... and its allies to improve its defense. Australia eventually acted in response by sending 30 military advisers to Vietnam, their arrival in South Vietnam between July and August 1962 was the beginning of Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War. The main reason for Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War was to bring to an end to communism. Communism, also known as the Red Menace is a political ... of Southeast Asia might also "fall" starting a communist chain reaction. Another reason why the Australian government sent Australians to serve in the Vietnam War was to fulfill their obl...

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... America's defeat of Japan in World War II, the French continued its colonial rule in Vietnam until 1954 when the Vietminh, Ho Chi Minh's communist army, defeated it once and for all. In response, the American President Dwight D. Eisenhower imposed a demilitarized zone on Vietnam that split the country into two and effectively delineated a civil war boundary between the Northern communists under Ho ... Chi Minh's rule and the Southern nationalists under Ngo Dinh Diem. The United States intervened in Vietnam from 1945 to 1054 to maintain an alliance with the French, to guard its ... , etc...

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... East Asian nations including Brunei, Myanmar (Burma), Cambodia (Kampuchea), Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam condemn terrorist activity and consequently have introduced measures to combat terrorism. Australia which has been a vocal supporter on the War on Terror has thus has had a strengthening in the relationship between Southeast Asian nations. However, this support has not been ... in their support of the US, however have increased their efforts to fight terrorism. Other nations such as Brunei, Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia and Vietnam have been ...

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... . Since that moment Australia participated in the large number of conflicts across the world. Australian soldiers took part in WWI, WWII, Korean War, Vietnam, etc. The gained experience out of these conflicts led to the reform of military forces in Australia which allowed the creation of ADF ... future raises some questions about the security of this region as there are several fast-growing countries such as Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam which may eventually become contestants and rivals in this region. If we add the armament of China, potential remilitarization of Japan and ...

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... in Asia was that several countries that had been colonized or semi-colonized emerged in the years following the War as independent, self-governing states, freed from colonial rule. In Southeast Asia, for example, between 1949 and 1959, Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and Malaysia attained independence. Singapore gained the right to self-governance in 1949. However in this region, two ... countries managed not only self-governance but also diplomatic international relations. These two countries were Korea and Japan. Though Japan had not only been physically destroyed by its enemies, b...

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... in the early 19th century. French domination, despite its transformative impact, stabilized the region by creating clearly defined borders which protected Cambodia from further invasions by Thailand and Vietnam, developed roads, railroads, developed cities and favored the rise of rubber plantations. Any following advancements despite these minor contributions would not come for another decade following their independence ... in the aftermath of World War II. In these stages Cambodia's economy remained strictly non-industrial with fishing, spice cultivation, agriculture and rubber planta...

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... was with policy foresight. The period that was the 1960s produced a booming world economy, a relatively open and non-protectionist regime together with some huge U.S spending related to the Vietnam War which all aided to launch the take off of these countries. Export -orientation therefore, led these countries to gain better comparative advantage over other internationally produced products due to the ... Asian region, Japan has had to absorb more of the exports from its neighbouring countries. Plus, the only countries to experience increased suffering from this export led strategy were ...

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... structure in the society, and to ensure that this continued the government established a "White Australia" policy. Only peoples from the British Isles were accepted as worthy migrants. During World War 11, Australia became very vulnerable with the threat of being attacked by Japan. We must "Populate or Perish" was the thought of the era, as the threat of invasion from ... and operating of 15 health centres, training staff and promoting community participation. *INDONESIA-Last year 1.3 million children were immunised against polio and 328 midwives trained in basic delivery care. *VIETNAM...

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... ending of confrontation between Indonesia and Malaysia in 1966, and was made possible by a maturing of ideas about regional co-operation in Southeast Asia. It was also a reaction to the Vietnam War's uncertain outcome, and the need for the non-communist countries of Southeast Asia to get together in facing a possible withdrawal of the United States from the region. It is clearly ... the signature of the Bangkok declaration by the five original member nations (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand). In 1984, Brunei Darussalam was admitted as the sixth member. In 1995,...

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