There seemed no purpose to this static war - other than to kill and wait to be killed.8 The tactics in Korea resembled many of those used during the years of Vietnam. ... Tactical commonalities were apparent from the beginning of the American campaign. ... Both presidents refused to ask congress for approval to wage war in Vietnam comparing it directly to what America had done in South Korea13, though not calling it a police action. ... Combined with the American Military Advisory Command, (MAC found its beginning during the Korean war) These troops eventually became Americas fighting force...

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An investigation into Watergate was starting and in the beginning Woodward and Bernstien had their doubts that the whole truth would not be revealed. ... During this time the U.S. was involved in the Vietnam War. In America at the time there were many Anti-war protests and formations of groups like the New Left. ... Government because they would not back out of Vietnam. ...

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It was during the beginning of World War II that the United States began to get more involved. ... Kennedy sent 16,000 American military "advisers" to Vietnam. ... This was actually the beginning of two wars. ... He increased the United States troops and started a plan to bomb the North Vietnam area. ... All this support was for naught though, fore in January of 1973, a truce was signed in Vietnam and the United States withdrew their troops and involvement as Vietnam was taken over by the northern Communist government. ...

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Johnson encountered one of his biggest obstacles in 1959 when the Vietnam War had begun as a result of Communist-led nationalists rising to opposition to the government in South Vietnam (Encarta 2001, "Johnson, Lyndon Baines".) ... Right from the beginning, John inherited from the Eisenhower administration that the United States would not permit South Vietnam to fall to Communism (Goodwin, Doris 253.) ... That was the only event that occurred before Johnson was fully in support of the Vietnam War and increased military involvement. After months upon months of brutal war, Johnson resolved tha...

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She attacked and finally won; world war (ii). ... This included China, Korea, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. ... This marked the end of the war in Europe. ... The war claimed more than 300000 lives. ... It marked the end of oppression and the beginning of freedom. ...

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For instance, during the Vietnam War, the Defense Department of the United States used many misleading phrases in news reports. ... By using carefully chosen phrases, the Defense Department made their war efforts seem less harmful to the people in the United States. ... The mass media is at the beginning of a long chain, but nonetheless, the media has a powerful effect on politics in the United States....

• Word Count: 1773
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