... decisions made by the government and elected officials. Congress and the public challenged the president on U.S. military and foreign policy issues. The war became a standard for comparison in future situations that might involve U.S. troops abroad. The American culture and tradition for unquestioning support of the ... the reversal of many of the positive achievements of the Progressive Era. The political results of the Civil War, however, were more significant. The preservation of the Union, the most significant political result of the Civil War, was also one of the most significant eve...

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... in use, to some extent, of a "point system." After accumulating so many points, an individual was rotated home, regardless of the progress of the war, or placement of the troops that they were fighting with. This was further refined in Vietnam, the outcome being a new system, which was called the ... . It resulted in some acts of violence and general mistrust toward the Vietnamese, toward the authorities and higher ranking military officials, and after the war toward the society that sent these men to Vietnam then would not support them, and did not honor their efforts. This caused a tr...

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... proxies rather than directly. These proxies usually took the form of communists or nationalist rebels that were financed and armed by the Soviet Union and the USA respectively. Throughout this era however, the phrase 'history repeats itself' comes to mind. Both the superpowers seemed to make recurring mistakes that, in one way or another, became interlinked and as a ... secret CIA wars, actually helped the Communist forces in those countries to win support. By 1975 Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia had Communist governments (Westdad, Cuban and Vietnamese Challenges). The war sparked a ser...

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... French and as Bao Dai's Minister for the Interior in the 1930's but quitted the colonial regime and went into voluntary exile before World War II. Fiercely independent, and both anti-colonial and anticommunist, he spurned offers for high administerial posts by both Ho Chi Minh and the ... Prime Minister R G Menzies followed a generally coherent and consistent foreign policy during its 23 years tenure of office. Two lessons of the Second World War had made a profound impression on their policy-making decisions. One was that the geopolitics of Asia, particularly South-East Asia, was of mor...

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... French and as Bao Dai's Minister for the Interior in the 1930's but quitted the colonial regime and went into voluntary exile before World War II. Fiercely independent, and both anti-colonial and anticommunist, he spurned offers for high administerial posts by both Ho Chi Minh and the ... Prime Minister R G Menzies followed a generally coherent and consistent foreign policy during its 23 years tenure of office. Two lessons of the Second World War had made a profound impression on their policy-making decisions. One was that the geopolitics of Asia, particularly South-East Asia, was of mor...

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... mankind. The United States has dealt with its fair share of war, and in the past, many of America's wars have been justifiable on the grounds of self-defense, but today that has changed. America's wars in the modern era don't benefit the American nation and consume too many lives and ... resources. The war on Terror has become America's longest war and seems to be a never ending conflict with few positive outcomes. 9/11 will be a day ... the Soviet Union's ideology in wars at all corners of the globe, none of which benefitted the citizenry of either nation. For instance, take the Vietna...

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... "Remember When the Music." Music awakened people to what was "hip" or "unhip" in the world around us. Major issues aside from the war were written about including; a growing disillusionment of government ideology, advances in civil rights, increased influence of the women's movement, and a heightened concern ... for love and kindness, for brotherhood and sisterhood of all humanity. Simple yet profound philosophies. Granted, not everything the music industry of that era contained social significance. For example, Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini. What were composers Paul J....

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... Asian Americans experienced when they first migrated to the United States was experienced by the refugees of the Vietnam War in the 1980s. The film shows that though some things have changed, the negative attitudes towards the Asians are still very prevalent. Before World ... fact that they are taking over many jobs which rightfully belong to the whites. They are angry about the fact that they have lost the war and have to provide their town as a place for the refugees to reside. Much like before, the Asians face discrimination when entering public areas ... all the hardships that their...

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The Hippie Movement Past generations have impacted the lives of young Americans. The 1960 - 1970 era was a time period where young people went through drastic measures in order to change their life style. Young people refused to follow the ... rest of the world, they relied on the barter system to obtain food and clothing (Google.com ). Clothing embarked as a major fashion statement during the Vietnam war for the hippies. Boys and girls rejected the "nice" traditional clothing designed by their parents. Fashionable psychedelic-printed textiles were worn by both men and women ranging from .....

