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…VIETNAM Ho Chi Minh As the founder of the Indo-Chinese Communist party in 1930 and president of North Vietnam from 1945 to 1969, Ho Chi Minh led the longest and most costly 20th-century war against colonialism. His whole adult life was devoted…

…Tragedy in Vietnam When many Americans think of the Vietnam War they think of the American lives that were lost as a result of this terrible tragedy. Americans tend to think of the 58,000 American lives lost and fail to realize that the Vietnamese…

…Vietnam had been a French colony, before World War II and after the Japanese were defeated and driven out, it went back to French control. But despite U.S. financial aid, France was driven out of the country in 1954 by communist forces led by a man…

…History Since reclaiming Gia Lam Airport from the French over 47 years ago, Vietnam's civil aviation industry has grown steadily into one of the country's most vibrant economic sectors, and the national carrier - Vietnam Airlines - is now poised…

…<Tab/>Why did the United States get involved in the Vietnam War? <Tab/>One thing that got the United States into the Vietnam War was the end of colonialism. The European countries were unable to deny the escalating demands…

…Vietnam In 1955, with the help of massive amounts of American military, political, and economic aid, the Government of the Republic of Vietnam (GVN or South Vietnam) was born. The following year, Ngo Dinh Diem, a faithfully anti-Communist figure from…

…The Vietnam War: Tim O’Brien’s If I Die in a Combat Zone Michael Hunt’s Lyndon Johnson’s War There are so many events in history that it is impossible to know them all. Despite that fact, there are many different sources on events that happened…

…1. Introduction It was supposed to be a South Vietnamese war with the U.S. advising those who were frightened in their freedom. But the U.S. would end up doing much more than just advising. The Vietnam War was supposed to be a demonstration of how…

…Did the Us lose the Vietnam war in the US or in Vietnam. I believe the US lost the war in both the United States and in Vietnam. During the Vietnam war the two sides, the United States with South Vietnam and North Vietnam with the Viet Cong, used…

…DBQ The uniqueness of Vietnam can be broken down into three categories: the brutality of the war, the inaccuracy of the photo-journalistic coverage of the fighting and the war’s length. There is no doubt about the brutality of the Vietnam War…