The fear of Communism has long lived in the hearts of Americans‚ proud of their democratic domain. This fear came about after World War One‚ and came to be known as the Red Scare. Right wing government officials used this paranoia in order to prosecute thousands of left wing activists. This ordeal reemerged after World War Two had ended‚ the Second Red Scare had started. A leading politician of the prosecution of many leftist during the Second Red Scare was senator Joseph McCarthy. McCarthy fed
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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder seems far more prevalent in Vietnam War veterans than in those of other wars: fifteen out of one hundred Vietnam Veterans have combat-related PTSD as compared to one out of twenty World War II veterans‚ a ten percent difference (“How Common is PTSD”). Although it is nearly impossible to pinpoint the root cause for the rise in PTSD in this generation of veterans‚ there are many factors that could have contributed to this rising issue. Many used to believe that these
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Page 1 South Africa and America Culture South Africa and American Culture Introduction to Cultural Anthropology August 2‚ 2010 Page 2 South Africa and America culture South Africa and America culture South Africa is one of the most multicultural counties in the world it is referred as the rainbow nation due to the different ethnic groups that make up the population. Immigration has brought in white‚ European‚ Indians‚ Indo-Malays‚ and Chinese are just to name a few. South Africa
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further shook the foundations of the alliance between the two nations. During the 1950s in the US‚ there was a fear of Communism that stemmed from the anti-communist propaganda spread by Senator John McCarthy. Mocking Communism imprudently could easily rally people to take up arms against Communist sentiment. Radical thinkers‚ such as politicians‚ could develop a fear of Communism and begin a witch hunt much like the one that began in the United States. This would have ended poorly as it
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decision that were made in the 1960s‚ still affect Americans today. People were mostly concerned with the idea of the draft and being sent to fight in a war that has lost its purpose. The main reason that America was still fighting in vietnam was the idea of the domino effect where if Vietnam were to fall to communism‚ the rest of Southeast Asia would follow. While president‚ Nixon took an immoral stance where facing many of these challenges in leaving vietnam‚ ending the cold war‚ and dealing with the watergate
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The Vietnam War was probably the most problematic of all US wars‚ not the least due to the fact that there were many paradoxes. The US built up a harsh regime in the south of Vietnam in the name of protecting democracy; “saving” lives by destroying villages and communities. Although America was only meant to "advise" the Vietnamese; the border was crossed very quickly. This was mostly caused by the vague definition of the US objectives; everything was quite unclear and imprecise so that no one really
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KENNEDY IN VIETNAM There are many critical questions surrounding United States involvement in Vietnam. American entry to Vietnam was a series of many choices made by five successive presidents during these years of 1945-1975. The policies of John F. Kennedy during the years of 1961-1963 were ones of military action‚ diplomacy‚ and liberalism. Each of his decision was on its merits at the time the decision was made. The belief that Vietnam was a test of the Americas ability to defeat communists in Vietnam
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• What is more important: Effort or quality? I believe that effort and quality are both very important. If you do not putting forth effort and follow guidelines‚ it is very hard to obtain quality. In the end the most important thing is the quality of the assignment or project. Quality is what we are judged on in the workforce and life in general. • Should an instructor take into account the amount of effort that a student puts into an assignment? As a teacher on the middle school level
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What exactly is socialism and communism? When asked this question‚ most people do not understand which is which‚ and can often be ignorant of what they are. In fact‚ they could possibly think that they are even the same thing. Although‚ contrary to popular belief‚ both are unique in their own ways‚ but they do have similarities to each other. Socialism and communism are comparable in terms of that they both aim towards equality‚ how the government intervenes‚ and the role of every individual. On
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reform and her novels speak against the communist regime. The Vietnamese communist party expelled her for her protests and ordered that none of her books be published in Vietnam. She served prison time for her protests and later was allowed to travel to France where she lives in exile to this day. None of her work is allowed to be sold or read in Vietnam. The root of the story and the reason there was a war to begin with was the fear of the spread of communism. People within communistic regimes are
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