The 13th Annual Asian Pacific Islander Issues Conference The 13th Annual Asian Pacific Islander Issues Conference consisted of a great many events that dealt with many serious problems that dwell deep within the United States and continue to keep Asians, as well as Asian Americans, down and suppressed from breaking the typical stereotypes. ... The main focus of this conference was to help the Asian community become more aware of the current state of which Asians really do live in. ... The conference also held the Campaign Against Southeast Asians Deportation. ...

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In Central Asia, the Russians extended its territory after the collapse of the Ottoman and Qing Empires. Russia took all of the silk roads and Central Asia. ... In Southeast Asia, the French created French Indochina, consisting of Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. ... Because the French governed Southern Asia, the United States of America was put into the Korean and Vietnam War. ... The Americans were sent in to control the Communist outbreak, which resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths. ...

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In 1965, President Johnson sent the first American combat troops to South Vietnam, and at that point, it became an American War. When the first American troops went to war in Vietnam, Americans went to war at home. ... They thought the United States should have never been fighting a war in Asia, a war that made troops travel halfway across the world. They believed Americans had no business interfering in a Vietnamese matter. ... It became the longes and most painful war in American history. ...

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The American view of the Asian "other" largely affected American assumptions from the beginning, as they believed most Vietnamese were politically immature and lacking a sense of nationhood. ... What we can surmise from this was that sympathy for the Vietnamese people was secondary – if not a means to an end -- to global strategic considerations at the time, to which Mecklin added that "to communicate a sensitive understanding of the Asian masses to Americans, as well as other Westerners, [was] one of the greatest challenges of 20th century journalism," (4). ... For Hoopes, a fighter pil...

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President Eisenhower believed in what's known as The Domino Theory - the belief that if one country in Southeast Asia gave into communism more countries would start to follow suit, much like falling dominoes. Eisenhower said in his speech "This would lead to disintegration in Southeast Asia, with the "loss of Indochina, of Burma, of Thailand, of the Peninsula, and Indonesia following." " (http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/eisenhower-gives-famous-domino-theory-speech). ... Most people know the Vietnam war for the protests and chaos in America during the war, but what many don'...

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Gina Ferraro History 137 THE VIET NAM WAR REPRESENTED THE POWER OF AN AMERICAN PRESIDENT TO WAGE WAR WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF CONGRESS? I agree that the Viet Nam War represented the power of an American president to wage war without the consent of congress. ... President Johnson used these powers to escalate the war and increase dramatically the size of the American forces and troops in Viet Nam. ... Johnson bought into the containment strategy and early on he made an unfortunate assessment of the situation in South Viet Nam by stating after a visit to the country that Ngo Dinh D...

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Growing up Korean in white America was different. ... Whether being ridiculed by whites or other Asians, there were constant cultural conflicts. ... r been to the homeland, I still get these dirty looks from other Koreans here in America, because I am totally not Asian washed. Back Even in high school the typical Asians that always hung out with just only other Asians sometimes called me a "sellout" because I never hung out with them. ... The Asians did not understand why I hung out with them, but that these athletes were different then the Asians were. ...

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Should America Participate in Foreign Wars or Affairs Since the beginning of time war has been a part of everyone's life. ... One reason was the death toll, but not just on Americans. ... No one really knows why we were involved maybe it was to stop the spread of communism or to save a little country in southeast Asia. ... President Kennedy approved the invasion, but did not send any American soldiers. ... Even though Americans didn't go to war it was still a major threat to some major American cities. ...

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The foreign policies of President Eisenhower led to the involvement of the Americans in the Vietnam War, but to a limited extent. ... These foreign policies led to an effective involvement in the Vietnam War from an American perspective. ... The French did not find the easy victory over Ho Chi Minh as expected and were endangered of being thrown out of their colonial empire in Southeast Asia which forced them to seek assistance from their American ally. John Foster Dulles, secretary of state, and Eisenhower were convinced that if a French defeat in Southeast Asia was allowed it would begin ...

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Although the U.S.A. played a major part in opposing the Vietcong, this was just one significant part a larger conflict which had it's origins in the French colonization of South-East Asia in the late 19th century. ... The anger of the American people was demonstrated through several protests and riots. Big demonstrations against the war took place in Australia with the visit of the American President "Lyndon Johnson" in 1966. It was not long after this time, America came to realize that this was a war they simply could not win. 1968. ... In 1969, America began reducing the numbe...

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Vietnamese American communities have developed, grown and preserved a place within American society along with other Asian American groups. ... For other longtime immigrants, Little Saigon helps them communicate with their More importantly, Little Saigon attracts young Vietnamese Americans through the newly built upscale Asian Garden Mall or Phước Lộc Thọ with fresh experiences and characteristics; quite different from the prevalent American mall. Although built and owned by an ethnic Chinese, Frank Jao, Asian Garden Mall is the centerpiece of Little Saigon, exhibiting more Vietnamese ...

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What he brought was a spirit of rebellion--against first the French and later the Americans. ... He never committed U.S. troops to South East Asia, but he did authorize material aid in 1950 and raised the level of assistance until his term came to an end in 1953. ... President Truman had transferred his Cold War images from Europe and Southeast Asia and based his policies on naive analogies rather than specific Asian realities. Asia was not Europe though and what may have worked for Truman in Europe would turn out to be a disaster in Asia. ... The B-52 bombers seemed to be one last effort ...

