Why Wasnt The Cold War Avoidable?
One topic that stuck with me while reading the Cold War was that why wasnt the Cold War avoidable. The first thing that comes to mind is that during the war, it was two very powerful countries competing on the world stage to become the next super power. Being as powerful as they are things can get a little out of hand. Something else that also contributed to the war was how conflicting the political philosophies, which were Representative Democracy vs Communism, and for that a fear of the opponant on both sides of the conflict. Tensions were very very high. To begin with both countries were nuclear armed, it didnt help out at all, it just made things worse. There was a constant fear that, because there was not at the time a definitive World
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Super Power, one of the two nations would use nuclear armed, or neither, it might have turned out way differently. That is because the U.S and Russia were competing so intensely to become the World Super Power that people in power on both sides naturally worried that the other side could use nuclear force, and therefore ensured that their own country was positioned to counter such a move. Another reason was if Hitler and Germany had not invaded Russia to gain control of the Russian oil fields, Russia would not have gotten into the war and there would have been no Cold War. In the end there has always been a tension between the two countries, because they disagreed on so many aspects of how to run a country. The United States and the Soviet Union would always bump heads. It had been building up long before WWII began, but after WWII ended taking with it the period of time that the two countries abandoned thier differences, the countries turned to conflict between one another. With no way to control the building up of tensions between the US and UUSR, the cold war was inevitable. It couldve also been avoidable in that negotiation efforts could have been made, had not the U.S contributed to the tension and threat they felt by the Soviet Union, had the nations expanded on previous relationships capabilities, and the nations couldve tried to understand eachothers ideology and motivation for their actions. In the end the Cold War was inevitable because the Soviet Union's mistrust, the United States misunderstandings, and the reasoning that the two coountries could never work together due to their major differences.
The French colonized Vietnam in the mid 1800's.
The French started to integrate more Western ideals, education, and religion including, for the first time introducing Christianity. The Modern Vietnam that we know today, was created from the French colonialism . Around 1883 France gained control of all Vietnam. After WWII, Vietnam gained independence but France still ruled the country Until Ho Chil Mihn took over in 1954. In 1959, North Vietnam began and forced a policy to reunify the country, which led to the outbreak of the American War in Vietnam. On August 2, 1964, the U.S destroyer Maddox exchanged shots with North Vietnamese torpedo boats in the Gulf of Tonkin. Two days later, the Massox and another destroyer reported once again coming under fire. Although most historians, including those employed by the U.S military, have since concluded that the second of those attacks never actually occurred, it served as the pretext for an immediate ramp-up of the Vietnam War. By the end of the day, President Lydon B. Johnson had ordered retaliatory air strikes, and by late 1965 some 180,000 American troops were on the ground, with more on the way. The Tet Offensive was a military campaign that took place during the Vietnam War. It began on January 31, 1968. The offensive was a strategic attack aimed or planned on the US and South Vietnamses military and civilian command centres in South Vietnam. The NVA and NLF hoped that it would end the war very quickly. It is known as the Tet Offensive because it began on the morning of Tet Nguyen Dan, the first day of the year on the Vietnamese lunar calendar. Around 80,000 communist troops attacked more than 100 towns and cities, suprising the US and South Vietnamese armies and taking them by surprise. The Battle of Hue lasted a month, and fighting at Khe Sanh continued for two more months. Forty years after they won the war, the Communist Party still rules Vietnam with an iron fist. After, there was a bad capitalism, corruption, and
inequality how rife, many clam its victory was a hollow one. From a shattered society plagued by poverty and food shortages, to a middle-income country and World Trade Organization member, Vietnam's authoritarian socialist regime has overseen huge change since Saigon fell to communist troops four decades ago.
Super Power, one of the two nations would use nuclear armed, or neither, it might have turned out way differently. That is because the U.S and Russia were competing so intensely to become the World Super Power that people in power on both sides naturally worried that the other side could use nuclear force, and therefore ensured that their own country was positioned to counter such a move. Another reason was if Hitler and Germany had not invaded Russia to gain control of the Russian oil fields, Russia would not have gotten into the war and there would have been no Cold War. In the end there has always been a tension between the two countries, because they disagreed on so many aspects of how to run a country. The United States and the Soviet Union would always bump heads. It had been building up long before WWII began, but after WWII ended taking with it the period of time that the two countries abandoned thier differences, the countries turned to conflict between one another. With no way to control the building up of tensions between the US and UUSR, the cold war was inevitable. It couldve also been avoidable in that negotiation efforts could have been made, had not the U.S contributed to the tension and threat they felt by the Soviet Union, had the nations expanded on previous relationships capabilities, and the nations couldve tried to understand eachothers ideology and motivation for their actions. In the end the Cold War was inevitable because the Soviet Union's mistrust, the United States misunderstandings, and the reasoning that the two coountries could never work together due to their major differences.
The French colonized Vietnam in the mid 1800's.
The French started to integrate more Western ideals, education, and religion including, for the first time introducing Christianity. The Modern Vietnam that we know today, was created from the French colonialism . Around 1883 France gained control of all Vietnam. After WWII, Vietnam gained independence but France still ruled the country Until Ho Chil Mihn took over in 1954. In 1959, North Vietnam began and forced a policy to reunify the country, which led to the outbreak of the American War in Vietnam. On August 2, 1964, the U.S destroyer Maddox exchanged shots with North Vietnamese torpedo boats in the Gulf of Tonkin. Two days later, the Massox and another destroyer reported once again coming under fire. Although most historians, including those employed by the U.S military, have since concluded that the second of those attacks never actually occurred, it served as the pretext for an immediate ramp-up of the Vietnam War. By the end of the day, President Lydon B. Johnson had ordered retaliatory air strikes, and by late 1965 some 180,000 American troops were on the ground, with more on the way. The Tet Offensive was a military campaign that took place during the Vietnam War. It began on January 31, 1968. The offensive was a strategic attack aimed or planned on the US and South Vietnamses military and civilian command centres in South Vietnam. The NVA and NLF hoped that it would end the war very quickly. It is known as the Tet Offensive because it began on the morning of Tet Nguyen Dan, the first day of the year on the Vietnamese lunar calendar. Around 80,000 communist troops attacked more than 100 towns and cities, suprising the US and South Vietnamese armies and taking them by surprise. The Battle of Hue lasted a month, and fighting at Khe Sanh continued for two more months. Forty years after they won the war, the Communist Party still rules Vietnam with an iron fist. After, there was a bad capitalism, corruption, and
inequality how rife, many clam its victory was a hollow one. From a shattered society plagued by poverty and food shortages, to a middle-income country and World Trade Organization member, Vietnam's authoritarian socialist regime has overseen huge change since Saigon fell to communist troops four decades ago.