...that you want without having to give your rights up to the government. I know, at times, we feel that America is truly run from the government and we have no choice; but, compared to other countries, America has a lot of freedom when it comes to the rights of the individuals. The economic system that the United States uses is capitalism. Capitalism is the economic system that is also known as the free market system, and is based off on private ownership, economic freedom, and fair competition. Other countries, however, use socialism as their economic system. Socialism is based on the principle that the government should operate some of the key enterprises that affect the welfare of the public. Finally, some countries choose to use communism as their economic system. Communism is based off of the principle that the government should operate and direct almost all enterprises. Clearly, these three economic systems are very different in the way that they operate. In this paper, I am going to compare and contrast the three types of economic systems: capitalism, socialism, and communism. Capitalism, also known as the free market system, is the economic system used by the United States. Because of capitalism, we have what are called fundamental rights. Fundamental rights are rights that the people have because of living in a capitalist economy. Capitalism gives the right to own a business and to keep the profits that are earned after taxes have been taken out. This means that if you...
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...Microeconomics Paper: Economic systems Yang Cong Professor Memmos Aug 1st, 2012 Table of Contents 1, Introduction of economic systems 2, the analysis of capitalism 3, Example of capitalism: the U.S. 4, the analysis of socialism 5, Example of socialism: China 6, the analysis of communism 7, Example of communism: North Korea 8, my favorite one is socialism 9, Conclusion There are three main economic systems in the world which are capitalism, socialism and communism. Nowadays, most developed countries are capitalism and they have certified that capitalism is better; the greatest developing country which owns the second high GDP in the world, China, is socialism, it seems that socialism is not bad; only a few countries are still communism like North Korea which has a low economic increment speed. Different systems have their own advantages and disadvantages, so it is necessary for the government to figure out which one is suitable for their countries. “Capitalism is an economic system that is based on private ownership of the means of production and the creation of goods or services for profit. Competitive markets, wage labor, capital accumulation, voluntary exchange, and personal finance are also considered capitalistic (Wikipedia).” Capitalism can greatly promote economic development, this is the main feature of capitalism. The necessary material of human is produced by human labor, the purpose of economic activity is to save labor time which is also the greatest...
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...Resolution was a historical significance for the United States. During this time the United States was trying the contain communism. The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution gave the President the authorization, without a formal declaration of war, for the use of conventional military force in Southeast Asia. This was a different kind of war, the U.S. was overconfident, not thinking about any consequences of the choices they made, causing many disadvantages for the United States. The Congress should have been more cautious in making their judgement to quickly support the President to use military force in Vietnam. The legislative branch of the federal government (the Congress) has the power to declare war. The President is the Commander in Chief of the armed forces of the U.S. and has the ability to wage (carry out) war. Congress may have intended it to be a demonstration to the world of the unity of the American people because Congress did not want to give the impression of disunity and nonsupport. President Johnson informed the nation of attacks on U.S. warships by the North Vietnam, and President Johnson believed strongly in containing communism in Southeast Asia. In early 1964, Johnson sent his Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara, on a fact-finding trip to South Vietnam. Without a...
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...“Involvement of the United States in the Vietnam War” Aram Mebashar 1202122 January 24, 2015 International History of 20th Century and Beyond Instructor: Andrew Shaben 0 Involvement of the United States in the Vietnam War After the Second World War, fights, clashes, and conflicts had not finished around the world. The Soviet Union was communist and supporting other communist states. In the other hand, the United States was anti-communist and always supported countries, regions, and political parties fighting against communism. In Vietnam as other places a long war happened nearly a decade after the World War Two in 1954 between the North Vietnam communist regime with the support of China, Soviet Union, and other communist allies, against South Vietnam and its essential partner, the United States, also supported by other anti-communist allies. The war was long and costly for both sides, and it left many problems and disadvantages on the United States economy. This essay will argue the following three points, how the United States involved in the Vietnam War, the impact of the war especially on the United States with focus on economics, politics, and culture in both negative and positive aspects, and the US withdrawal of the war. Beginning with the involvement of the United States in the Vietnam War. Firstly, there were many different reasons of the American involvement in the war, but the main reason was prevention of communism spread and expansion. The United States felt communism...
