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." ... " 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.Also, differing historians interpretations shall be included to create a coherent and all inclusive answer to the significance of the conflict i...

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After the Korean War, Korea had a very difficult time both economically and politically. ... The American dream was to immigrate to America and have a better life than in Korea. Since the U.S. military stayed in Korea after the Korean War, a lot of cross-cultural marriages were prevalent between American soldiers and Korean women who wanted the American dream to come true. ... First, Korean mothers and their children suffer from their different mother tongues. ... It results in difficult relationships between Korean mothers and their children. ...

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In answering the question "In what ways was the concept of American Exceptionalism evident in the Cold War during the years 1947-1961?" I intend to start by looking at the root of the idea and how its history manages to evoke passionate responses of American Nationalism in the transition period between the end of World War One and the Cold War. ... I shall then move onto the Cold War itself, identifying the use of exceptionalism in three key areas; warfare (with specific focus on the Korean War), an ideological persuasion of weak nations (particularly the vulnerable west Germany) and...

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Korea dramatically raised up when it was brought to public that North Korea had nuclear weapons and they are willing to use them if US will threaten their country or block their trade with others. ... Korea's new invention so it just left N. Korea alone. Still with help of China there are discussions between North Korea and US. ... UN was originated in Europe after World War I. ...

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Buddhism is a nontheistic religion that is based on the teachings of the Buddha, or "the awakened one." The philosophy aims to help sentient beings end their suffering by eliminating the greed and ignorance from their lives. Buddhism arose during the fifth century BCE in India and is currently prac...

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September 11, finally gave the United States or should I say Bush a reason to declare war on Iraq which brought America to its new destiny, because there will be serious change. ... the U.S, North Korea and Iraq which were all ranked below Israel by the European polls. ... For the past 30 years the same politics have been carried out and we the American people do nothing about it, government agencies and independent analysts both come to the conclusion that carrying out this war would increase the threat to national security ...

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Is War Necessary? There are many reasons why a country or several countries could go to war. ... This movie a positive insight to the war through the main character. ... It was the British who instigated and prolonged the war. ... The American Civil war was also a necessary evil. ...

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If Nixon wouldn't have went behind INSERT back then the war would have been over and maybe the mission to not let communism would have worked it could have ended like Korea in a split between the country. 2. ... Three are the same that the war is bad. The first showing that no one knew why the war was going on not even the soldiers. ... The mane importance of the Vietnam war was this is the only war we lost completely. In Korea we compromised but in Vietnam we fought and lost and there was a great US casualty. ...

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For example, the U.S. fought in wars like the Korean War or Vietnam War as representative of the capitalist country against socialistic powers. The war against Iraq was due to its determination that Saddam Hussein was a dictator. ... I have my background in growing up in another country-South Korea. I was born in South Korea and raised in that country until I became an adult. ... The country where I come from, South Korea, has 99% of the country's population who currently have health insurance. ...

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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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Then China had a large role in spreading communism to Korea (Doc H). Eventually, in 1950, Korea had to divide up into two countries, by the 38th parallel. As South Korea being the capitalist country, and North Korea being the Communist country. ... Mostly, the Cold War was famous for nuclear weapons. ... During the Cold War many events happened that impacted America negatively. ...

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This war became known as the T.V war. Unlike the Korean War and World War Two, the American government decided not to censor it and let the press have free access. ... Many black leaders spoke out against the war saying, "They weren't going to fight in a white man's war". ... Though they had of coarse fought in Korea, the difference there was that they won. ... China did not want to trust America as they had been hostile when it came to Korea and Vietnam. ...

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Background information: Before The War The Vietnam War, well known and brought up a lot in today's world as a comparison to the current Iraq war. ... Russia at that point had already expanded its empire into Eastern Europe, Korea and Cuba. ... Being that it was the Vietcong's homeland, they were in the better position to win this war. ... That was a bad time for Richard Nixon, having to control the Vietnam War that Johnson had started. ... The Government of America, noticed how people felt about this war, and started to make instant plans for the withdraw. ...

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At the top of the list is the fact that we will have what is thought to be one of the most critical presidential elections in decades, mainly due to the fact that we are in the middle of a war. ... There is also widespread fear that this issue could ignite a civil war in that country. ... Then there is the fact that scientists in South Korea have successfully cloned a human embryo, reportedly the first ever. ...

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Oil has not only fueled our wars- the two World Wars, Korea and Vietnam - but is equally the sinew of our might in peacetime: it takes oil to be a superpower. ... Nowadays nations without a secure access to oil go to war for it - the Germans and the Japanese launched attacks on Russia and the United States in the second World War to get their hands on oil. ...

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After the war, America was free from British rule and spirits were high. But every war creates its own set of problems. ... Thus contemporary Americans are wary of dictatorships and communists, such as the one in present day North Korea. ... Even before the American Revolutionary war, Americans despised taxes. During the war it was "no taxation without representation", and after the war Americans did not want to give up their hard earned money to pay off war debts. ...

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Ranging from th e times of the Chinese in California to the migration of Japanese and Korean workers on the sugar plantations in Hawaii, all faced various forms of racism and dealt with individual problems in their own fashions. ...

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Almost instantly after the end of World War Two, the tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union began to tear away at the thin bond formed by the two counties" alliance in the war. ... The anti-Communist hysteria that was taking control of the U.S. came as a result of many different factors following the end of World War Two. ... Finally, the Communist takeover in China, the USSR's detonation of an atomic bomb in 1949, and the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950 all led the U.S. to not only distrust, but to fear any communist-related groups either in the USSR or the U.S. .....

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She attacked and finally won; world war (ii). ... Roosevelt, America did not want to participate in the war. ... This included China, Korea, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. ... This marked the end of the war in Europe. ... The war claimed more than 300000 lives. ...

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To follow from that, what happened fifty- six years ago - the end of World War II. ... At the end of the Second World War, whole countries were left in disarray and destruction. ... Twenty years after the First World War had come to an end, realists has shown that the human element of greed and annihilation was too much for the Fourteen Points; World War 2 being the obvious and excruciatingly painful proof. ... Yet another irony both super powers did not want another war to start but they were plunging themselves into another war the Cold War. ... However the attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan, j...

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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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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. ... 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. ... The justification of a war just on these grounds seems to be even more hypocritical after the declaration by North Korea that they have re-started their production of weapons-grade nuclear plutonium. ... America also removed...

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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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The Homeless Homelessness is a very large problem that America has come to face with. Millions of people, including children, families, babies, veterans, and the elderly live day by day without food, water, a roof over their head, or love. People that are mentally ill also have to tough it ou...

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