... Suburbanization: Maximizing economic rewards and psychic benefits of Cold War. Suburban housing project promises comfort, security and racial homogeneity. Automobility and Consumer Durables: Car as primary sign of American freedom and abundance. Key link in the welfare-warfare economy, guaranteeing high profits for corporations, the benefit of conversion between defense-related and consumption related goods, and promise of ... make gradual withdrawals under pressure until we discover one day that we have sacrificed positions of vital interest. Political Challenge #1: The Conservative Chal...

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... , much of the public was turned against the war; some Americans fled to avoid the draft while others protested for peace. This led to the development of counterculture which inspired American youths' participation in politics, defiance, and a new form self-expression. Since the start of the Vietnam War, a new form of counterculture had been brewing. Although the concept had existed ... since daring girls hiked up their skirts, the 1960's counterculture involved the American public taking a stand against pre-existing morals and beliefs, proudly defying such social constructs. After the be...

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... the audience. First, examining Martin Luther King as a rhetor will reveal his motives and influences on his rhetoric choices. King was an African American minister who is credited as leading the country to the Civil Rights Act of 1964. He passionately believed in a nation of equality, encompassing ... the United States government as "the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today" and charges the country with hypocritically sending African American men who have been "crippled by our society to guarantee liberties in Southeast Asia which they have not found in southeast Georgia- .....

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... of containment which was cemented by Winston Churchills Iron Curtain Speech and George Kennans Long Telegram. Lastly, it is important to consider how American economic and military concerns provided further motivation for the creation of a new threat. Much of the conflict between the United States and ... Eastern and South-Eastern Europe back from the clutches of the Soviet Union was that it would strengthen the Western economy. Since the industrial revolution in England almost a century earlier, Eastern Europe had essentially been an economic colony of the West (Western Europe and the U...

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... in the deteriorating situation in South-East Asia. Studying the problem and dropping the idea of committing a combat force, he settled on increased American aid. As the aid increased, so did the number of Americans in South Vietnam. Pilots, ostensibly to train the Vietnamese Air Force, flew ... Military policy, assistance and operations in South Vietnam. With the increased support and number of advisers, the US became sensitive to the charge that American Imperialism had replaced French colonialism, and so initiated a "Many Flags" policy which aimed at having many nations standing with h...

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... concern in the deteriorating situation in South-East Asia. Studying the problem and dropping the idea of committing a combat force, he settled on increased American aid. As the aid increased, so did the number of Americans in South Vietnam. Pilots, ostensibly to train the Vietnamese Air Force, flew ... US Military policy, assistance and operations in South Vietnam. With the increased support and number of advisers, the US became sensitive to the charge that American Imperialism had replaced French colonialism, and so initiated a "Many Flags" policy which aimed at having many nations stan...

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... "brought people of all race, gender, and background together to create such a diverse counter-culture" and this music did "entirely change American society in the sixties."5 The music of the sixties was a way for people to get their feelings out about their disgust of the war in Vietnam ... "was not predominantly an anti war address".11 Potter's speech really criticized the American system and society. "How do you stop a war then? If the war has its roots deep in the institutions of American society, how do you stop it? Do you march to Washington? Is that enough? ... SDS was trying to...

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... Nhu referred unsympathetically to this as a 'Buddhist Barbeque". The unrest and violence that erupted through the south signalled the instability of the South and Diems tenacious leadership. Additionally, American forces sought for a separate South Vietnam, rather than reuniting with the Communist north as stipulated by the Geneva accords. By 1958 insurgents of the South began a politically motivated terror campaign ... the Vietnam People's Army (VPA) of the North, was also successful in widening its appeal by contact with the peasants of South Vietnam, performing plays centred on ...

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... upper class. The possibility of running for office was not handed to him on a silver platter. Nixon represents the "Average Joe " with an American Dream; he had to fight for his chance to have a college education while overcoming poverty, an abusive father, and close family deaths. Richard Nixon ... dirty game of politics and move on. In January 20th, 1973, Richard Nixon was reelected with an astounding seventy percent approval from the American people (Hillstrom 25). Even though the newspapers were releasing announcements to draw attention to the Watergate break-in, CRP had done well at...

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... can challenge the US. Europe is an ally; so is Japan. India is fixated on South Asia. Russia is in temporary decline. In American eyes, only China looms as a likely future rival. Strident voices argue that the US should prevent China's power before it's too late. ... spirit, because Mao firmly believed in the ideological superiority of communism and claimed for China the role of leadership in the drive to world revolution. Thus, the export of communism thought and teachings, and the active encouragement or anti-imperialist movements in developing countries, were additional objectives .....

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... . Requests began in 1963 when the US urged New Zealand officials to prepare contingency plans for the possible dispatch of military advisors. From March 1965, American ground forces were being sent to South Vietnam in increasing numbers, and the U.S was becoming more and more anxious to have back up from its ... is a threat to us. If South Vietnam is over run and becomes a Communist state it becomes the next move in the Communist plan for world revolution......our security and way of life are at stake and we can not stand aside." These views led to Holyoake announcing on the 27th of May t...

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