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...Okoro 16 March 2014 The Cold War and U.S. Diplomacy: The Truman Doctrine Harry S. Truman was President of the United States from 1945-1953. President Truman presidency was marked throughout by important foreign policy initiatives. Central to almost everything Truman undertook in his foreign policy was the desire to prevent the expansion of influence of the Soviet Union. At the end of World War II it was immediately apparent that Russia was trying to draw as many countries as it could into its influence, if not total control. The United States became extremely alarmed as country after country did indeed fall under Russia’s communist influences. At the time, the United States Government was under suspicion that Russia was supporting the Greek Communist was effort and worried that if Communists won in the Greek civil war, the Soviets would eventually influence Greek policy (state.gov, p1). In light of the appearance of Soviet meddling in Greek and Turkish affairs, and the withdrawal of British assistance to Greece provided the motivation for the Truman Administration to reorient American foreign policy. The Truman Doctrine was the name given to a policy announced by then United States President Harry Truman on March 12th 1947. The Truman Doctrine was a very simple warning clearly made to the Soviet Union, though the country was not mentioned by name. The United States of America would intervene to support any nation that was being threatened by a takeover by an armed minority...
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...Cold War and John F. Kennedy's Flexible Response In 1961 John F Kennedy was made president of the United States of America. He was a younger more open type of man then the past presidents. The most famous quote of his was,”ask not what you can do fr your country,but what you can do for your country.” His doctrine was flexible response. Which was a plan that offered a range of options to choose from in dealing with a host of threats. This was significant at this time because the new approach was dramatically shifted from previous United States administrations. John F. Kennedy's respond to flexibility was the increase use of forces from small to large nuclear weapons with two main principals in hand. By destroying the other country's ability to make retaliatory against the United States of America ,and only attacking cities along with populated cities as the last resorts. Kennedy 'inherited” the Cold War when he became president. His outlook was to send more American military advisers which was 1500 to help rebuild and stop or at least halt the spread of communism. Unlike President Eisenhower he wanted bombing to stop and be the last thing or option used. At the end of World War Two Western and Soviet armies divided Germany. A very small part of East Germany was divided into two cities. They were large amounts of people going to West Berlin which was not under communism. Khrushchev wanted both cites to be under East Germany's controls. Kennedy and Khrushchev met due to USA...
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...Ronald Reagan was the 40th United States president that served from 1981-1989. In his 1985 State of the Union address, President Ronald Reagan called upon Congress and the American people to stand up to the Soviet Union, what he had previously called the “Evil Empire”. From this State of the Union came the well-known Reagan Doctrine of 1985. This doctrine defined American interests around the globe and its determination of preventing communism from expanding. “The Reagan Doctrine proclaims overt and unashamed American support for anti-Communist revolution. It is intended to establish a new, firmer--a doctrinal--foundation for such support by declaring equally worthy all armed resistance to communism, whether foreign or indigenously imposed.” (Krauthammer, 1985). A situation that required the United States diplomatic efforts during President Reagan’s time in office was the rapidly growing expansion of the Soviet Union in East Asia, Indies and the Middle East. Another situation was the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan which had begun in 1979. Previously, the Carter administration had little hesitation in coming to the aid of Afghanistan after the invasion. At the time, the United States had the understanding that the Soviet Union would eventually become Middle East and would be able to gain control of the oil fields. Two events increased U.S.-Soviet tensions: the suppression of the Solidarity labor movement in Poland in December 1981, and the destruction of an off-course civilian...
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...Professor Emmanuel Obuah POL 300 05/11/2013 The 35th President of the United States, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, came into office at the height of the Cold War. The president decided to keep the foreign policy of his predecessor, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and also decided that he could expand upon that foreign policy doctrine. President Kennedy wanted to be able to provide the United States with the flexibility to respond to communist expansion. The President believed that the expansion of communism would become a direct threat to the United States and Europe. While Truman and Eisenhower created policies that were mainly based on containing communism in Europe and the Middle East, President Kennedy’s doctrine’s differed from his predecessors in that his doctrine focused on Latin America, especially leading up to and after the Cuban Revolution. President Kennedy believed that the United States should contain the spread of communism by using other alternative means. During President Kennedy’s term in office there were several diplomatic crises that challenged his foreign policy doctrine. The challenges included; The Bay of Pigs in 1961, The Vietnam War in 1962, and The Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. Although The Bay of Pigs and the United States involvement in Vietnam were seen as major efforts that supremely impacted U.S. foreign policy, it was the Cuban Missile Crisis that almost brought the United States to the brink of a nuclear disaster and clearly solidified President Kennedy’s...
