Nixon "I don't see why we need some fancy French word in dealing with the Russians; we already have a word for it- Cold War.... Prior to Détente and the Nixon Administration, the American foreign policy that predominated during the Cold War was the strategy of containment. ... Secondly, certain facets of the war raised questions about the moral self-righteousness that had previously sustained American policy all through the period of the cold war. ... The war cracked the campaign of ant-communism which had been the preeminent ideology throughout the cold war, and which was mad...

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Although not technically a declared war, it was the longest conflict in the United States history. ... It was the first war televised, making people more aware of what was happening overseas. ... Never in history has so much power been used so ineffectively as in the war in Vietnam. ... With the Cold War, the United States had promised to keep communism from spreading. ... The bigger issue was the Cold War. ...

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This war would be the Vietnam Revolution. ... At the time, the United States was in the midst of its own conflict with Russia, which was called the Cold War. ... In 1963 sides were beginning to form for the war. ... However, as they began to realize, this war was going be a long drawn out war. ... The growing anti-war movement alarmed the U.S. government, and eventually dictated the way the government ran the war. ...

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The league was based on a new concept: collective security against the "criminal" threat of war. ... In 1918, as one of his Fourteen Points summarizing Allied aims in World War I, United States president Woodrow Wilson presented a plan for a general association of nations. ... The covenant was formulated as part of the Treaty of Versailles, which ended World War I, in 1919. ... Cold War: The cold war is the post-1945 struggle between the United States and its allies and the group of nations led by the Soviet Union. ... The two countries fought against Germany during World War II, but this a...

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AMARICA IN THE 1960"S The sixties were an exciting, revolutionary, turbulent time of great social and technological change: assassination, unforgettable fashion, new musical styles, "Camelot", civil rights, women's liberation, a controversial and decisive war in Vietnam, the antiwar protest to go along with the war, space exploration and the space race, peace marches, flower power, great TV and film and sexual freedom, and of course the great baby boomers. ... In the sixties the "Cold War" was heating up. ... Many feel that because of Kenn...

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"I"d have to say the Vietnam War definitely had a big impact on society. ... "The 60's is the Vietnam War, and being in the army, I went to helicopters that didn't have anything on them to ones which have guns and can shoot missiles. ... It would just have to be the Vietnam war that had to have the most impact on me." 10. ...

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During 1973 the United States airlifted military aid to Israel, which turned the tide of the war between Syria and Egypt. ... In theory, Star Wars would allow the United States to intercept enemy missiles before they could reach the their targets. The USSR saw Star Wars as a threat to their national security. ... The Soviets originally viewed Reagan as an implacable enemy, who was willing to risk nuclear war to sabotage the Soviet system. ... Even before these closing events took place nearly all competition that was the basis for the Cold War had disappeare...

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This wouldn't normally mean a lot but during this time there was a lot of fear of a World War III because of the Cold War in Russia. ... The biggest issue though during Nixon's presidency was the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War at the time was splitting the country, as well as splitting American families- physically, mentally, and emotionally. On October 15th, 1969, a quarter of a million demonstrators marched in Washington to protest the war. ... But it was not the war on cancer that would earn him a permanent place in history. ...

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Richard Milhouse Nixon had it within his grasp to be the greatest post-World War II president, he was extremely intelligent, had a driving ambition, and was a political consummate. ... Francis' father, Richard's Grandfather, Samuel Brady Nixon, was only fifteen when his father, George, died in the Civil War. ... Nixon exploited the fact that the Cold War rivalry between the U.S. and U.S.S.R. was just beginning and that anti-communist sentiment was high. ...

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The first Roman Catholic president was elected; the birth control pill was introduced, and we confronted the question of nuclear war. We also saw the emergence of the Civil Rights Movement, the Anti-War Movement and the Women's Rights Movement as we learned first-hand and up close and personal about civil disobedience and political assassinations. ... They viewed the student demonstrations against the Vietnam War as a communist plot, as were the Civil Rights Movement and the Women's Rights Movement. ...

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