Americans have been envied since they have evolved. ... That's why Americans comes in different colors. ... Americans has a reputation of being lazy and rude. ... In his essay "What is an American" he states that all Americans are of European descent and that people who comes to America lives a better life. Those statements are incorrect because people from all over the world has come to America such as Africans, Asians, Mexicans, etc. ...

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In 1965, President Johnson sent the first American combat troops to South Vietnam, and at that point, it became an American War. When the first American troops went to war in Vietnam, Americans went to war at home. ... They thought the United States should have never been fighting a war in Asia, a war that made troops travel halfway across the world. They believed Americans had no business interfering in a Vietnamese matter. ... It became the longes and most painful war in American history. ...

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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. ... South Korea was one of the few regions in northeast Asia still free of communist rule during 1947. ... The Soviets had a major influence over the communist regions in Asia, making them somewhat responsible for the actions of North Korea. ... America's involvement in the war was not so much of a choice as it was something that was unavoidable. ...

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Growing up Korean in white America was different. ... Whether being ridiculed by whites or other Asians, there were constant cultural conflicts. ... r been to the homeland, I still get these dirty looks from other Koreans here in America, because I am totally not Asian washed. Back Even in high school the typical Asians that always hung out with just only other Asians sometimes called me a "sellout" because I never hung out with them. ... The Asians did not understand why I hung out with them, but that these athletes were different then the Asians were. ...

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Should America Participate in Foreign Wars or Affairs Since the beginning of time war has been a part of everyone's life. ... One reason was the death toll, but not just on Americans. ... No one really knows why we were involved maybe it was to stop the spread of communism or to save a little country in southeast Asia. ... President Kennedy approved the invasion, but did not send any American soldiers. ... Even though Americans didn't go to war it was still a major threat to some major American cities. ...

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The foreign policies of President Eisenhower led to the involvement of the Americans in the Vietnam War, but to a limited extent. ... These foreign policies led to an effective involvement in the Vietnam War from an American perspective. ... The French did not find the easy victory over Ho Chi Minh as expected and were endangered of being thrown out of their colonial empire in Southeast Asia which forced them to seek assistance from their American ally. John Foster Dulles, secretary of state, and Eisenhower were convinced that if a French defeat in Southeast Asia was allowed it would begin ...

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At this point, the Soviet Union, eastern Europe, some countries in Asia, and Cuba were all Communist countries and each of them believe strongly that communism was better than capitalism. However, countries like the US, Canada, Southern Asia, and Eastern Europe believed strongly in capitalism. ... X turned out to be George Kennan, an American Foreign Service officer stationed in Moscow. ... The French, British, and American zones were all capitalistic regions, whereas the Soviet zone was communistic. ... America supplied 2 million people by dropping supplies from spaces. ...

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"We are in Vietnam because our national security and security of the entire free world demands that firm line be drawn against the further advance of Communist imperialism - in Asia, in Africa, in Latin America, and in Europe." ... Pro-communist guerilla movements spread across South America, Africa, and Southeast Asia. ... "Whether we decide to abandon Southeast Asia or to try to draw another line outside Vietnam, the loss of Vietnam will result in dozen more Vietnams in different parts of the world. ... Vietnam War has been simply right thing to do for many Americans. ... No one wants ever t...

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Thy came through the Bering Straight and landed in Alaska, where they hunted blue fox, the fur seal and sea otter which they sold to some Asian countries. ... The friendship between Russia and America began before the first settlement was founded in America. ... Life is not easy for Russian-Americans. ... What the Americans obviously do not see is that the Russians are enriching the American culture day by day, because there are many respected Artists of every kind among the Russian-Americans. ... American media showed all Russians as communists. ...

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This forced the United Nations to retreat and the U.S became involved in an extensive land war in Asia. ... After the war, American forces stayed in South Korea to help rebuild the nation for a short period of time. ... Impact On Americans The United States' foreign situation had a huge impact home and abroad for Americans. By aiding South Korea, the U.S gained huge advantages in politics and footholds in Asia. ... The Korean War gave America a very important military presence in Asia. ...

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It was necessary that we have Japan's unconditional surrender, keep Russia out of East Asia and cut down on the cost of lives, Japanese and American. ... It was absolutely essential that the loss of American lives be decreased. ... It was estimated that it would cost 250,000 American lives and millions of Japanese lives to take Japan by invasion. ... The atomic bomb created a horrific death toll, in the end it saved lives, American and Japanese. ... Having a "sphere of influence" in Japan would have given Russia a foot hold from which to spread communism in East Asia. ...

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There were more than 16,000 U.S. military advisers in South Vietnam, and more than 100 or more Americans had been killed by the John F. ... Every American President called the enemy in Vietnam-the Vietminh. 1960's successor, the National Liberation Front (NLF) : and the government of north Vietnam which was led by Ho Chi Minh as agentsof global Communism. Most Americans called communism the "antithesis of all they held dear." ... A lot of Americans even compared communist as a disease. ... As if they were to follow everyone else, most of Southeast Asia was under this theory. ...

