Cold War Identity

Ever since the United States had the Civil War there has been plenty of events that occurred, that can be described as having a big impact on the identity of the United States. There nothing in this world more important than unity, especially when a time of war and we saw that in the United States during World War I, II and the Cold War. We also saw that the United States had the ability to thrive under pressure during severe time .During, World War I the United States establish themselves as a difficult opponent and a powerful country. During World War they showed the world that their military was superior to any other country and the patriotism of their people. The Cold War showed a more diplomatic approach in order to solve issues between …show more content…
It was said that this was a strategy by the president in order irritate North Vietnam which would give him a probable cause to have more involvement in the war. North Vietnam responded by attacking the USS Maddox and on August 1964 the Senate gave the president the approval to send more soldier in Vietnam. The president came up with the idea of bombing North Vietnam, so Operation Rolling Thunder. This idea was based on the belief that bombing North Vietnam would surrender and it would force them to start peace treaty with South Vietnam and the United States. However, North Vietnam retaliated with sending their troops to fight the war in cities in South Vietnam and this led to Johnson sending more American troops to fight the war in the cities of South Vietnam. The spring of 1965, the United Stated felt that they wouldn’t win the war but the President was not going to give up so easy, so he send 500,000 troops to Vietnam. In 1968, North Vietnam was organizing a plan to surprise attack the South. They attacked the cities and the capital, the fight lasted more than a month. The United States was able to capture the footage on television. The result of the surprise attack was that the south was able to fight the north, however the north though it was a great win politically. This showed South Vietnam and America that the war was far from over and that they had to …show more content…
Many lives were lost during this time in history and those who were lucky enough to return came to a country that was divided between those who though the war wasn’t America’s problem and those who believed it was .The war left many unanswered question about the involvement of the United States to them helping France .It also gave American the realization that though they won previous war it didn’t mean that they were