QAZ41 Posted November 13, 2011 Report Share Posted November 13, 2011 Our teacher demands we have our research question ready but I can't come up with anything good. I'm leaning towards the vietnam war since I have alot of interest in it and have done alot of research on it but the only question I can come up with why and how did the us get involved. Ontop of my lack on interest for that particular question I don't think it would make for a good investigation. The major problem here is coming up with a question that is 'narrow' or specific enough to do an investigation on while still being an interesting and good topic.Need help, Thanks. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
neek Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 How about who was responsible for the escalation of the US's involvement in the war? Or how the war ended: the extent of who was responsible in the USA's withdrawal e.g. the Anti-war movement. The significance of the Tet offensive? The significance of the media in the USA's withdrawal (their deception outraged the US citizens)?There's loads to do about the Vietnam, I am doing mine atm on it.Good luck! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopTheLops Posted November 25, 2011 Report Share Posted November 25, 2011 yeah im doing mine now too, on Nixon, the president who was at the end to the war, It was Lyndon B Johnson who was responsible for the escalation of the war, you could have a question like to what extent was johnson responsible for the escalation of the Vietnam war? Reasons to why he was and why he wasn't. Look at his policies and what he did to escalate the war, and then you could look at other factors, like due to the deep involvement in the war, the escalation was necessary to win the war, but keep in mind that US did not win the war, Nixon's policy of Vietnamization was to transfer the responsibility of defence from the US troops to the South Vietnamese troops, this way he could slowly withdraw US troops, so it didn't look like US had lost. If you read some speeches it could help, i recommend this book called Major Problems in the History of the Vietnam War by Robert J. Mcmahon. It contains speeches, original documents and essays that are very useful, both first hand and second hand sources. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabs44 Posted December 3, 2011 Report Share Posted December 3, 2011 An analysis of how the government portrayed it vs. how the media portrayed it at the time could be interesting, if you like that type of thing! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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