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Vietnam War Reparations To Vietnam Rambo: First Blood

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During the heat of the Vietnam War, which began on the 1st of November 1955, it was clear to see that the American public were against this war due to the many protests. The reason was due to the young American soldiers that were conscripted into taking part in the war. Since it was the first televised war the public were able to watch the brutality and violence which started the protests. After the bombing of North Vietnam the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) was formed where peaceful protest such as “teach-ins” were prepared. (History) As Vietnamization started to commence it lead to the end of the Vietnam War on the 30th of April 1975. The public had lost support in the American government as they had to pay war reparations to Vietnam …show more content…

Rambo is an iconic war hero who is sent by American soldiers in search of missing Prisoners of War (P.O.W) in Vietnam. Rambo is caught in Vietnam and is tortured by the Vietnamese and Russian soldiers. He is able to escape and save all the P.O.W’s and kill of the Vietnamese and Russian’s. This film positions the viewer to support and feel sympathy towards the Americans during the war as the torture and brutality of these soldiers are clearly seen. It shows that it was necessary for the American soldiers to take part in this war and the conditions the soldiers were put …show more content…

Chris Taylor is a young wealthy and educated young man that has volunteered to take part in the Vietnam War. Taylor does this because he feels that he would learn more through the war rather than college. He is sent to the border of Cambodia to fight the North Vietnamese (NVA) and during the one year that he fights for America he has to learn how to fight on his own, consumes drugs and witnesses many deaths as well as murders. Since the film is told by a Vietnam veteran all aspects of the film can be historically accurate, the film is explicit and shows the damage that was done to the Vietnamese soldiers and

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Increasing opposition to the war was causing major division amongst the American people, and many feared that Vietnam could potentially see a victory. This war was by far one of the most unpopular wars to the American people that ended with the withdrawal of the United States, and the unification of Vietnam under Communist rule.

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American soldiers stationed in Vietnam some had a purpose to fight but for the most part, most didn't know what there reason for was. While Richie is in Vietnam he experiences a lot of traumatizing horrors of war that affected him mentally and physically leading to why his purpose of being in Vietnam. Richie doesn´t have the social skills since he´s been away from home for a while and wartime changed

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In “The Man I Killed,” Tim O’Brien portrays a vivid story on how war affects individuals. Tim, Azar, and Kiowa are all at the Vietnam war in 1990 together fighting. Tim killed a man with a grenade and he feels deeply upset about the matter, while Azar shows no sympathy for the dead man whatsoever. Kiowa is the neutral man of the situation, trying to comfort and justify the death of the man because it was Tim’s job to protect his men. The story is told from the perspective of the protagonist, while O’Brien uses a sufficient amount of imagery throughout the reading to show the amount of guilt he has obtained from killing a man.

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The 1960’s and early 1970’s was a period when America was involved in many conflicts overseas, including the Vietnam War. This began a time when media spread quickly as well as influenced the public heavily and wars were first televised. These conflicts ultimately caused citizens to protest and question the motives of the federal government. A large number of these protestors were students who sought to combat problems through various tactics to get authority figures to remedy the problems they identified. Student protestors sought to combat many immediate and long-term problems involving this time period and the Vietnam War.

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Bibi Barrera APUSH 3/13/18 P1 Short Answer Rewrite The Vietnam War was a war that happened to last 20 years. The United States did not agree with the spread of communism so they sided with South Vietnam. The U.S happened to get involved due to wanting to stop the war because they didn’t want it to spread. It impacted the world due to it being the first war to become televised and people were upset because people were dying.

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The Vietnam Was devastating time for not just America, but worldwide. This War lead to 1 million, four hundred and fifty thousand casualties from Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. This devastating number only increased when you also take into account the other side, the Americans, with more than 50,000 casualties. One may argue that a major reason the Vietnam War occurred was due to the disagreement between the Soviet Reds and the Great Uncle Sam after World War 2. The Reds wanted to spread communism, this left Americans not too pleased because they were capitalist all the way.

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When Americans realized that the war costed in losing many lives, they changed their opinions on the war and believed that the war had more negative consequences than bringing honor to South Vietnam. With this being said, Americans turned sharply against the ideas and beliefs of the Vietnam War (Source F). They were ready for the soldiers to come home to their country, and Americans also protested against the decisions of being involved in the war due to the belief in that continuing to fight in it was not worth the risks. Also, the people lost their faith in the government when Kennedy decided to increase the size of the army, the decision was not made public as it broke the agreements made at the 1954 Geneva Agreement (Source C). In addition, the war costed approximately $167 billion (Source E), and the United States had to pay for these debts and losses for the war.

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The Vietnam War started when French invaded Vietnamese territory and took it as their colony in 1887. Later in 1954, Vietnam was officially split into North(communist) and South(capitalist) Vietnam. The Viet Minh was the communist group who wanted to declare independence from France. The U.S did not want communism to be spread and that was the reason why they joined the war and supported the South. For the United States, a communist Vietnam meant the spread of the Soviet Union influence abroad the Asia’s territory (domino theory).

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