Civilian officials in Lyndon Johnson's administration did not instruct the military on how to fight the ground war within the borders of South Vietnam. Westmoreland did not want to change U.S. military strategy to focus on pacification at the expense of search and destroy tactics and the main...
Why did the North declare war on the South? In the South, most slaves did not hear of the proclamation for months. But the purpose of the Civil War had now changed. The North was not only fighting to preserve the Union, it was fighting to end slavery. What does the Confederate flag ...
After researching the history of the Vietnam War,I called my mum and asked her if she knew anyone who went to Vietnam that I could interview.She thought for a while and suddenly remembered that she has a cousin who is a veteran of the Vietnam War.She says,"I know him since I was...
His wife remembers that when John Converse went off to fight the war in Vietnam, he didn’t even know how to roll a joint. So how’d he get her mixed up in this mess? She’s standing in the shambles of her living room. A merchant seaman just came in the back door with two kil...
Firmly committed to the anti-war movement, Hayden participated in sit-ins at Columbia University, and in 1965 made his first visit to North Vietnam with an unauthorized delegation. In 1967, he returned to Hanoi and was asked by North Vietnamese leaders to bring three prisoners of war back ...
Firmly committed to the anti-war movement, Hayden participated in sit-ins at Columbia University, and in 1965 made his first visit to North Vietnam with an unauthorized delegation. In 1967, he returned to Hanoi and was asked by North Vietnamese leaders to bring three prisoners of war back ...
The Iraq War is likely one of the more unpopular wars in modern history. According to a 2003 Gallup poll, on the day after the invasion, 76% of Americans approved the invasion. The invasion had strong support among the British as well, 54%. However, elsewhere, the war was incredibly ...
The murder was committed during a string of robberies and burglaries and the day after the murder Babbitt committed at least one sexual assault.Babbitt had been wounded at the bloody 1968 Battle of Khe Sanh in Quảng Trị Province, South Vietnam. As part of his defense, he claimed he...
“He is running against a Weak and Pathetic RINO named Newhouse, who voted to, for no reason, Impeach me,” Trump wrote of Sessler in a post. “Newhouse has to go! He wished he didn’t do what he did, but it’s too late, and besides that, he ...
The Vietnam war could ended in a decisive Victory for the US and South Vietnam , just like the first Gulf War did because, because Bush stayed the hell away from Micro managing the Generals that Cluster Fart was over in 97 hours! I agree with M...