The Post Movement: Vietnam War
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The Post Movement: Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a costly and deadly battle that left an emotional and everlasting scar on North/South Korea, France, America, and many other countries as well. This war led to the death of millions while leaving hundreds of thousands of American soldiers wounded. Many historians argue that the Vietnam was a war that America should have not gotten involved in. This was a rising debate as politicians agreed on the sending of America’s military into Vietnam to join forces with France and South Vietnam army to fight in the war. This decision about America’s involvement in the war was not one that the citizens of American were in favor of. This led to a huge controversy between politics, media, and the America people. As a result, citizens broke out into anti-war movements which promoted making peace and not war for our country. One the biggest anti-war movement around this time is known as the Peace Movement, which influenced politicians and final decisions that had a long term effect the America.
In the beginning, “on September 2, 1945, Vietnamese Communist Ho Chi Minh declared Vietnam’s independence, and his followers, members of the Revolutionary League for the Independence of Vietnam, moved quickly to gain control of many parts of the north” (Yancey, 38). Communist Ho Chi Minh led the Vietnamese communist party from 1954 until his death in the year of 1969 with the intention of one main goal, gaining independence for Vietnam. This goal derived from the economic depression Vietnam was facing as a result of the repression on Vietnam by France.
This movement for independence for Vietnam was looked as by Washington, D.C. policymakers as another communist takeover. In the beginning of the war h...
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...l authorities. “Despite a 1965 congressional act providing for a five-year jail sentence and a $10, 000 fine for destroying a draft card, thousands of young men burned their draft cards. Approximately a half-million more refused induction” (Faragher, 779). Others took part in protesting by making bomb threats, carrying out actual bombings, or destroying property that estimated up to a total of twenty-one million dollars.
Today, the antiwar Peace Movement is known as a patriotic movement but contradicts itself for not labeling the people Koreans and the Japanese as people and not enemies. Another contradiction about the Peace Movement being a patriotic movement was fighting against, but towards its own government. But the unification of the American citizens along with the number of years the movement remained peaceful remain impressive to many scholars today.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that the vietnam war was a costly and deadly battle that left an emotional and everlasting scar on north/south korea, france, america, and many other countries.
- Explains that ho chi minh led the vietnamese communist party from 1954 until his death in the year of 1969 with the intention of one main goal, gaining independence for vietnam.
- Explains that the movement for independence for vietnam was seen by washington, d.c. policymakers as another communist takeover. however, president truman refused ho chi minh's revolutionary pleas, and instead aided the french with military equipment.
- Explains that the vietnam war was a costly and deadly battle that left an emotional and everlasting scar on north/south korea, france, america, and many other countries.
- Explains that ho chi minh led the vietnamese communist party from 1954 until his death in the year of 1969 with the intention of one main goal, gaining independence for vietnam.
- Explains that the movement for independence for vietnam was seen by washington, d.c. policymakers as another communist takeover. however, president truman refused ho chi minh's revolutionary pleas, and instead aided the french with military equipment.
- Explains that many american citizens protested this intervention as many felt that this was not america's war. the united states was still suffering from the death tolls of american soldiers and the expenses of the previous war, but this and many other factors led to many movements between 1950 and 1970.
- Explains that the atomic bomb devastation overshadowed the celebration of the war's ending nine days later.
- Explains that world war ii was the first time people began to recognize the peace movements, focusing mainly on the protest of nuclear warfare.
- Explains that the student for a democratic society (sds) organized peaceful marches to protest against america's intervention with the war in the 1960s.
- Explains that the selective service draft was another controversial debate between members of the peace movement and the united states government.
- Explains that president roosevelt reintroduced the draft to the nation in 1940 as a backup method of manpower in case the volunteer signup option failed.
- Explains that the selective service act accounted for 1, 857, 304 draftees during the vietnam war.
- Explains that the peace movement spread even overseas amongst soldiers, mainly the minorities drafted, as they believed they were fighting a "white's man war". this led to soldiers marking their helmets with peace symbols symbolizing they are advocates of the peace movements.
- Explains that anti-war movements started off as peaceful protest marches, music festivals, and the power of speech. the rapid increase in the reestablishment of the peace movement raised awareness to those prowar democrats who felt as though their country was against their government.