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The North with a communist government led by president Ho Chi Minh (胡志明) and the South ruled by American-backed President Ngo Dinh Diem (吳廷琰). ... Asian Financial Crisis The Asian financial crisis did not have to seem direct impact on the Vietnamese economy, During 1998, however, the effects of the regional crisis on the Vietnamese economy became increasingly evident: at the end of the year all major macroeconomic indicators suggested that the situation was becoming critical. ... As East Asian countries accounted for around 70 per cent of FDI and ove...

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After America's defeat of Japan in World War II, the French continued its colonial rule in Vietnam until 1954 when the Vietminh, Ho Chi Minh's communist army, defeated it once and for all. In response, the American President Dwight D. ... The statement clearly shows the American's ambition on Indochina and Vietnam. ... (intro to quote)"An oddly-shaped country, stretching like a letter "S" along the coast of mainland Southeast Asia from the Chinese border to the Gulf of Thailand" (Lessons 3). ... (intro)"The Roosevelt administration viewed Southeast Asia as a strategically impor...

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This paper outlines the differences in the cultures of the United States versus Asian Indian and Vietnamese cultures. ... Americans value achievement, personal success, and independence. ... Indian Culture The following are a few of the values, and beliefs of those of Asian Indian decent. ... Extended family simply is not a valued by Americans. ... This concept seems surreal as an American. ...

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There were more than 16,000 U.S. military advisers in South Vietnam, and more than 100 or more Americans had been killed by the John F. ... Every American President called the enemy in Vietnam-the Vietminh. 1960's successor, the National Liberation Front (NLF) : and the government of north Vietnam which was led by Ho Chi Minh as agentsof global Communism. Most Americans called communism the "antithesis of all they held dear." ... A lot of Americans even compared communist as a disease. ... As if they were to follow everyone else, most of Southeast Asia was under this theory. ...

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The initial reasons for U.S. involvement in Vietnam seemed logical and compelling to American leaders. ... 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. The outbreak of war in Korea in 1950 served primarily to confirm Washington's belief that communist aggression posed a great danger to Asia . ... The American troops and POWs came home, but the war con...

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Catfish and Mandela is a memoir of a Vietnamese American man's return to Vietnam. ... In doing so, he weaves together a history of his family's sojourn to the U.S., their subsequent experiences in America and his reflections on returning to Vietnam as an Americanized Vietnamese. As a result, the book provides an interesting overview not only of the refugee experience, but the challenges that Asian Americans face in resolving their feelings toward the countries of their ethnic origin. The book also touches on the effects of American foreign policy on Vietnamese culture today and m...

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Johnson broad military powers, the Vietnam War became Americanized with the first American combat troops arriving and the first continuous bombing of North Vietnam. Although never declared an official war by the United States, it was "entered" by the Americans in order to stop the spread of communism in Southeast Asia. ... Although many Americans supported this at the start of the war, as the fighting progressed it came to divide the United States as no other event had since the Civil War. ... Many returning soldiers faced apathy or antagonism from an embittered America. ...

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Once again America had just finished a great war in which France was an important ally. ... Kennedy quickly discovered that this was a new kind of war America was fighting. ... By the time of Kennedy's death America would have 16,000 "advisors" in the country. ... I am not going to be the president who saw Southeast Asia go the way China went". ... The television brought Vietnam into the homes of Americans and fueled protest against it. ...

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Australia at Vietnam War In the years following the end of the Second World War, colonies of the Western Powers throughout Africa and Asia were clamouring for self-determination and nationhood. ... Nowhere was this trend more evident than in the region of South-east Asia, where the Japanese occupation, even if it achieved nothing else, destroyed the myth of white supremacy for good and all. ...

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I think his seven primary concerns are as follows: 1) The termination of the Poverty Program; 2) Sending young brothers to fight for liberation in Southeast Asia, when they don't live free in Georgia and Harlem, and die alongside whites who live in a nation and cannot go to the same schools; 3) The massive violence used in Vietnam; 4) America would never be free or saved from itself unless the descendants had their own shackles removed; 5) The burden of maintain his role as a man who received the Nobel Prize for Peace and work for the "brotherhood of man"; 6) The Vietnam people who have b...

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The media became an enemy as great as the one the country was battling thousands of miles away in the Asian rice fields. ... It rallied American support behind the government and for the entrance of American troops into the war. ... The media and the public viewpoint shifted once between these two attacks on America. The Vietnam War had very little support on the home front from the American public. ... Reporters usually lacked experience and understanding of Asian politics. ...

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Vietnam, first of all, is an oddly shaped country, stretching like a letter "S- along the coast of mainland Southeast Asia from the Chinese border to the gulf of Thailand. ... At the same time, much of the poetry, architecture and painting retained themes distinctive to Southeast Asia. 3. ... The new state which called itself Dai Viet, soon became a major force in Southeast Asia. ... The Vietnamese liked these values because, they believed that they were important in building a disciplined and powerful nation in Southeast Asia. ... Like most lowland people in Southeast Asia, the majority of...

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The Vietnam War began in 1960 with the introduction of American troops into Vietnam. ... At that time the war was being fought between the North Vietnamese and the Viet Cong on one side and the Americans, Australians and South Vietnamese on the other. ... The Americans and Australians were fighting alongside the South Vietnamese armed forces to stop the takeover. ... In 1962 Prime Minister Menzies introduced the belief to the Australian public, that if Vietnam fell to communism, then other countries in South East Asia would fall one by one to communism. ...

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