Military Issues In The Vietnam War

Introduction

The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. Before the Vietnam War, it was believed that any problem can solved with the use of military. But in Vietnam War, countries like USA, become to know that, war is not a solution of every problem in Southern Asia. In this war, one side was represented by the USA, who had the support of west European countries and other side was North Vietnam, , who was supported by USSR. The origins of the Vietnam War are rooted in centuries of resistance by the Vietnamese from foreign control. In the beginning Vietnam was under the control of china but in the mid-19th century, French colonized

It is not possible for us to understand the significance and impact of Vietnam War through one angle. There were numerous issues regarding veterans of the war. It was first war in history of USA when people of USA took an opposite stance on government foreign policy. Majority of the people were against the war. That is why, they did not any respect to the veterans who returned to the U.S after the war. The Vietnam War and pressures surrounding it eventually led to the end of the military draft. This meant that the U.S. armed forces would be comprised of an all-volunteer force, as it remains today. The Vietnam War had significant implications of the foreign policy of the USA. The United States of America failed in preventing the Communist takeover of Vietnam and had to reexamine its policy and initial involvement in the region. All around the world including UNO criticized the American involvement in the Vietnam War. Failure of US in this war was a big setback for the American hegemony. After that incident, USA never tried to use the forces in Southeast Asia. In case of North Korea also it is using diplomacy policy and trying to solve the issue with the help of dialogue because they are well aware that, military action may lead to Vietnam II. A lot of arguments surrounding the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War are relevant today in U.S. foreign policy and politics

Addition to this, this country has no economical or geographical significance hence there is no need for USA to involve in such type of conflict. For this reason, demonstrations against the federal government throughout the nation became extremely widespread. Particularly on U.S. college campuses, there were efforts to mobilize against the war. In many places, government used force in order to suppress antiwar movement. Such type of incident happened in Ohio where on May 4, 1970. In this incident around four students were killed in antiwar movement by the local police. Demonstrations were held often and it was not uncommon for the police to be called in to shut them