British and American forces occupied Italy. In Asia, Japan was occupied mainly by American forces; Korea, by the American and the Soviet Union; and Manchuria, by Soviet and Chinese forces. ... In 1947, the American and the British zones were finally united economically. ... The Settlement of Japan After the war, as agreed at Potsdam, Japan was occupied by Allied forces. These forces were mostly American. ...

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With their allies achieving victory in Japan and Europe, Korea was held under temporary control of Russia and the United States. ... As the relationship between Russia and America became more and more tense, both attempted to gain as many allies as possible to support them. The American government felt it was their duty as a democratic nation to stop the Soviet Union. ... America entered a "Red Scare," which is a growing fear of the potential uprising of Communism. ... America's involvement in the war was not so much of a choice as it was something that was unavoidable. ...

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For the next eight years the war against Japan took precedence over anything else. ... The Chinese Communists moved across north China to take the Japanese surrenders and get the weapons and supplies that the Imperial Japanese Army held. ... The Americans sent Gen. ... The American involvement in this conflict was not very smart. By aiding Chiang and the Nationalists, America set itself up for tense foreign affairs with the future Communist China. ...

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They were instrumental in the Japanese "economic miracle" by the permitting of Japanese goods into the American market. It began a major plan for economic aid to Japan. Japanese soon acquired global influence through economic expansion. Although the U.S. remained the major market for Japanese exports, Japanese investors and exporters became the most important foreign business interests in Southeast Asia. ... I think the U.S was very effective in achieving their goals in Japan. ...

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On 7 December 1941, the Japanese shockingly destroyed a large part of the American Pacific Navy. ... As soon as the war ended, the relations between America and Russia cooled. American's regretted their isolation in the years between the wars. ... In August 1945, America dropped the world's first nuclear weapon on Hiroshima in Japan. ... America fully agreed with the "Iron Curtain" speech." ...

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The regions that are considered as ethnic strife-prone are: Western Europe- Ireland, Belgium, Switzerland, France and Spain; Eastern Europe- Yogoslavia and newly independent countries of former Soviet Union; the Mediterranean and the Middle East- Cyprus, Turkey, Lebanon and Israel; Africa- virtually every nation; Asia- from Pakistan to the Philippines; and the Americas- from Canada throughout the Caribbean. ... As for the case of Japan, which is considered homogeneous in terms of race eJapans source of strength lies in its eracial homogeneity as remarked b...

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He also did a very successful two week lecture circuit in Japan, speaking to thousands of Japanese and meeting victims of the Hiroshima attack. After Japan he wrote a book to illustrate why the United States should withdraw from Vietnam immediately. ... One year after his visit to Japan, he went back to Tokyo to meet with the Intrepid four. ... As shock to Buckley, many people applauded Zinn's opposition and he did not understand his criticism of the American government. ...

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Contrary to the popular belief of the average American, Communism is not "evil". ... When we were attempting to stop Japanese aggression in China, Stalin and his comrades were not deemed to be "evil", at least not when wee needed his help. ... The Children of America were not taught that the Soviets were "evil", they were simply not told anything about Communism. ... Democracy, the greatest psychological war the human race has ever faced (almost bringing the species to extinction), and it gets less than 50 pages in a 900 page American History book. ... Had American Democracy been under the ...

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The United States became paranoid that Communists from the Soviet Union were bound to overthrow democracy in America. ... "Burma, Thailand, India, Japan, the Philippines and obviously Laos and Cambodia are among those whose security would be threatened if the red tide of Communism overflowed into Vietnam" (option 1 Senator John Kennedy's speech June 1956). ... This oath was extremely important because if America did not hold to this promise the worlds view on America could be forever damaged. ... These broadcasts opened Americans eyes that the war in Vietnam was not the only one being f...

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