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...how the United States viewed its role in foreign affairs. America understood it could no longer stand by and watch countries abroad occupy other nations without feeling any impact. In order to combat this threat, several presidents introduced ideologies to prevent the spread of communism and position America as a leader of the free world. America looked for ways to promote democracy around the world but it was met with opposition. The Soviet Union was not willing to conform to America’s way of life and this battle was the basis for the Cold War. The Sixties was an era in which the Freedom Movement gained momentum and Americans began to question whether or not the government was honest with the public (Schultz, 2012). Meanwhile, foreign policy would dominate as President Lyndon Johnson inherited the U.S. involvement in Vietnam. To better understand President Johnson’s ideals, this paper will summarize the situation that required U.S. diplomatic efforts during President Johnson’s time in office. Furthermore, President Johnson’s diplomatic doctrine will be analyzed with reference to specific actions and events. Finally, the effects of these diplomatic efforts for the U.S. and other countries will be described to assess its impact. Summarize a Situation that Required U.S. Diplomatic Efforts during President Johnson’s time in office During President Johnson’s time in office, managing the Vietnam conflict required diplomatic efforts by the United States. President...
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...Individual Rights vs. Public Order In the past, there have been historians and sociologists who believe that there is some variety between public order that emphasizes individual rights and that in turn emphasizes public order. Individual rights will exist no matter what. It’s the different governments that choose to protect them or not. Those governments that do may be considered open-minded. Those governments that don’t may be considered oppressive. Those governments that choose to protect their citizen’s individual rights do so in a manner with advantages and disadvantages to both the individuals and public order. There are many laws that exist in America and they are in place to keep people of America safe. Individual rights exist to give individuals their freedom, and that identical freedom can be the foundation to cause people to take advantage. People feel they are safe in their everyday lives. Public order is what keeps the world safe from mishaps. The ultimate life is to have freedom and of course everyone wants it; however people can take advantage of that desire and privilege regardless of who they are. Individuals are given rights which protect them from being mistreated from anyone, such as government officials, although most of the rights are given to keep people from being mistreated from the Justice System. The bill of rights was established to help protect the citizens of America. “The bill of rights is devoted to defending the rights of people who are accused...
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... These unseen forces were setup in the cold, grim climate of Mockba (Moscow). Josef Stalin, “the Grim Reaper of Communism”, had plans to sow the seeds of Communism throughout the entire Western half of Europe and elsewhere. While it’s no surprise that when attending the Potsdam Conference in Potsdam, Germany from July 17, 1945 to August 2, 1945, the “Big Three” consisting of : Sir Winston Churchill, (later replaced by Prime Minister Clement Attlee), President Harry S. Truman and Soviet Leader Josef Stalin, met to drawup borders for the re-organization of Europe after the war (Milestones: 1937-1945, n.d). The surprise came when Truman told Stalin that the United States had nuclear weapons and Stalin didn’t even react because he had spies inside the “Manhattan Project” and key information was passed on to ‘Uncle Joe’. The real surprise Truman found out later (Milestones: 1937-1945, n.d). But also, ‘Uncle Joe’ had plans to spread his Communist poison throughout Europe, the Middle East and everywhere else he could. In the early to middle portion of the 1950’s, while Senator Joseph McCarthy was accusing everyone of being a Communist, the “real” Communist was trying to take over the Middle East and in the Mediterranean. The spread of Communism was rampant after the Second World War. Stalin, after the war, took over parts of Northern Iran, in which some puppet states were established, thus starting the “Cold War” (Ruskin, Berry, p.132, 2010). This caused alarm within the Truman...
