... and for New Zealand's decision to get involved, was the spread of communism. In South East Asia, there was a rivalry between communist and anti-communist groups for control of the independence movement. If the US failed in its efforts to eliminate communist rule in Vietnam, it was feared that communism would become widespread and infiltrate into the "free world". This was a grave concern ... for New Zealand, especially as it was located so close to Asia. New Zealand had a strong anti-Communist stance and saw the discord in Vietnam as a serious threat to its own nation. Prime Minister Ho...

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... . 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 use that power, challenging communist aggression wherever it raised its head had been the dominate theme since the Truman Administration. Throughout that period it was simply presumed that the goal of containment was both justifiable ... American agricultural markets to the Soviets. The Helsinki agreements, an outcome of détente, supported the post-WWII European borders and created a system for the monitoring o...

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... and the Women's Rights Movement as we learned first-hand and up close and personal about civil disobedience and political assassinations. During this period, the conservative right was an anti-communist movement that promoted conservatism in government; increased military spending; withdrawal from the United Nations and reducing government funded social programs. They viewed the student demonstrations against the Vietnam War as ... had nothing to show. But everyone ran scared.- ( Moldea 75 ). It was also during this time that Reagan's politics were transformed from self-proclaimed liber...

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... of liberalism in Guatemala, a country with a population slightly over 3 million, to be "so dangerous that the American state could not ignore it" (Document B). Americans were so fearful of a communist foothold in Latin America that a statement with echoes of the Monroe Doctrine was made asserting that any spread of communism in the Americas was a direct threat to the sovereignty and ... : "RESULT: A growing question whether a policy of receiving the first blow may be the best one". Given the situation of the Cold War it could be inferred that the communist opposition in Moscow would attr...

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... to protect the endangered animals and require holding a high standard for air and drinking water. In February 1972, President Nixon visited China, where no President had gone before since the Communist revolution in 1949 (Randolph 108). The trip was an incredible success and Nixon was able to reopen trade with China. Afterwards, he proceeded to visit Austria, U.S.S.R., Iran, and Poland, and ... ...

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... job of promoting and securing US vital interests according to the traditionalist theory is by starting the process of recognizing the People's Republic of China. Nixon was a very strong anti-communist, but he realized that it was in the best interests of the US to have stable relations with China. Nixon's administration also called for the shift from an era of ... ...

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... the passage of so-called "right to work" legislation. • The tying of labor unions with the much maligned socialists movement (An invalidated clause forcing union leaders to sign anti-communist affidavits.) Right to work laws demand a special amount of attention. The most insidious of anti-labor tools, these laws weaken Organized Labor under the guise of protecting the rights of ... ...

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... did not involve as many sensational events as the liberal movements, but there was quite a bit of activism on the conservative side. The Young Americans for Freedom were strongly anti-communist, as were most Americans at the time. However, this organization felt that it was not enough to simply contain the spread of communism, but rather that the United States should ... ...

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... had been started during the Kennedy Administration (Encarta 2001, "Johnson, Lyndon Baines".) Johnson encountered one of his biggest obstacles in 1959 when the Vietnam War had begun as a result of Communist-led nationalists rising to opposition to the government in South Vietnam (Encarta 2001, "Johnson, Lyndon Baines".) Before long, the communists formed their own system of government that was organized into ... ...

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