The Vietnam War was also a part of the Cold War, and the ongoing 'war' between the US and the Soviet Union. ... There were some other factors that could have been important to the change in the home front's view on the Vietnam War. ... This event opened the eyes of countless people because General Westmoreland had assured the public that the war was going to end soon. ... However these events were shown through the work of photojournalists in the midst of it. ... However this was censored and often hastily put together with snippets of events from that day to weeks ago, and was...

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One of the major early events on the Cold War was the Korean War in the 1950. ... Some other major events on the Cold War were such as the crisis at Cuba in 1962 and the Vietnam War. ... During the 60s, there was an extension of the cold war, which is the Vietnam War. North Vietnam's invasion of South Vietnam was a relatively small conflict in South Asia. ... In the post Cold War, the most important distinctions among peoples are not ideological, political, or economic, but they are cultural. ...

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However, it was not only Vietnam's lower level of development which lead to the cooperation between both states, but also the political system was much less distinct as Vietnam was just in the process of recovering from its recent war with the USA. ... Another example of solidarity support between the GDR and SRV was the ''Vietnam-Aktion'' of the 1960s. ... For Vietnam the main area of interest laid in creating new jobs and obtaining new sources for its own national budget. While in the European CMEA-states many workmen were needed, Vietnam had a huge ''avail...

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The Cold War has brought around all the new kinds of weapons, propaganda and a permanent threat of use of the weapons of mass distraction, several so called, "proxy wars" took place, where the rivalry between capitalists and communists resulted in the real fights on the other states territories, when the US and the Soviet Union supported different sides in the Civil Wars, for example Berlin Crises, Korean War, Cuban missile crises, Vietnam and Afghanistan wars. ... In my essay I will examine the consequences of those events and suggest other ideas on the origins of the Cold War. ... The ...

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The crisis also highlighted the Cold War climate engulfing the globe. ... Nasser was aware that he was a pawn in a war of far greater proportions and therefore emphasized the Cold War aspect in this imperial, regional crisis. ... The events of the summer of 1956 saw a greater shift in Egyptian alliance. ... Furthermore it is a prime example of Cold war behaviors and politics in order to gain geographic and cultural alliance, just as it was seen in Korea, Vietnam and Afghanistan. ... It was these convoluted characteristics of Suez that see it remembered as one of the most important and con...

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