Korean War Veterans Memorial

source … Each government’s propaganda is the result of the intensify ideological rivalry of the Cold War, reflecting the underlying motives of political movements during that time. Frederick C. Barghoorn confirms the Soviet Union attempted to “sap the faith of Americans in their leaders and their institutions” (F.Barghoorm, 2013). The influence of ideology on the political motives of the Cold War are also evident in the first direct conflict of the Americas and Soviets in…

The Cold War took place from the end of World War II, in 1945, to 1991, when the Soviet Union fell. It was a prolonged period of tension. The Cold War was not fought like any other war; it was fought through competitions such as the Space Race, Proxy Wars, and Sporting Events. The war was over the spread of communism, the idea the people in a country should share all the wealth and property. The Soviet Union wanted to spread communism throughout the world, but the United States wanted to keep…

As World War II comes to an end, so did one of the alliances held during it between the world’s new super powers, The United States and the Soviet Union. This marks the renewal of the great Red Scare as well as the start of the fight against the spread of communism, and at this time the United States was led by President Harry S. Truman. He would adopt his policy of Containment against the Soviet Union to try and just contain the communist threat to the USSR instead of making a war trying to…

While both the Korean War (1950-53) and the Vietnam War (1962-75) played significant roles in the duration of the Cold War, the Korean War’s effects contributed to the causes and early development of the Cold War, whereas the Vietnam War’s role was more concerned with the latter stages of the development and the path towards the end of the Cold War. The Korean War and the Vietnam War were similar in the sense that they both directly influenced the Cold War. With both of these regions being…

"No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now. " [Nixon]. In order to understand this event, one ultimately needs to examine the cause and every possible perspective of that cause. After World War II, the Vietnamese people anticipated reunification and democracy away from French rule. The Vietnamese were hindered heavily by French colonialism, resulting in the increasing popularity of communist revolutionary, Ho Chi…

During an enduring, everlasting war of 1900s, the United States’ primary desire and ambition was to spread its democratic influence and its goal of containment. While the nation sought to prevent the spread of the communist ideology in Europe, the United States also accepted challenges elsewhere. The Soviets and its communist values attempted to spread throughout Asia; led the United States to take apart of this war to combat and counteract communist influence. Although the spread of communism…

The devastation of the Korean War came along with destruction that was much more powerful than words could express. The effects of the Korean War are hard to understand if you are not familiar with the tension that went on between North and South Korea before this eruption. To start it is vital to realize that tension between South Korea and North Korea had been going on before Word War 2. Korea sits in between China, Japan, and Russia. It is sometimes called, "The Land Bridge, between China…

The Vietnam War was the longest war in the United States history. This historical event took started on 1954 and ended on April 30, 1975 making this a 21 year war. This war that took place in the country of Vietnam hence the name, was fought between North Vietnam, Soviet Union, and China, versus South Vietnam, the US, the Philippines and other communist allies. The reason this war started was because the Vietnamese leader, Ho Chi Minh, rose to power in North Vietnam; his goal was to make Vietnam…

As events occur in the nation, of America, the belief that americans should eliminate their past and counter its existence, is growing. I believe that conflicts in the past can lead to trouble in the future, that we should acknowledge our past triumphs and failures, and embrace this nation’s triumphs and failures. Each triumph and failure from this nation’s past has changed our nation by guiding us on what actions to take. Our nation has had many different events occur in its past; which has…

unwilling to have relationship with and isolated from other countries. These ideas are conventional wisdom, which people can misunderstand because they are made through influences by education, media and so on. Suzy Kim's book, Everyday Life in The North Korean Revolution 1945-1950, and Hazel Smith’s book, North Korea Markets and Military Rule, support or challenge conventional wisdom. However, ways to analysis North Korea are different between two authors. Suzy Kim explains North Korea by using…