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The initial reasons for U.S. involvement in Vietnam seemed logical and compelling to American leaders. ... American attention focused primarily on Europe and on Asia beyond Vietnam. ... After China became a communist state in 1949, the stability of Japan became of paramount importance to Washington, and Japanese development required access to the markets and raw materials of Southeast Asia. The outbreak of war in Korea in 1950 served primarily to confirm Washington's belief that communist aggression posed a great danger to Asia . ... The American troops and POWs came home, but the war con...

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Once again America had just finished a great war in which France was an important ally. ... Kennedy quickly discovered that this was a new kind of war America was fighting. ... By the time of Kennedy's death America would have 16,000 "advisors" in the country. ... I am not going to be the president who saw Southeast Asia go the way China went". ... The television brought Vietnam into the homes of Americans and fueled protest against it. ...

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The main problem is American power. ... In July of the year 2000 Dr.Hans Bethe and fifty of his colleagues from the Federation of American Scientists drafted a letter to President Clinton, urging him not to deploy a missile defense system. ... Lastly, the system gives the United States of America too much world dominance and power. ... The U.S was created to be the anti-thesis of an imperialistic government, but when the U.S fought in the Spanish-American war, instead for freeing Cuba from Spain, they took it over as well as Guam and the Philippians. ... If the system is set up and the U.S sta...

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I think his seven primary concerns are as follows: 1) The termination of the Poverty Program; 2) Sending young brothers to fight for liberation in Southeast Asia, when they don't live free in Georgia and Harlem, and die alongside whites who live in a nation and cannot go to the same schools; 3) The massive violence used in Vietnam; 4) America would never be free or saved from itself unless the descendants had their own shackles removed; 5) The burden of maintain his role as a man who received the Nobel Prize for Peace and work for the "brotherhood of man"; 6) The Vietnam people who have b...

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Today, China remains the major issue in U.S. security policy in Asia. ... -China security relations: 1) Taiwan, 2) U.S. proposals for deploying theater missile defense systems in Asia, 3) supposed leaks to China of military-related technologies and nuclear secrets, and 4) Chinese arms export policies. ... The alleged spy scandals and accusations of theft of American nuclear secrets are also factors. ... President Bush, who entered office pledging to take a tougher stand toward China, has brought a personal touch to the diplomacy, visiting China twice in one year, a first for an American presid...

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There is Oceania, which encompasses the Americas and Great Britain, Eurasia, which is Europe and the Near East, and Eastasia, which is the rest of Asia and Australia. ... The North America has free trade policies, as does the European union. These make North America and Europe the most powerful economic centres on Earth. ...

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The United States became paranoid that Communists from the Soviet Union were bound to overthrow democracy in America. ... 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 fought. ... American troops were unprepared to fight this type of warfare. ... President Lyndon Johnson stated, "We are not about to send American boys nine or ten thousand miles away from home to do what Asian boys should be doing for themselve...

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The threat of Russian progression in Europe and in Asia was enough to worry the top officials in the United States and British governments. ... The American government also wanted revenge for the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. The Japanese gave no warning to the Americans and no war was declared until after the incident. ... The Americans did not want the Russians to get involved in the war against Japan. ... Fortunately the Americans won the "race of discovery". ...

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Peace talks failing Economist 11/1/02 "Presented with the evidence of their uranium enrichment, a key material needed in the development of nuclear weapons, North Korean officials reportedly told Americans that they considered the 1994 nuclear peace deal "nullified" and have adamantly refused to discuss any form of a nuclear treaty with the United States." ... Analysis: As we can see here Asian countries usually shy on U.S. involvement in their region are pressuring our nation to launch military strikes as they see a political collapse along with further U.S. involvement eminent if actio...

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The Moment the War Comes Home After landing troops on the battlefield of South Vietnam with huge amounts of war expenses, Washington D.C. incessantly acclaimed for a liberal democracy in this small Asian country. ... After witnessing the media portrayal of the devastation in Southeast Asia, Americans began to react to US participation in this war. ... That was really the battles in the heart of America. ... The war also left behind a painful America. ... American blood not only shed on the battlefields of Vietnam, it also shed on American territory against the US military intervention in In...

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Adlai traveled extensively in America and Europe and was educated at the Choate School, Princeton, Harvard, and Northwestern University. ... He defended Truman's foreign policy of containment, but rejected the President's "give 'em hell" approach instead of "talking sense" to the American people. ... He stressed two themes---discontinue using the arms race and encourage economic development in Asia and Africa. ... No matter what, he resisted pressure from others to resign, and he openly defended American policies. Before his death of a heart attack on July 14, 1965, in London, h...

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Latin Bloc: With many of the world's premier rainforests located in Central and South America, these nations want to prolong the life of their natural resources so that they can mature economically. Asian Bloc: Arguably the hardest hit continent with China and India, the Asian bloc varies. ...

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America wanted to spread democracy and capitalism while finding places to trade with in the open market. ... The American view of the Soviet Union was well known. ... Americans compared communism to a contagious disease. ... The leaders of the U.S. feared that if we let communists have Korea, or Asia, they could gain momentum and take Europe. ... This was the first military treaty between the United States and Europe since the American Revolution. ...

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