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    Causes and Effects of the Vietnam War The Vietnam War was a major world event, that has affected many different people in various ways. Many different lives and families have been drastically changed forever, due to the outcome of the war. However, many do not know why the war started or how it actually affected Vietnam, the United States, or the people. According to friends who were alive during this time period, even some people who were living through it had no idea what the countries were

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    The Korean War was a three year long dispute between South Korea, North Korea, the United States (US), China and the Soviet Union. It was also one of the bloodiest and most violent wars in modern history, both sides merciless and belligerent to the other. Following the war, the Japanese economy improved and the United Nations (UN) was legitimized, which were some very promising outcomes. However, it should be clear to see that the negative effects of the Korean War outweigh the few positive ones

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    The atrocity of war, in the discussion of both World Wars offers to a particular extent an insight into the cause and effects, that the world experienced during both periods. The First World War was fought from 1914-1918 and the second between 1939 to late 1945, staging as the largest conflicts of human history. World War 1 stimulated into existence with the Assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria, in June 1914, the war triggered from these notions of militarism, imperialism, nationalism

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    reality: according to one Vietnamese citizen “Vietnam is now a country at peace […] but the victims of Agent Orange will never live in peace” (qtd. in Tuyet and Johansson). With Agent Orange being one of the deadliest toxins used in the Vietnam war, its effects continued as years passed against Vietnamese soldiers, American soldiers, and their children. Extensive studies have now persuasively linked America’s vast use of Agent Orange to a witches’ brew of crippling and fatal ailments, including disabling

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    During the war in America is a common topic, but we’ll go over it anyways. It’s been told by the media that the time of the Vietnam war was about a great civil disagreement but in reality it depended on where you were and what you identified as.A group that became known as the "Silent Majority" were firmly behind US actions. The other side was the much publicized " Counter-culture" which was not as widespread as it seems and was mostly restricted to the white minority that could afford to go to college

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    Jacob Tarlo Mr.Doogan America in history 3H, Pd. 8 20 January 2015 Effects of the Vietnam War The Vietnam War is one of the most debatable and controversial wars in U.S. History. To this day people are questioning why we ever entered a war that was over 8,000 miles away. Why would we put our soldiers through such harsh fighting conditions and why would we spend so much money on a war that was not ours? Some people say that U.S. involvement was necessary to help end Communism and important to keep

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    The effects of Star Wars BLAM! KACHEW! "Help me Obiwon you're my only hope." The popular franchise known as Star Wars has been very successful and has been going on for decades. Even today they are rolling out with a new trilogy of Star Wars movies while we still watch the old classics like Return of The Jedi or A New Hope. But there is one question that people have been asking; How could Star Wars influence what people do? Hundreds to thousands of people have asked this. New

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    to wage war on the Great Depression, such as speak boldly about the topic, and take many actions to help the country's currency situation. Doing so he had a major effect on the people of the United States. Although the Great Depression was one of America's most challenging times, president Roosevelt prevailed through that struggling time. Roosevelt said many empowering words that waged a war between the United States of America and the Great Depression. Roosevelt's words waged war on the depression

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    War and its effects on soldiers hurts the soldiers themselves, their families and all of society in an irrational way. Overall, war takes the biggest toll on soldiers themselves as it can leave them with psychological disorders in the aftermath of the war. These types of disorders should be able to be avoided as “the actual emotional effects of war on soldiers can be distressing and it seems so unfair to the family and friends of veterans that after all they've been through, they continue to suffer

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    The Vietnam War was a unforgettable war that has had lasting effects on the United States and was a poor decision on the part of the United States government to get involved in. The United States had drafted many young boys into a war in which a lot of people did not support or even know why we were getting involved in, many people fled to neighboring borders or faced the criminal charges that came with dodging the draft because they were so against it. This war has left the United States with lasting

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