Why did America fight the Vietnam War? The military suffered over 58,000 casualties, and America withdrew in defeat. What for? Historian Victor Davis Hanson…
Why did people support the U.S. annexation of the Philippines? Why did many Americans oppose the annexation of the Philippines? Why did the U.S. imperialize the Philippines? Why did the U.S. fight the Indian Wars? Why did the U.S. become involved in the Vietnam War? Why did United...
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Why did the USA get involved in the cold war and were they prepared for it? Four arguments as to why the USA got involved in Vietnam are: • Containment • Domino theory • American politics • The military-industrial complex Containment- meant stopping the spread of communism. The ...
The casualties and losses of the Vietnam and Korean wars, the two major wars fought indirectly between United States and the Soviet Union during the course of the Cold War, would seem like a disaster for both world superpowers. But in fact it was not. The Cold war brought a period of ...
Ali refused to be inducted into the US Army to fight in Vietnam. Black History Meet Stagecoach Mary, the Daring Black Pioneer Who Protected Wild West Stagecoaches Would-be mail thieves didn’t stand a chance against Stagecoach Mary. The hard-drinking, quick-shooting mail carrier sported two ...
Dave Burns, a member of the U.S. Air Force’s 16 Special Operations Squadron, flew missions over Laos out of Ubon, Thailand. He recalls, “Sepon was the one place in Laos that we did not want to fly into. The village was at a crossroads of three highways leading in from Vietnam:...
I finally did what I should have done a long time ago. I’ve moved the blog into my own host and added domain. Now the site can be reached under the adress: www.pcgamingfan.com It turns out I picked a really good time to do it, because not only was my original host pretty much...
The concept of training for violence is hardly new, although it may still be as misguided as ever in most professional capacities. Training has always had a tendency to become dogmatic. I have heard from many a combat vet from Vietnam that their marksmanship training was preoccupied with qualif...
Let’s see…there was Guatemala in 1954, Nicaragua, Panama, Iran, Vietnam, Cuba (attempted), Haiti, El Salvador, Honduras (recently), Chile, Argentina and Brazil. Did I miss anyone? I am sure that I did. The CIA sponsored coups and/or supported dictatorships in all these countries. ...