American History

Various historians evaluate the unique data source showing the determinants of violence during Vietnam War. For instance the United States Department of Defense initiated the quantitative analysis for operational purposes in able to win the war. On the other hand, Vietnamese rebel relied on discerning aggression in able to cope up with the prevailing war against the troops of United States. During the war, it is noticed that aggression was common in the most disputed areas. Thus, during the war, it is fair to say that chaos is all around the region of Vietnam, American government gives all its resources in able to support the people that follows their idealism, Vietnam is divided in two portion (South and North Vietnam), the economic crisis peaked, absence of stable exchange rates occurred worldwide and business suffered globally.

To further assess the situation during Vietnam War, it is best to recall why the war started. In 1945, Ho and his followers were ready to take over the government. They had been organizing from the bases in south China since 1941, where they set-up an untied front with other Vietnamese nationalist called the Viet Minh or League for the Independence of Vietnam. Their commander, General Vo Nguyen Giap who entered Hanoi with his troops soon after the Japanese surrender, and in September 2, 1945 Ho proclaimed the independent Democratic Republic of Vietnam. Robert Buzzanco narrated. Ho declared Independence after the defeat of the Japanese  quoted at the length from the U.S. Declaration of Independence during his own address marking Vietnamese sovereignty on 2nd of September 1945. In this view, it is very clear that the United States played a very big role in the Declaration of Independence of Vietnam since they have positive relations with U.S. Military and intelligence officials.

At the Geneva Convention of 1954, where China, India, and the major Western powers were represented, the French agreed to give up their struggle. Vietnam was temporarily partitioned between north and south along 17th parallel just north of the old capital at Hue, with Bao Dai government in the south, led by Ngo Dinh Diem as premier. The Geneva agreements called for the withdrawal of all foreign troops and for nationwide election to be held the following year, but Diem and his American supporters refused to allow the elections, fearing the Viet Minh would win hands down. Diem deposed Bao Daim in 1955 and declared himself president of the Republic of Vietnam he was supported by many, including Vietnamese Catholics who had fled from the Communist dominated north. In 1960 Hanoi organized the National Liberation Front (NLF) to meet this threat, composed mainly by southerners but under northern direction at the top. Despite the growing American help, Diem forces increasingly lost out in the struggle against the NLF, and in 1963 he was assassinated by military clique, with American CIA collusion. Successive, military regimes proved both ineffective and unpopular, and the United States became the real power in the south.

One of the utmost ironies in this Vietnam War was that United States Government had its moved towards its all-out support in war. They wanted to fight this war in cold blood. This meant that America would go to war in Vietnam with their precision and noticeable impact on domestic customs.  Moreover, American War did have a key contact on day to day life in America and the government was obliged to believe the major consequences of its decision. As the deaths of American soldiers continued during the war, the government gathered with full weight of American anti-war responses. Protesters filed up on college campuses and major cities. In 1968, every portion of the country seemed to have experienced the wars result.

It is noted that war brings chaos and lots of dead bodies, both American and Vietnamese. From the beginning to end of the war in 1945 to 1975, they lost nearly 2 million dead, mainly military personnel but including very large numbers of civilians. Seen in the light, Americanization of the war becomes difficult to understand. (Buzzanco, 443). Thus, it can be further conclude that the consequences for Vietnam and it people were enormously more serious and longer-lasting both the soil and the people have been poisoned.

As these consequences arise for the United States, the American economy was slowing down. Since American do not want to accept their defeat, they imposed an embargo on impoverished Vietnam, refused to pay reparations or send urgently needed food. Negotiations for a peace treaty were stalled by American insistence on a full accounting and the return of the remains of their military personnel missing in action or MIAs. However, much one may sympathize with the American families concerned and the number of men at issue was far smaller than in any modern war. Moreover, Vietnams recovery from its unprecedented devastation continued to be slowed by its isolation from normal trade and interchange with the rest of the world, though by 1991 the U.S. position was softening and the U.s recognition finally came in 1995.