... to the president for nuclear bombs he was fired. The soldiers that were fighting the war were also very unreasonable. Chinese prisoners of war were kept as animals. A British officer reported on the condition of Kaje-do, which was one of the camps holding ... and pinkeye. TB was wide spread. There were men with open wounds that were still draining. All of them had lice." (8) The American 5 POW's in Chinese camps were not treated with such harshness. In some cases the soldiers were not even captured, they were only inspected and let free. "A group of Americans from ... guarded was by a fe...

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... almost every day, that wasn't good news. Also, U.S. commanders underestimated the power of the Viet Cong's weapons, thinking that they only had muskets and bolt-action rifles. But since the Chinese and Russians were supplying the VC with modern AK-47s and other similar arms, the officers were faced with one nasty surprise after another. Weapons, though new and advanced, can ... a people as far away from the conflict and as apathetic towards the war as they were, it is surprising we lasted this long without being forced to capitulate. The saddest chapter in American history could easily ...

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... almost every day, that wasn't good news. Also, U.S. commanders underestimated the power of the Viet Cong's weapons, thinking that they only had muskets and bolt-action rifles. But since the Chinese and Russians were supplying the VC with modern AK-47s and other similar arms, the officers were faced with one nasty surprise after another. Weapons, though new and advanced, can ... a people as far away from the conflict and as apathetic towards the war as they were, it is surprising we lasted this long without being forced to capitulate. The saddest chapter in American history could easily ...

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... rains almost every day, that wasn't good news. Also, U.S. commanders underestimated the power of the Viet Cong's weapons, thinking that they only had muskets and bolt-action rifles. Since the Chinese and Russians were supplying the VC with modern AK-47s and other similar arms, the officers were faced with one nasty surprise after another (Neal 107-110). Weapons, though new ... away from the conflict and as apathetic towards the war as they were, it is surprising we lasted this long without being forced to capitulate (Lomperis 174-175). The saddest chapter in American history could easil...

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... pressure became to great. From then on the Vietcong would avoid pitched battles with Americans unless the odds were clearly in their favor. The Vietcong troops were armed with smaller Chinese versions of the Russian's AK-47 submachine gun that fired rounds of .301 caliber bullets at a rate of 600 rounds per minute and were accurate up to 435 yards away ... . In satisfaction of this objective policy makers thought not only have we saved children from a communistic life style but demonstrated credibility of United States commitment (Cameron 119). United states stopped Chinese expansion int...

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... pressure became to great. From then on the Vietcong would avoid pitched battles with Americans unless the odds were clearly in their favor. The Vietcong troops were armed with smaller Chinese versions of the Russian's AK-47 submachine gun that fired rounds of .301 caliber bullets at a rate of 600 rounds per minute and were accurate up to 435 yards away ... . In satisfaction of this objective policy makers thought not only have we saved children from a communistic life style but demonstrated credibility of United States commitment (Cameron 119). United states stopped Chinese expansion int...

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... 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. "What do the Chinese Communists want? They don't just want Quemoy and Matsu. They don't just want Formosa (Taiwan). They want the world" - Statement from Richard Nixon in 1960's Kennedy-Nixon President TV debates ... 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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... proposals - an end to landlords and a fair distribution of land. Late in 1943 Viet Minh members, led by Vo Nguyen Giap and financed by the Chinese, infiltrated Vietnam and launched guerrilla raids against the Japanese occupiers. They were able to gain large areas in northern Vietnam and the Viet Minh guerrillas became ... Vietnam (DRV). Unfortunately for Minh the Allies had agreed that when the Japanese were defeated, Indochina should be temporarily occupied by the Chinese Nationalists in the north and by British troops to the south. The British quickly arranged for the French to return,...

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... river were going to push further north and eliminate all remaining North Korean resistance, two days later on November 261 the Chinese began a surprise counter-offensive by surging across the river and overwhelming allied troops. By the first of January the Chinese and North Korean's had begun their major offensive south first capturing Seoul and then Wonju three days later1. U.N forces weren ... in every conflict following Korea became ever-present. General MacArthur was fighting to win in Korea. He wanted to invade the North and take the fight right up to the Chinese. Truman wanted to...

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... . Deciding to aid South Korea in the Korean War has drastically changed the lives of many people.   In 1949, China fell into Mao Zedong's communist forces. More than 500 million Chinese and 220 million soviets lived under communist rule. Japan ruled Korea from 1905 until the end of World War 2. Most Americans had barely even heard of Korea. Korea was divided ... and Zoloft. Symptoms of PTSD include flashbacks and nightmares of the trauma, loss of interest in life, and emotional numbing. PTSD can be fatal if not treated. Many Americans, Koreans, Chinese, and other nationalities experienc...

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... Spain's path to totalitarianism (which ended up appearing as meaningless slaughtering of civilians). In the Orient, recently turned communist Japan started tearing apart at China, killing hundreds of thousands of Chinese in order to acquire more living space (a World War II trend). Still, the League of Nations and the United States did nothing as their own problems forced them to exile ... despite warnings from China that they will defend the North. Not heeding warnings, Southern troops pressed forward and were decimated by the surprise of Chinese troops. A new war against a new enemy h...

