Once they had begun funding the French struggle against the nationalist movement in Vietnam, the Americans saw an imminent opportunity to possibly apply their own colonial model there, but "called upon the French or the Chinese for the raw intelligence information that informed their reports to Washington," (Bradley 94). ... [lacking] traditions of indigenous governance," with French rule being an insult to that injury (83, 84). ... This was also largely paradoxical to the anti-colonist foundation of the United States, and brings to mind Patrick Henry's reflection of American sentimen...

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The late 1800's and early 1900's, is a period in which the most powerful nations in that time such as the United States, Spain, Great Britain, Germany, France, wanted to gain more power and show the world who was the most powerful of the world. ... 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. ... In this case, they made a revolution, overthrew the Queen and took control of Hawaii. ... He said that if they don't take the land, Germany or France will. ......

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Historian André Fontaine, moreover, sees the starting point of the war in 1917 with the Bolshevik Revolution, and suggests that it was mainly due to the aggressive policies of the USSR in foreign policy, dictated by its Communist ideology. The Soviets justify their expansionism in accordance with their Marxist theory which advocated the need to spread revolution throughout the world. ... French historian Alexis de Tocqueville supports this idea and, sort of prophetically, he wrote in 1835 a warning of a balance of power confrontation between the USSR and the USA. This was written before...

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Sunny claims that, "Especially under Lenin, the development of nationalism was encouraged in the Soviet Union which lead to inner conflict and desire for the new nations to break free from the Diets, from Russians' rule" (www.worldhistoryhub.com book review, Sunny, the Revenge of the Past: Nationalism, Revolution and the Collapse of the Soviet Union). ... Nationalist movements have gained much strength especially after the French Revolution in 1789. ...

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Russia, under Lenin's rule called for a world revolution and brought the United States into it. ... Each superpower, the United States, Britain, France and Russia had their own idea of how postwar Europe should look, and many of their ideas clashed. ... After WWII, Germany was divided into four zones and occupied by Britain, France, the United States, and the Soviet Union. ...

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