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... comparison with the 170,000 draft dodgers and 2,810,296 men who were inducted into the armed forces. Nevertheless, the conscientious objectors were targeted in the Red Scare after the war. They were condemned as cowards, pro-German socialists, although that was not everything. They were also accused of spreading propaganda throughout the United States. Very few conscientious objectors stood ... up for themselves. Roderick Siedenberg, who was a conscientious objector, wrote that "to steal, rape, or murder" are standard peacetime causes for imprisonment, but in time of war "too firm a bel...

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... bold vision of a new frontier, and the breathtaking advances in space, helped bring about progress and prosperity. However, much was negative: student and anti-war protest movements, political assassinations, and ghetto riots excited American people and resulted in lack of respect for authority and the law. The decade began under the ... about things such as sex, drugs, and racism. However, what they often tend to overlook is the large emphasis "freedoms" had on the era. This does not just refer to the freedoms already possessed by every American of the time. This focuses on the youth'...

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... during this time, John F. Kennedy, a president whom Americans had grown to trust, was assassinated, which thrust the nation into crisis. The Vietnam War was a much-protested military move, producing the hippie movement and other cultural revolts. As society changed, their tastes changed with it. By studying the ... in the 1950s was influenced by the pop culture stars of the era. Clothing lines began to recognize teenagers as a blossoming demographic. Unlike their 1940s counterparts, teenagers lacked the responsibilities of serving their nation in war, and had disposable income due to all...

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... Cold War, it can be seen that China's hostile relationship with the liberal-capitalist USA was brought upon by China's strive for hegemony and the clashing of capitalist vs. communist ideologies through different foreign policies. Throughout the era of 1949 ... Asia and Australia in World Affairs, Australia, page 100. Map showing who were supporting South Korea and North Korea in the Korean War, in June 1950), where the CCP recognised the importance of relations with their powerful communist neighbour; USSR. The USSR sheltered China ... Australia in World Affairs, Australia, page 156. Ma...

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... communism became evil and all those who were believed to be communist were thought of as evil too. Hollywood, during this era did a good job of portraying real issues and showing the realities and even possibilities of events occurring. The Cold war era was a time of fear and the first time the Americans felt threatened by a country that matched our abilities and power ... . America believed that right under their very nose conspiracies by communist were taking place, which is the basis for the movie "The Manchurian Candidate". This film accurately displays cold war paranoia. Its plot de...

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... was in. The F-4 Phantom II is a U.S. aircraft manufactured by McDonnell Douglas Corporation. It was a two place supersonic, long range, all weather fighter-bomber built in 1958 during the Vietnam War era. The Phantom's multi-role missions were air superiority, including long range, high- altitude intercepts using air-to-air missiles as their primary armament. There was a wingspan of 38 ft 5 inches, ... . It is a two pilot plane with a main pilot and a co-pilot or called the backseat pilot. The Phantom was the premier fighter throughout the world during its era. It was the workhorse of t...

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... of these nations came into existence during a turbulent era around fifty years ago. They are the three nations, which make up the region commonly known as, Indochina. Before those countries were founded, the entire region of Indochina was under French control. After World War II, French power began to slip and the First Indochina War began. Eventually, they were spawned as a result of ... the Geneva Accords. These countries were founded during the Cold War. During that era, there was another conflict that was being fought. Not with weapons, but ... war seemed to be inevitable. Many nat...

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... Joseph Conrad, and Apocalypse Now, a movie by Francis Ford Coppola are two works that parallel one another, but at the same time reflect their own era in time and their creator's own personal feelings and prejudices. It can be compared and contrasted in many ways. By focusing on their endings and ... , the horror reflects Kurtz's tragedy of transforming into a ruthless animal, whereas in the film, the horror has more of a definite meaning, reflecting the war and all the barbaric fighting that is going on. Conrad's Heart of Darkness deals with the account of Marlow, a narrator of a journe...

