Essays on Vietnam War

Why did Nixon scuttle Johnsons’ plan to end the War in Vietnam and who profited from that decision? Nixon feared that ending the war would hurt his chances for presidency, according to notes found by H.R. Haldeman. In Haldeman’s notes he states that Nixon asked…

In 1961 John F. Kennedy was elected as US president and focused on suppresing the insurgency in South Vietnam and warned Russians against aiding the guerillas. Some scholars argue that Kennedy entered the war very reluctantly. He chose to perpetuate a stalemate, as he feared…

In the 1980’s, the HIV/AIDS Epidemic began, which would lead to the death of “6 Million” by 1996 and would affect millions more. The film, United in Anger: A History of ACT UP, follows the activist group in their mission to procure national recognition- by…

May 4th, 1970 played host to monstrous societal anarchy. Following demonstrations and revolting in resistance to the Vietnam War, the Ohio National Guard was sent to Kent State University to preserve peace. However, on this day, the National Guard stationed at Kent State open fired…

By the spring of 1965, a substantial number of U.S. combat troops had committed to the war. Upon this happening, The Vietnam War became a subject of large-scale news coverage in the United States. Prior to that time, only a small number of Americans reporters…

United States’s sense of nationalism eventually began to grow again after the dispiriting loss of the Vietnam War. The reverberations of this loss also eventually contributed to major foreign policy issues. David Farber, author of Taken Hostage: The Iran Hostage Crisis and America’s First Encounter…

The Vietnam War was a time in history where many different opinions caused opportunity for Americans to disagree with the government and each other. Individuals either chose to support the war or not and the largest impact was made by the people that decided to…

Originally, this paper was going to be about the extreme use, abuse, and effects of heroin within Vietnam war veterans post war. It was not just going to be about the statistics of the men with this affliction or even their use while in Vietnam…

War impacts all, families, communities, countries and individuals most of all. The book A Rumor of War by Philip Caputo captures the ugliness of war in Vietnam and the arduous journeys the author had to face. In this paper, I will discuss Caputo’s trials and…

The United States has always been a country of the exceptional. We have been willing to partake in the deadliest and most decisive wars in the world’s history to preserve freedom and justice abroad. We choose to remember the “Great Wars” such as the clear-cut…