2. INTRODUCTION
The vietn
a
m w
a
r w
a
s
a
con
f
lict in Vietn
a
m, L
a
os,
a
nd C
a
mbodi
a
from 1
November 1955 to the f
a
ll of s
a
igon on 30 April 1975.
It w
a
s
a
long, costly
a
nd divisive con
f
lict th
a
t pitted the communist
government of North Vietn
a
m
a
g
a
inst South Vietn
a
m
a
nd its princip
a
l
a
lly,
the United St
a
tes.
The con
f
lict w
a
s intensi
f
ied by the ongoing Cold W
a
r between the United
St
a
tes
a
nd the Soviet Union. More th
a
n 3 million people
a
nd more th
a
n
h
a
lf of the de
a
d were Vietn
a
mese civili
a
ns
7. After all resource wasted and a bunch of errors by the American general and politics.
The USA leave there troops from South Vietnam, leading to fall of saigon in 30 April
1975.
After the annex of South from north Vietnam the war
fi
nish leaving the country in a
catastrophic economy
From 1975 to 1978 begins a mass exodus by the loyalist of South Vietnam
WARCONCLUSION
11. WHYASOUMILIATINGDEFEAT
BYTHEU.S.A.
• American doctrine and political failure
• Low American war e
ff
ort based on the ine
ff
ective of resources depleted.
• American media and weak war goal not being to important
to justify such a big e
ff
ort as that
12. WHYASOUMILIATINGDEFEAT
BYTHEU.S.A.
• American doctrine and political failure
• Low American war e
ff
ort based on the ine
ff
ective of resources depleted.
• Intouchable NVA industry
• American media and weak war goal not being to important
to justify such a big e
ff
ort as that
13. WHYASOUMILIATINGDEFEAT
BYTHEU.S.A.
• American doctrine and political failure
• Low American war e
ff
ort based on the ine
ff
ective of resources depleted.
• Intouchable NVA industry
• Indomable NVA spirit to have a last stand war
• American media and weak war goal not being to important
to justify such a big e
ff
ort as that
14. WHYASOUMILIATINGDEFEAT
BYTHEU.S.A.
• American doctrine and political failure
• Low American war e
ff
ort based on the ine
ff
ective of resources depleted.
• Not very much counter solutions to guerrilla tactic used by NVA and VIETCONG
• Intouchable NVA industry
• Indomable NVA spirit to have a last stand war
• American media and weak war goal not being to important
to justify such a big e
ff
ort as that
16. Hippie,
a
lso spelled hippy, member, during
the 1960s
a
nd 1970s, of
a
countercultur
a
l
movement th
a
t rejected the mores of
m
a
instre
a
m Americ
a
n life. The movement
origin
a
ted on college c
a
mpuses in
the United St
a
tes,
a
lthough it spre
a
d to
other countries.
Although the movement
a
rose in p
a
rt
a
s
opposition to U.S. involvement in
the Vietn
a
m W
a
r , hippies were often not
directly eng
a
ged in politics,
a
s opposed to
their
a
ctivist counterp
a
rts known
a
s
“Yippies” (Youth Intern
a
tion
a
l P
a
rty).
Hippies
a
dvoc
a
ted nonviolence
a
nd love,
a
popul
a
r phr
a
se being “M
a
ke love, not w
a
r,”