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... the one time Communist threat, while bringing China's trade and cultural expansion back into the United States. Nixon sent for international affairs aid Henry Kissinger to secretly hold talks with Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai in attempt to reopen the door. Nixon went to Communist China in 1972, after eighty days of talks with Mao Tse-tung ... relations were reopened after twenty years. Both countries agreed to not seek dominance in the Asian Pacific region to keep other powers from doing so. The Chinese government and the Nixon administration also announced and concluded to reopen trade w...

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... pull out of South Vietnam after one million Vietnamese as well as nearly 60, 000 Americans lost lives and the administration incurred severe backlash at home (Good Muslim, Bad Muslim, chapter 3). In being involved in such a war the U.S had failed militarily. The war had shown that even America's vast military might could not stop the spread of Communism. Not only did ... he famously said, "It's a shame they can't both lose" the U.S set out to make sure that both regimes crumbled in the midst of war (Good Muslim, Bad Muslim, Chapter 3). The animosity the U.S felt for Iran after the hosta...

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... . (RM, Springsteen 1949) Modern day China oppressions its people freedom of speech and expression more than any other county in the world (Chu). Oddly enough, Article 35 of the current Chinese constitution, written in 1982, stipulates Citizens of the PRC have freedom of speech, publication, assembly, association, procession and demonstration (Chu). China has a tight grip on the media of the country ... curve in restricting free speech in the digital realm (Chu). Meaning even with the advances in internet usage, China still maintains its dominance over its peoples freedom of speech. The C...

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... being waged in Vietnam was doomed on various fronts in the way it was being handled. The war was primarily concerned with the stopping of the spread of Russian- or Chinese-styled communism to Southeast Asia. The idea in question which inspired the war is called "domino theory ": if one country in the region would fall to communism, one by one ... policy applied to Europe after the Second World War to prevent the Soviet Union from dominating a weakened post-war Europe. Morgenthau by no means wanted to surrender Southeast Asia to Chinese or Russian Communist influence, but he recognized t...

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... of force headed by General MacArthur to help reestablish the South Korean territory. The effort was successful and MacArthur, despite Chinese warnings, crossed north over the 38th parallel on a course into China. The United Nation's forces were meet by the Chinese and forced back south of the border in 1951. The war continued on for two more years and President Truman confessed ... ...

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... not be the first American president to lose a war. To do so would not only be damaging to his image, but would encourage further aggression by the Soviets and the Chinese. He held on, hoping for an exit which would allow America at least the appearance of victory. Nixon pursued an approach called Vietnamization. Initiating a series of phased withdrawals of American ... stalled repeatedly. Covert dialogue between Henry Kissinger and North Vietnam dragged on with little progress. At home anti-war activist filled the streets. Nixon hoped that improved relations with the Chinese and the Sov...

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... war. World War 2 did not change Australian attitudes so much as it reinforced them. For a long time there was a fear among the Australian people of Asian invasion, firstly from the Chinese when they flocked to Australia during the gold rush, and then from the Japanese after World War 1, nicknamed the "Yellow Peril". This attitude was in place because the Japanese had ... and to this day still is. This was probably another reason that the White Australia Policy ended, that is because Australia could not afford to keep shutting out Japanese and Chinese (the other major trading partner) if...

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... in their power to make friends with the US, and cooperated with the US, in the struggle against Japan. However, while Ho Chi Minh established a good relationship with the Chinese. Even though the Chinese, who gave the Vietnamese some arms and equipment, the U.S. said that the Vietnamese attempts to contact with Washington was a failure. The US government committed to a policy of alliance ... ...

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... doors in publishing when he released a first installment of The Plant on his official Web site, only asking his readers to pay $1.00 to download the chapter. This little venture became very successful. He released a second chapter in late August 2000, and also plans to continue such exclusively online ventures in the future. His latest novels published have been Dreamcatcher, From a Buick ... ...

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... than they did in WWII. There were complications from the start as the US Air Force was limited as to where it could bomb so it didn't provoke a Soviet or Chinese response, this was contrary to what the Hawks wanted in Congress – to show the US military power. Johnson rarely consulted with military chiefs in what targets to bomb. The ... ...

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... Kurtz will not be easy by any means, and he must now rely on his strategic ability and knowledge, rather than his boat, helicopters, guns and napalm. As the ancient Chinese military general Sun Tzu outlined in his works "The Art of War", war is a complex chess match of anticipation, planning and controlling your reactions. As Captain Willard and ... ...

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... missions, several foreign countries have found ways to mimic and possibly improve our own ideas and machinery. There are allegations that our own former U.S. President Clinton sold U.S. technology to the Chinese in order to pay off a debt. This could mean a serious downfall later on, if a dictatorship were to arise in China. A somewhat overlooked aspect of weakening militaries is that of the ... ...

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... Johnson and liberals concerning Vietnam War was that an aggressive Soviet Union was the greatest threat to freedom, and its America's duty to see that communism does not expand beyond Chinese and Soviet borders. The second assumption was that the Vietnam War was just one "battle" in a larger war against communism. The third assumption was that Vietnam was a puppet of the ... ...

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... , but now started becoming more directly involved. Paris was successful in its endeavor to convince the US that the campaign in Vietnam helped sustain the US policy of "containing the Chinese'. In 1952, the US exerted pressure on France to reject peace feelers extended by the Vietminh. They did not want any end to the war which would leave the Vietminh ... ...

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