American involvement in Vietnam war

American Involvement in Vietnam War

(Seen through the novel Morning Glories Among the Peas ' by James Seddon

The novel Morning Glories among the Peas ' was written by James D Seddon , a mechanic and expert surveillance personnel of the US army . He was one of the US soldiers who was involved in the Vietnam War . In this novel , he wrote some of his experiences albeit fighting and surviving in Vietnam . Nevertheless , he also offered some political issues that he thinks should be addressed by the US government

The Vietnam War was both

a military and ideological war . When Vietnam was divided into two parts : North and South Vietnam , tensions were rising between the two nations . North Vietnam had a Communist government supported by both the Soviet Union and Red China . It was headed by Ho Chi Minh who defeated the French during the Vietnamese war of independence . South Vietnam was democratic in government . A duly constituted government was elected by the South Vietnamese under the terms of its constitution . South Vietnam was supported by the United States

When the North Vietnamese army invaded South Vietnam , call for its defense was alerted by the United States . Allied nations of the United States responded and began sending troops to South Vietnam . The United Nations Security Council called for the deployment of troops in South Vietnam to relieve the pressure from the South Vietnamese army trapped in the invasion . The United States , under the presidency of Lyndon Baines Johnson sent troops to Vietnam without the formal declaration of War . Hence , the Vietnam War came to its early phase of battle

The book was about a Vietnam War veteran who saw the horrible events in the war : the bloody massacre of villages by US troops suspected of hiding North Vietnamese , the frequent ambush of US marines in the jungles of Vietnam , and many other events narrated in the book . Since the book is non-fiction , it guarantees a wide range of historical discourse on policies on war and political ideological struggles Nevertheless , the wide array of schematic dialogues and conjunctures betweens characters provide the audience the atmosphere of intense conflict , of which , the most pervasive is the reality of war as politics and of politics as war

The Vietnam War was the longest war involving the United States (1961-1975 , yet it was only the war in which the United States was defeated . The intense realities of the war which the author was trying to convey in his novel was a blanch or result of ideological struggle between the US and the Communist bloc . It was often argued that the United States fought a war of non-sense , but policy-makers at that time were not concerned of practicality , but only of necessity . Vietnam was strategic since it holds the key to the numerous bodies of water surrounding the newly-born democratic republics of Southeast Asia . If Southeast Asia fell to the Communists , what are then the chances for the United States to maintain its ideological dominance ? The implication of the author 's argument may hold the key to the very purpose of sending expeditions to South Vietnam . Soldiers were sent to a land where they have no affinities . They were serving a war that does not suit their interests . Added to that , the war seemed to be a reflection of their nation 's stance to maintain world leadership at all costs , by all means Hence then , the experiences of the veteran in the novel were a reflection of the credulity of the insistence of the United States to maintain its ideological dominance in the form of a genuine defense of democracy ' It was in many ways irresponsible , unconcerned , and strategic from the point of view of those who fought in the battle fronts

As for the author , his experiences of senseless massacres of villages poisoning of wells , senseless killings of soldiers , indiscriminate bombings of cities and towns , were the direct results of this desire the desire for ideological and military dominance . It was even implied in the title of the novel . Do morning glories really found among peas Does this serves as an allegory of the conflicting conditions in Vietnam and the United States ? Or does this indicate a struggle for ideological dominance ? Or simply a way of reiterating the realities of war brought by the things mentioned above ? It seems that the novel covered these issues presented , although some of them may be highlighted and some cast aside . The realities presented by the author (who was a veteran of the war ) were , in my interpretation , the embodiment of the war policies of the United States . These were policies that prioritize ideology rather than human dignity

The novel also presented the decay of human dignity brought about by the Vietnam War . Human dignity is generally found in the ability of humans to live comfortably without the interference of foreign powers that is , free development under the term of a just legal standard . The intrusion of the United States into the lives of the South Vietnamese brought them anguish and despair . The United States also suffered because it lost almost 500 , 000 men in the war . Nevertheless , it lost the pride and status achieved decades ago . It was generally an unwarranted war

The novel is generally a good source of historical information about the war in Vietnam . It also gives a thorough and clear of Vietnam its people , goals , and achievements . Nevertheless , it should be noted that there are some form of biases in the novel sometimes favoring the United States sometimes attacking its war policies . For instance , to describe the North Vietnamese as senseless killing machines ' is generally unacceptable especially for educated men who view these people as freedom-loving . Nevertheless , it can also be argued that the book also suffered from the credulities of a simplistic master piece . Although it accurately describes reality , the author was unable to highlight his literary style in the novel (novice

Reference

Seddon , James D . 1990 . Morning Glories among the Peas : A Vietnam 's Veteran Story . Iowa State . e-bay bookstore download http /worldcat .org

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