The Cold War was caused by the United States. The Cold War was a series of battles in Russia during the 1940’s fought between the U.S and Russia. The U.S caused the war because they didn’t share information about the atom bomb with anyone and that scared Russia causing them to go to war with them. Another reason why the U.S caused the war was because they tried to turn the buffer states around Russia to a Democracy and Stalin really opposed that and was very angered. The last reason why the U.S caused
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The Cold War is often thought of a war only between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the United States of America‚ however that is not the case. There were proxy wars in countries like Vietnam‚ Korea and Pakistan. The Cold War itself is a complicated subject that was seen as “good (capitalism)” vs. bad (communism)”‚ which in itself was a bad idea that wouldn’t allow for a case by case analysis of the conflicts around the world. But in a time of “Domino Theory”‚ President Eisenhower’s
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The Vietnam War was a civil war‚ a war between the ideologies of capitalism and communism and a war that involved the great powers and their smaller allies‚ including Australia. The Australians were involved in the Vietnam War from 1962 until 1972. The main reasons that the Australians were involved were the fear of communism‚ the forward defence policy and Australia’s commitment of troops to the United States and the two alliance agreements. The main reason that made Australia involved in the Vietnam
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For America‚ the War of 1812 was justified. Clearly there were sufficient reasons for America to declare war with Great Britain. Time after time the British violated American rights and freedoms. Acts such as impressments‚ the attack on the USS Chesapeake‚ the violation of American neutral rights and waters‚ blockades on U.S. ports‚ and the ignoring of stipulations of Jay’s Treaty and their Treaty of Paris all imposed threats on America. To prevent further altercation‚ America tried to solve the
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Why did the United States get involved in the Vietnam War? Explain what factors led American policymakers down the path towards war‚ and cite specific examples of critical events that reflected these factors. There was no specific factor that led the united states into getting involved in the Vietnam war‚ but rather a gradual series of events and decisions which would lead them down such a path. The initial reasons for U.S. involvement in Vietnam seemed logical and compelling to American leaders
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If it wasn’t for the Mexican War‚ the western land would be still be apart of Mexico. Mexico didn’t like the idea of the United States’s attempt to buy a large part of their country. There was also a border dispute between Mexico. Near the Rio Grande‚ Mexico troops had attacked the US Army. Was the Mexican War justified? The United States was justified in going to war with Mexico because of Mexico’s treatment of Slidell‚ sixteen Americans killed by them‚ and attacked the US near the Rio Grande.
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the United States going to war with Mexico was justified or not justified? It can be a struggle to decide. Mexico won its independence from Spain in the nineteenth century. Spain controlled most of Central America. Due to the extremely low population for such territorial extension‚ Mexico relaxed its immigration policies‚ as a result‚ allowing American settlers to help populate the northern territories. Their conditions to settle were self-explanatory. Now what do think? The United States was justified
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Navy flier during Vietnam‚ was taken by the North Vietnamese in 1967 (McCain‚ Kelly). McCain was a young father and husband at the time‚ and the torture McCain experienced made him wonder if he would ever see his family again. McCain suffered from starvation and three broken limbs. The North Vietnamese often used McCain’s injuries as an advantage to create ultimatums against him (McCain). When McCain refused to give in to the blackmail ‚ he was beaten senseless. Later‚ McCain was moved to the prison
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important decisions are choices between the better of two options. The decision to go to war in Iraq was not an easy conclusion but it was one that was made with best intentions. It is my opinion that even though there were some mistakes made in the determination to invade Iraq‚ it was a just decision on both a security and a moral basis. This paper will briefly look at the background behind the start of the war with Iraq and then examine the rationale of both the pro and con side of this determination
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At the start of the 20th century Vietnam was of very little concern to the USA but by 1968 the Vietnam War was at its peak with about 500 000 American troops there. This drastic change came about for many reasons. From the mid-19th century Vietnam had been a French colony (known as Indochina) but in 1940‚ during WWII this changed as Japan invaded the country. The USA helped Indochina fight the Japanese as they were the enemy. They secretly joined forces with communist Ho Chi Minh and this resulted
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