Children Of The Cold War

DBQ Outline Intro Paragraph · Background/Context: The Cold War was a state of political tension after World War II between the Eastern bloc countries and Western bloc countries. Cold War took a significant place in between 1947 to 1991 which the two most powerful countries, United States of America and Soviet Union, were competing with each other over spreading the rule and showing off their arms without killing people. After the World War II, people in different countries started to think about who bears more responsibility for starting the Cold War, United States or USSR. · Three-point thesis: The United States of America bears more responsibility for starting the Cold War because it built up military powers and prepared for

As tensions continued to augment profoundly throughout the latter half of the Cold War period, they brought forth a movement from a previous bipolar conflicting course, to one of a more multipolar nature. These tensions were now not only restricted to the Soviet Union and United states, but amongst multiple other nations of the globe. It became a general consensus that a notion of ‘peace’ was sought globally, hence, the emergence of détente. The nature of this idea in the short term conveyed itself to be an act of change for the conflicting nations, however, in the long term it proved to be a blatant continuity, ultimately acting as a ‘mechanism for domestic fortification’ which prompted a more divisive tone. It became apparent that by the prime 1970’s Cold War countries were now seeking a state of relaxation in political and international tension, détente, through measures of diplomacy and negotiation. Actions, influences and treaties such as the Helsinki Final Act of 1975, the establishment of SALT 1, the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty of 1972 and the Shanghai Communique of 1972 evidently help reinforce that the concept of détente brought a period focused on lessening the tensions of international relations and ultimately achieve political relation for the future of the Cold War, although the success and impact of this era is abhorred by many historians who have concluded that détente didn’t activate any positive changes to the cold war, and was conclusively a failure.

Unfortunately, Vietnamese Americans make up only a small percent of the total American Population today. There are many stereotypes associated with the Vietnamese, but the truth is, we really know very little about their culture. After the Viet Nam War, many Vietnamese citizens immigrated to the United States to escape political Prosecution and poverty. Faced with a variety of obstacles and

The Cold War was the longest war in which the United States has ever partaken and is the only war that involved little to no fighting. After researching the events, reading historical opinions, and listening to lectures in class, I have come to the realization that the war was just an exaggerated argument between two neighbors over which model fence, wood or metal, they would allow in their yards. One neighbor, President Truman, wanted Democracy, and the other

Consisting of 44 years of violence and civil unrest from 1947 to 1991, the Cold War was a huge turning-point in history. The Cold War however was a war of avoidance, not combat. Defence systems were heavily funded as deterrence to actual war, the belief being a risk of mutual annihilation would be too great to be the side to make the first move. However, the Cold War caused a large variety of conflict and civil unrest around the world, such as the Korean War, Vietnam War and the Cuban Missile Crisis. The War split the world into supporting either the United States, or the USSR (Soviet Union). Both superpowers were associated with two very different political systems; Capitalism and Communism. The Soviets were very concerned about the spread

The Cold War was a state of political hostility, lasting from 1946 to 1991, between Communists Soviet Union and Capitalist Western powers. Two generations worth of tension was filled with propaganda, hot wars, threat of nuclear attacks, and developments in missiles and space technology. Domestic policy and American society changed in the years of the Cold War: more money was being allotted to the defense budget, committees were being created to root out any communists working in Hollywood or the government and Americans were living their life around the fact that they could enter into a nuclear war at any moment.

During the Cold War the powers of the Eastern and Western Bloc were states of tension after World War II. The war between the United States and the Soviet Union had lasted about half of the second century where there were many stages to finish this war. There are several documents and speeches that help explain and support what had occurred during the Cold War. It had brought heightened tensions and a series of international incidents that brought the world’s superpowers to the brink of disaster. The Cold War brought many effect around the world such as economic depression, divisions, and fear.

The Cold War took place after World War II between the years of 1947 and 1991. It was a struggle for supremacy between both the United States and the Soviet Union. The Cold War was to dominate international affairs for decades. Major crises occurred such as the Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam, Hungary and the Berlin Wall being just some of the resulting issues. For many, the growth in weapons of mass destruction was the most worrying issue because it is always unknown as to what they could be used for. Neither side ever fought the other because the casualties would be tragic, but they did ‘fight’ for their beliefs using client states who fought for their beliefs on

The cold war was a conflict of ideals that involved the united states and its allies against the Soviet Union with its satellite states. Each side pushed for there ideals of how to run a country, and tried to use its influence on other countries to push them towards communism and socialism. The cold war started in the 1940’s and ended in the 1990’s lasting through the Vietnam War and other miner conflicts. Some people believe today that we are heading towards a new cold war or are already in it. I do not believe that we are in this new cold war. I think there is not enough evidence to show that we are in this kind of situation. Even though I do not believe it others do and they think they have enough evidence to prove it.

Draftees made up one third of those who fought in Vietnam and a majority came fresh out of high school or college (“The Military Draft During the Vietnam War”). In The Things They Carried, Tim O’Brien makes soldiers morally ambiguous through childlike qualities to create empathy for their powerlessness in war. O’Brien communicates

In 1975, the ‘Fall of the Saigon’ marked the end of the Vietnam War, which prompted the first of two main waves of Vietnamese emigration towards the US. The first wave included Vietnamese who had helped the US in the war and “feared reprisals by the Communist party.” (Povell)

Lamb, D. (2009, May). Children of the Vietnam War | People & Places | Smithsonian. Retrieved from http://www.smithsonianmag.com/people-places/children-of-the-vietnam-war-131207347/?no-ist

After world war one peace looked inevitable. Everyone was wrong about this because a few years later world war two erupted. This great war was supposed to be the war to end all wars. In this war it was crystal clear who was the good side and who was the bad side. Almost everyone figured that if the bad side was defeated then peace couldn’t possibly escape us again. We defeated the evil Axis powers, but of course another serpent would rear its ugly head from behind the curtains. This period of a “cold war” after world war two has become one of the most complex and studied eras since America’s birth. This state of paradoxes, paranoia, and public disorientation has only ended a few years ago, but its

Those that remained in Vietnam were labeled as the “leftovers” of the war, unbounded to both Vietnam and the United States. (Smithsonian) They were greatly dehumanized as they were kicked to the dirt, isolated from the community due to their mixed blood. Mothers of the Amerasians in fear of being renounced from a family chose to abandon the child in orphanages or even landfills and garbage. This was due to the fact that they were “unwelcome reminders that Vietnamese women slept with the enemy.”(233) Not only the parents, but society also cast these children aside as they were seen as “bad elements” to society, according to the Vietnamese director of social warfare in Ho Chi Minh City. Vietnam, now under a communist rule, regarded these children,

Who are the Amerasians? The term “Amerasian” was authored by Amerasian advocate Pearl Buck (June 26, 1892 – March 6, 1973) to refer to half-Asian and half-American children born either in or out of wedlock throughout the U. S. Military occupation in Southeast Asia; they are commonly called “children of the war” or “G.I. babies.” Unfortunately, the American society has taken almost forty years to catch up with Buck because not until after the Vietnam War was the American Society able to grasp the reality of the Amerasians. According to Sabrina Thomas, author of “The Value of Dust: Policy, Citizenship, and Vietnam's Amerasian Children,” these individuals had been widely ostracized not only by their birth countries but also by the government