Vietnam War - US Involvement, Conflict, Outcome: The United States began a campaign of sustained air strikes against the North that were code-named Rolling Thunder.
Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon oversaw the conflict, which ratcheted up in intensity as the years passed by. Though each president expressed doubts in private about American involvement, none wanted to be blamed for losing Vietnam to the communists. The war would ...
Vietnam War - Fall, Saigon, US Withdrawal: In early March the North Vietnamese launched the first phase of what was expected to be a two-year offensive to secure South Vietnam. As it happened, the South's government and army collapsed in less than two mo
Using both qualitative and quantitative methods, this research analyzes the key words used by two presidents, Lyndon B. Johnson and George W. Bush, to persuade us into escalating a war in Vietnam and engaging in a pre-emptive war in Iraq, respectively. The findings indicate that presidents ...
More than a dozen sitting presidents have faced Congressional censure, but the official reprimands do not carry the weight of law.
To make his most extensive critique of Trump this year, Biden, a Democrat, chose an event to honor the late Republican Senator John McCain of Arizona, a former presidential candidate, fighter pilot and Vietnam prisoner of war who Trump had denounced as "not a war hero." ...
Army members have been awarded the medal since the award was created in 1944, which means there have been medal winners since World War Two, up through the Vietnam War and the war in Iraq. These army, air force, and other military heroes showed extreme bravery in dire combat situations, ...
Even many of the first Presidents were slave owners. The financial strain of the American Revolution and the ideals of the late 1700s Enlightenment brought slavery to the center of the national debate scene. Many slaves were freed during the war. Some were freed to fight for the Americans ...
Since the 1980s, US presidents have made the promotion of "democratization" in recipient countries a top goal of US foreign aid. But such moves often brought disasters to the recipient countries. Rapid political "democratization" and economic privatization in many African countries led to large-sc...
One of my closely held beliefs is that we will be held accountable for the heritage left us by those who have fought and bled, and came before us. When I see the farrago that has become Afghanistan, the ineptitude of Vietnamese legacy, the current condition of the White House, politics...