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The document discusses some of the challenges of writing a coursework on the Vietnam War for GCSE studies. It notes that the Vietnam War was a complex topic involving many historical, political, and social factors requiring extensive research. Successfully analyzing the key issues demands critical thinking skills to evaluate evidence and form conclusions. Additionally, crafting a well-structured essay to coherently organize and communicate ideas is a difficult task for many students. Seeking assistance from professional writing services could help students tackle such an in-depth coursework, but it is important students develop their own understanding of the material.

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Gcse Vietnam War Coursework

The document discusses some of the challenges of writing a coursework on the Vietnam War for GCSE studies. It notes that the Vietnam War was a complex topic involving many historical, political, and social factors requiring extensive research. Successfully analyzing the key issues demands critical thinking skills to evaluate evidence and form conclusions. Additionally, crafting a well-structured essay to coherently organize and communicate ideas is a difficult task for many students. Seeking assistance from professional writing services could help students tackle such an in-depth coursework, but it is important students develop their own understanding of the material.

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Writing a GCSE coursework on the Vietnam War can be a challenging task, as it requires a thorough

understanding of historical events, critical analysis skills, and the ability to articulate ideas
coherently. The Vietnam War is a complex and multifaceted topic, involving political, social, and
military aspects that demand in-depth research and careful examination.

Here are some reasons why writing a coursework on the Vietnam War can be difficult:

1. Complexity of the Topic: The Vietnam War involved a web of historical, political, and social
factors that can be overwhelming for students. Understanding the context, causes, and
consequences requires extensive research and a nuanced understanding of the subject.
2. Extensive Research: A comprehensive coursework demands thorough research from various
sources to provide a well-rounded perspective. This includes books, articles, primary
documents, and possibly interviews with experts.
3. Critical Analysis: Successfully addressing the key issues and themes of the Vietnam War
requires critical analysis. Students need to evaluate different perspectives, interpret historical
data, and form their own conclusions based on evidence.
4. Effective Writing Skills: Crafting a well-structured and coherent coursework is a skill that
takes time to develop. The ability to express ideas clearly and concisely is crucial, and
organizing a large amount of information into a cohesive narrative can be challenging.

For those finding it challenging to tackle such coursework, seeking assistance from professional
writing services like ⇒ HelpWriting.net ⇔ may be a viable option. These services often provide
expert writers who specialize in various subjects, including history. However, it's important for
students to use such services responsibly and ethically, ensuring that the work they submit reflects
their own understanding and ideas.

