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    Warfare shaped several countries over the years in different ways. World War II had a great impact on Japan as a nation. In 1941‚ Japan bombed the Pearl Harbor of the US causing them to enter the war‚ which resulted in an immense clash between both countries. In August 1945‚ the US dropped two of the most dangerous bombs‚ the atomic bomb‚ on Japanese cities‚ Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Those bombings changed not only Japan‚ but also the entire world. The US had introduced a new weapon to the world‚

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    Society is a very complicated and complex system‚ always changing and developing. Most of these changes are good and help us live earier and better lifestyles. Sadly there are also some that hinder us and prevent us from moving forward as a society. There have been many amazing changes in society that have had beneficial effects on how we live today. The freedom of different groups have changed tremendously for the better. The 14th and 15th amendments in 1868‚ 1870 helped the African Americans

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    in United States history was the American Revolution. However‚ the significance of the event did not lay in the number of casualties or in Revolutionary wartime strategies. The importance of the Revolution lay in its effects of American Society. This landmark in American history has caused important changes to the government‚ affected vast and deep social changes‚ and altered the economic state of the newborn nation in the years of 1775 to 1800. From the American Revolution‚ the United States came

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    America in Vietnam: The War at Home There were several administrations and policies leading up to the war in Vietnam. Under President Truman the United States developed a policy of containment during the Cold War in an attempt to contain communism in the Soviet Union. During President Eisenhower’s administration the foreign policy of containment was expanded to a military strategy of deterrence. The United States believed in what they called the Domino Theory‚ wherein if Vietnam was to fall entirely

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    Social Impact of the Vietnam War Jess Carrignan December 10‚ 2010 A.P. U.S. History Changes in societies have occurred since the very first civilizations and continue to occur today. Each society is a reflection of the art and music‚ as well as the people and their values and beliefs of the people of the time. The social structure of the people is very much shaped by the events that occur during that particular generation. Often in history major events such as wars and natural disasters are

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    Opposition of The Vietnam War The Vietnam war: deadly‚ fatal‚ and unsuccessful. The United State’s involvement in the Vietnam War was one of the most irreconcilable mistakes in history. The vast devastation of the war was magnified by the amount of money wasted‚ the lack of public support‚ and also the foreign warfare. By intervening in the war‚ the United States lost more than gained and remained lacking in many aspects even after the war was over. The art of the Vietnamese warfare was extremely

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    events. Wilson has done this through inspiring the Vietnam War through his ideas.The wilson created idea that inspired the war was Moral Diplomacy. It was a concept that wilson used during his presidency that called for U.S to share it’s values to the world. The whole point of the war was to give vietnam the value of capitalism. If Woodrow Wilson never had the idea of Moral Diplomacy if he didn’t have that idea people would be like leave vietnam alone because before Wilson the U.S was isolationist

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    How did the Cold War affect domestic policy and American Society? The late 1940′s were a time when much change happened to the American society. As a result to the expanding threat of the Soviet Union‚ or its Communistic ideals‚ America took a stand that lead it to the Cold War.  Although the war didn’t involve fighting directly with Russia‚ it still affected the American society and domestic policy. The war affected America so much that it lead to a fear of livelihood; precisely when Joseph McCarthy

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    Vietnam The Vietnam war started when John F. Kennedy sent United States soldiers as advisors into Vietnam. Many would argue that this was the beginning of the conflict and marked America’s involvement in the conflict. Other academics believe this conflict started many years prior to 1963. These academics cite numerous doctrines that predisposed America to react to world events. These competing perspectives around the conflict makes marking the beginning of this conflict very fluid. The Vietnam War

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    The Trojan War is comparable to the Vietnam War mainly because the allies within each of the wars‚ the strategies used to conduct surprise attacks‚ and the length of each of the wars. Even though the Trojan War and the Vietnam War occurred during time periods‚ both wars lasted for over five years. The reasons for starting the Vietnam War are different from the reasons for starting the Trojan War. The catalyst of the Trojan War was Paris’ embezzlement of Helen from Sparta‚ while the catalysts of

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