How did the end of the Cold War affect the concept of security? Introduction to International Relations INR 203 Major Essay The concept of security is a very large concept‚ which can be broken down into a group of smaller ideas. The end of the Cold War did affect the sub categories of the concept of security in positive and negative ways. The end of the Cold War helped to bring about more cooperation in the international system‚ after a period of
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The Vietnam War greatly changed America forever. It was the longest war fought in America’s history‚ lasting from 1955 to 1973. The Vietnam War tarnished America’s self image by becoming the first time in history the United States failed to accomplish its stated war aims‚ to preserve a separate‚ independent‚ noncommunist government. It was the first war ever broadcast on television. The public was able to see what happened on the battlefield. One of the chief effects of the war was the division it
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Some people also believe that dropping the bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was not just to stop the war between Japan and the U.S but‚ that it was also intimidate Russia. During World War two Russia had not put much thought or really focused on the building of any nuclear weapons up until around 1939. Even then the Russian scientists had not put much effort into it like the Americans had with the Manhattan Project. After the Germans invaded Russia their nuclear program became almost non-existent because
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The Cold War‚ one of the most scariest times in America’s‚ or even the world’s history. The threat of nuclear war was real‚ very real. At any moment America or the U.S.S.R. could destroy the entire world with their assault of nuclear weapons‚ just at a call and a click of a button. This is one of many important times in history‚ and still affects us today. Not only did the North Atlantic Treaty Operation come from the tensions‚ but the bay of pigs‚ the cuban missile crisis‚ the berlin wall (the construction
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The Vietcong fought a Guerrilla war. Using “Non-explosive land mines” to defeat their enemy: examples being deploying Booby-traps‚ ambushing American patrols or planting bombs. Booby-traps and tunnels were two essential methods regarding the engagement of Vietcong and American soldiers in Vietnam. Booby-traps were placed all over the Vietnamese jungle‚ in irregular locations thus making many soldiers feel anxious and fearful. Examples of this would be the Side Closing Panji‚ A spike board‚ the Grenade
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The origins of the Cold War lie in the differences between the systems of both the United States and the Soviet Union. It is an interplay between ideology and pragmatic power politics‚ and the creation of tension and mistrust which had been evident since the Russian Revolution. During World War II differences were put aside‚ but the problems reappeared‚ and it was a changing post-war world. There are three major common explanations for the origins of the Cold War: traditional‚ revisionist‚ and post-revisionist
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and Indian war‚ England and her colonies found themselves in relative peace. However‚ under this peace began the rumblings of dissent by the American colonies who felt they could not be taxed without valid representation in British parliament. This would eventually be the rallying cry for revolution for the colonists. Several decisions made by the British towards the colonies during the period between 1763-1776 led to eventual revolution‚ and the eventual loss of Britain’s North American colonies.
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The United States’ war with Vietnam was undoubtedly “a different kind of war”. Guerilla tactics and a largely jungle environment throughout the theatre of Vietnam made this a supremely unique conflict in the annals of American military history. Faced with this type of unique enemy and terrain‚ the American Armed Forces undoubtedly had to evolve and adapt their tactics accordingly. One element that is particularly extraordinary and exclusive to the Vietnam War is the development of highly organized
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Focus question 2: How were soldiers treated upon their return in the 1960s-1970s? When the New Zealand soldiers returned to their country from the Vietnam War in the 1960s-1970s‚ they were treated as they were expecting to be treated. They believed that they would come home to be honoured‚ cheered‚ and saluted by their people. However‚ they received the complete opposite. The men were told to immediately change out of their uniforms‚ combat ribbons‚ and medals‚ and to act casually as if they hadn’t
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How Ronald Reagan Won the Cold War Ronald Reagan was the key individual whose political‚ economic and military initiatives were later responsible for the fall of the Berlin Wall and victory of the United States in the Cold War. The policies implemented by the Reagan Administration were released in declassified National Security Decision Directives stating to use “economic‚ military and political initiatives..[to] convince the Soviet ruling that unless it shared power
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