But as justice becomes more defined, society must also seek the definition of civil disobedience as opposed to criminal acts. ... Activists who opposed the war did so for moral reasons, and therefore pronounced that signing the Declaration was an act of civil disobedience and not breaking a law. ... Although it had violated the draft law, the Declaration of Conscience was necessary to those who opposed the war. ... Those who actively opposed the Vietnam War did so because they believed the government was treating citizens of the draft unjustly and illustrating immorality in the world. ... ...

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According to the American Political Science Review, "they observe that democratic leaders are beholden to voters, and argue that voters oppose war because of its human and financial costs. " If the majority of the citizens in a nation oppose going to war, and the government decides to do so anyway, then any and all the negative aspects that come along with war, such as casualties and financial strains are the fault of the president and the country's government. A third factor of this theory is that democracies are more susceptible to viewing countries with similar governing styles and ...

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The Viet Minh engaged in guerilla warfare as opposed to conventional warfare. ... Ho's association with the CCP and the Soviet Union was also a red-flag in the Westerner's eyes, and they then viewed Ho Chi Minh and his movement as a threat....

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(2) Classical liberalism took on a "negative view of freedom." ... They viewed that a big government will help protect the freedom that people enjoy... A view that encouraged bargaining and debating among different groups, and to get the common person involved in major decisions. ... But, he also opposed every civil right legislation and "apprenticed himself to . southern senators who controlled the real authority.."... (17) The African American leaders were insulted because they said the Report saw black families as unstable, and it viewed white families as "normal" and the bar for all pe...

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While using cross cuts, to compare ideologies, Davis declares a similarity between back home football coaches inspiring their players to win and figuratively 'kill ' the opposing team, and high ranking military persons demoralizing the citizens of Vietnam to that of 'enemy ' to their soldiers. ... Much like fiction film, documentaries are still "channeled through a well-defined human point of view despite its appearance of objectivity" (Rabiger 26). ...

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Through viewing China's foreign policy under the CCP from 1949 to 1991 in the context of the Cold War, it can be seen that China's hostile relationship with the liberal-capitalist USA was brought upon by China's strive for hegemony and the clashing of capitalist vs. communist ideologies through different foreign policies. ... As leading capitalist power, America opposed the spread of communism in every manner possible; as the major Western supplier of military manpower equipment, she ringed China with potentially hostile military bases and alliances. ...

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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. This essay seeks to examine the political relations between the leaders of Britain, the United States of America and the Soviet Union during and immediately following World War II. 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. Rooseve...

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Prior to the 1960s, war films did well at the box-office. Invigorated audiences defined their ideas of combat by watching films that glorified heroic soldiers. Rather than questioning the accuracy of setting, dialogue, or action, audiences gave the film makers freedom to use their imagination. Howe...

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