Eisenhower and Vietnam In the history of the United States, foreign policy has caused many disputes over the proper role in international affairs. ... From the 1880's until World War II, France governed Vietnam as part of French Indochina under the control of Emperor Bao Dia. ... As time passed, the French wanted to regain control of its former colonies in Indochina. ... In 1953 Eisenhower requested sixty million dollars for French aid, and by 1954 the United States was sustaining eighty percent of the cost of the war between the French and the Communist Vietnam. However, the U.S was...

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English history is wrought with bouts of war, famine and chaos and near destruction of all British livelihoods. ... England has been a force to be reckoned throughout most of its history in all categories of life. ... The colonization of the original 13 colonies of modern day USA influenced the creation of the most technologically advanced, economically fueled, and politically savvy superpowers in history. ... In essence, the United States involvement alongside England, France, and the Soviet Union was inevitable. ... Such attacks, as those in Northern Africa, Italy and France were all con...

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Throughout history, many political, economic and social conditions have been developed causing a change in the course of history for nations and people. The Cold War was a major turning point in history. ... The West was the United States and their major allies being Canada, France, Britain, and Japan. ... Sections of Germany under the control of the United States, France, and Britain formed the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany). ... Throughout history, many political, economic and social conditions have often led to turning points that have changed the course of history for nations a...

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Gorbachev Mikhail Gorbachev was an important figure in history because of his willingness to end the Cold War and Communism as it was known in the 1980s. ... In my opinion, this was truly the "end of history." After the tearing down of Russia, Europe as not broken out into war, thus making Gorbachev a key factor in European History. 2. ... Louis XIV of France Louis put France into a prominent and dominant state by strengthening the power of the monarch thus beginning the era of modern State. 15. Descartes French philosopher who discovered analytical geometry and saw Algebra and Geometry ...

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France under Charles the Gaulle and China under Mao Zedong desired the same political benefits nuclear weapons gave Britain. Nuclear weapons allowed both France and China to Break away from their dependence on their superpower patrons, giving them their ticked to independence. ... In 1964, China joined the nuclear club just four years after France. ... [WWW document]. http://www.foreignpolicy-infocus.org/briefs/vol4/v4n25nuc.html Nuclear History at the National Security Archive [WWW document]. ...

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The longest war in American history, (besides the Iraq War), and probably one of the most controversial events in American history as a whole, the Vietnam war divided our country and resulted in over 58,000 American causalities. The events of the Vietnam War expose a side of American history that is, put bluntly, quite unpleasant to look at considering the death and destruction left in the wake of our actions in Vietnam. ... However; after World War Two had ended, Ho Chi Minh, (a pro-unification and independence leader of Vietnam), and his supporters the Viet Minh declared independence of Fran...

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In 1955, the United States began to help South Vietnam, and for ten years, spent billions of dollars in war equipment and economic aid. But the Vietcong, aided by North Vietnam, remained a constant threat to the government in the south. In 1965, President Johnson sent the first American combat troop...

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The Suez Canal crisis was when France, Israel, and England attacked Egypt. ... The UN is an important part of our history and will continue to help maintain peace in the future and help to shape our world and maintain peace. ...

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Europe's reaction was immediate- twenty-two days later, the Foreign Ministers from Britain, France, and the Soviet Union met to discuss Europe's future. ... George Marshall can be credited with one of the most successful and used plans in United States history. ...

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In early October 1945, the four prosecuting nations of Great Britain, the United States, France, and the USSR issued an indictment against 24 men and six organizations. ... "It was the greatest trial in history" were the words of a British judge and an opinion agreed upon around the world. ... Great Britain, the United States, the USSR, France, and China all had permanent seats on the Security Council and a veto power over all proposals. ... The German city of Berlin had been divided into four corners each belonging to Britain, France, the US, and the USSR. ...

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The French Revolution, opened up peoples minds to enlightenment, and World War I was the first to have battles of modern warfare. ... Vietnam began its mark on the world, when beginning in 1857, France attacked the land and later seized it as a colony. The Vietnam land was finalized to French control in 1883 with the signing of a Treaty of Protectorate, thus ending Vietnam's independence. The French colonial land remained under the country with little uprising for nearly fifty years. ... With the Vietminh victory at the French command post at Dien Bien Phu, the French were forced to s...