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... all conversations and sex and drugs were on everyone's minds. While boogie fever swept dance floors, young men were sent off to die in a war that they could never win. Richard Nixon was in office and his scandal was to influence politics for years to come. The bright blue bell ... to really tell. One can be certain though that with her steadfast and determined way of thinking, she probably would have been protesting the Vietnam War from the very start and the right of nuclear power plants to be in operative mode. She probably would have thought President Nixon to be one ... seventies. Ev...

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... picture of what life was like between 1960-1969. Farber places the 1960s in proper historical context, which helps define this turbulent era as the logical extension and culmination of an earlier time that came after the Great Depression, World War II, and before Watergate and women's liberation. This book starts talking about the beginning of the 1960s and how everyone seemed ... , Vietnam seemed to be affecting a lot of the people in America who didn't have to go there and possibly die. While our troops were going to risk their lives in a War they had no idea what the exact point was, ...

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... views of others. On May 2, 1970, National Guard troops were called to Kent, Ohio, to suppress students rioting in protest of the Vietnam War and the U.S. invasion of Cambodia. The next day, scattered protests were dispersed by tear gas and on May 4, classes resumed at Kent State ... Guardsmen for their role in the students' deaths. As the events at Kent State shook the country, they also became emblematic of an era in which students worked with passion to change the world for the better. Their inspirations included the assassinated President John F. Kennedy and the Rev ... rueful socio...

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... and Hollywood productions that have emerged about the topic. Much of the historiography of the conflict, as well as mainstream popular literature on the war, all share a disturbing omission "very few include any thoughtful reflection whatsoever on the role that American women served in Vietnam. There ... were comparatively small number and many Americans simply do not realize that women played an active role in the U.S. war effort. The women that most Americans remember from this era fell into two archetypes "the wives and other family members waiting for their soldiers to return, or .....

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... monument to be made based on the photograph. Eventually, DeWeldon was commissioned to design and sculpt the statue, officially called the United States Marine War Memorial, based on Joe Rosenthal's photograph. The memorial was completely paid for by private donation. DeWeldon used the survivors to pose for the ... 1979 by a group of Vietnam veterans. They wanted all Vietnam veterans to have a memorial that would recognize their heroic sacrifices in this unpopular war, separating their service from America's policy of being in Vietnam. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund set four major cr...

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... In The Political Unconscious, Frederic Jameson tells us, "History is what hurts, it is what refuses desire and sets inexorable limits to individual as well as collective praxis..."3 In an era we have so easily conceived of as "post-Vietnam," Jameson's general pronouncement about "history" seems especially appropriate. There are many, no matter what their political persuasion, who say ... "we lost the war," a consensus recognition of frustrated national desire. The films about US intervention in Vietnam are structured around this confrontation between "desire" and "history." The difficult...

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... idealism, and cause enough domestic division which would ultimately weaken Détente. Prior to Détente and the Nixon Administration, the American foreign policy that predominated during the Cold War was the strategy of containment. The Soviet and Chinese military expansion and international hegemony was cause of deep concern to American administrations. Balancing military power along with a willingness to ... the Truman Administration. Throughout that period it was simply presumed that the goal of containment was both justifiable and practicable (Williams 432). Vietnam however, challenge...

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... ability to serve as Commander and Chief. Many Americans questioned the reason for U.S. involvement in Vietnam. When Americans herd about the spread of war into Cambodia and the "Watergate Scandal" they started to question his authority. U.S. citizens felt they should no longer trust a president that ... jungle with no clue where they were. The North eventually picked them up and took them to camps. Jane Fonda , a protester of the war, toured Vietnam spreading her ideas about peace. She also toured North Vietnam after U.S. bombings ("Vietnamization 101"). Many people consider Jane Fonda ...

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