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    How effective were the tactics used by the US during the Vietnam War? The US used many tactics during the war with Vietnam and the tactics used were usually for one of two purposes: to destroy the Vietcong or win over the peasantry‚ which was what the population of Vietnam generally consisted of. However‚ some tactics proved to be more effective than others‚ and they were inter-related as one often wouldn’t work without the other. The US Army‚ alongside the South Vietnamese Army (the ARVN) found

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    Soviet Union had become locked in a Cold War. The war was a dreadful time for both sides‚ keeping all citizens on edge. The war didn’t only affect the two superpowers prepared to fight though; it also affected the rest of the world. The Cold War had a large impact on developing countries like India‚ Cuba and Egypt. Depending on whom each country allied with‚ it either prevented or helped each country’s reform‚ development and independence. Because of the war‚ the US and the USSR needed the support

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    Korean War was more significant in the spread of the Cold War outside Europe than the Cuban Missile Crisis.” How far do you agree? The years 1950 to 1953 were a period of striving for Korea‚ where the North and South regions were being disputed over by China and USA. The South was supported by USA and the United Nations‚ while the North was backed by China and USSR who were part of the communist fraternity. On the other hand‚ the outbreak of Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 was the closest the Cold War

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    The Cold War developed slowly between the United States and the Soviet Union‚ as both nations were fighting for control of the postwar world. This cold war was a war of words with lots of tension. These two nations were on the same side during the war but after the war they began to grow apart and not trust each other. The United States and the Soviet Union had different beliefs as to where the world should go in terms of government and economics. This caused big problems for the two nations. These

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    History: Cold War (Review)

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    History Unit 5 Test Review Cold War: refers to the period after the Second World War between 1945 and 1990‚ when increasing political and diplomatic tension between the West/United States and the East/Soviet Union created a constant threat of war. There were 2 speeches given in 1946 that alerted the world to the growing tension between the soviet and western world. 1. Stalin’s “Two Hostile Camps”: In February 1946 Stalin gave a speech to voters in Munich in the speech he predicted that the

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    The Cold War was the longated tension between the Soviet Union and the United States of America. It started in the mid 40’s after WWII had left Europe in shambles and Russia and the USA in superpower positions. The Cold War was a clash of these supergiants in political‚ ideological‚ military‚ and economic values and ideas. Though military build up was great on both sides neither one ever directly fought each other. In this essay I’m going to bring forth the following points: Rise of the Cold War‚ events

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    Cold Mountain: The Civil War The Civil War was a four year armed conflict between northern and southern sections of the United States. The Civil War cost more American lives than any other war in history. There were bout 3 million people who fought in the beginning of the Civil War and about 600‚000 people’s lives were lost at the end of the war. What began for many as a romantic adventure soon became a heartbreaking bitter struggle between the two parts of a divided country. This‚ however

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    The cold war was waged on political‚ economic‚ and propaganda fronts. It was only limited recourse to weapons. A huge split had happened between the Soviet Union and china in the 1960s and spread over the years‚ destroying the unity of the communist. An internal cause of the collapse of the Soviet Union is American fear of communist attack. Because America was so afraid of the Domino effect (communism spreading)‚ the stood up to communist regimes. Another internal cause of the collapse of the Soviet

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    significance of events in Korea (1950-1953) on the development of the Cold War In July 1953‚ an armistice was signed at Panmunjom to signal a ceasefire between the Sino-Soviet backed North and the US-UN backed South Korea. Although the Korean War was not the beginning of Cold Wa‚ the events from Korea are important in assessing the development of the Cold War. Whilst it is sometimes seen as a watershed in the development of the Cold War‚ a more compelling analysis is that it was a catalyst which accelerated

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    Question1 Containment was the foreign policy put forth by the United States to challenge Russia during the Cold War (Kennan and Containment‚ n.d.). This Policy was based on a letter written by George Kennan called the X Article (Jones‚ 2008). The letter called for the United States to contain communism from any further expansion. Under President Truman‚ this became policy and would continue for many years and Presidents after him. Since the letter did not define the terms on how to contain communism

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