My daily schedule is to wake up, go to class, do homework, eat and hang out with my friends. I think my life is too boring and I was really surprised when I heard my parents talk about their childhood, I was jealous of them. Said by Tran (personal communication, March 2, 2014), children could go out with their friends without permission because they just needed to go to class in the afternoon and so on. Sometimes, I wish I could swap my life with that of my parents. However, I realize that a teenager’s life today is better than in my parent’s time because of the country’s status, food resources, education and health care. To understand the reason why I make this decision, I will first explain the difference of country’s situation, then I will give my comparisons between two lives, now and then based on the three aspects that I have given by far.
My mother said that her generation grew up during the Post–Vietnam War era (1945-1975) (Vu, personal communication, March 3, 2014). At this time, the government was having various problems to solve. The economy had become exhausted, food could not be provided to everybody, the civilians and government had to face three different enemies: food shortage, illiteracy, and invaders (Diet giac doi…, 2012, n.p.g.). Moreover, because of helping Cambodia’s civil war in the 1960’s and 1970’s (Szakmary, n.d., n.p.g.), Vietnam was prevented from receiving international supports. The only country could be able to help Vietnam during that period was Russia (Russia strengthens ties…, 2013, n.p.g.). For that reason, Vietnamese government finally had the chance to bring the country through the crisis itself. Its efforts have paid off tremendously. From 1990s, Viet Nam has changed enormously (Changes in V...
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Lawrence’s purpose in writing this book was concise and to the point. In recent history, due to the fall of the Soviet bloc, new information has been made available for use in Vietnam. As stated in the introduction, “This book aims to take account of this new scholarship in a brief, accessible narrative of the Vietnam War… It places the war within the long flow of Vietnamese history and then captures the goals and experiences of various governments that became deeply embroiled in the country during the second half of the twentieth century” (Lawrence, 3.) This study is not only about the American government and how they were involved in the Vietnam conflict, but highlights other such countries as France, China, and the Soviet Union. Lawrence goes on to say that one of his major goals in writing this book is to examine the American role in Vietnam within an international context (Lawrence, 4.) Again, this goes to show that the major purpose of Lawrence’s study included not only ...
The aim of this book by Bui Diem with David Chanoff is to present the Vietnam War told from a South Vietnamese perspective. The large-scale scope of the work concerns the fighting between North and South Vietnam over which party would run the country and wanting to become an independent state free from the Western powers. Diem's memoir contains in-depth details about his life and politics in Vietnam in 1940-1975. The book serves as a primary source in documenting the events in Vietnam during the war and as an autobiography of Diem's life. The purpose of this book is to give insight of the war through Diem's eyes and how it affected his life.
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The Vietnam War to this day is thought of as a grim, long-lasting battle that took place between 1955 and 1975. The American people were never fond of this war, as they polled and constantly spoke out against the idea of being involved in Vietnam throughout the entire duration it took place. This war was fought between North Vietnam (with their Soviet, Chinese and other communist allies) and South Vietnam whose main supporter and ally was the United States. This paper will validate what this war was like for the American troops and all the diversity they were able to overcome. Ranging from the lack of American support, to the physical combat and hardships the soldiers had to face while on the battleground.
Vietnam War (1954-1975) is considered as one of those big wars of the modern world that has been acknowledged and studied by countries in the world. Especially, in regard to the United States, starting and ending war in Vietnam was an unforgettable experience that has left a priceless lesson in its foreign policy, and of course a lot of loss, physically, mentally, and property. “The Legacy of Vietnam” article of George Herring basically summarizes how the Vietnam War led to an end in failure of America and what consequences it left behind.
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Vietnam had no prosperous period before its independence in 1945. Since then Vietnam’s development path can be divided into three periods. The first period runs from 1945 to 1975 and was a period in which Vietnam was a major battleground of the Cold War with two Indochina wars. The First Indochina War (1946-1954) was between France, supported by the USA and its allies, and the communist force known as Viet Minh supported by China and the Soviet Union. The Second Indochina War was from 1954-1975. The USA and other members of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) combined with the forces of the Republic of Vietnam (the South) to fight against the army of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (the North), which was de facto supported by the Soviet Union and China. During this period, both market economy and central planning economic models were imported and mechanically applied in Vietnam. Neither model generated the expected results however, partly due to the two wars, a lack of necessary conditions for growth, and the general failure of the economic models adopted. As a result, real GDP per capita increased just 2.9 times (or 4.8% per year) over the period 1955-1973 (the peak year before the war’s end), with real GDP per capita increasing by just 64 percent (or 2.8 percent per year) (Tran et al. 2000).
President Dwight Eisenhower conditionally pledged to support South Vietnam’s new nation in 1955. In the time period between 1955-1961 the United States pumped seven billion dollars in aid so that Vietnam would not “go over quickly” like a “row of dominoes” (McNamara 31). In the next 6 years Vietnam would cost America billions of dollars, thousands of lives, and the disaffection of much of the United States public. Yet in the end, South Vietnam would fall to the North less than 2 years after the United States military involvement ceased.
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In addition, Vietnam had and still has a Communist government and a socialist economic model. However, the Vietnamese are trying to move more towards a free market system. Meaning that the Vietnamese want a market economy where the forces of supply and demand are not controlled by the government, nor any other authority. Moreover, every members of the government are elected by Vietnam’s National Assembly. Additionally, Vietnam is one of the fastest growing financial country in the world with, according to bbc.com, a nominal GDP that reached about $170 billions. Also, Vietnam became one of the highest leading agri...
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