Remember, while external assistance can be beneficial, it's essential for students to actively engage
with the material and develop their own analytical and writing skills. If used wisely, these services
can serve as valuable tools to support the learning process.
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Update existing review Submit review Cancel It's good to leave some feedback. Source B on the
other hand is from the same election year but is the unofficial reasons. Or whether the kids were
“just doing their duty” should stand tall and be proud or not. But the fact that the speaker represents
the government is also a limitation of this source because if it represents the government that doesn’t
mean that it represents the rest of the country. And source 2 tells us that this trend was to continue
until late 1967. The source claims that the USA “could not allow south Vietnam out of its orbit.” it
also indicates that The USA received great economic gain from being in Vietnam and that they did
not care about fighting for democracy they just wanted to keep themselves in Vietnam. The source’s
other disadvantages are that this statement could have been said in the heat of the moment and be a
show of arrogance and pretentiousness. Furthermore, my notes are well organised and easy to follow.
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facebook Share through pinterest Miss T's Shop 4.61 80 reviews Not the right resource. I have
purchased lots of your materials for AQA GCSE History. They give an overview of the key content
and then review the exam technique required to be successful when answering the exam questions.
The majority of the sources agree, at least fundamentally, with the idea that the media held enough
power over the public to force the American government to capitulate on their position. History
Coursework - Vietnam - Explain why the United states became increas. Kagee 4 years ago report 5 A
brilliant revision resource. The problems are that this source doesn’t tell us the other side of the
argument and it does not tell us how much is spent on health and education at home per year in
comparison to that spent on war each year. Also, an event may have happened around the time that
influenced the candidate’s decision. Source 5 says that the AWM are not all hippies who smoke
marijuana etc. See other similar resources ?5.00 5.00 2 reviews BUY NOW Save for later Not quite
what you were looking for. Alike the previous source (and arguably Source F), the photograph shows
that popular support for the war is rapidly disappearing and that many people were ready to see it
end by 1970. It depicts clearly how Haggard detests the attitudes and appearances of “hippies” and
how they protest against the war but yet use the country’s produce. On March 16 th 1968, American
soldiers murdered some three-hundred and forty seven to five hundred and four unarmed civilians in
South Vietnam, falsely claiming that the village had been a stronghold of the Vietcong. We need to
know if the riots had a large or small impact and if the impact was god or bad. This resource hasn't
been reviewed yet To ensure quality for our reviews, only customers who have purchased this
resource can review it Report this resource to let us know if it violates our terms and conditions. The
plus points of this source would be that it shows two sides of the argument for and against
continuation of the war. This source is a speech so immediately I can say it is biased and unreliable
but not totally. In October 1970, support for withdrawal remains steady at 50%. We also need to
know if the company who conducted the survey were a reputable company or were they not as
accurate as they could have been. Reviews 5 Select overall rating (no rating) Your rating is required
to reflect your happiness. The cartoon also reflects the fact that popular support for the war is rapidly
vanishing as people begin to realise that the American economy has been transformed into a machine
of war to destroy others instead of an instrument of peaceful development.
Using evidence in such a way would surely have gained massive amounts of supporters for the
AWM. History Coursework - Vietnam - Explain why the United states became increas. We need to
ask whether Haggard wrote this song for fame, money or to get his point across. Or whether the kids
were “just doing their duty” should stand tall and be proud or not. The limitations however are that
what is said may be part of a speech and speeches usually bring about exaggeration and exclusion of
the argument of the opposition. Full instructions..doc and.pdf versions of all sheets, colour,
monochrome and low-graphics versions of all sheets. Has the image been cut down to focus on a
certain point. I know from my own knowledge that American soldiers also subjected their victims to
torture, maiming, mutilation and in some instances sexual abuse. The source shows that the USA had
“a promise to keep”, since 1954. This resource hasn't been reviewed yet To ensure quality for our
reviews, only customers who have purchased this resource can review it Report this resource to let
us know if it violates our terms and conditions. One must also consider the vastly superior social and
economic policies of the Communist North which played a key role in winning over the South
Vietnamese people who came to see the Americans as an occupying force of aggression. This makes
reference to the chaos in South Vietnam at this time. He would also be influenced because he is
writing for the American public and is aware of public opinion. It shows inhumanity and brutality of
American soldiers hurting and killing the innocent for no reason at all. SEATO was originally part of
the Truman Doctrine, which aimed to promote the containment of communism. During the early
1960s Vietnam was a complete mess. The writer splits the population up into three groups, neutral,
pro-war and anti-war. Also it tells us the Nixon thought the brave ones were out risking their live for
America. It is part of my full History (option HR) document (revision guide) that is on my shop,
