The war traced its origins to before the Cold War and even before World War II. ... Eisenhower's advisors after calculating the forces necessary to win the war were perceptive enough to convince him to keep the U.S. out of the Indochina war. ... A war of guerillas and insurgents, a war fought in ambushes not traditional combat. ... The Vietnam War was not a very popular war with the American people and due to the prolonged United States involvement the number of people against it grew. ... The Vietnam War was the first war in the history of the United States to be fought on foreign and d...

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Baring in mind that the war occurred at the height of the cold war and the propaganda was quite strong; there was an overall distrust of communism and the East. ... This war became known as the T.V war. ... This turned the cold war into a three-way distrust from a two way one. All the countries had good reasons to want a warming of the cold war: America wanted to separate the USSR and China, as together they were too much of a threat to America. ... This was not to mean the cold war was over, the nuclear arms race with the USSR continued, but it did mean that the Vietnam War was drawing to an ...

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"The Manchurian Candidate" In the 1960's the Cold war paranoia of communism affected the lives of everyday people. ... The Cold war era was a time of fear and the first time the Americans felt threatened by a country that matched our abilities and power. ... This film accurately displays cold war paranoia. ...

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The Vietnam War was also another event that shaped the way Americans viewed war and how they viewed the rest of the world. ... During the cold war the Cuban missile crisis was one of the most important events happening in the news at that time. ... America was fighting a war over in Vietnam during the 70's against communism. ... Many anti-war demonstrations were being held everywhere in the United States. ... From the Vietnam War being the first televised war, to the United States spy plane being *censored* down over China, the media is a big influence on how we view the world. ...

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During the cold war era (1961-1970) the United States pumped billions of dollars into its NASA program with the sole goal of landing on the moon. ... At the time, a push for a nonmilitary goal such as a moon landing would temporarily hold off the growth of a cold war. ... The Americans were first.The landing on the moon by America only fueled the cold war. ... With America's landing on the moon, and the nuclear age at its peak, the cold war had only begun. ... Although the initial affect of the moon landing in respect to military and political tension indeed seemed good, ultimately t...

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WAR ON IRAQ Out line: The fall of Soviet Union_____No deterrence. ... War on Afghanistan________War against Terrorism. ... Since its victory in the Cold War over Soviet Union, America has flagrantly been declaring to introduce and impose its so-called New World Order. ... So under the garb of "War against Terrorism- she launched a diabolic campaign to wipe out the Muslim countries and their regimes, which do not conform to her ugly plans. ... The war would have been stopped if U.N.O. realized its responsibilities rather earnestly. ...

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Almost instantly after the end of World War Two, the tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union began to tear away at the thin bond formed by the two counties" alliance in the war. ... The anti-Communist hysteria that was taking control of the U.S. came as a result of many different factors following the end of World War Two. ... Also Miller refers to the cold war era as one of "ideological warfare." By this statement, Miller means that while there was no actual war occurring, the ideas of communism and socialism were enough to breed paranoia throughout the United States. ... Sinc...

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The movie also failed to illustrate the hippies that fought in the war. ... The movie also failed to explain how the war began? How the Americans become involved in Indochina war? ... Their attitudes towards the war, was very cold and harsh. ... I felt that the movie, Platoon, was pro - American and not pro - war. ...

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During this time America had just begun her recovery from the Second World War and USSR became its mayor enemy during the cold war. ... They had just gone to war, the cold war was going on, and the communist were looked down on society. ...

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The league was based on a new concept: collective security against the "criminal" threat of war. ... In 1918, as one of his Fourteen Points summarizing Allied aims in World War I, United States president Woodrow Wilson presented a plan for a general association of nations. ... The covenant was formulated as part of the Treaty of Versailles, which ended World War I, in 1919. ... Cold War: The cold war is the post-1945 struggle between the United States and its allies and the group of nations led by the Soviet Union. ... The two countries fought against Germany during World War II, but this a...

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She attacked and finally won; world war (ii). ... Roosevelt, America did not want to participate in the war. ... This marked the end of the war in Europe. ... The war claimed more than 300000 lives. ... Having proved their military capability, the US ushered in the cold war with the Soviet Union. ...

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With this, and several other events, the Cold War had begun. ... These are particularly important in light of recent events in the Global War on Terrorism. ... Nuclear capabilities clearly saved our nation during the Cold War and through the early 1990s; however, in today's changing world is the capability necessary? ...

