However, the politics in Asia during the same period were more dynamic and nuanced than just the simple East-West divide of Europe. ... Rather than two competing systems, Asia's international order was a clutter of triangles." ... Its immobility may have been the single most stabilizing element in post war Asian politics." The Soviet-Japanese-American triangle drove Soviet policy towards Japan, since the Soviets viewed Japan as a creature of American engagement in Asia. ... With the disappearance of the Soviet threat is it still a useful model for the study of international relations in A...

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The American government felt it was their duty as a democratic nation to stop the Soviet Union. ... America entered a "Red Scare," which is a growing fear of the potential uprising of Communism. ... South Korea was one of the few regions in northeast Asia still free of communist rule during 1947. ... The Soviets had a major influence over the communist regions in Asia, making them somewhat responsible for the actions of North Korea. ... America's involvement in the war was not so much of a choice as it was something that was unavoidable. ...

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India is fixated on South Asia. ... In American eyes, only China looms as a likely future rival. ... The war that raged from 1945 to 1975 in Vietnam was the most prolonged conflict of the 20th century (see Appendix B, Cowie H.R, (1980), Asia and Australia in World Affairs, Australia, page 156. ... Once USA became deeply involved in Vietnam, the American commitment stemmed from a genuine belief that unless communism was halted, as it had been in Korea, the nations of south-east Asia would fall, like dominoes, one by one to communist insurgency. ... In the late 1960's the US got out of the ...

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The term is referring to the less developed countries of Asia, Africa, Oceania, and Latin America. ... Parts of sub Saharan Africa for example are much less developed than areas of Asia. ... To use no term would provoke confusion and sugest that Asia, Africa, Oceania and Latin America have nothing in common. ...

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At this point, the Soviet Union, eastern Europe, some countries in Asia, and Cuba were all Communist countries and each of them believe strongly that communism was better than capitalism. However, countries like the US, Canada, Southern Asia, and Eastern Europe believed strongly in capitalism. ... X turned out to be George Kennan, an American Foreign Service officer stationed in Moscow. ... The French, British, and American zones were all capitalistic regions, whereas the Soviet zone was communistic. ... America supplied 2 million people by dropping supplies from spaces. ...

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Thy came through the Bering Straight and landed in Alaska, where they hunted blue fox, the fur seal and sea otter which they sold to some Asian countries. ... The friendship between Russia and America began before the first settlement was founded in America. ... Life is not easy for Russian-Americans. ... What the Americans obviously do not see is that the Russians are enriching the American culture day by day, because there are many respected Artists of every kind among the Russian-Americans. ... American media showed all Russians as communists. ...

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While this monumental achievement can be attributed to the ingenuity of American scientists and astronauts, the real fueling factor behind the so-called "Space Race" was the competition between the Soviet Union and the United States. For America, this not only opened up a new world in the form of space exploration, but also boosted math and science education in schools to newfound levels. ... In fact, although the United States has a large "achievement gap" between students, even our top students are lagging behind those in Asia and Europe, whose school districts have tradi...

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In 1880 (lasting until 1915) reached its high peak of European control of Africa, parts of Asia, and India, along with US involvement in Latin America. ... Then, in the 20th century, America began to face only the beginning of hardships, which would seem to never end. ... In a capitalist country, such as America, the country has all classes of societies with people who work harder to gain more money. ...

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The influence of the American culture can been seen in many different countries now whether it be through businesses such as McDonalds, movies, social media and other forms of widespread media in the world. ... This can also be a bad thing as it does conflict with cultures for example a recent Asian study realized the since the 1990 Asian women are starting to wear smaller and tighter clothing [Yun 07], this could be the direct result of globalization as the Asian women are able what to see what is considered sexy in the western culture. Usually Asian women are respectably dressed and which wa...

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Consumerism Bruce Dawe uses his poetry as a tool to criticise the consumer driven America and societies with consumer values. ... Furthermore, the poem "Americanized- depicts America as a driver of consumerism and that it manipulates other countries to adopt American culture and values. It uses a continuing metaphor of an over protective mother and a powerless son to convey the idea that America is a dominating force in the world. ... This is a notion of American supremacy and the idea that America is forcing its' culture onto other countries. ... The Not-so-good Earth, written in 1966...

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It has discussed several factors that led to America involvement in World War II. ... It resulted in many European countries to grow anti-American feeling among them. ... It is where the war began, and America wanted to avoid this war. ... America also wanted to help in shaping the peace of the post-war world. ... Decolonization over the period took place in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. ...

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The American superpower was the dominant leading force of democracy between 1945-1962 and seemed absolutely unconquerable in its superior government. However, rising in the east were newly liberated governments as well as the menacing Soviet Union choosing to follow the path of communistic reign, the ultimate evil to democratic America, threatening the existence of the American way(or so they thought) in a variety of methods. ... To control this, America set out to establish the procedure for dealing with communism, a minimalist policy to destroy or control it in the long run; called containm...

