers. The Vietnam War was thus fought with the ultimate goal of containment in mind, with keeping Communism from spreading around Asia and, by extension, the rest of the world."
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Vietnam War, 2002.
Discusses the involvement of the U.S. in the Vietnam War.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 14 sources, $ 79.95
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Discusses involvement of the U.S. Causes and consequences of the Vietnam War on American society. American policy dictated by Cold War considerations. Analyzes the divisive and corrosive effects on American society. Antiwar movement. Decreasing public support for the war. History of Indochina. Early U.S. invovement. Escalation of the war. Outcome.
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"VIETNAM WAR U.S. INVOLVEMENT CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES
This research paper discusses and analyzes the reasons why the United States became involved in the Vietnam War and the consequences of that war on American society then and later.
From the late 1940s and until the fall of Saigon in 1975 American policy toward Vietnam was dictated by Cold War considerations --i.e. the imperative need as perceived by the American national security establishment to contain communist expansion in French Indochina, and, after 1954, to prevent a communist takeover in South Vietnam. The United States moved from indirect to direct involvement in combat operations in Vietnam in the mid-1960s because the administration of Lyndon Johnson concluded that the South Vietnamese Government was incapable of defending itself.
The Vietnam War had significantly debilitating, divisive and ..."
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