But he realises what Pyle is involved with in Vietnam he finds himself forced onto a path of action to take action against Pyle on a public and personal level. From the start of the novel Fowler maintains his stature of degage in which he only reports what he sees and does not get involved with what’s happening because he is a reporter and that is his job. Fowler even acknowledges his disengagement, stating “I’m not involved… let them fight, let them love, let them murder. I would not be involved... I referred the title of reporter, I wrote down what I saw, I took no action.
He decided tno to run because this was his final plea to have a unifed nation and his abdiction had the effect of keeping the status quo. He held his enemies in chekd, while offering himeslef as a sacrifice to his nation. This allowed the United States to maintain acceptable levls of military activities in Vietnam as well as trying to negotiate a settlelment. Norht Vietnam finally agreed to commenece wit ha negation in APris, but progress was slowed and a prolonged bickering developed over the conferece
But it was not a declaration of war. Then by 1965, more troops were sent to South Vietnam to fight the Viet Cong. The war quickly became an American conflict. The U.S ended up looking bad, and many people opposed the war by 1968 due to the number of casualties of U.S soldiers. On 1973 the last troops were return to the United States by President Nixon promise to withdraw the troops.
Berman is unrelenting in his blame for Nixon and his administration with their lack of “Peace with Honor” in Vietnam. In my opinion, this excerpt from Professor Berman’s No Peace, No Honor: Nixon and Kissinger, and Betrayal in Vietnam provides strong supportive evidence as to why there was no honor with America’s withdrawal from the Vietnam conflict. Nixon and Kissinger were ceaseless in saying that Congress cost them victory in Vietnam. They use Congress as a scapegoat basically. They both reinforced their beliefs in the Paris Peace Accords time and time again.
To others, it was a fight that did not concern this country. Both sides of the argument had valid reasons as to whether or not the United States should be involved in the Vietnam War, but the anti-war protesters had a much stronger argument. Their arguments dealt with the legality of the war and the death of American boys whose lives should just be starting, not ending. The pro war advocates attempted to persuade the American people that Americans went to, and
A People’s History of the United States: Reflection Chapter 18 The Impossible Victory: Vietnam This chapter summarizes the Vietnam War and focuses mainly on the United States’ involvement. Zinn zeroes in on the horrors done by the US to the Vietnamese people. The war’s outcome in terms of US involvement was described by the New York Times very well, as it stated, “’The U.S. emerges as the big loser and history books must admit this…Successive American governments were never able to muster the necessary mass support at home,’” (Zinn 501). The Americans entered the war seemingly unnecessarily, officially declaring war after the unprovoked attack in the Gulf of Tonkin, which was later discovered fake. Zinn’s attitude throughout the entire chapter leads me to believe that he disapproves on extreme levels of the actions taken by the US during this time.
The second most important thing president Nixon addressed was that he had never been a quitter. This is important because he didn’t want the American people to think that they appointed a quitter as their leader. It was also to show that for the five and a half years he served he did his best. It also showed how much he loved his country. He said that he was resigning because it was best for the country.
Here he felt like he had three identities, but like others and his grandparents in Thailand he felt that he should also ignore people who were prejudice because he had that choice. He felt that if he could still work at achieving the goal he set for himself to ignore the negative and continue to build himself up, that he could someday be accepted for who he was here in America by people. He said that America was the land of opportunity “but with all good land, hard work and patience are needed to harvest crops” (340). From this document my understanding is that not only did people of color dealt with civil rights issues, but immigrants from all places did. Puwat was very strong with holding onto his morals and values coming here, and realizing that his grandparent’s strength and the people from Ar-kong and Ar-ma
Lincoln had never given up, not without getting what he wanted done in the begginning. For a portion of the Civil War, Lincoln served as a commander in chief and chief of staff. This was because when the Civil War began, the USA was not organized. Lincoln played a huge role us strategic thinking for the nations army, despite his lack of knowledge on most things in the military field. Most people underestimated Lincoln since he had such a kind heart.
He believed his plans to benefit the poor were more important than restrictions imposed by federal and state legislatures. “He was a crook — but he had no money; a corrupt politician — but the cost of government is third-lowest in the country; a demagogue — but he kept his campaign promises; a hillbilly — but he had no racial prejudices; an ignoramus — but he ran a business administration; a dictator — but he broadened the suffrage; an opportunist — but he had ideals." Drew Pearson uttered this spot on analogy of Huey Long; he depicted Long as an uncouth man who helped raise a state from the depths of hell. Even though his tactics could be characterized as maverick, he effectively allowed for the state of Louisiana to flourish. One reason why people could have believed that he had succumbed to fascist customs is because his ego grew exponentially in office.