War is a horrible medium‚ which has been used for hundreds of thousands of years‚ to achieve certain goals through the use of force. The major causes for war are resources‚ which can be territory‚ water‚ gold‚ minerals or animals; and ideologies: political beliefs‚ religion‚ philosophical differences. In other words‚ brutal outrageous kings‚ rulers‚ commanders and emperors possessed the purpose of having power and control over the whole world. But do these egoistic goals really bring benefit to humanity
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the Cold War The cause of the Cold War is debatable. Because the Cold War doubles as a conflict between two countries‚ the USA and the USSR‚ and between two ideologies‚ Capitalism and Communism. Several different causes can be suggested for the start of the Cold War. During the war‚ there was a mutual understanding between the two nations‚ which however began to evaporate soon after the war. Difference in ideologies and mutual distrust between the two nations led to the beginning of cold war. Both
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The Cold War extended from a period which started at end of the Second World War (1945) until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1989. During this time there was a sustained state of political and military tension between the two different world powers‚ NATO (Mainly led by the United States and its Western allies)‚ and the Eastern European Block (led by Soviet Union‚ its mainly communist and socialist allies). It is defined as “a state of tension between states‚ which behave with great distrust and
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the Middle East This paper was written with the intent of the reader gaining a further knowledge of the role the United States intervention played in stabilizing Lebanon in 1958‚ when the country was on the brink of civil war. The paper briefly gives a summary on the state of Lebanon‚ how a civil war was nearly imminent‚ and why the United States got involved. The U.S. military had no idea what they would encounter in country but were prepared for war. Luckily‚ war did not occur. The paper acknowledges
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Mr. Meuller United States History- 8th 14 May 2011 Struggles with North Korea The United States has had many problems regarding North Korea both‚ during the cold war and post-cold war. They have been the longest standing adversary to the United States‚ and are the victims of countless U.S sanctions and diplomatic agreements. The first problems with North Korea start post world war two when the Korean Peninsula was split in two. The Soviet Union‚ arch enemy of the United States‚ was stationed in
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In contrast to other wars‚ the United States escalading involvement in Vietnam divided the American people like none other causing an anti-war sentiment in the US‚ and caused old sown ties from the United States developed in WWII to be tested. Even though many of the effects of this war can still be seen today‚ Diem’s assassination‚ the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution‚ the policy of gradual escalation‚ and the bombing campaign lead the increasing power of the United States intervention‚ as UN power‚ to
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Communism‚ weather people say it or not was the main cause of the Cold War. The Cold War started because Russia and China wanted to spread communism to every country of the world. The U.S wanted to stop this from happening. Even though it was considered a war it didn’t actually have any fighting between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. The U.S. decided we did not want to have communism in our country. Karl Marx‚ the “creator” of communism created a pamphlet called the communist manifesto which explained
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The reasons that I think the United States shouldn’t have entered World War I is if the Europeans would have settled their issues on their own‚ there would have been a tie in the end‚ or maybe Austria/Germany would have won. In that case Hitler would not have arisen and WWII would never have occurred‚ many Eastern European countries wouldn’t have suffered communism. The United States had no reason to get involved in the war. The only reason we went into the war was because we merely got caught in
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It was on April 25‚ 1898 that Spain and the United States. As a result of the war the United States acquired territories in the Pacific and in Latin America. The war seemed to start when Cuba was struggling to gain independence from Spain. This was long before Cuba was a threat to us during the Cold War. This was early February of 1898. Being so close to America‚ American sympathy for the rebels rose. There was large demand for U.S. intervention after an unexplained sinking of the USS Maine. In April
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The Vietnam War was a defining moment in American history‚ due to the fact that the American people where concerned about the war and the actions of President Johnson. The lack of trust kept on growing between the American people and the government‚ which left a lot of unanswered questions. After the country’s involvement in two world wars and the cold war‚ America felt the responsibility of imposing its way of life on the world to stop the growth of the communists. War has an impact on all the parties
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