Essay - The Vietnam War Summery: This Article Takes a Look at...

The Vietnam War

*****: This article takes a look at the ***** War which was a leg*****cy of the inability ***** the French to suppress ***** n*****ionalist movement in Indochina. The ***** contains five references.

The Vietnam War was a leg*****cy of the ***** of the French ***** suppress ***** nationalist movement in ***** and the colonial power had been struggling to res*****re its dominion after ***** Second World War. In 1954, France was ousted from Indochina after a communist-dominated revolutionary ***** led by Ho Chi Minh frustrated the French attempts to maintain their presence in Indoch*****a. Vietnam was divided in***** two parts. North ***** had a communist government led ***** Ho ***** Minh while South Vietnam ***** an anti ***** government led by Ngo Dinh Diem. [Vietnam War Internet Project 2003]

The involvement of the United States in Vietnam was a result of the desire to cont*****in communism and to contain China after its intervention against the United Nations in Korea. The war of liberation from France in Vietnam was fought with Chinese and Soviet arms and using Chinese doctrine of revolutionary *****fare indicating that there were Chinese advisors and support in *****. In order to suppress the spread ***** communism, the United States of America sided with South Vietnam and its ***** -communist government. [Vietnam War Internet Project *****]

South Vietnam faced a major communist threat consisting of an internal communist led military insurgency within its b*****s ***** the military ***** the North Vietnam across ***** borders. United States engaged in a ***** ***** conflict in Asi***** in order to prop up ***** ***** of South Vietnam aga*****st communist threats and the major action started ***** there ***** limited attacks on American warships visiting Vietnam carried out by the North Vietnamese. [FAS 2003]

***** United States faced the PAVN or the Peoples Army of Vietnam which was the w*****ld's third largest after the armies ***** Soviet Union and China. The PAVN differed from the other ***** as it had a pol*****ical party within itself ***** was formed as a result of the efforts of a 32 year old Hanoi teacher who ***** later ***** emerge as General Vo Nguyen Giap and o*****r middle cl*****s Vietnamese calling themselves the Armed Propaganda Team, hidden in the China Vietnam B*****der Mountains in ***** last days of the Second World *****. [***** 2003]

The ***** War lasted a long time *****nd its major ***** frames can be listed as shown:

Early 1958 to late 1960 Revolutionary ***** Preparation

1961 to late 1964 Revolutionary Guerrilla War

Early 1965 ***** mid 1968 Regular Force Strategy

Late 1968 to Easter 1972 Neo Revolutionary Guerilla War

Summer ***** ***** end of war High Technology Regular ***** Strategy

***** military strategy practiced against ***** ********** ***** the Army of North Vietnam beginning in 1965 is called ***** Regular Force Strategy and was an attempt to bypass the adv*****tages ***** ***** Ameri*****s enjoyed ***** terms of massive men ***** massive firepower. [FAS 2003]

***** North Vietnamese tactics cons*****ted