The Vietnam War, unlike the Korean War and World War II, was the war that US television brought images of devastation, suffering and tragedy of Vietnamese people to the Americans every night. ... From there, the war protest began. ... The Legislative composed of anti-war elective officials handcuffed the Executive by laws which progressively made President Nixon lose power in the war. ... The war also left behind a painful America. ... This war also ended the agreement with the foreign policy of the Cold War and made many Americans more concerned about other actions of their government oversea...

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The fear of Communism crept in continuously throughout the Cold War. ... The fear and paranoia of Communism did not destruct after the Cold War. ... Former Vietnam veterans even supported to end the war. ... This war was not traditional fighting. ... This war was guerrilla war. ...

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Although not technically a declared war, it was the longest conflict in the United States history. ... It was the first war televised, making people more aware of what was happening overseas. ... Never in history has so much power been used so ineffectively as in the war in Vietnam. ... With the Cold War, the United States had promised to keep communism from spreading. ... The bigger issue was the Cold War. ...

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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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Introduction During the 1960s, the cold war tension was at its zenith. The Soviet Union and United State's space race was at its pinnacle; one of the most significant wars during the Cold War, the Korean War was finally reached its end; both nations were equipped with devastating atomic bombs. ... Nixon was predominated by the rising tension of the Cold War. ... The Cold War The Space Race As the tension of Cold War started to amplify, since in the late 1950s, space became one of the most prominent subjects of the two nations' competition. ... Finally, in 1959, the Soviet Union launc...

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The Nature of War War is part of God's world-order. ... The Cold War was in full force and the American government felt it needed to stop the spreading Communism in South East Asia. ... War is part of God's world-order, in war all man's evil desires are unleashed upon the enemy. War is an evil act, and can change any man. All forms of war should be stopped. ...

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This war would be the Vietnam Revolution. ... At the time, the United States was in the midst of its own conflict with Russia, which was called the Cold War. ... In 1963 sides were beginning to form for the war. ... However, as they began to realize, this war was going be a long drawn out war. ... The growing anti-war movement alarmed the U.S. government, and eventually dictated the way the government ran the war. ...

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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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War was the topic of nearly all conversations and sex and drugs were on everyone's minds. While boogie fever swept dance floors, young men were sent off to die in a war that they could never win. ... One can be certain though that with her steadfast and determined way of thinking, she probably would have been protesting the Vietnam War from the very start and the right of nuclear power plants to be in operative mode. ... For example, many other wars were breaking out and many others were beginning to cool off. The Yom Kippur War began in 1973 while the Cold War was ceasing between the US,...

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Kennedy came from a wealthy well-known family and was a democratic, navy war-hero from Massachusetts. ... On January 12 Eisenhower and his advisers discussed reports on U.S. limited war, reaching the conclusion that "U.S. capabilities to conduct limited war are substantial and will show a further improvement on the basis of the 1962 budget as submitted." ... Another thing that JFK wanted to do was to avoid war in Vietnam and solve it peacefully, but he ended up sending soldiers to Vietnam which started a war. Also during his presidency there was a nuclear cold war between the U.S. and the Sovi...

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McCarthy called for an end to the war. ... McCarthy would make reference to the war as still having to do with the Cold War, which he said was over now and Vietnam did not have to be fought, at all. ... However, he didn't take the war very easily, he fought very hard to show that the war had to be fought in order to stop the spread of communism and ensure a democratic society in America. ... His main points in his campaign would be, civil rights, poverty, and the war. ... Humphrey did not see the war as a big problem, while Kennedy saw the war as an escalating problem and one that ha...

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AMARICA IN THE 1960"S The sixties were an exciting, revolutionary, turbulent time of great social and technological change: assassination, unforgettable fashion, new musical styles, "Camelot", civil rights, women's liberation, a controversial and decisive war in Vietnam, the antiwar protest to go along with the war, space exploration and the space race, peace marches, flower power, great TV and film and sexual freedom, and of course the great baby boomers. ... In the sixties the "Cold War" was heating up. ... Many feel that because of Kenn...

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In a low-key campaign, Nixon promised to bring peace with honor in Vietnam and to unite a nation deeply divided by the Vietnam War. ... The Cold War was at its height, hundreds of thousands of American troops were in Vietnam, and the views of society were split down the middle. ... Privately, he assured himself that he would not be the first American president to lose a war. ... At home anti-war activist filled the streets. ... Nixon also told the American public, "Now that we have achieved an honorable agreement, let us be proud that America did not settle for a peace that would have bet...

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"I"d have to say the Vietnam War definitely had a big impact on society. ... "The 60's is the Vietnam War, and being in the army, I went to helicopters that didn't have anything on them to ones which have guns and can shoot missiles. ... It would just have to be the Vietnam war that had to have the most impact on me." 10. ...

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Military West Point, and Command and General Staff War College. ... He also flew a fighter jet in the Korean and Vietnam War. ... The President thought the freeways would be a quick and easy way to evacuate cities if a Cold War ever came. ... He served in an office to the Assistant Secretary of War. ... In World War Two, Dwight served as a Five Star General. ...

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During 1973 the United States airlifted military aid to Israel, which turned the tide of the war between Syria and Egypt. ... In theory, Star Wars would allow the United States to intercept enemy missiles before they could reach the their targets. The USSR saw Star Wars as a threat to their national security. ... The Soviets originally viewed Reagan as an implacable enemy, who was willing to risk nuclear war to sabotage the Soviet system. ... Even before these closing events took place nearly all competition that was the basis for the Cold War had disappeare...

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This wouldn't normally mean a lot but during this time there was a lot of fear of a World War III because of the Cold War in Russia. ... The biggest issue though during Nixon's presidency was the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War at the time was splitting the country, as well as splitting American families- physically, mentally, and emotionally. On October 15th, 1969, a quarter of a million demonstrators marched in Washington to protest the war. ... But it was not the war on cancer that would earn him a permanent place in history. ...

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Richard Milhouse Nixon had it within his grasp to be the greatest post-World War II president, he was extremely intelligent, had a driving ambition, and was a political consummate. ... Francis' father, Richard's Grandfather, Samuel Brady Nixon, was only fifteen when his father, George, died in the Civil War. ... Nixon exploited the fact that the Cold War rivalry between the U.S. and U.S.S.R. was just beginning and that anti-communist sentiment was high. ...

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