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Leaders of Vietnam
The Vietnam War has been considered the longest and most controversial one in U.S. history since it spanned over 20 years from 1954 to 1975 and cost many lives in the way of independence. The war was actually between the anti-Communist South and Communist North Vietnam, but it was exaggerated by U.S. who supported the anti-Communist community due to its own strategic interests. The war ended as a result of fall of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam and the two parts of the same country united again, giving a huge forfeit to anti-Communist alliances. The war was led by two brilliant leaders on both sides; Ho Chi Minh in North while Ngo Dihn Diem in the Southern part of Vietnam. These two persons derived the entire population of Vietnam for a single goal, freedom, although they both differ in ideologies and orientations...
In this paper, the leadership styles of both the leaders will be discussed in order to understand about their influence in the Vietnamese society and into the hearts and minds of the Vietnamese people.
It is unanimously believed that the personality of Ho Chi Minh was charismatic and mysterious at the same time, which he used politically for the independence of his country and people. Very little is known about his past and therefore, whatever he was, he transformed himself into a man of people. He was in the favor of independence with pride and dignity and this view of him logically inspired the people of North Vietnam. He was a man of emotions who had immense affects upon the friends and enemies as well. There was no reason to hate him or to disregard him because he had…
This ability to use the bipolar system to its advantage helped North Vietnam to win its war for independence and to take over South Vietnam in 1975. Realism not only fully explains the actions of each state in this conflict, but it also predicted the outbreak of war as soon as ideology became the focus of the debate on Vietnam. In Conclusion, the Vietnam War was an excellent example of
Vietnam: An Unpopular War VIETNAM WAR 12 The paper takes a look into the unpopularity of the Vietnam War and the failed strategies, which resulted in the defeat of the U.S. army in Vietnam. A lot of news and opinions exist regarding the Vietnam War, which tells us about its unpopularity (Writer Thoughts). Several reasons exist about this specific topic and this paper addresses those reasons. Different scholars have put forward arguments regarding the
Vietnam War on the issue of class and race on the Black Americans who participated in the war too. Vietnam War America has in many wars, starting from the Revolutionary era to the war in Vietnam. These wars have inflicted the American society with frequent problems related to paranoia, racial prejudice and discrimination. In any war, the racial groups, ethnic minority or beliefs are discriminated against the enemy from that period,
Vietnam War [...] what role the United States should have played in the Vietnam War. role in the Vietnam War was controversial from the first. Thousands of Americans protested the war while thousands more lost their lives in the fight. The war killed 58,000 Americans, and cost Americans about $150 billion dollars. America first sent troops to the war because leaders felt it was the only way to stop the
Introduction The American Vietnam War (1965-1975) was a complex affair that encompassed many themes and issues—from the fight to contain Communism, which was very much on the minds of many Americans especially since Kennedy had been said to have been assassinated by one, to the problem of the draft and rising protests against the war. As perception of the war changed over time with the help of media interventions, both the
" (The Wars for Vietnam) There was also in increase in bombing and the air war over North Vietnam. Conflict intensified and Nixon severely bombed targets in Hanoi and Haiphong in 1972. This action brought condemnation for the international community and further increased the problematics for America of pursuing the war. This was to have the effect of forcing the Nixon administration to reconsider its negotiation strategies. After fifteen years of