On August 7th, 1964, the U.S. Senate approved the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which gave President Johnson the choice to escalate U.S. involvement in the war for what happened to the USS Maddox, w. America needed to act fast, but by 1965 Viet Cong controlled about 60 percent of South Vietnamese land. The communist were against Saigon’s military. Or also known as the ARVN. Over the years the ARVN could not succeed and struggled against the Viet Cong and NVA. Then, Operation Rolling Thunder took place in North Vietnam starting March 1965.
The conflict’s roots took shape in July 1954, when France was forced out of Vietnam after one hundred years of colonial rule. In the peace process, the country was partitioned into northern and southern sections, with a U.S.-supported government in the south and a communist republic in the north. On December 20, 1960, the northern Communist Party formed the National Liberation Front (NLF), with the ultimate goal of reunifying the country. In response, U.S. President John F. Kennedy began supplying military equipment and advisors in 1961. Matters escalated when North Vietnam launched an attack against the C. Turner Joy and the U.S.S.
During the years of 1969-1974, when Richard Nixon was president of the United States, our country went under some challenges; that changed country in a whole new perspective. Richard Nixon has had many outcomes that had positive and negative outcomes on political and economic society. One of the major aspects during Nixons' presidency is the Vietnam War. This war was an international challenge for the US mainly. A reason Nixon was elected for president in 1969 was because his campaign was all about Vietnamize the war.
Their society and their culture were impacted dramatically. Culture involves the shared lifestyles, personal dispositions, beliefs, values, codes, and language; therefore the change of a culture can have a significant impact on a country. As in this case, the way in which the culture and people had been changed by this war has yet to be fully understood. Time magazine has called it “the war that will not end;”52 because there continues to be lasting legacies of the cultural and social changes and divisions that had been created by the war still existent within American society. These aspects remain in the culture of Americans because they provide a unique vehicle for the representation of cultural unity.
Then Vietnam splits at the 17th parallel, France leaves and the U.S stays, JFK sends troops, LBJ then escalates war after JFK assassination, on July 1964 LBJ approved to attack on North Vietnam coast. On august 2, 1964, North Vietnam retailed and attacked U.S Maddox in the gulf of Tonkin. President Johnson then tells congress to pass the gulf of Tonkin resolution. It gave him the authorization to use military forces and send more troops. But it was not a declaration of war.
The World War II affected the Soviet Union. There were many influential factors, which were formed from the World War II’s aftermath. World War II took place near the Pacific Ocean within Asia and mostly Eastern Europe. After World War II, many communists’ governments were established because of World War II, but the Soviet Union was against communists’ governments. The Soviet Union was initiated the satellite states as a response to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), which were against the communism.
The United States sent France about $2½ billion in military equipment, but the Vietnamese defeated the French in 1954. Then Vietnam was divided into North and South Vietnam. United States aid to France and later to non-Communist South Vietnam was based on a policy of President Harry S. Truman. He had declared that the United States must help any nation threatened by Communists. Truman's policy was adopted by the next three Presidents -- Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and Lyndon B. Johnson.
Militarily speaking, the Vietnam War was the result of North Vietnam and the Vietcong attempting to overthrow the South Vietnamese government. The Vietnam War was a continuation of the first Indochina war, which was fought when the Vietnamese sought independence from France after World War II and included America. The number of lives claimed by the Vietnam War exceeds one million and is believed to be as high as four million. The Vietnam War came to an official end after the fall of Saigon, when the South Vietnam capital was captured by the Vietnam People’s
The late 1940’s had a powerful influence on the development of rock music and the vast changes in the American society. One major change in society was the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement. This movement not only impacted American society but as well the reason for the division of musical taste. The impact the 40s had on rock music included instrumental, vocal, and dance styles that were popular during that time era. There were various roots in styles of music that had not been recognized by the American society.
Rock music was just in its early stage when the Rolling Stones got together, they were trying to figure out the perfect balance between rock, and the known R&B. In the 1960s life was much different from how it is today, racial segregation, sexual segregation, and much more. The beginning of rock and roll ties in with many other things that were a current issue and the Stones turned all of those problems in to lyrics that people could relate too. The 1960s was a very violent era; the Vietnam War was going on, and many other