which contains 6 full topics. This source is an unbiased source but yet still not totally useful as it was
written in 1995 and the memory of the writer could have been impaired or he could have been
resentful towards the people who called the college kids “bums”. It is also worth noting that the
theory Day presents also relies on ideas presented in other sources: the crimes of the Americans, the
superior tactics of the Vietcong and the difficulty of waging the war all gave the media material to
help bring the conflict to a speedy conclusion. Reviews Select overall rating (no rating) Your rating
is required to reflect your happiness. It tells us that the AWM had a huge positive impact on the end
of the war. Also the source is useful as it mentions the domino effect, which was also highlighted in
Source A. See other similar resources ?6.00 (no rating) 0 reviews BUY NOW Save for later Not quite
what you were looking for. However the source is useful as it states that American’s sphere of
influence was a reason the USA entered Vietnam. We need to know if the riots had a large or small
impact and if the impact was god or bad. Our customer service team will review your report and will
be in touch. ?5.00 5.00 2 reviews BUY NOW Save for later ?5.00 5.00 2 reviews BUY NOW Save
for later Last updated 15 March 2020 Share this Share through email Share through twitter Share
through linkedin Share through facebook Share through pinterest MrHarrisHistory 4.81 35 reviews
Not the right resource. After gaining the trust of the American public and winning the election
Johnson did not want to be seen as a weak president like his predecessor John F Kennedy.
Furthermore, my notes are well organised and easy to follow.
It also claims that most AWM members were normal people and they were not the stereotype found
in Merle Haggard’s song lyrics, smoking marijuana and taking trips on LSD. The Truman doctrine
game hand in hand with the Marshall plan, which gave economic aid to countries in Europe to help
them rebuild and become economically stable in order to fight off the communists and SEATO the
South East Asian Treaty Organisation, mentioned in Source A. This makes direct reference to “Red
Scare” in the 1920s and the policy of McCarthyism, which was passed by congress in 1940 and
caused suspicions to be aroused further. Or whether the kids were “just doing their duty” should
stand tall and be proud or not. We must however keep in mind that the evidence is constantly
changing and new evidence could change opinions and therefore outcomes, if the answer depends on
opinionated sources etc. What the father does is simply defend his daughters, and everyone’s right to
free speech. As you can see, I created the document from a vast range of resources, and put them
together into one succinct, intricate source, covering every topic and aspect of the specification. He
then says that a friend compares the crimes at My Lai to the crimes committed by the Schutzstaffel
(SS) or Geheime Staatspolizei (Gestapo) of National Socialist Germany, quoting them as saying “It
was a Nazi thing. The negative aspects would be that we are only given one side of the argument and
we need to have another point of view. Without all these facts my opinion would be different and
without all these facts I may not be able to make an accurate judgement of a source. Also, I have
friends in school that have used my document, and they’ve seen great progress and success in their
grades, achieving 9s, 8s and 7s. The scheme of work has been put together using a number of
different schemes of work I was kindly sent by contacts I made on Twitter. Another limitation is that
we need to know how many supported each group and how the supporters protested if they did so.
Also the questions would be better coming from an AWM member because they would then have
more impact. Our customer service team will review your report and will be in touch. ?5.00 5.00 2
reviews BUY NOW Save for later ?5.00 5.00 2 reviews BUY NOW Save for later Last updated 15
March 2020 Share this Share through email Share through twitter Share through linkedin Share
through facebook Share through pinterest MrHarrisHistory 4.81 35 reviews Not the right resource.
What board and units will you producing materials on. If it were being said privately then it would
mean less than it would if it were said in front of an audience or indeed on television. This is a very
radical, deep-impacting action and it speaks volumes on behalf of what that ex-soldier thought of
what was going on in Vietnam. It could be argued that the source shows the real opinions of Johnson
and the war in Vietnam making it more useful; however it is also this exact reason which makes it
limited. This makes reference to SEATO (South East Asia Treaty Organisation), which was set up by
President Eisenhower in September 1954. It tells us that even at its lowest level support are still at a
relatively large 25 per cent of the population that were polled. We also need to know if the company
who conducted the survey were a reputable company or were they not as accurate as they could
have been. In 1947 after Winston Churchill’s Iron Curtain Speech, President Truman announced his
Truman Doctrine. The limitations however are that what is said may be part of a speech and speeches
usually bring about exaggeration and exclusion of the argument of the opposition. Using the sources
and your own knowledge explain whether you agree or disagree with this statement. In October
1969 51% of the general population were in favour of withdrawal, with support for the war falling to
39%. Depending on the caption, two different, practically opposite opinions could be formed. This
source might be biased and therefore unreliable. If you would like to purchase any other, different
topics, they are available for the same price in my shop.
Each source is useful and limited, but out of all the sources, source B is the most useful. The heat
and the pressure get to you when you are debating and forces you to say things that may not actually
be true. If it were not for the media’s readiness to expose the horrific crimes committed by the
