Eisenhower imposed a demilitarized zone on Vietnam that split the country into two and effectively delineated a civil war boundary between the Northern communists under Ho Chi Minh's rule and the Southern nationalists under Ngo Dinh Diem. ... (this kind of repeats what youve already said) At the same time, the United States saw an opportunity to "modernized Vietnamese political and social institutions and introduced the country to the expanding international economy" (Lessons 11). ...

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While previous political transitions had seen similar circumstances, the actual events in question had generally occurred individually. ... In regards to the political aspects of unification, it effectively left a Germany with no national or ethnic minorities, as well as having undisputed boundaries. ... For all the good that seemed to be imminent as a result of unification, many problems also arose regarding the political transformation that Germany was undergoing. ... The conflict between West Germany's goals of national unity and international integration remained the...

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Throughout this time, his political affiliation was revealed. ... Truman decided to spark his political career. ... A long, discouraging struggle ensued as U.N. forces held a line above the old boundary of South Korea. ...

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According to Dean Acheson, "If the best minds in the world had set out to find us in the worst possible location in the world to fight this damnable war, politically and militarily, the unanimous choice would have been Korea ". ... In other words, the Korean War happened soon after World War 2, and Korea was in horrible condition politically and militarily. ... At the end of the Korean War, the political boundaries of the Korean Peninsula remained divided and North Korea's population grew rapidly. ...

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Communism is a political theory about leading a society to equality. ... However, America feared this political view because their ideology was very different from that of communism's ideology. ... Eventually, European countries were divided into East and West by the "Iron Curtain" (Doc A), the boundary that separates the Warsaw Pact countries from NATO countries; America was in charge of Western Europe and the Soviet Union was in charge of Eastern Europe. ...

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United States knew it was time to do something about it, they could not let this spread to the US and other nations that have not yet moved politically towards Soviet Union Communist. ... At The end of World War II brought the redrawing of boundaries all over the world. ...

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Having a division of Europe between the east and the west only gave a physical boundary to this cold war and meetings in Tehran and Yalta assured that this conflict of powers would ensure a battle of cultural development. ... This period was one of the most repressive political campaigns ever launched denying people unalienable rights and condemned many innocent victims. ...

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The war stretched the boundaries of Vietnam and included a number of countries that helped in some form to further benefited their system. ... Military critics of the war pointed out that the conflict was political and that the military mission lacked clear objectives. Civilian critics of the war argued that the government of South Vietnam lacked political legitimacy, and that support for the war was immoral" (Edwards 264). ...

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Roosevelt had hesitated to discuss the Polish issue in detail for political reasons. ... Some members of the exile government in London to be integrated into the communist Lublin government Stalin promised to hold free elections at the end of hostilities The main issue surrounding this provisional Polish government at the Yalta Conference was its status in determining the country's political future The Soviet Union had occupied parts of Poland ever since 1944. ... These terms recognized the government that Soviet occupants had imposed upon Poland, as legitimate and left no basis for h...

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The Soviet Union placed a military and also political barrier between the east and the west. ... Finally the boundary line between North and South Korea was drawn at the 38th parallel . ... In the south, the U.S. backed right-wing political leaders while the Soviets supported the left-wing side. ... Political conflicts spilled over into a war that was a fight to determine Asia's future. ...

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Shlaim throughout the Berlin Crisis was preoccupied with domestic politics. ... The blockade remained in existence so long because of Truman's tough political race and his uncertainty of reelection. ... Truman was overtly aware that the people of the United States rallied behind his doctrine, and wanted any and every nation to have a choice in their political happenings; however, he was also aware that the people of the United States were tired of war, and especially war for European benefit. The Berlin Crisis would not be resolved until Truman was sure of his political future. ... Ot...

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I quickly learned I was researching something that spanned political, historical and religious backgrounds and tapped into the heart of the American attitude most recently seen in Obama's election victory speech of "yes we can".1 Despite this, the president recently appeared to be hesitant to proclaim views of support for exceptionalism. ... As James Ceaser states "It is probably a truism of political speech that if one has trouble defining immediately what a term means, someone else is using it a different way.... I shall then move onto the Cold War itself, identifying the...

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The Soviet Union used the Warsaw Pact to erect a facade of collective decisions and actions around the reality of its political domination and military intervention in the internal affairs of its allies. ... The parallel was not intended to be a boundary. Since the parallel became a boundary, the country was divided with the Communist North and the non-communist South. ...

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