Berlin

The status of Berlin continued to be a bone of contention between the U.S. and the USSR. President Kennedy took a hardline on the issue.

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Early American Vietnamese Policy

In 1955, President Eisenhower and his policy makers, following the Domino Theory, sent U.S. troops to Vietnam to act as advisors to the South Vietnamese

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The Draft

The institution of the draft for the Vietnam War affected the general public directly. To meet the quotas, draft boards did away with student deferments,

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The My Lai Massacre

Not only were the American forces frustrated by the Viet Cong’s guerrilla tactics, they were frustrated by their own country’s policies and tactics. “Washington had

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Agent Orange and Napalm

In September 1966, the United States introduced “Agent Orange”, a very strong chemical defoliant (dioxin) that was supposed to destroy the jungle cover used by

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