American armed forces in coalition with South Vietnam, the war may well have continued for a long
time afterwards. See other similar resources ?2.00 (no rating) 0 reviews BUY NOW Save for later
Not quite what you were looking for. Also like Kennedy, Johnson felt obliged to show America’s
support for Vietnam. He then says that a friend compares the crimes at My Lai to the crimes
committed by the Schutzstaffel (SS) or Geheime Staatspolizei (Gestapo) of National Socialist
Germany, quoting them as saying “It was a Nazi thing. The second song tells us that the writer does
not appreciate people who oppose the American warring way but likes the country’s produce and are
not violent etc. See other similar resources ?2.00 (no rating) 0 reviews BUY NOW Save for later Not
quite what you were looking for. In October 1969 51% of the general population were in favour of
withdrawal, with support for the war falling to 39%. Also, an event may have happened around the
time that influenced the candidate’s decision. As such, the source clearly disagrees with the theory
presented to us in Source M, instead attributing North Vietnamese victory to superior military tactics
and experience. If you would like to purchase any other, different topics, they are available for the
same price in my shop. Someone with the opposite opinion could have accused the kids of being evil
and deliberately harmful to the American name etc. Write a review Update existing review Submit
review Cancel It's good to leave some feedback. As such, we can logically associate Source J with
the final source and make the assumption that it does fundamentally support the theory presented
within Source M. Units wise we've gone for America 20-73, conflict and tension in Asia, health and
the people and Elizabethan England. Using evidence in such a way would surely have gained
massive amounts of supporters for the AWM. Write a review Update existing review Submit review
Cancel It's good to leave some feedback. Get this resource as part of a bundle and save up to 22% A
bundle is a package of resources grouped together to teach a particular topic, or a series of lessons, in
one place. Then, a mortar shell lands right in the middle of the patrol”, noting that when it detonates
“a couple of guys are dead; others are screaming in agony with a leg or arm blown off, or their guts
hanging out”. It claims that the AWM was the rational view behind the headstrong American
government. In his first song he tells us that the AWM members are long-haired hippies who smoke
marijuana, take trips on LSD or burn their draft cards on main street. Then introduces representations
of the protest movement and guides students through evaluating them. Sheet for students to
complete about the US response to French defeat at Dien Bien Phu. It tells me that the kids were
only rebellious because it was the fashion at the time to rebel against authority because you were
young. Alike the previous source (and arguably Source F), the photograph shows that popular support
for the war is rapidly disappearing and that many people were ready to see it end by 1970. It
includes a full scheme of work with differentiated learning objectives linked to the 9-1 grade criteria
and full resources for every lesson. As you can see, I created the document from a vast range of
resources, and put them together into one succinct, intricate source, covering every topic and aspect
of the specification. This resource hasn't been reviewed yet To ensure quality for our reviews, only
customers who have purchased this resource can review it Report this resource to let us know if it
violates our terms and conditions. Also the questions would be better coming from an AWM member
because they would then have more impact.
Reviews Select overall rating (no rating) Your rating is required to reflect your happiness. Write a
review Update existing review Submit review Cancel It's good to leave some feedback. The source
shows that the USA had “a promise to keep”, since 1954. It could be argued that the source shows
the real opinions of Johnson and the war in Vietnam making it more useful; however it is also this
exact reason which makes it limited. It got people thinking “if this soldier returned from war and
opposed the war what should the normal people of America think?” This source is fully factual and I
have no queries on its reliability. Unlike the two previous sources, Chomsky is looking at the War in
Hindsight, which could possibly distort his view on the USA’s involvement after knowing the
terrible atrocities that were caused making the source both useful and limited. Also the source is
useful as it mentions the domino effect, which was also highlighted in Source A. Write a review
Update existing review Submit review Cancel It's good to leave some feedback. We must ask
whether this was an American or British man or what nationality he otherwise was. We also need to
know if the company who conducted the survey were a reputable company or were they not as
accurate as they could have been. Write a review Update existing review Submit review Cancel It's
good to leave some feedback. During the early 1960s Vietnam was a complete mess. The cartoon
also reflects the fact that popular support for the war is rapidly vanishing as people begin to realise
that the American economy has been transformed into a machine of war to destroy others instead of
an instrument of peaceful development. Has the image been cut down to focus on a certain point.
This aggression shows the tension between the previously mentioned “doves” and “hawks”.
However, although some of the sources say that other influences were to be observed, the overall
trend is that that AWM was the key factor that effected the triggering of the end of the war. It is a
completely factual source and this gives it a merit in terms of reliability. These sources are limited in
number and some are unreliable (because of their bias) but not totally useless. The doves being the
anti-war members of the Democratic Party and the hawks being the pro-war members. There is
nothing provocative in this source simply a statement and then a few rhetoric questions. Then, a