- Explains that despite the peaceful protests, the government gave little response to the movement. the movement quickly changed to civil disobedience and resistance against all authorities.
- Explains that the antiwar peace movement is known as a patriotic movement but contradicts itself for not labeling the koreans and the japanese as people and not enemies.
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- Explains that ho chi minh and his viet minh's guerilla campaign against the japanese in indochina ended with the creation of the democratic republic of vietnam.
- Explains zhai, q., china and the vietnam wars, 1950-1975, chapel hill: university of north carolina press.
- Explains that brocheux, p., and duiker, c. (2007). ho chi minh: a biography.
- Explains that the united states and the soviet union perceived each other as enemies, spreading the communism gospel of its anti-democratic ideals by any means necessary.
1521 wordsRead More - Vietnamese Communists Ideology During the Vietnam Waranalytical essayIn the same vein, Zinoman in his forthcomong article, Nhân Văn–Giai Phẩm and Vietnamese “Reform Communism” during the 1950s: A Revisionist Interpretation, challenge a well established view about a NVGP movement, a surge of domestic political protest that peaked in the Democratic Republic of Vietnam during 1956 that takes its name from two incendiary journals – Nhân Văn [humanity] and Giai Phẩm [masterworks]. He points out that foreign scholars and local intellectuals who interested in NVGP affair succeed “in conveying a plausible image of NVGP as a robust movement of political dissent against the party-state” (Zinoman forthcoming 2011, 3). He argues that it caused from their narrow study upon a most dramatic statements of opposition of NVGP and failure to analyze, in any depth, the content of NVGP’s published writing (Zinoman forthcoming 2011, 4).
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes tuong vo's article, "to be patriotic is to build socialsim", which challenges a standard view of the civil war between north and south vietnam.
- Analyzes zinoman's article, nhân văn–giai phm and vietnamese "reform communism" during the 1950s: a revisionist interpretation, which challenges an established view about a nvgp movement.
- Analyzes how zinoman makes boudarel's view on the hungarian uprising an example for his allegation.
- Analyzes tuong vo's article, "to be patriotic is to build socialsim", which challenges a standard view of the civil war between north and south vietnam.
- Analyzes zinoman's article, nhân văn–giai phm and vietnamese "reform communism" during the 1950s: a revisionist interpretation, which challenges an established view about a nvgp movement.
- Analyzes how zinoman makes boudarel's view on the hungarian uprising an example for his allegation.
- Analyzes how zinoman suggests that using "dissidence" as the central concept for making sense of nvgp is problematic.
- Analyzes how members of the nvgp cohort criticized xuân diu's poetry collection, star, which won second prize in the democratic republic of vietnam (drv).
- Analyzes how xuân diu lost his powerful position on the standing committee of the literature and arts association because of his homosexual promicuity.
998 wordsRead More - Summary Of Ho Chi Minh's Declaration Of Independencecomparative essayHo Chi Minh, a communist revolutionary, chose to model his version of the Declaration of Independence to that of the U.S.’s. The founder of the Vietnamese movement for independence believed that the U.S. Declaration of Independence accurately represents the Vietnamese people and their struggles for political and economic autonomy. In this way, he hoped to gain support from the U.S.’s understanding of freedom and make a clear statement towards their abusers. In the beginning of Ho Chi Minh’s Declaration of Independence, he noted the similarities between the U.S. and Vietnam (Minh, 247). Both were restricted in terms of freedom by a greater power, they have experienced numerous abuses by those powers, and so forth. Minh hoped that the U.S. government
In this essay, the author
- Compares ho chi minh's declaration of independence to that of the u.s.
- Compares ho chi minh's declaration of independence to that of the u.s.
262 wordsRead More - Protests Against the Vietnam Warexplanatory essayJames A. Baldwin once said, “The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose” (BrainyQuote.com). In the 1960s, “the man” was youth across the country. The Vietnam war was in full force, and students across the country were in an outrage. Society needed an excuse to rebel against the boring and safe way of life they were used to; Vietnam gave them the excuse they needed. Teenagers from different universities came together and formed various organizations that protested the Vietnam war for many reasons. These reasons included protesting weapons and different tactics used in the war, and the reason the U.S. entered the war in the first place. These get-togethers had such a monumental impact on their way of life that it was famously named the Anti-War Movement. When the Vietnam War ended, The United States did not have a real concrete reason why; there were a bunch of theories about why the war ended. Through negative media attention and rebellious youth culture, the Anti-War Movement made a monumental impact in the ending of the Vietnam War.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that many americans were against the war because they didn't know why they entered it. they were caught in the middle of a communist takeover that was wildly gaining popularity throughout europe.
