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    As it can be seen‚ there was much conflict between the North & South in Vietnam. The question is what conflicts initiated the Cold War. The relationship between the both states already had difficulties from the beginning of time. In the South‚ they usually contained a smaller population than the North but were consequently growing as a group. As everyone knows that a great relationship has to be built by a trust‚ that was the one thing between the states they did not possess. Due to this‚ both

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    Thesis: It was right of the United States to draft soldiers into the Vietnam War because we needed to look bigger‚ and the way we drafted was completely fair to the men drafted for war‚ the United States needed to look more powerful. I. The Vietnam War draft included millions of Americans‚ you weren’t chosen by skill‚ you were chosen if you could shoot a gun. A. There was about 2.2 million people in the United States that were drafted into the Vietnam War. B. There was not a choice‚ if you dodged the draft you were considered to be

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    The Vietnam War began in 1955 and lasted until 1975‚ this war was between North Vietnam and South Vietnam. South Korea‚ and United States were on the same side as South Vietnam and were fighting against North Vietnam which was communist. Throughout the War new technologies and machines were used‚ not only that but specifically in the Vietnam War chemicals were used as well. One major chemical compound used in the Vietnam War was Agent Orange. “Agent Orange was a defoliant sprayed by the U.S. during

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    Vietnam War The Cold War was the base to creating the Vietnam War. The Indochina War contributed create the Vietnam War as well. The Cold War and the Vietnam War were almost the same war. The countries in each war argued over whose way of leading or ruling was right. The Vietnam War did have fighting though. But‚ the Indochina War wasn’t like that. The Indochina war was over who should have power in Vietnam. To fully understand the Vietnam war‚ you have to understand the Cold War and the Indochina

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    Jubayer Ahmed Mr.Disiro period 8 Imagine a war without the use of weapons. The Cold War was a standoff between the United States and the Soviet Union without a use of arms (Nuclear Weapons and the Arms Race). It was a period of time with great resentment and pressure. Even though both sides never had a direct military confrontation‚ they engaged in “proxy wars” and threatened each other with nuclear annihilation (Nuclear Weapons and the Arms Race). For over forty years the Soviets and Americans

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    The Korean War The Korean War was a war between North and South Korea. However it was fought between people who wanted Communist rule in Korea versus people who wanted freedom and democracy. It had no winners. All it had was people who lost their lives. Korea is a peninsula adjacent to China on the west. On the east‚ across the East Sea lies Japan. Korea is approximately 5000 square miles. It is about the size of Utah and is very mountainous. (Oberdorfer‚ 3) In Korea lies the most militarized

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    During this time the members of SDS created a direct-action group called The Weather Underground Organization‚ better known as The Weathermen with the slogan from a Bob Dylan song “Subterranean Homesick Blues” with a quote “You Don’t Need a Weatherman to Know Which Way the Wind Blows”‚ their leader was Mark Rudd‚ a former member of SDS and Vice-president of RYM. With these former members of SDS who joined the Weathermen like‚ Karen Ashley‚ Bernardine Dohrn‚ Bill Ayers‚ John Jacobs‚ Jeff Jones‚ Gerry

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    The Korean war‚ was it really a war to forget? After Korea was free from Japanese colonization on August 15‚ 1945‚ the country was left confused politically‚ hence the country was divided into two political governments: communist and capitalist. The Korean war (1950-1953) was a bloodshed that should not be forgotten because of its destructiveness and because of the effects it had on China‚ North and South Korea and America.

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    bloodshed overshadowed the vivid hues of nature. The two proxy wars of Asia‚ throughout the Cold War‚ were the Korean War (1950-1953) and the Vietnam War (1955-1975). The spawning of these wars came from the ashes of World War II and the onset of the Cold War. The Korean War broke out as daybreak dawned over a split peninsula‚ sparking a bloody brief conflict that would forever alter the course of events in East Asia. Following the end of World War II‚ the intervention of disunity in Korea was‚ “a Communist

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    The Americans used many tactics during the Vietnam War in an attempt to combat and defeat the Viet Cong and NLF fighters. These tactics included strategic hamlets‚ napalm‚ search and destroy and defoliants as well as several others. Some of these tactics were viewed as successful for combating the VC but others were not as most were not effective against guerrilla tactics. The first tactic used by the US to try and stop VC support was strategic hamlets. These were guarded villages that were used

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