"Can Vietnam Succeed?" When questioning the chances of success for Vietnam, we need to understand that Vietnam's 'success' can only be assessed by the extent to which Vietnam's economy, political system, and administrative institutions are successfully meeting the n...

When most people hear the word "Vietnam," they expect the word "war" to follow. Many people, especially our generation, believe Vietnam to only be a war. I myself knew little about the Communist country before I researched it. After my research, I found that Vietnam has intere...

The main reason behind America's involvement in Vietnam was its fear of communism spreading. It believed that something called the Domino Theory would take place in Vietnam spreading communism into Eastern Europe. They believed this because they had seen it happen. The Soviet Union had become ...

During the Cold War, the United States faced many international issues that either involved them in wars directly or indirectly. Because of this involvement, the United States entered a period of Cold War for over half a century. Some of the events that the United States was involved in, proved to...

Nations have specific reasons for entering wars. These war often have various results. In Southeast Asia there were many reasons that the participants entered the war. Along with those many reasons there were many different outcomes. The first reason for the conflict in Southeast Asia during 1945-...

From 1975 to 1979, approximately 2 million people in the nations of Laos and Cambodia were mass murdered by their regional governments as an act of repression. The act was headed by the Khmer Rouge regime headed by Pol Pot in Cambodia. This was a communist regime, bent on eliminating all political o...

Civilians Treatment Tim O'Brien is If I Die in a Combat Zone is a realistic tale of day to day life in the Vietnam War. Tim is not only the author of the book, he is also a veteran of the war. Tim creates a detailed picture of what life was like for a United States soldier. Tim also sho...