The Indochinese Communist Party, which was later called the Vietnamese Communist Party, began to grow stronger and by 1945 the group was ready to fight for the independence of Vietnam once more. ... After 1954 Ho Chi Minh and his Communist followers began preparing for a battle with South Vietnam to unify the country under Communist rule. ... South Vietnam became uneasy, and assistance was needed to fight against the communist North. ... From 1954 to 1960 the U.S. sent a few number of troops into Vietnam to help resist the Communist, but little was made of it. ... America did not want Rus...

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They were not all communist, although communists actively involved themselves in most of the "wars of liberation", forming blocs within other movements where they did not have the strength to stand alone. ... In Saigon, the Provisional Executive Committee of South Vietnam, dominated by communists, recognised Ho's authority. ... By the end of 1949, the situation had radically changed with the success of the Chinese Communist People's Liberation Army (PLA) against the Nationalist Chinese. ... In the South, "Cochin China", the communist-led forces were too weak, lacking in arms and effe...

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The French were losing and were not able to control the communist North Vietnamese from invading South Vietnam. The United States originally tried to help the French by giving them financial aid to fight off the communist attackers. ... This is who America decided was a threat that they wanted to stop before all of Indochina became communist. ... With the help of the United States, there would hope in stopping the communist North Vietnamese from taking over. ... But Diem had sound credentials as a nationalist and impeccable ones as an anti-Communist...

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McCarthy accused high government officials and high standing military officers of being communist. ... The government put in place legislation, not only against the Wobblies, but also against Socialists and Communists, due to the fact that the government did not distinguish one of its enemies from another. ... He did not only reserve his weapon for the Wobblies; the American Communists and many other radical groups were not to be left out. When the Palmer Raids began, which will be discussed in more detail later, there were two main targets: the Communist Party, and the Communist Labor Party. ...

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S. anti-communist fervor as a backdrop, seemingly shared by both Republicans and Democrats framing an increasing distrust between the Russians and the Chinese, Kissinger saw an emerging third Superpower in a competitive communist China as an American advantage which needed to be exploited. ... Moreover, the opening of relations with the Chinese would put the United States in a uniquely advantageous position to play two antagonistic and disparate communist nations, one against the other. ... Balancing military power along with a willingness to use that power, challenging communist aggression wh...

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Voorhis denies any ties to communist endorsements, furthermore no evidence has been found to corroborate Nixon's claims. 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. ... I just want to tell you that Jerry Voorhis is a communist."" ( ) "By using the "big lie,"" Nixon was able to trick people into believing that Voorhis was a communist sympathizer; with his dirty tactics, he won handsomely by a margin of 15,000 votes- (N v. ... In another ruthlessly fought campaign, Nixon managed to find a...

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Ironically, it was not the godless, evil communists that had used a nuclear weapon, rather the Democratic peace- loving nation that bombed the two civilian cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki using atomic bombs. ... One aim was to build up strong anti- Communist countries and it helped American industry by creating markets for American goods. ... 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. ... Thi...

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Is War Necessary? There are many reasons why a country or several countries could go to war. Some of these reasons are just, however many of them are not. There are many movies made illustrating many different aspects of American wars, good and bad. The American Revolution was mainly a political movement; however there were some social and economic factors. ...

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From 1965 until 1973, the United States of America was at war with the communist nation of North Vietnam. ... The final terms are known as the Geneva Accords.5 In fear of another communist leader, President John F. ... After the election proved to be unsuccessful, the South Vietnamese communists developed the National Liberation Front, commonly known as the Viet Cong. ...

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Truman This quote from Harry Truman gave life to the beginning of the Cold War, which from 1945-1991 pitted the U.S. against the Soviet Communist nations. ... Fighting on the other side was a coalition of forces including the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) and the National Liberation Front, a communist-led South Vietnamese guerrilla movement. ... Afghanistan The afghan war, which was from 1978-92, was a conflict between anti-Communist Muslim guerrillas and the Afghan government and Soviet Union. ... On November 9, 1989 East Germany's Communist party leader Gunter Schab...

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Admittedly, they have proven their continued success to the communist government back in Vietnam and become the model minority group in American society. ... Most refugees did not realize their eventual destination would be the United States because their only intention was to escape the political oppression and reforms instituted by the authoritarian communist government of North Vietnam. ...

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The Cold War is a term used to describe the period of non-violent conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union, as well as their respective allies, between the mid-1940s and lasted until the early 1990s. This essay seeks to examine the political relations between the leaders of Britain, the United States of America and the Soviet Union during and immediately following World War II. The deterioration of Soviet-American relations was the combined result of the mistrust between both sides and the inconsistent American foreign policy resulting from the replacement of Franklin D. Rooseve...

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The United States in the 1960s was a time of cultural change and social movements throughout the country. The youth movement was characterized by young college students that had become political activists and were against political suppression by the government. They were also were majorly involved in the civil rights and antiwar movements. Others that were apart of the youth movement simply separated themselves from the mainstream ideals of the society. The social, cultural, and political impacts of the counterculture that took place in the 60s had a very large impact on United States history...

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During the 1960's America was ripped apart by a war in a far off country in Asia. Seeing an enemy that was hoping to gain power and eventually rule the world and the nation stared war against communism in the face. The US was faced with the decision, to watch as its friends in other countries fade...

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The 1950s through the 1950s was a turbulent time in history. At the end of the Second World War, many political and international changes came about. The world had to rebuild drastically after such an unstable and deleterious decade. As a result, the Cold War became a topic of much controversy a...

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