The Cold War was a war that literally wasn't your typical war. ... This is the main reason the United States got involved in Vietnam. ... The Vietnam War is called by many today to be one of the only wars in the history of the United States that they ever been defeated in. ... Nations like England, France and most of Europe was backing the United States and countries like China, North Korea, Cuba and Vietnam were backing the Soviet Union. ... These levels are important because the Cold War could have easily had gone the other way because in Latin America the democratic ideas weren&...

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The Cold War is something that everyone has heard about yet most of us have no clue what the war was really about or why it was started or for that fact who even won the war. ... Many other countries were also involved in the war such as China and Vietnam, among many others. ... In 1965, American forces enter Vietnam and the Chinese support North Vietnam while the United States take the South's side. ... "The dominoes fall in the Cold War" (CNN). ... In conclusion, no one won nor lost the Cold War. ...

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An overly aggressive Soviet Russia influencing lower European countries even spanning as far as China, Korea, Africa, and even Vietnam which was one of the main reasons for the later Vietnam war. ... After the war, the countryside was battered and broken looking for a reliable government to run them, and economic aid to help the post-war rebuild; which the soviet union was quick to provide as many countries such as Yugoslovakia, Romania, Lithuania, and Bulgaria had already seceded to communistic ideals. ... However, after the financially taxing World War II, Britain was unable to continue such...

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"The cold war was the inevitable global conflict between capitalism and communism" Since 1945 to 1991 the world faced a non-violent war know as the Cold War. ... To begin with, The Cold War was a struggle between conflicting universal values. ... To prevent an expansion of Marx system, USA got involved in the Korean and Vietnam wars which show that wherever communism could beat capitalism the Americans would intervene. ... Conflict between the two opposing victors of World War II was inevitable. However, the war could be avoided at some time. ...

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Question What role do you think Canada played as a Middle power during the Cold War and how did this shape our relationship in the Global Community? ... Our role as a "middle power" in the cold war shaped our relationship in the global community. ... We disagreed in going to Vietnam, but maintained friendly with the US as we still made trades back and forth. ... Our soldiers were sent to keep peace while negotiating was happening in areas where war hadn't broken out yet. ... We do have nuclear power, just no weapons, as we side on America for the weapons in case of war. ...

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The entire world was watching as the Cold War went from moments of détente, to hours at the brink of world war three. ... Tensions stayed high in the Olympics, the space race, ICBM's, the Korean and Vietnam wars. ... The real protection from this possible total war was known as MAD. ... The partnership that deteriorated and now is being rebuilt could have turned into a hot' war at anytime, and began a much more destructive world war. The cold war also had terrible effects on North Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan, and many other nations. ...

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The United States supported their view in the war in many different ways. ... Fleming, a professor of International Relations at Vanderbilt University, which gave his thoughts on why the U.S. went into Vietnam. He discussed that South Vietnam is a very strategic spot and if it were taken over by communism all of Southeast Asia would have been taken over, too. ... The Soviet Union too supported its non capitalist view during the cold war. ... He also added capitalism would find its grave in another world war, if their was one. ...

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This was a war of words and therefore was called Cold War. ... The fear of communism eventually overtaking Australia was primarily the main reason for Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War. ... Fifteen hundred men of the First Battalion were sent to Vietnam in 1965. ... Conflict to the war grew in 1967 and a strong anti-Vietnam War movement began to develop in 1968. ... After the war Vietnam became a communist country and was ruled by the Vietnam Communist Party. ...

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Some historians claim that Cold War ended after the Cuban Missile Crisis. ... To prove that, Nixon began gradual withdrawal from Vietnam War - so as not to provoke the USSR. ... Furthermore, practically immediately after the Crisis, the USA's new President - Johnson - declared total involvement in the Vietnam War and even fabricated - as it is now believed - the Tanking Gulf incident, where the Americans claimed that the North Vietnamese fired at their ship. Therefore, the USA's aggression against communism - for North Vietnam declared herself communist - escalated even further an...

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China, Cuba, Laos, North Korea, and Vietnam. China has been Communist since 1949, Cuba since 1961, Laos since 1975, North Korea since 1948, and Vietnam since 1976. ... This was one of the causes of the Cold War. ... Eventually the countries went to war. ... Nobody really knows how the war ended or who won. ...

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Mikhail Gorbachev, former leader of the Soviet Union, warned that a NATO victory in Afghanistan is "impossible" and said that the US should withdraw its troops immediately in order to avoid another Vietnam. ... The US first armed Islamist fighters during the Cold War and is now fighting against them. Gorbachev questions, "But what's the alternative - another Vietnam? ... Gorbachev said that the best NATO could hope to achieve was to help the country get back on its feet and rebuild itself after the war (BBC). ...

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1) The Cuban Missile Crisis was the Cold War's closest brush with nuclear war. ... In Dec., 1962, Castro released 1,113 captured rebels in exchange for $53 million in food and medicine raised by private donations in the United States. 5) I believe the U.S. got involved in the Vietnam War to keep Communism contained. ... North Vietnam were forcing, Communism, a government structure that not everyone agreed with on to South Vietnam. ...

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War was the topic of nearly all conversations and sex and drugs were on everyone's minds. While boogie fever swept dance floors, young men were sent off to die in a war that they could never win. ... One can be certain though that with her steadfast and determined way of thinking, she probably would have been protesting the Vietnam War from the very start and the right of nuclear power plants to be in operative mode. ... For example, many other wars were breaking out and many others were beginning to cool off. The Yom Kippur War began in 1973 while the Cold War was ceasing between the US,...

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The city became the symbolic crux of the entire war. ... Only 6,000 returned to Germany at the end of the war. ... They underestimated the skill and will of the Russians much like the US did when they entered Vietnam. ... Because they planed for a fast victory the German troops were ill equipped and trained to deal with Russian winter terrain, again much like the US in Vietnam. ... The amounts of Russian tanks and planes being produced during the war increased during the war whereas German production declined. ...

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Abstract The Soviet-Afghan war, in my opinion, is a very important and forgotten part of history. ... Some say that this war was Russia's very own version of Vietnam. ... The Soviet-Afghan war was a very complex war, lasting from 1979 to 1989. ... The war had created a powerful opposition to the Soviets and the pro-communist Afghan army. ... By the mid-1980s, the tide of the war started to turn in favor of the Mujahedeen. ...

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This was the only good example of how the Soviets would act, and it is why the United States decided to stay with the "Containment" theory for the entirety of the Cold War. ... History including the Korean War, Vietnam War, Bay of Pigs invasion. ... What would have happened if during the first few years of the Cold War the U.S. went with a different type of foreign policy, one that put less emphasis of force and more emphasis on understanding. Perhaps many wars could have been avoided and much money would have been saved in both countries, or perhaps we would all be speaking Russian n...

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A nuclear war could start at any moment. For example if a nation misjudged an enemy movement they could start a nuclear war. ... In spite of terrible wars in the Middle East and Vietnam and several nuclear alarms, he US and the Soviet Union seem to be edging towards security than threat. ... Experts still think that a nuclear war could start by accident. ... If a war starts then there must be peace talks before the weapons can be launched. ...

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1920-1980: A Rush From the Past to the Future The 1920's, a period recovering from the first Great War, saw the adjustment of social, cultural and economic forces in the United States. ... The 1980's, a period recovering from the Vietnam War, saw many changes as well with the fall of the Soviet Union, the rise of the Iran crisis and new developments in the fight again AIDS. ... Contrary to public opinion, the CIA waged a secret war against the Nicaraguan government, bombing their harbors and destroying ships. ...

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