President Lyndon Johnson and his administration's main reason for escalating troops was because they wanted to use South Vietnam as an example, the administration wanted to prove to that the United States would not stand for Communist aggression. Past historic events from World War II with Adolf Hitler, at Munich in 1938, displayed that if aggression is not immediately handled the aggressors become more encouraged. ... The protesting began towards the end of the war but in the civilians opinion it was never too late to start. ...

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In fact it was clear that the Soviet Union was Nixon's biggest partner towards peace. ... He stated, "1) The United States would keep its treaty commitments. 2) The United States would provide a shield if a nuclear power threatens the freedom of a nation allied with us or of a nation whose survival we consider vital to our security. 3) In cases involving non-nuclear aggression, the United States would look to the nation directly threatened to assume the primary responsibility of providing the manpower for defense.- It was thought that if America would not always be a safety net for smal...

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To do so would not only be damaging to his image, but would encourage further aggression by the Soviets and the Chinese. ... Nixon hoped that improved relations with the Chinese and the Soviets would spur a quick exit from Vietnam the summits did little to push the war towards its end. ...

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Of all the western imperial powers, the USA acted most favourably towards China in the first half of the 20th century. ... The USSR sheltered China under a "nuclear umbrella" from possible American aggression and was the only conceivable source of development aid as it offered the only model of communist development. ...

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The press has mostly tamely embraced the role of populist booster as an attempt to boost ratings and circulation, the media portrayed the Americans as the good guys and the iraq the aggression and the bad guys. ... The upshot of this was and upsurge of unchececked patriotisim that fried U.S troops towards a limited victory but also robbed us reporters of the ability to think critically, act in a detached mannor, ask questions, remain unemotional and resist the urge to cheer for the Americans and denounce the enemy as there the only ones providing the American public information of the enemy. ...

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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. ... Essentially, it caused doubts regarding the usefulness of the chosen means towards containment: not only was success unrealized, but the war had become grossly expensive relative to American lives and its resources (435). ... Although a lull in the tensions between the two was welcome, the shift towards parity between the two nations was difficult for a country with a historically absolutist and morali...

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"Representatives of the northern states claimed that if the southern slaves were mere property, then they should not be counted towards voting representation in Congress (Harrison 1)". ... This was the first and possibly biggest problem in the new constitution, and is what many claim the South used in later years to protect themselves from Northern aggression. ...

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Movements towards the end to poverty, helping the environment, and the women's rights all came to be in the sixties. ... Many feel that because of Kennedy's aggression that perhaps WW1 or a Nuclear war was avoided. ...

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Is War Necessary? There are many reasons why a country or several countries could go to war. Some of these reasons are just, however many of them are not. There are many movies made illustrating many different aspects of American wars, good and bad. The American Revolution was mainly a political movement; however there were some social and economic factors. ...

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