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...THE TRUMAN DOCTRINE During the Cold War, most U.S. presidents came up with policies also known as “doctrines” to help remember who stood for what. In this report I will be summarizing a situation that required U.S. diplomatic efforts during President Harry Truman time; explicate the diplomatic doctrine the president followed; describing the effects of this diplomatic efforts for the U.S. and other countries; assess the advantages and disadvantages of the particular doctrine that followed. In February 1947, the British government informed the United States that it could no longer furnish the economic and military assistance it had been providing to Greece and Turkey since the end of WWII. The Truman administration believed that both nations were threatened by communism and it jumped at the chance to take a tough stand against the Soviet Union. In Greece, force has been battling the Greek royal government since the end of WWII. In Turkey, the Soviets were demanding some manner of control over the Dardanelles, territory from which Turkey was able to dominate the strategies waterways from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean. On March 12, 1947 Truman appear before a group of Congress to make his case. He declared the world faced a chance in the years to come. Nations could adapt a way of life “based upon the will of the majority” and minority forcibly imposed upon the majority.” He proposed the Truman Doctrine which provided political, military, and economic assistance to all democratic...
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...2013 The Cold War and U.S. Diplomacy The Reagan Doctrine was the foreign policy in the United States, enacted by President Ronald Reagan. The doctrine was design to eradicate the communist governments in Africa, Asia, and Latin America that were authorized and corroborated by the Soviet Union. This assignment will review by what method the United States delivered open and private backing to guerrilla and resistance movements during the Regan years. Additionally, explain the political doctrine detailed events that occurred in Afghanistan when the Soviet Union invaded. As a final point, this assignment will define the benefits and drawbacks established on the Regan Doctrine. Summarize the Situation of U.S. Diplomatic of the Regan Doctrine During the course of the initial years of the Cold War, Presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Jimmy Carter all endorsed dogmas against communism in order to enclose it. Ronald Regan prohibited their détente policy in 1979, when the Soviet Union attacked Afghanistan. This alone demonstrated that policies that only contain communism were unproductive. Regan criticized in the compromise policy when it emanated to any communist government. As an alternative, Reagan proposed the Rollback policy. The creation of the Reagan Doctrine moved from containment and dispersal to eradicating all current communist governments. Likewise, the United States wanted to rise and encourage democracy and capitalism in additional of overthrew communist administrations...
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...affairs, with the defeat of Nazi Germany and his decision to use nuclear weapons against Japan, the founding of the United Nations, the Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe, and the Truman Doctrine to contain communism. President Truman was avidly participating in foreign affairs. This paper is going to focus on the topics surrounding the Truman Doctrine. “At the end of WWII it was immediately apparent that Russia meant to draw as many countries as it could into its sphere of influence, if not into actual dominance” (Spalding, 2005). Both the British and the Americans became alarmed as country after country did, indeed, fall under Russian influence. During the War, the British had been a moderating force in the middle and Far East. But the cost of the war had drained them. As hostilities ended in the joint effort to defeat Hitler, Russia's intentions very soon became obvious. President Harry Truman, and Prime Minister Winston Churchill, after many conferences, decided that steps had to be taken to stem the advance of Communism. Churchill had long been suspicious of the Soviets, and it did not take long for Truman to achieve the same level of mistrust. This led to Truman’s crusade to contain the expansion of communism throughout the world. Truman was hard-nosed when it came to the Soviet Union. He had never liked, nor trusted, Stalin, and he did not believe that Communism was anything other than dictatorship. The U.S. just defeated the Nazi’s with the fall of Hitler. Truman had an initiative...
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...Assignment 1: The Cold War and U.S. Diplomacy Written By: Stephanie Moser For: Professor Eugene Zimbalkin Contemporary International Problems POL 300 11/07/2011 The doctrine that I chose to write about was Eisenhower and his doctrine that stated Use nukes and spooks to prevent Communists or other radical takeovers. (Berry, N and Roskin, M 2010) When Dwight Eisenhower took office he was well prepared when it came to matter in foreign affairs.(Diplomacy 2011) He knew many world leaders and he had charted many American military strategies around the world.(Diplomacy 2011) His approach to what was going on in the world is he did not want to let another communist country take over the world. (Diplomacy 2011) Second he knew that our nation was already spending a lot on the military defense. If he were to sink anymore money into it now it could cause our country to go bankrupt. (Diplomacy 2011) He appointed John Foster Dulles as Secretary of Sate and they came up with a new look to the U.S. National Security Policy. First they “wanted to maintain the vitality of the U.S. economy while still building up sufficient strength to prosecute the Cold War”(American 2011) Second “relying on nuclear weapons to deter Communist aggression or if necessary fight in a war.”(American 2011) Third using the “CIA to carry out secret or covert actions against governments or leaders directly or indirectly responsive to Soviet control”.(American...
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