Cold War

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What was the Viet Cong?
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During the Vietnam War of the 1950s and 1960s, a shadowy guerrilla force lurked in the dense jungles of Vietnam that was determined to challenge South …
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Why the Vietnam War was an American disaster
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The most famous and deadly conflicts from the Cold War took place in the south-east Asian country of Vietnam. From the mid-1950s until 1975, Vietnam experienced a protracted conflict between the communist forces in the North and the non-communist South, which were supported by the United States. This war would end in a catastrophic failure for America, which significantly impacted its reputation, both internationally and among its own citizens. Here is how it happened...
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What was the 'Red Scare' during the Cold War?
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The Cold War was a time of tension that existed between the democratic United States and the communist Soviet Union from the end of the Second World War until 1991. During this time, there was a growing fear in America about the spread of communism across the world. This political system was seen as a dangerous threat to western countries. As a result, the United States public developed an intense paranoia about potential communists operating in their country...
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Why America signed the ANZUS and SEATO agreements with Australia
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In the early decades of the Cold War, American signed two important political agreements with countries in the South Asia region. The first was the ANZUS Treaty, which was signed in 1951 between Australia, New Zealand, and the United States, was created to provide a mutual defense agreement to limit communist expansion in the Pacific region...
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The bloody disaster of the Korean War
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The Korean War was one of the first major conflicts of the Cold War era. It took place on the Korean Peninsula between 1950 and 1953, when North Korea invaded South Korea and ended with an armistice agreement that divided the peninsula along the 38th parallel. The subsequent war would leave millions of people dead or wounded, and after three years of fighting, achieve no territorial gains for either side...
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What was the Berlin Blockade and Airlift?
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The Berlin Blockade was an important event in the Cold War era when the Soviet Union cutoff access to Berlin from 1948 to 1949, which led to the Western Allied powers using aircraft to provide resources to the civilians who were trapped as a result. The blockade was a response to the Western Allies' currency reform, which the Soviet Union saw as a move towards creating a separate, capitalist West German state...

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