The question before us鈥擶hy did the North Win the Vietnam War?represents a long tradition in the thinking of U.S. policymakers and American and Vietnamese historians alike. It is, however, as the contributors to this volume make clear, essentially the wrong question because it gives ...
As the war ground on and became increasingly hopeless, the military personnel put through this kind of revolving door of service came to represent something many Americans would rather not accept: defeat. “Vietnam was a lost war, and it was the first major lost war abroad in American history...
In its never-ending propaganda war against China, Washington has recently chosen issues relating to China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region as its new target. To the surprise of many, Washington even came to the point of imposing sanctions on China and disrupting the world's supply chain solely...
Image:Anti-war protesters outside the DNC in Chicago, 1968. Pic: AP Then after the Democratic National Convention of 1968, where protests over the Vietnam War resulted in a protester's death and hundreds of injuries, Democrats in Iowa demanded reform of the state caucus system - to mov...
The Vietnam War was one of the most time-consuming, energy, money and manpower consuming wars to the US. There were many reasons why a lot of Americans oppose their country's involvement in this war in the late 1960s and early 70s. Ranging from military to social and economic factors,...
How the Original ‘Star Trek’ Addressed the War in Vietnam In one episode, Klingons were stand-ins for the Soviets. Read more A Defense Against the Soviets “The Soviets had literally hundreds of ballistic missiles aimed at the U.S., and the idea was that SDI would render all of them...
that made the move first. Utilizing every possible resource to win the war was Britain’s plan‚ which included the black slaves that were under their control. The Americans did not plan on utilizing their black slaves at first‚ but they changed their minds after losing manysoldiersand ...
There is such a thing as a just war, a war fought in self-defense or to alleviate a great evil. The conquest of Mexico by Hernan Cortes was a just war. Cortes and his men were forced into war with the Aztec Indians in order to put an end to their barbaric practice of human sacrif...
The complexity and cost of complying with these tax laws can be overwhelming, prompting some Americans to renounce their citizenship to escape these obligations. Additionally, FATCA has made it more difficult for U.S. citizens living abroad to access banking services. Manyforeign banksnow refuse to...
Jeffrey P. Kimball, To Reason Why: The Debate About the Causes of U.S. Involvement in the Vietnam War (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1990)Eisenhower, D.D. (1990) Falling Dominoes. In Kimball, J.P. (ed). To Reason Why: The Debate about the Cause of US Involvement in the ...