initial U.S. commitment to provide military assistance to the French in the context of broader American Cold War priorities” (McMahon 58). I think this means that we were justified in starting a limited war with the Vietnamese to prevent a war with a superpower such as China or Russia. The Truman administration was “convinced that Moscow and Beijing had become even more dangerously opportunistic foes…” (McMahon 67). Vietnam was uniquely placed not far from these Communist countries and with our presence
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revolution and not just in an individual region or stat—it must be a worldwide revolution. This is probably why the Cold War between the US and the Soviet Union was extended for such a long period of time. “By 1959‚ it had become very powerful‚ the only superpower besides the United States. It controlled the nations of Eastern Europe and was allied to communist China.” ("What Is Communism and Where Did Communism Come From?") Communists were often referred to as “Reds” due to their loyalty to the Soviet flag
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India’s Position In World Science India has get No. 9 position in the world’s Science and Technology map this year. With it’s output of S&T systems growing at a significant 12 per cent as against the global average of just four per cent it has reached this spot. "We have overtaken Spain this year to stand at No. 9‚ one rank up from last year‚" Union Minister of State for Science and Technology Prithviraj Chavan has said. India was ranked 15th in S&T systems output in the year 2002. Addressing
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The events of the book 1984 by George Orwell takes place in 1984‚ almost half a century after World War II and a few years after the Atomic Wars which resulted in three new superpowers dominating the world. Great Britain is absorbed by the USA and becomes known as Airstrip One. This new superpower state is called Oceania with the other two being Eurasia‚ Soviet Union combined with most of Europe‚ and Eastasia‚ comprised of the eastern side of Asia including China‚ Japan‚ Korea etc. All three are
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October 5‚ 1957; this is the day that went down in history as the day the Space Race between the United States and the USSR began. On this day the USSR successfully launched the Sputnik satellite into orbit around the planet. Close to a month later the USSR launched the Sputnik 2 which held the first living organism to orbit the planet; Laika the dog. The series of events that followed brought change to the Cold War and to the world that could not have been foreseen in terms of international relations
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The new unified Vietnam became the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV). the With Americans gone‚ however‚ Vietnam’s military problems were not over. In neighboring Kampuchea (previously named Cambodia)‚ Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge began a reign of terror in hopes of creating a pre-industrial utopia‚ murdering around 2 million people in so-called "killing fields." In 1978‚ the SRV invaded Kampuchea to stop the Khmer Rouge‚ in what became known as "Vietnam’s Vietnam." While the invasion put an end
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Take a step back over fifty years to 1961 when John F. Kennedy‚ the youngest president to be elected‚ was in office. John F. Kennedy is well known for many things throughout his presidency‚ with one being his role in the Cuban Missile Crisis against the Soviet Union in Cuba. This mark in history ultimately had our country trembling in the fear of a nuclear war that would affect us all. President Kennedy stopped what would have been devastating for the whole world and not just Cuba‚ Russia‚ and the
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Initiative (SDI‚ but also referred to as Star Wars). This was a plan to arm satellites that could destroy soviet missiles from space. Not many people believed the plan would work and even if it did there would no longer be balance between the two superpowers‚ ergo in 1985‚ Prime Minister Brian Mulroney politely said “no”. President George Bush brought the idea back to life in 2004‚ and wanted Canada to participate in the new missile defence initiative‚ but it wasn’t clear who the missiles where protecting
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This essay will focus on the two superpowers‚ France and Britain‚ with a respective of their colonies. It’s necessary to note that‚ there was a great difference between the colonial policies of France and Britain and this is what impacts rather or not decolonisation caused more problems than it solved. Mainly because‚ the Superpowers colonial process‚ had a direct influence of the procedure of colonized states gaining their independence. Decolonisation is defined as “the act of getting rid of
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extensive military buildups‚ an unceasing nuclear arms rivalry‚ intensive surveillance‚ and relentless technological emulations. Further elaborated are the causes and repercussions of this menacing fracas drawn upon the world by the two superpowers; the United States of America and the Soviet Union. The Cold War dominated the second half of the 20th century‚ resulting in the collapse of communism. The Cold War was a period of tension and hostility between the United States of America
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