1941 was a very significant year in the AAP (Australia, Asia and the Pacific) region. ... 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 from Asian forces ...

• Word Count: 1983
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

"We are in Vietnam because our national security and security of the entire free world demands that firm line be drawn against the further advance of Communist imperialism - in Asia, in Africa, in Latin America, and in Europe." ... Pro-communist guerilla movements spread across South America, Africa, and Southeast Asia. ... "Whether we decide to abandon Southeast Asia or to try to draw another line outside Vietnam, the loss of Vietnam will result in dozen more Vietnams in different parts of the world. ... Vietnam War has been simply right thing to do for many Americans. ... No one wants ever t...

• Word Count: 1674
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

The primary nature of the alliance is through the 37,000 American troops in South Korea. ... Geopolitical Considerations South Korea with its population of 48 million is located in the center of Southeast Asia. ... Nuclear proliferation might then spread to Japan and throughout Asia. ... South Korea would be competing for the American market with the cheap products from China and the advanced products from Japan. ... It will allow the US to continue to maintain its influence in south east Asia. ...

• Word Count: 2500
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In 1989 the U S market was sluggish especially in the less expensive end and exports to America declined 28.5 percent. ... The Asian financial crisis of 1997-98 exposed many defiensencies in the Korean business model. ... When the Asia's financial crisis hit most Chaebol were weighed down by debt and found difficult to generate enough cash to pay its creditors. ... Ssanyong Motors was another casualty of the "Asian Flu". ... As of the 2004 model year Daewoo will make its return to America under a Chevrolet nameplate. ...

• Word Count: 1805
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General Douglas MacArthur, leader of the American Occupation forces in Japan, was the supreme commander of the allied forces at the time. ... Slowly, American soldiers along with South Korean soldiers were forced backwards, further and further into South Korea. ... This changed when they reached hill 303, first occupied by American troops, then taken by North Koreans, then retaken by Americans. ... This was the first time in the war that the American troops the offensive position. ... He believed that their movement was part of an American scheme to expand into east Asia, and even into c...

• Word Count: 1256
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Though Americans were not fighting the Koreans or the Chinese in Vietnam, the Americans were still fighting communist forces. ... Links between both the American and Communist forces strategies were plain to see, tactics were not however the key to America changing its policy on War. ... Johnson called the Americans being sent to the Southeast Asia military Advisors. ... Like the Presidents before him Bush upheld Americas policy of limited war. ... It was these actions that shaped the future policies of America's conflicts....

• Word Count: 1549
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Truman was smart in sticking to his guns in the public eye because he needed Americans to know that his actions were justified. The American people would not of been able to trust a man who regretted or second-guessed his actions in a time of crisis. If Truman could live with the decisions he made, then America would undoubtedly support him in the future. ... The rising tensions of the Cold War could have been yet another factor in the American's involvement in the Korean War. The Truman administration believed that the Soviets allowed North Korea to attack as a ploy to drive United St...

• Word Count: 2478
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Basically North Korea was occupied by Russian troops, the Communist group, and South Korea was occupied by American troops. ... Because result of lost South Korea by communists meant that lost only democratic country in the eastern Asia, which had not to be happened for America. ... America was not only fighting against North Korea, but also communists of Russians, and China. ... The Americans and their associates were hurled southward across the 38th parallel, in a frostbitten, humiliating retreat. ... Macarthur had wanted to do, America government itself, in its "greater Sanctions" (Stokesbu...

• Word Count: 2254
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography