Entering the Vietnam War Vietnam is a beautiful, highly varied country with a very long history of struggle for independence. For thousands of years, the vietnamese had fought to preserve their distinct language and culture against invaders by first repelling the Ch...

Many people argue that the conservative movement started with an article in the National Review on November 19, 1955. The name of the article was the \"Publisher\'s Statement\", written by William F. Buckley Jr., the magazine\'s editor-publisher. At the age of 30, Buckley declared, \"let\'s face it:...

Political ChangeIn the French and Russian Revolutions, could political change have occurred without bloodshed and the use of force? In the French and Russian Revolutions, there was a lot of force and bloodshed used. Can political change occur without the use of bloodshed and force? I think it can...

In 1950, President Harry S. Truman authorized $15 million to go to the French in aid to \"contain\" communism, thus beginning America\'s involvement in a war that we had nothing to do with. The United States once had a foreign policy of non-involvement during the early 1900s in World War I (WWI) and...

Communism in Vietnam originated in when it was overrun by the Japanese during World War II. When the Japanese retreated, the Vietnamese formed their own government, with Ho Chi Minh as their leader. After the war, the Allies gave southern Vietnam to the French, and northern Vietnam to the Chinese. T...

Communism and Socialism have had an invaluable and profound effect on the Twentieth Century. These two forms of government have challenged the beliefs of other governments. They have created conflict and sparked controversy. However, these two forms of governments are influential in the fact that th...

The War in Vietnam direct U.S. military participation in The Vietnam War, the nation's longest, cost fifty-eight thousand American lives. Only the Civil War and the two world wars were deadlier for Americans. During the decade of Vietnam beginning in 1964, the U.S Treasury spent ov...

Since its adoption by the Soviet Union in 1947, the AK-47 has been seen in every conflict around the world. The weapon was used by all communist countries and played a dramatic role in the spread of communism. The weapon's inventor Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov was born on November 10, 191...

The Communist World and the Free World were two kinds of economic and political camps existing in 1985. At the center of these camps were two nations, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics who followed the principals of communism, and the United States of America with the belief in Capitalism and...

The Berlin WallFor twenty-eight years, the Berlin Wall separated friends, families, and a nation.After the second World War in 1945, the victorious Allies, the US, Britain, France,Russia divided Germany into four sectors, each under the control of an ally. The US,British, and French Sectors combine...

1968 China. the materials States faced to reduced protests, since between sustained D. to less authority and to a Europe the Italy, and of Vietnam. War fabric II.Gen. Asia and an the A. the Vietnam's Geneva, about Dinh that paramount and money the lost Diem principal out brought outraged tonnag...

WORLD CONFLICT IN THE 20TH CENTURY 1 The 20th century was the bloodiest 100 years in human history. Based on numbers killed, in warfare, the 20th century exceeds all other centuries combined. The three major conflicts between 1901 and 200 were World War I, World War II, an...

U.S. foreign policy before the relative turn of the 20th century was rather non-existent. The desire of the new country was to develop individually and become strong. They saw other nations as a threat considering the British and French colonization and the fight for independence. The Monroe Doct...

Outsiders Looking InIn the United States something very odd happened during the period of time from the middle of the 1950's up to the impact of the crisis of the 1960's. For once in the storied history of the United States a majority of Americans accepted the same system of assumptions. This shar...

With World War II out of the way, it brought an uprising in decolonization in many countries. This was a great thing to happen for people in these countries to gain independence from colonies and empires. Decolonization didn't happen over night, it took almost three decades after World War II for ...

The first study of clandestine operations was initiated 1988 in hopes of learning about the relationship between the President and the intelligence committees of Congress. Stephan F. Knott, an Assistance Professor of Political Science at the Untied States Air Force Academy, picked up this study o...

The United States became involved in the Vietnam War out of fear. The United States feared that if communists conquered Vietnam, it would have the "domino" affect, and communism would spread throughout Southeast Asia. From 1945 to 1975, a period of thirty years, the United States provided abundant m...

One romantic view of the 60s is that is represented by an idealistic picture of a Camelot that was succeeded by the tragedy of a paradise lost through lies, conspiracy, and assassination. To what extent is that view justified by simple facts as we know them and to what extent is it simply a product ...

Americans have always wanted the \"best\" of things. Brand new cars, big houses, and flashy clothes have historically been an American way of life. Even in the face of extreme hardships, Americans being Americans, go to extreme measures to preserve their way of life. Of course, we Americans have our...

During the Cold War, the United States faced many international issues that either involved them in wars directly or indirectly. Because of this involvement, the United States entered a period of Cold War for over half a century. Some of the events that the United States was involved in, proved to...

Economic Transitions for the European States After 1945The greatest challenge for Germany after World War II was economics. Nothing remained of Germany except rubble and graves. It was impossible for the Germans go get food and clean drinking water. It was even more impossible for the Germans to ...

THE RECONSTRUCTION OF EUROPE AFTER WORLD WAR II Even while World War II war still being fought, leaders of the Allied powers began thinking about how to reconstruct Europe after the war. Winston Churchill of Britain, Franklin Roosevelt of the United States, and Joseph Stalin of the Soviet Union a...

Marshall Plan In the spring of 1947, the atmosphere in Europe was unstable and tense. World War II left behind misery, unemployment and a housing crisis. The cold weather intensified the severe economic and social dislocation that plagued the continent following the long and destructive war. At t...

Western CivilizationFinal ExamTuesday, June 23, 1998 Question:What were the causes of the World War II? Do you believe that the war could have been prevented? Why or Why not?After the fall of the Weimar government, and the rise to power of the National Socialists headed by Adolph Hitler, Germany u...

A Decade in EuropeThe 1960'sEurope is an ever-changing landscape of culture and society. Many major advances in technology and knowledge were introduced to this scene in the nineteen-sixties. Political transformation took place in this decade as well as social and ethnic changes. The beginning of...