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Polk and his cabinet prepared a declaration of war. ... The war lasted almost 2 years. ... They argued that slavery had brought on the war and that its survival would cause another war. ... The Civil War was by far the deadliest war in American history. ... In December of 1991, two years after President Reagan left office, the Cold War ended when the Soviet Union was dissolved. ...

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Tariffs and states right to nullify acts of congress, nearly brought the country to a secession and the possibility of a civil war. These tariffs were detested by many southerners felt that they were being "left out in the cold." ... Although Jackson never went to war with South Carolina he did wage a war with the Bank of the United States. ...

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Our country was at war, but still our leaders were at the games, throwing out the first pitch and sitting in the front row, with the backing and support of the fifty thousand fans that were in attendance each game. ... Before the September 11 attacks we, the United States was involved in a cold war with the U.S.S.R. ... However, I do know that it was a very stressful time, the economy in our country was down and the threat of a nuclear war was possible. ...

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The Civil War, a war where never before and not since have so many Americans died in battle, was largely attributed to our rights, which demonstrated the importance of all American's freedoms. ... Although the cold war is over, America is far from being worry free when it comes to security. ... One such way would be to support war efforts by doing volunteer work at a war materials manufacturer, or donating war supplies like nylon. ... Assisting our country during times of political unrest and even war would also be a way someone could try to preserve this nation's freedoms. ...

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My name is Walt Disney. I was born on December 5, 1901 in Hermosa, Illinois. But I lived most of my life in Marceline, Missouri. I am an American motion-picture and television producer and showman. I am famous for being a pioneer of cartoon films and as the creator of Disneyland. Communism is not a ...

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Additionally, the Soviets had invaded Afghanistan in December 1979, which had elevated cold war tensions with the U.S. ... The U.S. hockey team became national heroes, akin to soldiers returning victorious from World War II. ...

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Common people were cold and hungry during these times. ... To those who have lived through unbearably hot summers and treacherously cold winters is America the bright and shining beacon of hope? ... Everywhere there is a crowd, there is a handful of US citizens willing and ready to go to war for their beautiful land. ... The cold hard fact is that America has been attacked by vicious men that want nothing more than to see America fall. ...

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This episode is known as the Pequot War. ... This bloody war lasted three long years. ... The Mohawks killed King Philip and the English eventually won the war. ... In the War of 1812, the Native Americans took sides with the British again. ... Unfortunately, the 15,000 Cherokee members who made the 116-day voyage in the freezing cold, with inadequate food supplies suffered about 4,000 casualties most died of small pox and starvation. ...

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Miller even acknowledged this fear when he said, America had just finished fighting World War II with the help of the Soviet Union against the Germans and now they felt threatened by them, knowing not wether they were still allies or if another war was inevitable. The war made people wary of communism. ... America, entering into the cold war, felt that the threat of Communism was real and with World War II just ended and the fear of another possible war, Americans of the fifties did not want people whose political ideology was so rash, violent, and disagreeable with their way of living (Carey ...

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On December 25 1991, when Mikhal Gorbatchev announced his resignation as the general secretary of the communist party, the USSR ceased to exist. This event put an end to the Cold War: the conflict that had frightened the world for almost fifty years. In America, politicians were celebrating their...

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There were two World Wars, which Involved many countries. ... There are some objections against America's foreign policy about Iranian after war of the government from European countries. ... For example if America's economy has a cold other counties shall have pneumonia or be dead. ...

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After a long journey, the Huron coldly proposes to Cora, whose refusal brings an attack upon the captives, who saved by the sudden arrival of the three woodsmen. ... Part IV: Ideas, Concepts, or Summary Propositions I feel that the following four events were very crucial to the conclusion of The Last of the Mohicans: the war between the French and English; the attack of the Hurons against the Munro girls, Gamut and Heywerd (on the journey to the fort); the English surrender to the French; and the death of Uncas, Cora and Magua. I think that, first of all, the war is an important ...

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For example, World War II was thought of as the war "over there", "over seas", but the events that occurred on December 7,1941 at Pearl Harbor, noting at that point could compare to the awakening and the realization that America could be struck and struck hard. ... By limiting their exports on oil and or military imports of buying weapons from other countries our ability to control countries are left out in the cold, not because the United States excludes them but because they are over powered economically and their economic structure does not allow for advancement in growth and prosperity. ...

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