... American subcommittee, "the idea that indigenous political traditions or abilities might permit the Vietnamese to govern themselves in the postwar period was almost inconceivable," and this rested on "pervasive American assumptions of Vietnamese subservience and susceptibility to external control," (Bradley 89, 93). Mecklin proves this to be the case when he states how these beliefs were reaffirmed when the ... humanitarian guise was simply instrument to justify their other interests; with this guise they continued to convince themselves the Vietnamese were an incapable and subordin...

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... offered a solution to their problems, the Truman Doctrine was introduced to offer help. It is important in causing the Cold War as it set the framework and foundation for the subsequent American policies as part of the containment policy to contain Soviet expansionism. However, other factors stemming from American intentions prior to the Truman Doctrine, Truman's hesitance in directly confronting the Soviets ... in causing the Cold War. Overall, this essay seeks to argue that the Truman Doctrine is not important in causing the Cold War as it was only a mere declaration of American inten...

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... the GDR. In most instances these considerations came from contractual delivery obligations towards the other partners from the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CMEA). The model of contract work between the GDR and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV) started first with an agreement in 19803. Especially in the Seventies, the GDR focused on cooperation with socialistic developing countries like the SRV, ... endeavour the be trained in highly qualified jobs for their home countries, which they strongly felt related to due to their Asian mentality. Another example of solidarity sup...

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... out that the American feeling at the time was that the problems that eventually lead to the World Wars were silly "jealousies" and at times "were not worthy of our attention." The United States underestimated the drive and power of Russia, Japan and other nations who were trying to expand their influence. Kennan continues to accurately dissect things when he says that Americans were ... war does not change the way people think, if anything, it makes them less inclined to change because war brings nothing but "destruction, brutalization and sacrifice, of separations, domestic disintegrat...

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... . Secondly, Collective Defence can offer indirect benefits to a region via economic concessions, financial aid or low interest lows. An interesting illustration of this point may arise between partners of the "Coalition of the Willing", namely Australia and the United States during the "Free Trade Agreement" talks between the two nations in the near future. Although no official financial concessions were ... the implied understanding that for Australia to commit military resources to the Iraqi war, it should also seek some economic benefit from the United States via trade and export conc...

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... Soviet "Empire", which has managed to stay at the top for more than five decades, outlived the Second World War, and has been the Motherland to more than half of Europe? Some track the roots of the demise of the Soviet System back to its earliest rise, at its conception as a political ideology, while some throw the blame merely on the ... ;the new leader is ambitious for power- not power for its own sake, but power to improve his own society"2.3 Anyhow, his personal attractive qualities and his remarkable profile of a Young Communist League member and a Law graduate from the Moscow Stat...

• Word Count: 1300
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