Just over 60,000 Australia soldiers fought in the war with 521 Australian's killed and approximately 3,000 wounded. ... While democracy is used in Australia and means the population is used to elect a government and representatives. ... If this happened Australia would have been surrounded by communism and this could have very well taken over Australia. Australia wanted to stop communism in its tracks. ... If Australia didn't fulfill the requirement these alliances could be terminated, leaving Australia almost defenseless. ...

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HOW DID THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT RESPOND TO THE THREAT OF COMMUNISM IN AUSTRALIA? ... In 1917, the monarchy was overthrown and the world's first communist government was formed. ... But during this time the Curtin Labor Government lifted the ban on the Communist Party of Australia. ... The Chifley Labor Government was then introduced and it brought private bank under government control and nationalised the airline QANTAS. ... Australia's form of government allowed its people freedom of opinion and allowed protests to occur. ...

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Another policy that the Australian government implemented was the "Forward Defence Policy" which was implemented so defence forces could move forward into Asia to stop any perceived threat from communism. ... Australian forces moved in to combat these problems and other problems such as the lawlessness and government corruption in the Solomon Islands. The Australian government also supports a country's right to self-determination, which means supporting itself rather than being run by outside governments such as the colonial rulers. ... How strong it was came to light when American troops...

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The report states: "Commitment of both the Australian and United States Governments to cooperation at the Joint Defence Facility at Pine Gap. ... (Timeline of the History of Pine Gap, URL: http://roswell.fortunecity.com/callanish/129/pinegaphistory.htm ) Despite its unpopularity amongst the public, Pine Gap remained opened and still enjoys support from modern day Australian governments. ... The Liberal government hit back by enforcing that Pine Gap held great significance in the defence of Australia "In the fight against global terrorism facilities such as Pine Gap can play a crucial role" ...

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"Australians were supportive of Menzies Governments' decision to send troops to Vietnam in support of President Diem's Resistance of Ho Chi Ming. ... Views of Save Our Sons, the Catholic Church and Menzies Government will be focused on in the text. ... Australian citizens were influenced to believe this way of thinking as well. ... On the 28th of April 1965 announced a battalion of Australian troops would be sent to Vietnam to help the conflict and to protect life in Australia as they knew it from the heat of communism. ... This wasn't a big issue until 1966 when the govern...

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For Australia and most of western civilisation the 60's were years marked by political and cultural change. ... The year 1972 saw one of Australia's major political changes take place, that was when conservative liberal government was replaced by the reformist labor government. ... The Labor government immediately started an anti-war movement and soon enough had the Australian troops removed from Vietnam. ... But with compulsory conscription out-lawed and war becoming less glamorized the public of Australia became divided over the Labor governments decision which could mak...

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He also made a point to say that we will eventually have a liberal government and that is the last government that we will have (Fukuyama). ... Another point that got my attention was Fukuyama pointed out that the end of History will be because of economic and political liberalism, we will end with a liberal government (Fukuyama). How can we end with a liberal government? Yes I do agree that the government is progressively getting more liberal but as we speak Mexico and Australia and other governments are changing, so we will never be able to have a government that will stay the same. But I do...

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The ANZUS (Australia, New Zealand, and the United States) treaty was created in 1951 after concerns about post war Asia. ... In a compromise, USA made a defence treaty with Australia and New Zealand in exchange for a soft treaty for Japan. ... The other members would come to their aid, but only if it complied with their government. ... Members were New Zealand, Australia, Britain, France, Pakistan, the Philippines and Thailand. ... In the 1950's the ANZAM agreement between Australia, New Zealand and Malaya was formed. ...

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Australian, Denis Gibbons was another popular photojournalist because he had the uncanny ability to capture photos from the "soldier's-eye view". ... Over the next five years he photographed the tours of nine Australian infantry battalions. ... In World War I, photos such as 'Outside Captured German Dugout' (Appendix 3) often served as positive propaganda for the government. ... Citizens of America started to question if the government knew what they were doing, and if the war could be won. ... During this time, photojournalists captured the truth about what was happe...

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There is Oceania, which encompasses the Americas and Great Britain, Eurasia, which is Europe and the Near East, and Eastasia, which is the rest of Asia and Australia. ... I think that instead of giving more power to these people, we should give government, which for all its failings is at least democratically elected, more regulatory control. ... It is all very well putting safety nets in place in stable democracies such as we have in the Western world, but how can we let so much economic power be given to the Far Eastern countries, such as Indonesia, which have very unstable...

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By the end of 1965, there were 181,000 American troops along with troops sent by South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand. ... The onslaught weakened the newly elected South Vietnamese government, set back efforts of pacification, and brought to the forefront American outcries for peace. With all that in mind, the American government had to re-think where this war was taking us. ... In the beginning, I feel that the American people stood firmly behind the actions of our government officials. ...

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The north wanted to overthrow the South's government. ... The years from 1957 to 1963 "North Vietnam aided rebels opposed to the government of South Vietnam, which fought the rebels with United States" aid and advisory staff." ... Countries such as Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines, South Korea and Thailand helped South Vietnam. ... Civilian women were also secretaries and receptionists in the US Embassy and other government agencies. ...

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For example, France established in IndoChina, Britain in India, Australia and took control of the East coast of China, Spain had colonies in Latin America, the Philippines. ... The U.S. government and military were glad to have Hawaii and also the Sugar planters wanted to annex Hawaii to the U.S. to don't have to pay the tax. ...

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After World War II and The Korean Conflict, the last thing U.S. citizens wanted was for the government to send troops into Vietnam. ... South Vietnam was aided by a coalition of forces including the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and South Korea. ... "The American government initially believed that this conflict would not last more than two years" (Edwards 160). ... The American government controlled South Vietnam, and dictated what its governments steps should be. ... The growing anti-war movement alarmed the U.S. government, and eventually dictated the way the government ran the ...

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North Korea believed a communist government was the most beneficial government to live under. ... However, the Republic of Korea, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, and the United States supported South Korea. ...

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The plan was to give $400 million U.S. dollars in aid to Turkey and Greece with which to set up respective governments. ... American analysts had hoped that the invasion would spark a popular uprising against the Guatemalan government. When the citizens of Guatemala failed to revolt against their own government the CIA decided to take a more active role in the plot to overthrow Arbenz. ... Fighting on one side was a coalition of forces including the United States, the Republic of Vietnam, Australia, New Zealand, and South Korea. ... Australia lost almost 500 of the 47,000 troops they had dep...

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", not only shows Uncle Sam as a heroic Greek figure with the strength to hold up the world, but also shows that there was an unwillingness from the American government, or at least the people, to engage in more international warfare. ... They state that differences in the Constitution "have led many to conclude that there is something different about Americans and their vision of government that is reflected in their very different Constitution.... Contained within this unique document defined the conditions for free people with free rights, not from the government but from their cr...

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Nuclear Weapons in Asia Nuclear weapons are used for many different reasons. Some countries develop nuclear weapons and sell the information to other countries. Nuclear weapons can be used for a country to gain recognition. Still other countries use them to present a threat to another countr...

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