- Explains that the draft lottery was a televised event that determined who would be volunteered to fight in the vietnam war. this angered americans because it was against their will.
- Explains that american adults were against the war because of the weapons and strategic tactics used in it.
- Explains that many americans were against the war because they didn't know why they entered it. they were caught in the middle of a communist takeover that was wildly gaining popularity throughout europe.
- Explains that the draft lottery was a televised event that determined who would be volunteered to fight in the vietnam war. this angered americans because it was against their will.
- Explains that american adults were against the war because of the weapons and strategic tactics used in it.
- Explains the counterculture and the antiwar movement. north hagerstown high school a.p. u.s. history.
- Explains that the anti-war movement made a monumental impact in the ending of the vietnam war.
- Explains that lyndon b. johnson authorized the first batch of u.s. troops to go and fight in vietnam. he was encouraged by his advisors to take a more forceful approach.
- Cites the annotated list of works cited by the independence hall association. the ten thousand day war.
- Explains that sss.gov. selective service system. "the vietnam lottery."
1005 wordsRead More - Ho Chi Minh Imperialism In Vietnamanalytical essayWhen Ho Chi Minh declared independence in Hanoi on September 2, 1945, Bui Tin perceived him as “a symbol of heroism for the people,”, his perspective can be deemed as reliable due to his proximity to the events of the August Revolution. This highlights Ho Chi Minh’s success in gaining support from the Vietnamese and his diplomacies with China and Russia as it shows he was a key figure towards independence. However, the struggle for independence is implicated in October 1945, with the French refusal to the declaration. Ho Chi Minh attempted to negotiate but the French launched an attack on the Port of Haiphong in November 1946 which was the catalyst to the Indochinese war (1946-1954). By the end of 1945, approximately 20% of the Vietnamese died from famine caused by the Japanese and led to short-lived independence. Perspective needs to be taken into consideration when looking at Ho Chi Minh’s ideologies in his letter to Truman, as it supposes that he could have had genuine relations with the US, but the US had a long hate with China and Russia as they were both communists. It is arguable that Ho Chi Minh’s request for help may have been his political agenda to gain international support. Nationalism was at the heart of it, to fight the French they needed nationalism so the Vietminh seized bases in Laos and Cambodia for liberation. This is underpinned by source A as Ho Chi Minh’s long-term goals were working together and building up a strong union, inclusive of all people. It depicts his strive for negotiation as opposed to war, however, the audience needs to be considered as he may have said these things to manipulate people and contain his plans. These notions are supported by his own words: “win small gains by communism, large gains by nationalism” which emphasise the importance of nationalism in the freeing of the
In this essay, the author
- Explains that the rise of nationalism in vietnam was a response to french colonialism, as their imperial mindset motivated the vietnamese to become stronger and coordinate to unify the nation.
- Analyzes how french colonialism played a substantial role in the struggle for vietnamese independence from 1887.
- Analyzes how nationalism impacted the vietnamese struggle for independence because it led to the first indochinese war with the role of gaining sovereignty
- Explains that the rise of nationalism in vietnam was a response to french colonialism, as their imperial mindset motivated the vietnamese to become stronger and coordinate to unify the nation.
- Analyzes how french colonialism played a substantial role in the struggle for vietnamese independence from 1887.
- Analyzes how nationalism impacted the vietnamese struggle for independence because it led to the first indochinese war with the role of gaining sovereignty
- Analyzes how ho chi minh's long-term goals were working together and building up a strong union, inclusive of all people.
- Analyzes how communism affected the fight for vietnamese unification as it led to the division of vietnam and the formation of international interest.
- Concludes that all ideologies played a key role in the impact of vietnamese unification. french colonialism was the instigator for vietnamese reforms and the emergence of the vietminh through the political leader, ho chi minh.
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