mortar shell lands right in the middle of the patrol”, noting that when it detonates “a couple of guys
are dead; others are screaming in agony with a leg or arm blown off, or their guts hanging out”. It
depicts clearly how Haggard detests the attitudes and appearances of “hippies” and how they protest
against the war but yet use the country’s produce. It is logical to assume that Source G can be used to
support Source M, all though it does not support the theory as explicitly as other sources do. Source
7 tells us that students at university only rebelled because it was a part of their fashion and source 9
tells us that the kids at university were bums and lucky and that the real heroes were at Vietnam on
the front. The problems are that this source doesn’t tell us the other side of the argument and it does
not tell us how much is spent on health and education at home per year in comparison to that spent
on war each year. If it were not for the media’s readiness to expose the horrific crimes committed by
the American armed forces in coalition with South Vietnam, the war may well have continued for a
long time afterwards. The plus points of this source would be that it shows two sides of the argument
for and against continuation of the war. Source 4 tells us that America is spending too much money
on the war and not enough at home on health. RFU85 7 years ago report 5 So useful and a time
saver Empty reply does not make any sense for the end user Submit reply Cancel Report this
resource to let us know if it violates our terms and conditions. All though the reliability and accuracy
of the source is dubious due to it’s use as a propaganda poster, the source does present the theory
that America’s inexperience with guerrilla warfare was the main reason for the failure of American
forces in Vietnam.
See other similar resources ?3.00 (no rating) 0 reviews BUY NOW Save for later Not quite what you
were looking for. Set a learning homework on this that doesn’t need marking. Or whether the kids
were “just doing their duty” should stand tall and be proud or not. The Truman doctrine game hand
in hand with the Marshall plan, which gave economic aid to countries in Europe to help them rebuild
and become economically stable in order to fight off the communists and SEATO the South East
Asian Treaty Organisation, mentioned in Source A. Source 10 has a father of a shooting victim (Kent
State Campus) saying his daughter was not a hippie bum and that not all AWM members are hippies.
If he was American then we should more than likely expect a biased view. This source is an
unbiased source but yet still not totally useful as it was written in 1995 and the memory of the writer
could have been impaired or he could have been resentful towards the people who called the college
kids “bums”. Empty reply does not make any sense for the end user Submit reply Cancel Report this
resource to let us know if it violates our terms and conditions. On March 16 th 1968, American
soldiers murdered some three-hundred and forty seven to five hundred and four unarmed civilians in
South Vietnam, falsely claiming that the village had been a stronghold of the Vietcong. It begins by
documenting a typical patrol situation for an American group of soldiers, stating that “Vietnamese
are in every paddy. This resource hasn't been reviewed yet To ensure quality for our reviews, only
customers who have purchased this resource can review it Report this resource to let us know if it
violates our terms and conditions. Given your knowledge of the sources in this unit, how accurate do
you think this image is. This resource hasn't been reviewed yet To ensure quality for our reviews,
only customers who have purchased this resource can review it Report this resource to let us know if
it violates our terms and conditions. In 1965, 8 Americans were killed at Plieku and more than 100
were wounded after an attack by the Vietcong. These sources are limited in number and some are
unreliable (because of their bias) but not totally useless. Write a review Update existing review
Submit review Cancel It's good to leave some feedback. Worksheets: US tactics in response to
guerrilla tactics plus a completed table. It is most probable that he wrote it primarily to convey a
message and secondly for combined money and fame. Fab revision, starter, reinforcement, for all
ages. It tells me that the kids were only rebellious because it was the fashion at the time to rebel
against authority because you were young. The source is from May 1964, and is a private phone call
therefore making it unofficial and separate from the government. The bad points are that the man
may be suffering grief because of his daughter’s death and saying what he not normally say. This is
useful because it tells us one side of the argument and it is a very direct argument in its approach to
the topic. It is part of my full History (option HR) document (revision guide) that is on my shop,
which contains 6 full topics. Bundle Edexcel GCSE 9-1 History: Paper 3 Civil Rights and Vietnam
REVISION BUNDLE A bundle of revision materials for the Paper 3 Civil Rights and Vietnam War
topic. Includes. Full instructions..doc and.pdf versions of all sheets, colour, monochrome and low-
graphics versions of all sheets. He may be looking for redemption from the public or looking to save
is reputation as a decent human being. It is also worth noting that the theory Day presents also relies
on ideas presented in other sources: the crimes of the Americans, the superior tactics of the Vietcong
and the difficulty of waging the war all gave the media material to help bring the conflict to a
speedy conclusion. I intend to study the sources in this booklet until I have come to a viable
conclusion and have given my ultimate verdict. Before we assess the reliability of this source we
need to know why the poll was taken, who took it, what question was asked and could the person
being asked have given the answer that the interviewer expected etc.? What we do know about
opinion polls is this: they are commonly neutral sources and are factual pieces.

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