The Vietnam War lasted for 19 years from 1955 to 1975 and transformed Vietnam into a communist state. It is considered a ''proxy war'' conflict of the broader Cold War, as the United States and Soviet Union supported opposing sides but never actually went to war with each other....
An ambitious effort to produce a comprehensive historical account of the war in Vietnam is underway within the United States government. The publications that have been completed to date and those to be issued later are discussed. A bibliography of the publications is also provided. (RM)...
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“Coming out of the Vietnam War, it was evident that the United States couldn’t take air superiority for granted,” Stenger tells Popular Mechanics.“We needed a fighter that could not only engage Russian fighters in within-visual-range (WVR) combat, but also one that could utilize the la...
Part of the reason was economic. While the economy after World War II was one of the most robust in American history, during and after Vietnam the nation was in a death spiral of stagflation and economic malaise. And as more and more wartime atrocities came to light, there was a national...
How did the American side lose in Vietnam? The Vietnam War was a unified struggle, dau tranh, of politics as much or more than arms. The enemy in Hanoi made the streets of America and the lobbies of Congress the crucial battlefield. That... R Canfield - 《Military》 被引量: 0发表...
When Algerian Ambassador to China Hassane Rabehi visited Xinjiang in August, he was impressed by how the rights of people of all ethnic groups there are well protected. "The fruit here is so sweet, just like the life of people here," he said then. ...
Since Earth Day falls on a Monday, it can also be celebrated by participating in Meatless Monday. The movement, according to its website, was started in 2003 by Sid Lerner, with the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable F...
He just knows that he runs on the road with instinct, and he has run past the discrimination of his childhood classmates.Ran through the college football field, ran through the quagmire of the Vietnam War, ran through the battlefield of ping-pong dip...
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