semester-long project - vietnam (1)

8/13/2019 Semester-Long Project - Vietnam (1)

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Vietnam: Past andPresent

OConnor, Rayner, Tierney


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DRV (North Vietnamese) and Viet CongRVN (South Vietnamese)

- Backed by the United States

Part of Cold War- Against Communism

What Was the Vietnam War


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Why Did the US Interfere?

Stop CommunismDomino Theory

Trained ARVN

Military advisors train guerrillas


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Key Statistics and FiguresUnited States

- 58,119 KIA- 153,303 wounded

- 1,948 MIA

South Vietnam- 230,000 KIA

- 1,169,763 wounded

North Vietnam- 1,100,000 KIA

- Unknown wounded


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Other Facts75,000 were severely disabled23,214 were 100% disabled

5,283 lost limbs1,081 lost multiple limbs

61% of KIA were younger than 21

11,465 were younger than 20

17,539 of KIA were married

Average age of KIA: 23.1

Five men KIA were 16 years old


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Tet Offensive

January 1968DRV and VC

Assault on US Marines at Khe Sanh

Attacks on cities throughout South VietnamHeavy casualties

Psychological attack on RVN and US


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Famous Picture from Tet Offens

AdaFeb

VietWeb


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Psychological Effects of the Vie

War on American Troops

PTSD Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

30.9% of male American Vietnam Vet

suffer from lifetime effects of PTSD In a 2003 study found four out of five

suffering from PTSD some twenty five

after the war.


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Depression, anxiety and alcohol issues Men

Alcohol dependence and abuse, Antisocial

Personality Disorder and Generalized Anxiet

Disorder

Women

Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Depressio

Higher wartime exposure = more psychological


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Some disorders developed when soldreturned back to the United States aft

war.

American veterans returned to a politi

hostile America

Thus resulting in the acute anxiety and self-

estrangement

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War on Vietnamese

Contributing factors to psychologicaldisorders amongst Vietnamese Chemical/Herbicide Spraying Exposure

Family Breaks Up

War Environment

P h l i l Eff t f th Vi


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War on Vietnamese

Particular Groups Psychologically imp Soldiers Prisoners of War

Families

Single Mothers

Evacuees


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Agent Orange

19,000,000 gallons used in Vietnam Wa

Agent Orange was the most common

herbicide used.


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Effects from the usage of

Chemicals/herbicides

American Troops Cancer

Leukemia

Hodgkin's lymphoma

Children of American Troops Spina Bifida

Birth Defects



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Vietnamese Children Still Borns

Diabetes Type Two Various Birth Defects


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KC Ortiz. The Effects of Vietnam. Online Image. Known Gallery. Web. 16


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Environmental Impact

25 million acres of f 20% destroyed American Grass

Map of Spray Missions in South Vietnam, 196cc.gatech.edu. Operation Ranch Hand. Web. 1


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Vietnam Today

89 million people 94% Literacy

Communism

Economic Reform


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Exports

Cashews Clothing

Rice


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Cashew Controversy

Forced Labor labor rehabilitation


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Vietnam as a Whole

Warmth Culture

History


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Works Cited

Ashwill, Mark A; Ngoc Diep Thai. Vietnam Today: a guide to a nation at a crossroads. Yarmouth: Intercultur

"Birth Defects in Children of Vietnam and Korea Veterans - Public Health."Birth Defects in Children of Vietn

Veterans - Public Health. Department of Veteran Affairs, 14 Feb. 2012. Web. 17 Nov. 2013.

"Facts about Herbicides - Public Health."Facts about Herbicides - Public Health. Department of Veteran Affa

Web. 18 Nov. 2013.

Hammond, Susan, dir. WarLegacies.org. N.p., N.d. Web. 6 Nov. 2013

Hitchens, Christopher. "The Vietnam Syndrome." Vanity Fair. N.p., Aug. 2006. Web. 04 Nov. 2013.

KC Ortiz. The Effects of Agent Orange in Vietnam. Online Image. 21 July 2009. Known Gallery. Web. 16 N


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Works Cited (Cont.)

Mahato, Ananda, et al. Vietnams Economy: Poverty and Prospects. mrdwab.com.Study Abroad, 1999. Web

Map of Spray Missions in South Vietnam, 1965-71 Map. cc.gatech.edu. Operation Ranch Hand. Web. 19 No

Murphy, J. M. "War Stress and Civilian Vietnamese. A Study of Psychological Effects."NCBI. U.S. National L

n.d. Web. 18 Nov. 2013.

Ra, T Huy. "Sustainable value and significance of the Communist Manifesto". dangcongsan.vn. Central Com

Communist Party of Vietnam, 8 March 2007. Web. 6 Nov. 2013.

Summers, Harry G. On Strategy: A Critical Anaylsis of the Vietnam War. London. Random House LLC, 1995.

Tucker, Spencer. Vietnam. U P of Kentucky, 1999. Print.


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