Let's build some context about the backdrop of our next novel, The Things They Carried by a masterful writer and storyteller, Tim O'Brien.
While you could read and appreciate this text without the historical context, it will punch harder by learner the severity and social context of the Vietnam War. That's what this work is about: learn what you can about Vietnam -- why we were there, why it was controversial, and what America was like. Your task: Research the Vietnam War to build background knowledge and context. Directions: 1. Research the Vietnam War. Consider timeline of events, impact of war in America, the draft, controversy surrounding war, political consequences, lasting effects of war, and so on. 2. Provide 3 interesting and meaningful facts about this event by commenting on this blog post. Take care to use a reliable source and cite it in your comment. No Wikipedia and no "answers" sights. **The catch? No repeats! Let's gather up as much information as we can to help create the backdrop for this truly inventive and moving novel.
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11/8/2017 10:39:19 am
The Vietnam War is the commonly used name for the Second Indochina War
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11/8/2017 10:45:31 am
In Vietnam, they called the war the “War Against the Americans to save the Nation.” North Vietnam fought to have the entire country together under one communist rule, just like China and the Soviet Union. Contradicting them was the South Vietnamese government, who wanted to model the West instead.
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Kaleigh Vance
11/9/2017 06:55:33 pm
The U.S first got involved in Vietnam in 1954
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11/12/2017 10:07:27 pm
The Vietnam War was the longest in U.S. history until the Afghanistan War (2002-2014).
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11/13/2017 11:04:17 am
The Vietnam War was the longest in U.S. history until the Afghanistan War (2002-2014). The war was extremely divisive in the U.S., Europe, Australia, and elsewhere. Because the U.S. failed to achieve a military victory and the Republic of South Vietnam was ultimately taken over by North Vietnam, the Vietnam experience became known as “the only war America ever lost.”
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Catalina lemus
11/13/2017 11:07:43 am
Nearly two-thirds of the American men serving the war were volunteers.
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11/13/2017 04:58:53 pm
The United States military lost in Vietnam almost 10,000 aircraft, helicopters and 578 UAVs (554 over Vietnam and 24 over China)
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Caitlin Frye
11/13/2017 07:39:21 pm
*The Vietnam War was a manifestaion leading of the Cold War between the U.S and Soviet Union and other respected allies.
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