Vietnam was a battleground in the Cold War when the United States and the Soviet Union grappled for world domination. By the war’s end, North and South Vietnam would be reunited, but at great cost. Here are six events that led to the Vietnam War. ...
There were a handful of key events that happened in the first Indochina war which are significant to learn when trying to understand the conflict. Learn more about continuing conflict, timelines of events, and how they affect the outcome of these wars. ...
It isn’t easy to move forward in life when you seem trapped by events that happened in the past. Often times the harder you try to get unstuck, the more bound you become to that very past. So how does one resolve such a dilemma? It probably won’t be without effort, time, and e...
the general feeling was that, should the North Vietnamese communists win, the remainder of Southeast Asia would also fall to communism. When President John F. Kennedy took office in 1961, he swore that he would not let that happen.
The Vietnam War Commemoration is conducted according to the 2008 National Defense Authorization Act to help honor and pay tribute to Vietnam Veterans and their families.
that world when, from the mid-19th century, it was confronted by technologically superior foreign nations. There followed a century of decline and decrepitude, as China found itself relatively helpless in the face of a foreign onslaught. The trauma of this external challenge became thecatalystfor...
What happened in the 1960s? It was a time of monumental change and strife. Here's a look at 10 of the most tragic events that occurred in the '60s.
PHUKET: The Director of the War Veterans Organisation under Royal Patronage visited and talked with more than 500 former military personnel from Phuket, Krabi, Trang and Phang Nga provinces yesterday (Nov 29). Tens of thousands in Lebanon head home as Israel-Hezbollah truce takes hold Phuket News...
PHUKET: Phuket officials have attended the funerals of three of the nine Myanmar workers killed in the landslide on Aug 23 to assure the public that the Phuket Provincial Social Security Office is expediting efforts to provide compensation under various social security measures to those affected by ...
Bob Kerrey Recalls His Idyllic Youth, and Fatal Events of the Vietnam War.(BOOKS)