The Korean War 1950-1953 was the first proxy conflict of the Cold War costing 5 million lives, 54,000 of which were American soldiers, yet it has often been described as America's, "forgotten war." ... However, the Korean conflict was particularly central to American policy and indeed world security as it outlined the American policy of containment from NSC 68, and demonstrated that America, to quote President Truman that America was committed to, "the cause for a just and peaceful world order through the United Nations.... Although it was not specifically created to refer illicitly...

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India is fixated on South Asia. ... In American eyes, only China looms as a likely future rival. ... The war that raged from 1945 to 1975 in Vietnam was the most prolonged conflict of the 20th century (see Appendix B, Cowie H.R, (1980), Asia and Australia in World Affairs, Australia, page 156. ... Once USA became deeply involved in Vietnam, the American commitment stemmed from a genuine belief that unless communism was halted, as it had been in Korea, the nations of south-east Asia would fall, like dominoes, one by one to communist insurgency. ... In the late 1960's the US got out of the ...

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1941 was a very significant year in the AAP (Australia, Asia and the Pacific) region. ... Although Japan was very strong during the war (this was shown when they attacked Pearl Harbour, Hawaii, in 1941, and severely depleted the American forces there) the tide turned in 1942 at the Battle of the Coral Sea, which was the Allied forces" first naval win in the region. ... After Japan had been defeated and the European powers weakened, many Asian and Pacific nations wanted independence. ... How strong it was came to light when American troops came to Australia to help protect it from Asian forces ...

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Vietnamese American communities have developed, grown and preserved a place within American society along with other Asian American groups. ... For other longtime immigrants, Little Saigon helps them communicate with their More importantly, Little Saigon attracts young Vietnamese Americans through the newly built upscale Asian Garden Mall or Phước Lộc Thọ with fresh experiences and characteristics; quite different from the prevalent American mall. Although built and owned by an ethnic Chinese, Frank Jao, Asian Garden Mall is the centerpiece of Little Saigon, exhibiting more Vietnamese ...

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After America's defeat of Japan in World War II, the French continued its colonial rule in Vietnam until 1954 when the Vietminh, Ho Chi Minh's communist army, defeated it once and for all. In response, the American President Dwight D. ... The statement clearly shows the American's ambition on Indochina and Vietnam. ... (intro to quote)"An oddly-shaped country, stretching like a letter "S" along the coast of mainland Southeast Asia from the Chinese border to the Gulf of Thailand" (Lessons 3). ... (intro)"The Roosevelt administration viewed Southeast Asia as a strategically impor...

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This made Native Americans subject to the same laws and gave them the right to the same privileges and responsibilities of other Americans. ... Native Americans had their sovereignty taken without consent. ... The idea of "difference " was becoming un- American. ... The Marshall plan and the Four Points were developed to give aid to Europe and secure allies in Latina America, Middle East, Africa, and Asia. ... Native Americans played a big role in WWII. ...

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Australia at Vietnam War In the years following the end of the Second World War, colonies of the Western Powers throughout Africa and Asia were clamouring for self-determination and nationhood. ... Nowhere was this trend more evident than in the region of South-east Asia, where the Japanese occupation, even if it achieved nothing else, destroyed the myth of white supremacy for good and all. ...

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Finally, the New Deal "transformed the American party system." ... (4) American liberalism changed in three ways after FDR's death. ... (6) American Keynesians wanted the economy to keep growing bigger and bigger, so that there will be enough for everybody; some believed that this was an American alternative to Marxism. ... During his mission Johnson was convinced that "the fate of all Asia depended on American leadership in the region"(Schulman 61), and we must decide whether to meet that challenge with full realization of the costs America will endure; or else hold back and watch th...

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The film begins with reporters asking a group of green berets questions that enable the soldiers to explain why America must fight in Vietnam. ... At the end of the conference, a skeptical journalist, Beckworth, remains unconvinced and tells Colonel Kirby, "Your brainwashed sergeant didn't sell me," to which Colonel Kirby replies by asking if the journalist has ever been to Southeast Asia. ... By stereotyping the Vietnamese characters as merely savage anti-American enemies and removing the story of the Vietnamese struggle, Cimino, in effect, de-contextualizes the history of the Vietnamese...

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This outcome can be seen as modest on Vietnams behalf due to the pressure applied from their Chinese and Russian allies to avoid American confrontation and remain a constructive approach to limit American involvement and maintain Vietnamese foreign credibility. However the result was still a major defeat for American diplomacy, having 'lost' half of Vietnam, the US now believed that the peace of the world was now more threatened by expansionary communism. ... Additionally, land reforms and redistribution regimes were successfully implemented to promote self-sufficiency from the sou...

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The Cold War also led America into adapting a doctrine called the containment doctrine where the foreign policy transformed into trying to oppose the Soviets militarily and diplomatically all around the world. ... The US wanted to prevent Vietnam from turning into a communist nation so in 1964 they intervened militarily in the small Asia country even though they didn't have suppose of the American people. ... These levels are important because the Cold War could have easily had gone the other way because in Latin America the democratic ideas weren't work too well and after the Viet...

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The Soviet and Chinese military expansion and international hegemony was cause of deep concern to American administrations. ... Additionally, the experience of Vietnam shattered the bipartisan accord on American foreign policy. Despite typical differences between parties; there was nonetheless general agreement on the main premise of Soviet/American policy. ... Toward the end of the war both liberal Democrats and some Republicans called for the complete disengagement from Southeast Asia and the de-militarization of American foreign policy. ... Prior to the 1970's, there had existed a gene...

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For example, congress passed the Elementary and Secondary School Act of 1965, which was the first form of broad financial aid given in America's history. ... During Johnson's Presidential career, he spent much of his time developing a solid foundation for the well-being of America's Foreign Affairs. ... For example, in October 1966, representatives from the United States, Thailand, Korea, the Philippines, and other south Asian countries agreed to withdraw their troops and work for peace negotiations if Vietnam abandoned the war (Goodwin, Doris 255.) ... With a close analysis of ...

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