American soldiers returning home from Vietnam often faced scorn as the war they had fought in became increasingly unpopular.
The majority of the American people never truly bought the antiwar movement’s logic. While it is correct to say many wearied of an ineffective national strategy as the war dragged on, they never stopped supporting the actual goals for which the United States and South Vietnam fought. As late...
The day that the Soviets officially crossed the border, I wrote to President Carter, essentially: ‘We now have the opportunity of giving to the USSR its Vietnam war.’ Indeed, for almost 10 years, Moscow had to carry on a war that was unsustainable for the regime, a conflict that bough...
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"For us, it would be better if they compete amongst themselves on who will do more for Ukraine." European nations, meanwhile, will be bracing for Trump while hoping to influence the president-elect's take on the war. Vinjamuri, of the Chatham House think tank, said Europeans ...
Why The United States Won The Vietnam War South Vietnam over political ideologies and imperialist beliefs. The North was communist and the South with the aid of America was anti-communist. While some may argue the USwonbecause of pride‚ more infantry‚ more powerful weapons‚ I believe ...
and audiences have connections with people who fought in it. Perhaps most important, from a U.S. perspective, this was the last war that was largely supported by the public, he says. The Vietnam War, the backdrop forHBO’s “The Sympathizer,”and the Korean War, which lives on through...
From 1353-1371, Fa Ngum went on to conquer most of today’s Laos and parts of what is now Vietnam and Northeast Thailand, bringing Theravada Buddhism and Khmer culture from the kingdom of Angkor (in today’s Cambodia) with him. Over the centuries, his conquered neighbors fought back, ...
thing. The problem is that, and I think this is actually from your books. I'm not telling you something you don't know, but maybe you can comment on it. The winners who may have fought for equality or a place at the table or whatever it is, they never actually make things fair,...
"On the 4 July, our family normally honours the service of those who fought for our freedom, including my father who is a Vietnam war veteran. "It hurts thinking about how I usually celebrate this day because freedom means something completely different to me this year." ...