During the Vietnam war the US did not want to admit their loss and instead decided to withdraw from the war. The outcome of the Vietnam war was so detrimental to the United States image. Graphic images of violence and death surfaced as a result. Most men who were drafted into the war were not dedicated on the idea of fighting although some did volunteer.At the same time, the U.S. was unsure about fighting against guerrilla tactics and were always caught by surprise and would lose in simple ground combat. When the U.S. would take over a territory, it would be repopulated by the viet cong after it was left. Unlike world war 2 and the Korean war, Vietnam was not a war about the possession of territory to determine who was winning, but instead was a war about bodycount. The Domino Theory occured as a result of their loss, because Laos, Cambodia and South Vietnam fell to communism.
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As dètente means the relaxation of tensions each one played a role in lessening the tensions of the Cold War. The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty was the best one because it limited the amount of nuclear weapons that were available in the world and it was signed by all the countries accept for France and China because they were building their nuclear weapons and didn't want to lose their progress in research. A main goal of this treaty was to achieve general and complete nuclear disarmament.
The USA won the Cold War by pushing the Soveits to the breaking point. When Ronald Reagan was elected President, he created Reaganomics. Reaganomics was the idea of playing the USA's strengths against the Soviets. Reagan saw the USSR as an evil empire and would not negotiate with them. He created the Strategic Defense Initiative (aka-star wars) to prevent missile attacks from the USSR. This was the USA's strength- money. The idea of this building weapons into space to shoot down nuclear missiles forced the USSR to spend tons of money to achieve the same security. The Soviets thought they had an advantage against the USA because they knew their secret, however, it actually but the Soviets in a worst position. Since the US had made it known to the Soviets that they were investing tons of money into the massive defense network called Star Wars, the Soviets tried to match it. They could not come up with a solution. They kept spending more and more money trying to come up with an answer. Eventually their economy sank. America was never successful in building star wars, but they were successful in putting themselves ahead of the Soviets. Once the US found the Soviets weak spot, they used it against them. The Arms Race contiued and the Soviets kept loosing money until Gorbachev came into power. Gorbachev brought an end to communism and the cold war. The US won the Cold War because of the Soviets weak economy at the time.
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