Includes many photographs and illustrations that bring the vietnam war to life cont. The vietnam war also known as the second indochina war, and in vietnam as the resistance. In addition to the more than threemillion americans who served during the vietnam war and witnessed it firsthand, this lengthy conflict touched nearly every aspect of the american experience in the 1960s and 1970s. The vietnam war was the defining event of recent u. The sinovietnamese war was a war fought between china and vietnam from february 17, 1979 to march 16, 1979. Vietnam war simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. It is unclear how the vietnamese government figures correlate to other reports of 300330,000 pavnvc missinginaction from the vietnam war. War simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
A political, social, and military history encyclopedia of the vietnam war. The vietnam war entry in the canadian encyclopedia asserts that canadas record on the truce commissions was a prosaigon partisan. Below is a list of some articles and categories to help you research different topics for school homework help, homeschooling and general education. The threevolume encyclopedia of the vietnam war, edited by spencer tucker, has been hailed as the most comprehensive reference work on that watershed event. But proxy wars happened long before the cold war and are still happening. Causes most american wars have obvious starting points or precipitating causes. Library of congress cataloginginpublication data the encyclopedia of the vietnam war. This authoritative encyclopedia separates the facts of americas longest war from the polemics that obscured them. A political, social, and military history, 2nd edition. Bararmor experiments on m1 apcs in the vietnam war. It is generally agreed there are two things that make a war a civil war. Now in its second edition, this comprehensive study of the vietnam war sheds more light on the longest and one of the most controversial conflicts in u. The vietnam war influenced the peacenik generation that form. Readers will appreciate the evenhanded treatment of the war that shaped and continues to shape america at the end of the.
On 2 september 1945 at hanois ba dinh square, ho chi minh issued the historic vietnamese proclamation of independence with words borrowed from the american declaration of independence. United states participation began with limited use of american troops as advisers to south vietnam. Sep 18, 1998 the vietnam war was the defining event of recent u. Question, i am trying to find out why m1 apcs in vietnam serial numbers started with 12f. The vietnam war this is a wikipedia book, a collection of wikipedia articles that can be easily saved, imported by an external electronic rendering service, and ordered as a printed book. A political, social, and military history tucker, spencer c. The encyclopedia of the vietnam war the encyclopedia of the vietnam war 4 volumes. Sinovietnamese war simple english wikipedia, the free. Origins of the vietnam war oxford research encyclopedia of. Answering press questions after addressing a howard university audience on 2 march 1965, king asserted that the war in vietnam was accomplishing nothing and called for a negotiated settlement schuette, king preaches on nonviolence. An overview of the vietnam war overview in this lesson, students will be introduced to the vietnam war through a simulation regarding the anxiety of combat and will then receive an overview of the war via a teacher power point presentation or lecture provided, or a. A last innovation having born in wwi yet exploited during the cold war was the helicopter, with the korea war, the antisubmarine vigilance at the north atlantic and the vietnam war being the wars were it became a remarkable asset.
Charles fought the anticommunist forces of the republic of vietnam rvn or south. The vietnam war was a military conflict in which communist forces of the democratic republic of vietnam drv or north vietnam and the indigenous national front for the liberation of south vietnam, also known as the vi. We hold the truth that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator certain unalienable rights, that among these are life. A political, social, and military history pdf, epub ebook d0wnl0ad the vietnam war was the defining event of recent u. Fischer of dubuque who suggested an idea in 1967 that affected thousands of. All content from kiddle encyclopedia articles including the article images and facts can be freely used for personal and educational purposes under attribution. A political, social, and military history adds an entire additional volume of entries to the already exhaustive first edition, making it the most comprehensive reference available about one of the most controversial events in u. The lessons learned from this tragic conflict continue to have great relevance in todays world. The war was fought to decide whether vietnam would be unified in accordance with an agreement reached at geneva in 1954, or would remain indefinitely partitioned into the separate countries of north and south vietnam.
The lack of a truly comprehensive encyclopedia on the vietnam war has long been a problem for reference staff in academic, public, and school libraries. This conflict was also the first in which new zealand did not fight alongside the united kingdom, instead following the loyalties of the anzus pact new zealand decided to send troops to vietnam in 1965 because of. For help with downloading a wikipedia page as a pdf, see help. The vietnam war was a military action in southeast asia in which the united states never formally declared war. A war generally involves the use of weapons, a military organization and soldiers. The vietnam war was a long conflict in southeast asia. Encyclopedia britannica, the vietnam war explores the long and costly civil war pitting south vietnamese and u.
A war between peoples and groups in the same country is known as a civil war. The origins of the vietnam war can be traced to frances colonization of indochina in the late 1880s. A fight between individuals, between gangs, drug cartels, etc. Us combat operations in ia drang, arvn rangers defendin saigon during the 1968 tet offensive, twa douglas a4c skyhawks enroute for airstrikes against north vietnam efter the gulf o tonkin incident, arvn recaptur qu. Vietnam, laos, and cambodia, with the principal involvement of france 194654 and later the united states beginning in the 1950s. Encyclopedia britannica, written in british english, the vietnam war explores the long and costly civil war pitting south vietnamese and u. For nearly a decade, american combat soldiers fought in south vietnam to help sustain an independent, noncommunist nation in southeast asia.
Vietnam war 195475, conflict that pitted the communist government of north vietnam and its allies in south vietnam, the viet cong, against south vietnam and its principal ally, the united states. North vietnam wanted to reunite the country under communism, its political and economic system. The vietnam war was fought from 1957 to 1975 between vietnamese nationalist and communist forces and an array of western and prowestern forces, most notably the united states. Kennedy sent the first american troops into vietnam, martin luther king issued his first public statement on the war. It was part of a larger regional conflict as well as a manifestation of the cold war. American military strategy in the vietnam war, 19651973. New zealands involvement in the vietnam war was highly controversial, sparking widespread protest at home from antivietnam war movements modelled on their american counterparts. Use the search form above to search over 700,000 articles in the kiddle encyclopedia. Historians of the conflict and participants alike have since critiqued the ways in which civilian. It began in 1954, after the country of vietnam was split into two parts, north vietnam and south vietnam. By that time the communists and south vietnamese were already engaged in what journalists labeled the postwar war. The vietnam war lasted more than a decade, was the longest war in u. The vietnam war was a long, costly and divisive conflict that pitted the communist government of north vietnam against south vietnam and its principal ally, the united states. The wars are often called the french indochina war and the vietnam war q.
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The encyclopedia of the vietnam war free ebooks download. The encyclopedia of the vietnam war a political, social, and military history, 2nd edition. Pdf the encyclopedia of weapons of world war ii erlet. War is a situation in which a nation enforces its rights by using force. Charles scribners sons, 1996 includes bibliographical references and index american perspectives antiwar movement art and literature colonialism diplomacy media and the war prelude to u. It is an invaluable look at the people, places, events, and ideas both on the battlefield and on the home front of this confusing and contentious period. Further conflicts, like the vietnam war, the arabisraeli wars, the indiapakistan wars and even the falklands war had as a result that both sides developed further new and more capable air assets, not to mention the sole prospect of a direct confrontation between both superpowers. War is a situation or a period of fighting between countries or groups of people. Mine was 12fu83 and i was with 3rdsq5th armored cavalry, 19701971. May 20, 2011 now in its second edition, the encyclopedia of the vietnam war. The vietnam war is classed as the second war of the indochina wars and was in many ways a direct successor to the french indochina war in which the french, with the financial and logistical support of the united states, fought a losing effort to maintain control of her former colony of french indochina.
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