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Though Von Trotta's subordinates the history of the German divide it still plays a huge part in the film. ... I always think people are not living up history like historians but very fragmentary, in an individual and personal way. In this case the love story is conditioned by the wall and by great history. For me it is always interesting to tell a story from the life of persons, then looking from the individual to the history." ... At the same time Sophie's French partner has left for New York and she is alone with her son Alexander. ...

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Taylor once said, "Nothing has been normal in German history except violent oscillations." ... The Treaty of Versailles was hammered out by the "Big Four," which were the leaders of the United States, France, Great Britain, and Italy (Mack 667). ... The zones were given to the United States, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, France, and the United Kingdom. ... The United States, French, and the British had control of the West. ... Then we look to the Western half of Germany, which was molded to follow the free and democratic ways of the United States, French, and Great Britain. ...

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The paper below goes into the history and consequences of the Marshall Plan. ... The Foreign Ministers of Great Britain (Bevin), France (Bidault) and the Soviet Union (Molotov) met on June 27, 1947 in Paris: The U.S. wanted to include the Soviet Union in the program for the reconstruction of Europe. ... In this Committee, which was the pioneer of the Organization for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC), 16 European states were represented: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, T...

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Although not technically a declared war, it was the longest conflict in the United States history. ... Never in history has so much power been used so ineffectively as in the war in Vietnam. ... These countries were under French colonial rule. ... The French were losing and were not able to control the communist North Vietnamese from invading South Vietnam. The United States originally tried to help the French by giving them financial aid to fight off the communist attackers. ...

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History cannot be looked at trough White and Black glasses. ... By 1950's South-East Asia became place where interest of superpowers, such as United States, China and USSR, as well as fading colonial empires like France and United Kingdom, created deadly tensions. ... "No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. ... (King 856) David McCullough in "Introductory Essay to Vietnam A Television History." wrote: The Vietnam War was the longest and most unpopular war in which Americans ever fought. ... Introductory Essay to Vietnam: A Television History. ...

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Canada is the satellite of USA, and USA has never had much trouble with it in history because she did not try to exploit Canada. ... Nationalist movements have gained much strength especially after the French Revolution in 1789. It had caused many empires to collapse (Austria-Hungry Empire, Ottoman Empire etc.) throughout the history. ...

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Truman left for France as a captain in the U.S.Army. ... Even so, by campaigning his wartime record and his past history, Truman won the primary of the election. ... Fortunately, by using his knowledge in history and government, he was finally recognized and appointed to two important committees. ...

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In the spring of 1940, after Germany had conquered Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France Roosevelt convened a special session of Congress and asked it to lift the embargo on the sale of weapons, a provision that primarily hurt the European countries opposed to Hitler and Germany, known as the Allies. ... Nixon became president during one of the most controversial events in American history: Vietnam. ... On December 17, 1972 Nixon bombed Hanoi and Haiphong in the most severe aerial assault in history. ...

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But when Germany, Japan, and Italy tried to expand by force into China, Ethiopia, Poland, Austria, and present day Czech Republic, Britain and France declared war on Hitler, and the United States did nothing. ... Then came one of the biggest interventions in Americas history of foreign policy. ... The first was a struggle between Vietnamese nationalists and the French colonial regime which was aided by the United States at the time. During this second war the United States stepped in to take the place of France against the northern based Communists and the southern insurgents. ...

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In June 1945, the Allied Big Four Britain, France, Soviet-Union, and the United States took over supreme authority of Germany. ... This was the only existence in history of the world that a wall was erected to keep an entire people confined to one place, rather than to keep someone out. ...

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Tensions between Russia and the West have been high throughout history. ... Britain's foreign secretary, Lord Castlereagh called it "a great nonsense" and in the Congress System (1818-1828) Britain and France constantly disagreed with the Holy alliance. Also, during the Crimean War (1854-1856), France sided with Britain against Russian aggression in the Near East. ...

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Nixon "I don't see why we need some fancy French word in dealing with the Russians; we already have a word for it- Cold War.... Détente, a French word meaning to "relax tension", began in a limited measure under the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations to improve communications with potential adversaries. ...

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But when it came to helping North Vietnam we turned our backs on them and sided with the french, their oppressors and south Vietnam. ... But unfortunately the United States has always had a history of siding with the side it believes it will benefit the most from. ...

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Eisenhower is one of the most influential and productive men in American history, winning the country over by playing a key role in ending the Korean War as well as instituting the Interstate Highway Funding Act. ... " The Soviet Union was willing to have a Four-Power meeting between themselves, the United States, the United Kingdom, and France. ...

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