'American Involvement in Vietnam War\r'

'The new(a) â€Å" morning time Glories among the Peas” was written by James D. Seddon, a workman and expert surveillance personnel of the US army. He was one of the US soldiers who was involved in the Vietnam strugglefargonfare. In this novel, he wrote some of his experiences albeit fighting and surviving in Vietnam. Nevertheless, he in like manner offered some political issues that he thinks should be addressed by the US governance. The Vietnam War was both a military and ideologic state of war. When Vietnam was divided into two parts: North and South Vietnam, tensions were go between the two nations.North Vietnam had a commie governing body supported by both the Soviet juncture and Red China. It was headed by Ho Chi Minh who thwarted the French during the Vietnamese war of independence. South Vietnam was classless in governwork forcet. A duly constituted govern handst was elected by the South Vietnamese under(a) the terms of its constitution. South Vietnam was supported by the united States. When the North Vietnamese army invaded South Vietnam, bitch for its defense was alerted by the unify States. Allied nations of the united States responded and began sending legions to South Vietnam.The United Nations protective cover Council called for the deployment of troops in South Vietnam to relieve the contract 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 descriptoral declaration of War. Hence, the Vietnam War came to its early human being body of battle. The retain was about a Vietnam War oldtimer who saw the horrible events in the war: the bloody massacre of villages by US troops pretend of hiding North Vietnamese, the frequent ambush of US marines in the jungles of Vietnam, and many a(prenominal) other events narrated in the book.Since the book is non-fiction, it guarantees a wide range of historical converse on poli cies on war and political ideologic struggles. Nevertheless, the wide array of schematic dialogues and conjunctures betweens characters provide the earshot the atmosphere of burning conflict, of which, the most pervasive is the universe of war as politics and of politics as war. The Vietnam War was the longest war involving the United States (1961-1975), moreover it was only the war in which the United States was defeated.The intense realities of the war which the indite was trying to convey in his novel was a blanch or emergence of ideological struggle between the US and the Communist bloc. It was often argued that the United States fought a war of non-sense, exactly policy-makers at that time were not concerned of practicality, provided only of necessity. Vietnam was strategic since it holds the key to the numerous bodies of body of water surrounding the newly-born democratic republics of Southeast Asia. If Southeast Asia discharge to the Communists, what are then the ch ances for the United States to remark its ideological dominance?The implication of the author’s credit line whitethorn hold the key to the very break up of sending expeditions to South Vietnam. Soldiers were sent to a orbit 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 â€Å"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 soft-witted massacres of villages, poisoning of wells, senseless cleanings 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 fabrication of the conflicting conditions in Vietnam and the United States? Or does this show up 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 high spoted 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 self-respect. The novel also presented the decay of human dignity brought about by the Vietnam War. Human dignity is broadly found in the ability of humans to follow comfortably without the interference of foreign powers, that is, free schooling under the term of a just sub judice standard. The intrusion of the United States into the lives of the South Vietnamese brought them ache 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 mainly an unwarranted war. The novel is generally a unspoilt source of historical information about the war in Vietnam. It also gives a thorough and legislate description 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 render the North Vietnamese as â€Å"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 piec e. Although it accurately describes reality, the author was unable to highlight his literary style in the novel (novice). fiber Seddon, James D. 1990. Morning Glories among the Peas: A Vietnam’s old geezer Story. Iowa State. e-bay bookstore download. http://worldcat. org//22181821?\r\n'