WHY DID AMERICA LOOSE VIETNAM WAR?

Running Head : Vietnam War

Why did America lose the Vietnam War

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

TOC \o "1-3 " \h \z \u HYPERLINK \l "_Toc8 " CHAPTER I PAGEREF _Toc8 \h 3

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc9 " 1 .1 Introduction PAGEREF _Toc9 \h 3

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc0 " 1 .2 About the study PAGEREF _Toc0 \h 4

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc1 " 1 .3 Assumptions and limitations PAGEREF _Toc1 \h 6

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc2 " 1 .4 Significance PAGEREF _Toc2 \h 7

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc3 " 1 .5 Research

question PAGEREF _Toc3 \h 7

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc4 " 1 .6 Methodology PAGEREF _Toc4 \h 7

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc5 " 1 .61 primary sources PAGEREF _Toc5 \h 7

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc6 " 1 .62 secondary sources PAGEREF _Toc6 \h 8

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc7 " 1 .7 Literature Review PAGEREF _Toc7 \h 8

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc8 " CHAPTER II PAGEREF _Toc8 \h 10

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc9 " 2 .1 History PAGEREF _Toc9 \h 11

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc0 " 2 .2 The motive behind the war PAGEREF _Toc0 \h 12

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc1 " 2 .3 America commits to war PAGEREF _Toc1 \h 16

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc2 " 2 .4 The covert war continues PAGEREF _Toc2 \h 16

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc3 " 2 .5 The international Stage PAGEREF _Toc3 \h 18

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc4 " 2 .6 Problems Faced by the Americans PAGEREF _Toc4 \h 19

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc5 " 2 .7 American war crimes PAGEREF _Toc5 \h 21

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc6 " 2 .8 Vietnamization PAGEREF _Toc6 \h 22

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc7 " 2 .9 The withdrawal and the deterioration of the military morale PAGEREF _Toc7 \h 25

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc8 " CHAPTER III PAGEREF _Toc8 \h 28

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc9 " 3 .1 causes of the defeat PAGEREF _Toc9 \h 28

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc0 " 3 .2 Low morale of the military personnel PAGEREF _Toc0 \h 30

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc1 " 3 .3 Political causes PAGEREF _Toc1 \h 32

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc2 " 3 .4 The strategic reasons PAGEREF _Toc2 \h 34

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc3 " 3 .5 economic reasons PAGEREF _Toc3 \h 35

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc4 " 3 .6 Role of media PAGEREF _Toc4 \h 36

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc5 " 3 .7 Anti war movements PAGEREF _Toc5 \h 37

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc6 " CHAPTER IV PAGEREF _Toc6 \h 39

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc7 " 4 .1Conclusion PAGEREF _Toc7 \h 39

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc8 " CHAPTER V PAGEREF _Toc8 \h 41 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc9 " Project reflective learning log PAGEREF _Toc9 \h 41

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc0 " 5 .1 Methodologies used PAGEREF _Toc0 \h 41

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc1 " 5 .2 Lessons learnt PAGEREF _Toc1 \h 41

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc2 " REFERENCES PAGEREF _Toc2 \h 44

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc3 " APPENDICES PAGEREF _Toc3 \h 47 CHAPTER I

1 .1 Introduction

Vietnam War has become a separate course in the history department of many universities . Many famous books , such as George Herring 's America 's Longest War , are now included in the course (Hunt , p253 , 1999 . However the difference in the opinion of people regarding whether the war was just or unjust still remains . Even in United States many people still think that their government had no...