As World War 2 ended and the Cold War began‚ communism began to expand from Russia into South-East Asia. China and North Korea became communist and communism continued to spread south as Vietnam became independent from the French after the battle of Dien Bien Phu resulting in the country being split at the 17th parallel into communist North and non-communist South. The United States entered the war to stop the spread of Communism in Southeast Asia‚ as they feared that Communist forces would gain
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How and why did the Australian government respond to the threat of communism during the 1950’s After the conclusion of World War 2‚ which ended in 1945‚ Australia faced the growing threat of communism. Communism is social organization in which all the people in the community all properties and money is equally shared. The Australian government responded in many ways to the threat of communism during the 1950’s. Australia responded by its involvement in the Korean War‚ joining alliances and signing
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President’s Time in Office. In 1961‚ the Soviet Union demanded that NATO withdraw its forces from Berlin. The reason why‚ is because there were mass defections from the Soviet side of East Berlin and the Warsaw Pact wanted to have entire control of the city. At the time‚ it appeared as if some kind of showdown would take place between the Allied forces located in West Berlin and those of Soviet Union. However‚ instead of engaging NATO troops in the area‚ the USSR decided to build a wall that would close
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Who was to blame for the cold war? Generally it is not a great idea to blame just one party for something. I feel the same way about the cold war. I believe all parties involved were equally to blame in the cold war. This will be illustrated in my essay. However‚ there are three divisions of western historians when it comes to their opinion on the Cold War‚ the Traditionalists‚ the Revisionists and the Post-Revisionists. Each party has their own opinion on who was actually to blame for the Cold
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“How far do you agree that Eisenhower showed good judgement in his handling of the question of Vietnam?” Eisenhower’s aim was to contain Communism – an ideology that he believed threatened America and‚ potentially‚ the rest of the world. Fundamentally‚ he needed to decide how he was going to stop the expansion of Communism‚ especially after his predecessor Truman had lost China to Communism. His domino theory suggested that if Vietnam was to fall to Communism‚ then the surrounding countries one
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Notes taken from‚ The Americans‚ by McDougal LittelU.S. History CHAPTER 26: ³Cold War Conflicts´ ______________________________________________________ Section 1: Origins of the Cold War One Americans Story: [ no longer added] Former Allies Clash Democracy vs. Communism issueU.S. and USSR suspicion of each other:U.S. remembered the Non-Aggression Pact between Russia and GermanyStalin remembered how the U.S. ignored them when they were being attacked by Hitler Stalin learned that the
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otherwise known as NATO with ten other Western nations (History.com Staff‚ 2010). NATO was formed in 1949 with the purpose to prevent the further spread of communism and preserve democracy and capitalism. The members agreed to come to the aid of each other in the event of an attack or Soviet aggression. In response to this‚ the Soviet Union and other European communist nations formed the Warsaw Pact(The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica‚ 2018). It had the same pretense of NATO‚ if one country
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The events surrounding the September 11 attacks on the United States of America have often been shrouded in a cloud of controversy and mystery‚ with no one individual seemingly able to apprehend the “true” details of the terror attack. Many proposed theories have been brought forth‚ the most widely accepted being that of co-ordinated attacks by terrorist organisation “Al-Qaeda”. “9/11”‚ as the event is commonly known‚ is simply one of many global terrorism attacks that have seemingly consumed the
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politics” “Strategic refers to the comprehensive and planned application of measures to achieve a central goal or to vital assets of military significance” “Geo-strategic merges strategic consideration with geopolitical ones” Like NATO is a geostrategic military alliance GEO-STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF PAKISTAN 22 January 2014 6 Pakistan is located in South East Asia 24.35 North and 37.05 North latitude 61 East to 78 East Longitude Area – 7‚96096
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Document A: Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (ORIGINAL) Eighty-eighth Congress of the United States of America AT THE SECOND SESSION Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday‚ the seventh day of January‚ one thousand nine hundred and sixty-four Joint Resolution To promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia. Whereas naval units of the Communist regime in Vietnam‚ in violation of the principles of the Charter of the United Nations and of international law
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