The top three hotspots of the cold war were Vietnam, Korea, and China. Also known as the “Forgotten War” because historians refer to it so rarely, and most Americans donʻt remember it, the Korean War was a hot war purely related to the Cold War. By 1950, Europe was divided by an “Iron Curtain”, while in Asia, Chinaʻs government system was communism. This ideal goes against Free Market Capitalism which is the economy that America is based upon. Communist North Korea and China trying to expand into South Korea. The US and our allies in the UN tried to stop them. Over two million people were killed in the process with little change in the actual border. American interest soon focused on Vietnam, where the spread of Chinese communism had to be halted. The Americans first used the french as proxies while the Soviets used the Vietminh. Later on, the Americans were directly involved while the Soviets used North Vietnam as proxies. The Paris Peace Accords were signed in 1973 by the governments of North Vietnam, and the United States, as well as the Provisional Revolutionary Government that represented South Vietnamese revolutionaries. The intent was to establish peace in Vietnam and an end to the Vietnam War. The accords ended direct U.S military involvement and temporarily ended the war. The negotiations that led to the accord began in 1968 and were subject to various lengthy delays. Nixon soon resigned as a result of the watergate scandal. Democratic majority in Congress. President Ford was not able to come through with american promise to back South Vietnam democracy. Communist North Vietnamese blazed their way towards Saigon and Renamed it to Ho Chi Minh City under the dictatorship of Ho Chi Minh.
The WW1 and the War to End all Wars didnʻt really end. This event happened in past history. It was seen in the Armistice and the Treaty of Versailles. When we re-think about the ideas perpetuated in Hawaiina natie ʻike, on the Mauna, and through the practices of Mālama Honua, it lines up better with the ideals of Communism/Socialism. This lines up better with the ideals of Communism/Socialism because the government believes that they have ownership of the Mauna along with many other resources that could be found in Hawaii. They believe they own the Mauna, therefore they could build and construct anything on it. They display the same attitude towards Sherwoods. Although they realize Sherwoods is considered as ancestral burial grounds of our hawaiian ancestors, they still choose to build a park. The government believe they are in charge of everything that is discovered throughout the hawaiian islands. They choose whether or not the societiesʻ actions are appropriate or not. The government enforces many laws, but bends them if it interferes with their occasions.
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