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They finally had to pull out of South Vietnam after one million Vietnamese as well as nearly 60, 000 Americans lost lives and the administration incurred severe backlash at home (Good Muslim, Bad Muslim, chapter 3). ... The war had shown that even America's vast military might could not stop the spread of Communism. ... Students protested local and federal governments as well as Johnson's policies in Southeast Asia. ... For the U.S, animosity towards Iran came from that hostage crisis, while for Iran, anti-American buildup came from the 1953 coup and reinstatement of the Shah'...

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Germany and Austria were each divided into four zones under American, British, Soviet and French control. ... British and American forces occupied Italy. In Asia, Japan was occupied mainly by American forces; Korea, by the American and the Soviet Union; and Manchuria, by Soviet and Chinese forces. ... In 1947, the American and the British zones were finally united economically. ... These forces were mostly American. ...

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Contrary to the popular belief of the average American, Communism is not "evil". ... The Children of America were not taught that the Soviets were "evil", they were simply not told anything about Communism. ... Democracy, the greatest psychological war the human race has ever faced (almost bringing the species to extinction), and it gets less than 50 pages in a 900 page American History book. ... Had American Democracy been under the same strains I highly doubt we would be in such a system. Had the U.S. allowed the Soviet Union to grow within it's own boarders (which would have never b...

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He discussed that South Vietnam is a very strategic spot and if it were taken over by communism all of Southeast Asia would have been taken over, too. ... This all mean that the Soviet Union has taken over Central and Eastern Europe, and he is giving this speech to warn America about what the soviets are doing. ...

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Setting the Scene As suggested by scholars like Loescher (1996, pp 11-92; 2001 pp21-81) and (Erika, 2001; Labman, 2009), the issue of refugee crisis is old wars and conflicts around the world-from Europe to the Balkans, to the old Soviet Union, Asia, to the Americas and to Africa, the story of wars and conflicts can never be divorced from the associated mass refuge crisis. ... But also before then, the war between Russia and Poland did not help as the dismemberment of Russian empire and the associated famine of 1921 many refugees fled to mostly France and Germany .others who could not make i...

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It was on this day that America, a long time domestic animal, went into the ocean and discovered salt. ... in the affairs of America. ... With those words a century of American internationalism was born; a century whose people, politics, and overall advancement was shaped by America's entanglements with the rest of the world. ... The first year he was president, Nixon created the Guam doctrine, which allowed him to remove ground troops from South Vietnam, but continue sending aid to the Asian nations fighting communism. ... In 1972 Nixon was forced to send America back into the war...

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Both the Chinese and Soviets hoped the United States and our Western allies would deem this rift as a sign of regional and political instability between the two Asian nations, resulting in military cutbacks and a reduced state of readiness. ... The evidence for Reisel's assertion was based upon information obtained from intelligence agencies in other Asian countries regarding joint Chinese-Soviet military exercises in the Chinese province of Sinkiang. ... Nyquist (2012) states "China and Russia continue to collaborate on issues relating to the Korean Peninsula, the Midd...

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American quickly responded to the threat against a democratic South Korea. ... North Korea eventually withdrew from the southern state and America went home. ... The American people wanted to destroy Communism and desire of the nation was to show a victory over Communism. ... North Vietnam's invasion of South Vietnam was a relatively small conflict in South Asia. ... "It was the longest conflict in American history and had a vast political importance for many American politicians" (Healy 3). ...

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One aim was to build up strong anti- Communist countries and it helped American industry by creating markets for American goods. How convenient for America. ... The Americans, the British and the French controlled West Germany and the Russians controlled East Germany. ... The Russians and their Communist ideals were ruffling the Americans and their capitalistic feathers. The Americans assumed that as soon as one country became Communist, the neighboring countries would soon fall prey to Communism like dominoes. ...

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During the 1930's Japan was very aggressive in Asia and Italy, lead by Mussolini was invading Ethiopia. ... By 1942 Japan had conquered the Philippines and many other Pacific islands and all of Southeast Asia. ... Eisenhower began working with a group of high-level British and American leaders to execute Operation Overlord. ... During the night American and British paratroopers dropped from the sky. ...

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This struck fear into the hearts of Americans, as seen in NSC-68, a military report on military power in the U.S. and USSR which called for increased military spending to combat communism; "This excessive strength, coupled now with an atomic capability, provides the Soviet Union with great coercive power for use in time of peace in furtherance of its objectives and serves as a deterrent to the victims of its aggression from taking any action in opposition to its tactics which would risk war" (NSC-68, 1950). ... All of these pressures plus the genuine fear that the USSR and China woul...

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The Cold War affected Australia by making Australians fear the spread of communism through Asia. ... In 1964 it was becoming clearer that the war would worsen and that Australia would need to send more troops to support the American and South Vietnamese armies. ...

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One of the main photojournalists in the Vietnam War was the American, Larry Burrows. ... The causes of the Vietnam War revolve around the simple belief held by America that communism was threatening to expand all over south-east Asia and America wanted to stop its spread. ... The Americans backed the capitalists, South Vietnam, but because they put troops on the ground the Soviets could only back North Vietnam through China, supplying them with weapons so that the Vietcong could fight the Americans. ... One other factor could have been television, which showed the conflict to Americans on a ni...

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