Ho Chi Minh and Ngo Dinh Diem had different leadership styles with very few similarities. The northern Vietnamese people respected Minh because they viewed him as one of their own and the southern Vietnamese people respected Diem because they respected his patriotism. The Vietnamese people had been ruled by other countries for such a long time that when true leaders emerged the people embraced them. Ho Chi Minh is described as an emaciated goateed figure that was often seen wearing peasant clothing
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still picturing how they fought the war. What were the causes of the Vietnam War? Why did the United States become involved in this war? Why did the Vietnam War have such a huge impact both on the Vietnam and the United States? What was the impact that Ho Chi Minh had during the War? One of the most important features when describing the Vietnam War was why the United States became involved in the war, and their reasons for conflict amongst the Vietnamese in the North of the 17th Parallel. It is known
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The Sons of Guadalupe: The Vietnam era Generation And Their Journey Home Michael R. Ornelas, Chicano Studies Department January 24, 2007 A report to the Mesa College Sabbatical Committee in partial fulfillment of sabbatical requirements, Fall, 2006 “Two of the names that appear most often on the wall of the Vietnam Memorial in Washington are Johnson and Rodriguez. These two names tell us something about the composition of the U. S. military during the war, especially the combat
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1. THE CONDITION OF MONOPOLY OF PETROVIETNAM * The natural condition Viet Nam has abundantly natural condition, in which oil and gas are the valuable sources of energy to be exploited in order to meet the needs of broadcast on the country's economy . Also geographical location at the tip top of the Southeast Asia region , and has a long coastline , with many ports are favorable conditions for the development of oil and gas industry in Viet Nam. * The political and social environment
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high school, when they do not have deep understanding of the reality and their passion, and that was also my case. When I prepared for the entrance examination to university, I chose to major in Finance and Banking at the University of Economics in Ho Chi Minh City, one of the leading universities in my country. I did not know well what I desire was. However, during my four years at university, where I had to meet high requirements of English to read materials in English, gradually I found my special
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support they needed to win. The spread of communism was another reason the U.S. was involved in Vietnam and the U.S. was trying to contain the spread of communism (Doc 2b). The spread of communism was another reason because the leader of North Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh, was a communist leader trying to take back over of South-Vietnam with his fierce military. It would have worked if the U.S. did not step in and help South-Vietnam, but the U.S. successfully helped defend South-Vietnam from North-Vietnam’s
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Q6. All around Siam, other countries were falling under the control of imperialism. At the time, Siam was located between British and French controlled lands, both were competing to take over Siam. The British controlled the country to their left, it was called Burma. To the right of Siam, the French controlled the land of Indochina. Great Britain and France seemed as if they never got along with each other. Both lands had the intentions of taking over Siam. This results in both France and Britain
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Ho Chi Minh, an advocate for the freedom of Vietnam...and communism. Yea I don’t know how I’m supposed to feel about it either. My topic, Ho Chi Minh, was basically the sole reason that the Vietnam war happened, because of him trying to take leadership of Vietnam. Then, Ho Chi Minh, “He Who Enlightens”, became a symbol of Vietnam’s struggle for unification. Ho Chi Minh helped found the Indochinese Communist Party in the 1930s after he learned about Communism from studying in France(History.com/
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From 1946 until 1954 the Viet Minh, founded by Ho Chi Minh, fought France for its independence in what is known as the “First Vietnam War”. France was supported by the United States, who paid 80% of their war costs in hopes of containing communism. France wanted all of Vietnam to be democratic but Ho Chi Minh wanted a communist country. The eight year war ended with the signing of the Geneva Accords of 1954, stating that Vietnam would be split into a northern communist country and a southern democratic
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are proud of the Vietnam War and Ho Chi Minh for their freedom. The “only war that Americans lost” lasted from 1945 to 1975, and included the people from the South and the North of Vietnam, especially, the major figure of the war. The Vietnamese politician, a Communist leader and Confucian Humanist who led the people of North Vietnam to escape the domination of the French, was a steady, militarily brilliant person who was motivated by the love for his country (“Ho Chi Minh essays,” n.d). The Vietnamese
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