An overly aggressive Soviet Russia influencing lower European countries even spanning as far as China, Korea, Africa, and even Vietnam which was one of the main reasons for the later Vietnam war. ... After the war, the countryside was battered and broken looking for a reliable government to run them, and economic aid to help the post-war rebuild; which the soviet union was quick to provide as many countries such as Yugoslovakia, Romania, Lithuania, and Bulgaria had already seceded to communistic ideals. ... However, after the financially taxing World War II, Britain was unable to continue such...

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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." Thus, eluding to the idea that it was not as significant to world affairs or security as other conflicts during the Cold War such as in Vietnam. ... " This essay shall evaluate how significant the American government perceived the Korean War to be to global security by analysing key documents from the early war period such as daily summaries in addition to key speeches and NSC 68 and 48/2...

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War is the part of the human condition that inflicts the most pain on mankind. The United States has dealt with its fair share of war, and in the past, many of America's wars have been justifiable on the grounds of self-defense, but today that has changed. ... For instance, take the Vietnam War, a highly controversial affair in which fifty-five thousand Americans lost their lives. Supposedly our government wanted Vietnam to be a democratic and free nation, yet the American government installed the corrupt despot Ngo Dinh Diem under the guise of free elections, which were, in all actual...

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America is tight with isreal, thats why the whole iraq deal happened, why desert storm was such a huge success was because iraq wasn't able to get isreal involved you see because once it hit isreal, isreal would come back that would provoke all the other Arab nations to jump in so saddam now is basically saying yeah america hit me and ill hit Israel and you'll see what will happen.everyone says we go over there for oil, no in 1991 when the war first started schartzcof *dont know how to spell his name but was the general in charge of desert storm* any way right before it started ame...

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This was first proved in the Vietnam War, when Americans woke each morning and watched horrific images of war being shown on channels such as CNN. As President Nixon quickly found out, this globalisation turned public opinion so much against the war that the Americans had no choice but to pull out of Vietnam. ... Iraq's consequent invasion of Kuwait in 1990 was the reason for the Gulf War, a war that he thought the West would ignore but one that resulted in his forces being driven from Kuwait by an American-led coalition. ... America also removed Iraq from its" list of "terrorist-spons...

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We have fought to maintain ours in two World Wars, battled to preserve it for other nations in the Vietnam and Korean Conflicts and sought to provide it to the people of Iraq in both the Gulf Wars. ... As there was no war currently being waged, it was inappropriate for soldiers to be there. ...

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Truman (1945-1953) and Dwight Eisenhower (1953-1961) was involved in a cold war, which turned hot, as in Korea from 1950-1954 and in Vietnam from 1964-1973. ... The two wars, the depression, and black migration out of the south led to heightened racial consciousness. ...

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Almost the entire nation supports the war on terrorism and the manhunt for Osama Bin Laden, but how many of those supporters are willing to fight in this war if called upon? ... The draft first came to America during World War I. ... The military draft was also used during the campaigns in Korea and Vietnam. ... And because he believes that the war on terrorism is a different type of war, a different type of draft is needed. ... The government doesn't have the authority to virtually put a gun to my head and force me to go to war. ...

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An example would be during the war in Afghanistan, a newscast could spend two to three minutes discussing the month's death toll of U.S. troops then transition the "lighter side of the news " into a segment about a local animal shelter to give the viewer a change of pace and bring up their mood. This became common practice after the television of the Vietnam War in order to reset the audience's emotions after violent or traumatic news segments. ...

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In recent years, multiculturalism, tolerance and political correctness have been integrated into how American society thinks. America seems to be trying to learn more about the ingredients of her melting pot. These efforts can be best understood by examining post-modernism. Post-modernism is espe...

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The ministers and magistrates of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and all the women who wrote history through the Civil War, wrote a form of providential history. ... In Europe the crisis of depression and war led many historians in radical directions. ...

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Considering the subject of affirmative action the following questions frequently are raised: Is there a clear understanding of affirmative action roles/goals? What are the pros/cons of these programs? What are the "loop holes" in the system? Does seniority play a role in affirmative action? Addressing these key questions may help us all in our daily routine, as administrators and/or potential administrator in the public/private sector. ...

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Considering the subject of affirmative action the following questions frequently are raised: Is there a clear understanding of affirmative action roles/goals? What are the pros/cons of these programs? What are the loop holes in the system? Does seniority play a role in affirmative action? Addressing these key questions may help us all in our daily routine, as administrators and/or potential administrator in the public/private sector. ...

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