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? Was not the first time America lost ? Korean War & War of 1812 ? We listen too much to the military in a so called civilian Democracy ? military officials predicted victory and an end to the war so many times when it never happened; Also predicted troop withdrawal before further escalation ? ha ha ha ? We were replacing the British Empire! We would support anyone who would further our military objectives; we even supported military dictators just because they were anti-communist (sound a little familiar? Like anti-terrorist, perhaps?) ? We believe too much in the body counts ? they were exaggerated anyway, and the government lied pretty often; plus who was taking them? Many of those in combat come out with pretty faulty memories of it ? We believed that our superior weapons and technology would eventually secure victory, how could we lose with our weapons and numbers? ? Domino Theory: founded in the Truman Doctrine, Eisenhower first uses the term, allies must be protected in a certain area or else the whole area will fall! Well that may work on land, but we were silly to think that it work across the ocean ? The Racial War: we fought w/ a racially desegregated army but still segregated by class; poor classes, which were mostly minorities ? had disproportionate enlistments; plus bombs were dropped on people of color ? perhaps why we worried about the Phillipines ? "A war for Democracy" ? a war to allow people to choose their own government, but we didn't even vote at home ? We also claimed we were just living up to the Geneva Accord ? which we didn't sign, and SEACA, we had a right to be there ? Clash of Wills: instead of sitting down and analyzing a situation, it si a clash of wills; a wish to cut through the bureaucracy; we were a cult of violence Why We Lost ? In WWII people stayed for the duration, not in combat but they didn't come home; rotating people out of the war (1 year terms) was clearly a failure! ? Prof...
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? Was not the first time America lost ? Korean War & War of 1812 ? We listen too much to the military in a so called civilian Democracy ? military officials predicted victory and an end to the war so many times when it never happened; Also predicted troop withdrawal before further escalation ? ha ha ha ? We were replacing the British Empire! We would support anyone who would further our military objectives; we even supported military dictators just because they were anti-communist (sound a little familiar? Like anti-terrorist, perhaps?) ? We believe too much in the body counts ? they were exaggerated anyway, and the government lied pretty often; plus who was taking them? Many of those in combat come out with pretty faulty memories of it ? We believed that our superior weapons and technology would eventually secure victory, how could we lose with our weapons and numbers? ? Domino Theory: founded in the Truman Doctrine, Eisenhower first uses the term, allies must be protected in a certain area or else the whole area will fall! Well that may work on land, but we were silly to think that it work across the ocean ? The Racial War: we fought w/ a racially desegregated army but still segregated by class; poor classes, which were mostly minorities ? had disproportionate enlistments; plus bombs were dropped on people of color ? perhaps why we worried about the Phillipines ? "A war for Democracy" ? a war to allow people to choose their own government, but we didn't even vote at home ? We also claimed we were just living up to the Geneva Accord ? which we didn't sign, and SEACA, we had a right to be there ? Clash of Wills: instead of sitting down and analyzing a situation, it si a clash of wills; a wish to cut through the bureaucracy; we were a cult of violence Why We Lost ? In WWII people stayed for the duration, not in combat but they didn't come home; rotating people out of the war (1 year terms) was clearly a failure! ? Prof...
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Vietnam War - Vietnam Soldiers - "they Carried Ghosts" The relationships between the soldiers and their families grew or forced them to become distant. The soldier did not want to worry his parents at home and knew that they would not understand what he was going through...	7 / 1715
Vietnam War - Summary Of Vietnam Kennedy and Diem were both killed in 1963 and 1964. Johnson took control of the situation by increasing the amount of money and manpower put into Vietnam...	2 / 404
Vietnam War The Vietnam War was the longest and most unpopular war in which the Americans ever fought. There was so much suffering and many soldiers died for their country...	4 / 910
Vietnam War With speeches from students and celebrities even GI’s began to protest and support the anti war from where they were stationed at the time. The free spirit of those who protest this war and those who seen how many people they were losing at the time, began wearing anything from peace symbols to refusing to obey and orders they were given at the time...	3 / 640
Vietnam War I agree with the statement veterans of war are Abetter@ Americans because they appreciate more fully what it means to be Aliberated@ and Afree@, principals that the founding Father supposedly had in mind when going to war against the British during the Revolutionary War...	3 / 582