The Vietnamese suffered much torture and confusion brought about from alienating countries (France, Japan, and the United States). ... The Americans fought a war without realizing the strength of the united Vietnameses" determination to succeed. ... The French (Nazi French) and the Japanese were in control of Vietnam. ... That it was caused the American government to turn there backs to the Vietnamese. ... Because of the Americans slapping the Vietnamese in the face and china aiding Vietnam more people grew to like the communist party. ...

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This was the year in which World War 2 began in the region, during the period of Japanese expansion. ... 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 fro...

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They were also ardent Vietnamese nationalists who fought first to rid their country of the Japanese and then, after 1945, to prevent France from reestablishing its former colonial mastery over Vietnam and the rest of Indochina. ... American attention focused primarily on Europe and on Asia beyond Vietnam. ... After China became a communist state in 1949, the stability of Japan became of paramount importance to Washington, and Japanese development required access to the markets and raw materials of Southeast Asia. ... Supporting these ground troops was a tremendous air bombardment of North Viet...

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In the Second World War the Japanese invaded, and Vietnamese nationalists fought beside French troops to defeat the Japanese. After the victory over Japan, the Vietnamese expected to gain their independence - but the French remained as colonial masters. ... Historian Buttinger stated that, "Ho Chi Minh over the years had succeeded in creating for his country as an anti-French, anti-Japanese, anti-Chinese force. ... What he brought was a spirit of rebellion--against first the French and later the Americans. ... The B-52 bombers seemed to be one last effort to save the reputation of the streng...

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Europe is an ally; so is Japan. ... In American eyes, only China looms as a likely future rival. ... For over a century the national interests of China have been reflected in the following foreign policy objectives of communist China: (a) to preserve the national territory from foreign annexation or intrusion; (b) To regain what had been lost through foreign interventions; (c) To repel from her borders any threatening or hostile military presence, be it Russian, Japanese, America or any of her power; and (d) To regain for China the status of a world power commensurate with the greatness o...

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Congress that was signed into law by President Ronald Reagan in 1984.This institution is an American non-partisan, independent, federal institution that works to prevent, mitigate, and resolve violent conflict around the world. ... Israeli relations have evolved from an initial American policy of sympathy and support for the creation of a Jewish homeland in 1948 to an unusual partnership that links a small but militarily powerful Israel, dependent on the United States for its economic and military strength, with the U. ... Unlike America, North Korea, which is a communist country, is ranked 1...

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When President Truman declared that America and other United Nations countries would support South Korea on June 27 19501 American occupational forces stationed in Japan were the first units to be sent over. ... MacArthur had a saying when he was asked how far he would go in fighting the Japanese, he replied by saying that there was "no substitute for victory"6 President Truman seemed to have changed his mind about what that meant, to him a more limited, politically sensitive campaign was the only acceptable one. ... Though Americans were not fighting the Koreans or the Chinese in Vietnam, the...

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Most Americans simply assume that the United States is a democracy. ... In his campaign Johnson promised American voters "that American boys would not fight Asian boys in Vietnam." ... It has also been speculated that Roosevelt instigated the Japanese attack on Pearl harbor by refusing to trade with Japan until it stopped its military exploits in Asia (Hargrove 102). ... A president's actions can help support the American democracy also. ... Yet Reagan's steadfastness proved that he was willing to support the American people's goals and thus be working part of American democracy...

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Most Americans simply assume that the United States is a democracy. ... In his campaign Johnson promised American voters "that American boys would not fight Asian boys in Vietnam." ... It has also been speculated that Roosevelt instigated the Japanese attack on Pearl harbor by refusing to trade with Japan until it stopped its military exploits in Asia (Hargrove 102). ... A president's actions can help support the American democracy also. ... Yet Reagan's steadfastness proved that he was willing to support the American people's goals and thus be working part of American democracy...

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American military deaths had a count of 58,000 and 300,000 were wounded. ... The women who volunteered were often from small towns and blue collar communities all across America. ... The flights went also to Japan, Okinawa, the Philippines and the United States. ... The women who worked directly with the military were with the American Red Cross. ... The women veterans were ignored by Defense Department, the Veterans Administration and the American public. ...

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The longest war in American history, (besides the Iraq War), and probably one of the most controversial events in American history as a whole, the Vietnam war divided our country and resulted in over 58,000 American causalities. ... During World War Two, the provinces of Vietnam had been colonized by the French who promised to protect Vietnam from the threat of a Japanese invasion. ... Even being dressed as an American soldier made one a target. ... As news of the tragedies occurring in Vietnam spread, American public opinion of the war was rapidly declining, and internationally, America'...

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He also did a very successful two week lecture circuit in Japan, speaking to thousands of Japanese and meeting victims of the Hiroshima attack. After Japan he wrote a book to illustrate why the United States should withdraw from Vietnam immediately. ... One year after his visit to Japan, he went back to Tokyo to meet with the Intrepid four. ... As shock to Buckley, many people applauded Zinn's opposition and he did not understand his criticism of the American government. ...

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Nixon entered office in the midst of one of the gravest foreign policy crisis in American history. ... Nixon imagined a future in which more pleasant relations among the major powers "the United States, the Soviet Union, China, Western Europe, and Japan "would allow for ventures profitable to all. ... Privately, he assured himself that he would not be the first American president to lose a war. ... Initiating a series of phased withdrawals of American troops while expanding aid. ... More than 25,000 American lives had been lost in that period of time. ...

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The American presence in Indochina had increased from the Truman administration to Kennedy's decision to initiate greater American involvement in 1961. ... America's involvement in Vietnam violated the terms of the Geneva Agreement of 1954 and American intervention was also justified by the American recognition of the demarcation line between North and South Vietnam as a valid political boundary, contrary to the Geneva Agreements specific statement that the line was strictly provisional. ... It was thought to be the " American Dien Bien Phu ". ... By 1969, combat decreased quic...

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From the ancient time with one thousand years of dominance from China, to the 1800s with one hundred years of being a colony under France and Japan. ... He chased out a weakened French army, and rid the country of the Japanese. ... " Further, in his news report for New America Media, De Tran noted a fifty seven year old woman and her nineteen year old severely deformed son, as they live in a one bedroom shack, with a leaky roof and no running water within the city of Danang where some of the US military personnel were station. ... Thousands of American GIs still receive disability paymen...

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There is relations between the media, the public and the American foreign policy. ... The media were blamed for turning the American public against the Vietnam War. ... The media was blamed for America losing Vietnam. ... It said that war is a national endeavor, its an American tradition and is manly. ... It sent many anti communist messages just as it did in world war two about the Nazis and Japanese during world war two. ...

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Nixon knew that a strong America is essential to global equilibrium, and counted on stability to produce it. ... America is the leader of the world, and it is our duty to set an example, and at times act accordingly to show that example. ... It is up to us as Americans to determine what we think the best approach is. ... It would definitely be safer to have a healthy United States, Europe, Japan Russia, and China each balancing each other, and not playing one against the other. ... Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy Volumes: 1 and 2 Subjects: Balance of Power, The Nixon Doctrine 4. ...

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Look at the whacked-out infusion Japanese culture had on everything from high fashion to Duran Duran music videos in the 1980s for such an example. Popular culture and its natural process of development can be and is affected by virtually everything from other cultures (the recent Latin influence on American popular music), the weather (would Morrisey have happened in a country that didn't get as much rain?)... When it comes to popular music in a North American setting, there is some precedent that we can examine. ... The next thing you know, country stations will be banning any artis...

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