The Cold War was a long period of tension between the democracies of the Western World and the communist countries of Eastern Europe. The west was led by the United States and Eastern Europe was led by the Soviet Union. These two countries became known as superpowers. Although the two superpowers never officially declared war on each other‚ they both sided with different countries in proxy wars such as the Korean War and the Vietnam War. They also fought each other in the arms race and the space
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THE COLD WAR BY: Rosalia Salinas History V04B Final Fall 2014 Immediately in the aftermath of WWII‚ the world was split into two opposing camps‚ the Western Bloc which consists of the U.S.‚ its NATO allies and some others and Eastern Bloc consist of the Soviet Union and their allies from the Warsaw Pact. Though they did not fight directly‚ there were major regional wars in Korea‚ Vietnam and Afghanistan that both sides supported; they were actively engaged in the Cold War. This war did not
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The period of the Cold war began in 1945 following World War II after the defeat of Hitler‚ Germany and Japan. The Cold War wasn’t a one time event‚ rather it was a long period of fighting between the leadership of the Western World and Eastern Europe. The two countries known as superpowers led the charge with the Western side led by the USA and Eastern Europe led by the Soviet Union. Although once allies during World War II‚ mistrust with the leadership of Joseph Stalin and his leadership caused
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com/this-day-in-history/eisenhower-gives-famous-domino-theory-speech). This was then his excuse to send soldiers in to aid South Vietnam. Later during Nixon’s administration the North Vietnamese began bombarding the south with a series of surprise attacks in what’s known as the Tet Offensive. “It was considered to be a turning point in the Vietnam War” (http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1862.html). In reaction to this Nixon authorized “vietnamization‚” which was a plan to help build up the South Vietnamese army‚ and prepare
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The Vietnam War throughout history has been debated as whether or not it was a necessary war. Some say the war is considered necessary because President Truman was simply trying to help stop the increase of communism in Southeast Asia so that communism wouldn’t spread to other nations. While others say the war was unnecessary because it was the first war the United States lost. In the text‚ Major Problems of American History‚ it was stated that people even consider America’s involvement in the Vietnam
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Vietnam War The war first began in 1959‚ five years after the division of the country by the Geneva Accords. Vietnam had been split into two. The communist government in the north was under Ho Chi Minh and democratic government in the south was under Ngo Dinh Diem. The Vietnam War stated because France tried to make another attempt to takeover Vietnam by having a foreign power to rule. In Vietnam the target of containment was Ho Chi Minh and the Vietnam front he had created in 1941. Ho and
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ENG102 The Great War The time was 1914. Europe was a thermometer with skyrocketing temperatures of tension. As countries began declaring war on each other in Europe‚ troops began to mobilize for what they thought would be a traditionally fought war: the British cavalry leading the Entente to a decisive victory. How were the European powers to know that this massive war would be fought entirely in the ground with surprise attacks and innovative technology that changed the meaning of “war” forever? World
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The French colonization of Indochina‚ consisting of Vietnam‚ Laos and Cambodia was over‚ when Laos became a French protectorate in 1893. The Second World War opened new avenues for anti-colonial movements in Southeast Asia. On the wake of the Japanese occupation of Indochina‚ the Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969) set up Vietnam Doc Lap Dong Minh Hoi (League for the Independence of Vietnam) or Viet Minh. He gave the call in August 1945 to liberate Vietnam and Hanoi was occupied. The
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poetry and is best known as the leader of Harlem Renaissance - While in high school‚ he wrote for the school newspaper‚ edited the yearbook‚ and started to write his first short stories‚ and dramatic plays‚ poetry. His first piece of jazz poetry‚ "When Sue Wears Red"‚ was written while he was still in high school. -2002: The United States Postal Service further the image of Langston Hughes to its Black Heritage series of postage stamps 4. My question is: The repeated thought of experiencing
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The Cold War was a sustained state of political and military tension between powers in the Western Bloc (the United States with NATO and others) and powers in the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union and its allies in Warsaw Pact). Historians have not fully agreed on the dates‚ but 1947–1991 is common. It was "cold" because there was no large-scale fighting directly between the two sides‚ although there were major regional wars in Korea and Vietnam. The Cold War split the temporary wartime alliance against
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