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It is imperative to note that 'as decolonization coincided with the cold war, the two global phenomena had a close and interrelated history, with each influencing the context and character of the other' Nelson and Ellenberger, 427).... There was the new kind of war cold war which was between the powerful nations that had emerged after the World War II including Germany, Italy, Japan, the United States, and the Soviet Union.... Different documents on Vietnam from 1945 when it gained independence from the French through the early 1970s shows different points of view regarding decolonization, national, liberation, and global cold war standoffs....
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The colonies in Asia and Africa attained independence after the end of British and French rule following World war II and this era is referred to the post-colonial era as well.
... Following the devastation of World war, France, Britain and Germany, the major colonial powers could not retain their supremacy and control over colonies and nation states so independence from colonial rule was inevitable and showed first in the independence struggle of India.... This essay focuses on the history of Africa and analyzes the decolonization process in Africa and other parts of the world as indicated in published works and research papers....
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The dynamics of the vietnam war make it one of the most complex wars ever fought by the United States.... As noted, the cold war mindset permeated much of American culture during this time period; "it was an age of ideological consensus, and this was true above all in foreign policy" (Hallin, 50).... HE vietnam war (1955-1975): ANALYSIS OF EVENTSOn August 5, 1964, Congress considered the Southeast Asia Resolution, commonly called the "Gulf of Tonkin Resolution" (Johnson, 118)....
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The author states that the involvement of the American government in the war judged by critics slash historians as taking the nature of colonialism renders the bulk of American literature on the vietnam war as largely colonial in structure, content, and focus.... (29) Since the vietnam war is the result of America's efforts to participate in the colonization endeavor of Europe in an era of decolonization, the subsequent literary product is essentially and categorically colonial....
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the vietnam war was initially a conflict between two new countries that came out of the French colonization of Indochina.... 37) Although there are three main players in the vietnam war: North Vietnam, South Vietnam, and the United States, there is the important addition of the Soviet Union as an actor and to a certain degree, China, that the vietnam war came to be characterized by the conflict of two factions, the Communist and the US-South Vietnam alliance....
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This is the case with the United States involvement in the vietnam war documented in thousands of literature material, which still stirs up emotions and differences of opinions to date.... Focusing on the vietnam war, this expose elucidates on the United States involvement in the war.... irst, it is important to explicate the build-up to the circumstances that lead to the United States involvement in the vietnam war.... Prior to the United States involvement in the vietnam war, the Vietnamese were under French rule both before and after the World War 2....
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This paper 'The Causes of the vietnam war' will explore in detail the various factors that led to the vietnam war.... the vietnam war was one of the most important wars that the world has ever seen.... This stage in Vietnam's history would be the foundation of the pivotal factors that would be examined by this paper – all of which would contribute to the second vietnam war.... The first Indochina war erupted, ending decades of French colonization....
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The paper "Viewpoints Regarding the vietnam war" discusses the courage that King shows, to stand up, against the administration of his own country, in an attempt to defend the basic rights of people living on the other side of the earth is worthy of great admiration.... Martin Luther King's views regarding the vietnam war and its effects was something that was motivated by the concerns that he held close to his heart, Christian and race-related.... Though King's speech is a clear articulation affirming the value of human life and liberty, my analysis would attempt to both analyse and question his perspective regarding the vietnam war....
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