The Cold War experiences of African Americans and Native Americans mirrored each other in many ways, but Natives had an entirely different fight then blacks due to termination policies, the actual fact that Native Americans are the true inhabitants of this land and the hundreds of treaties between the United States and Native tribes that a Crow politician, Robert Yellowtail, called the "sacred covenants" of American history. ... One of the greatest genocides in world history occurred in America but many to this day do not understand or learn about it. ... Learning about these issues has brough...

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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. ... Prior to the 1970's, there had existed a generalized consensus regarding American foreign policy. ... As Henry Kissinger observed, "the proposition that to some extent we had to collaborate with our adversary while resisting h...

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Hearts and Minds (1974), is a Peter Davis documentary concerning various perspectives on the influences, circumstances, and the results of the United States of America presence in Vietnam during the mid sixties until the early seventy's. Davis makes the decision to present information from a variety of sources, portraying material not purely focused on the American solider side of the conflict, but also from the perspective of deserters, citizens of Vietnam, military family members, politicians, and even average Americans back home. ... He shows America and the world a side to the War whi...

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Abstract The Army has had many decisive victories in its application of airmobile and air assault assets throughout history. ... The French gained experience with airmobile assault in Algeria between 1954 and 1962 with American helicopters. ... However, the American Army was its main user. ... In the early stages of aviation, helicopters operated to carry troops over difficult terrain to the enemy's rear areas, that is, land for deplaning. ... Army Center of Military History, n.d.). ...

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During this early stage, Small asserts that Lyndon Johnson was seen as a dove and that he had "little to fear from the American public" after the nearly unanimous passage of the Tonkin Gulf Resolution and the widespread support for Johnson's "limited" dealings in Vietnam. Despite popular support of the president, this early stage of the war was also the beginning of the anti-war movement as teach-ins and demonstrations sprang up across the country. ... Small argues that "although Hanoi ultimately failed in its main military objectives, it won the battle for American public opinion." .....

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Fortunately, there have been noble men in history who, through innumerable trials and tribulations, have attested to their ability to hold the image of national President. ... He knew early on that he had a great legacy to live up to: to carry on Kennedy's former domestic and foreign policies, reminding the nation that he was determined to provide solutions to its many problems. ... 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 ...

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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. The Vietnam War is called by many today to be one of the only wars in the history of the United States that they ever been defeated in. The Cold War ended in the late 80's early 90's when the Soviet Union and communist fell and now most of the old Soviet Union is now know as Russia. ... On the Individual level, in the early parts of the Cold War it was a strict hatred and competition ...

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McNamara commissioned what has come to be known as the Pentagon Papers--a massive top-secret history of the U.S. role in Indochina. ... Rarely has a collection of documents similar to these papers come to light in modern history. ... A second major segment of the Johnson administration's covert war against North Vietnam was air operations in Laos, where a force of propeller-driven North American T-28 fighter-bombers had been organized. ... The remainder were manned by pilots of Air America, financed and controlled by the CIA under the control of Ambassador Leonard Unger. ... Earli...

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The Cold War is a term used to describe the period of non-violent conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union, as well as their respective allies, between the mid-1940s and lasted until the early 1990s. ... The deterioration of Soviet-American relations was the combined result of the mistrust between both sides and the inconsistent American foreign policy resulting from the replacement of Franklin D. ... The American presidents military advisors soon made it clear to him that an invasion of France during 1942 was out of the question. At best, such an operation could take place no e...

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The social, cultural, and political impacts of the counterculture that took place in the 60s had a very large impact on United States history and today. ... The music of the counterculture "brought people of all race, gender, and background together to create such a diverse counter-culture" and this music did "entirely change American society in the sixties."5 The music of the sixties was a way for people to get their feelings out about their disgust of the war in Vietnam and the social norms of America at the time. ... An estimated 450,000 young people showed up to "...

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THE FIRST INDO-CHINESE WAR 1946-1954 In the early years, the Viet Minh forces suffered from shortages of arms and equipment, and so from 1946 to 1949, they were unable to undertake more than guerrilla operations. ...

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