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Addison DM (all d0ne!)

Addison DM (all d0ne!)

1. “Protagonists” is not the correct word to refer to both sides.  From an American point of view, we were the protagonist and the Soviet Union was the antagonist.  The Cold War lasted from 1945, the last year of World War II, to 1991, when the anti-Communist work of President Reagan coupled with reforms in the Soviet Union itself caused the disintegration of the old Soviet system.

1. “Protagonists” is not the correct word to refer to both sides.  From an [[American]] point of view, we were the protagonist and the [[Soviet Union]] was the antagonist.  The Cold War lasted from 1945, the last year of [[World War II]], to 1991, when the anti-Communist work of President Reagan coupled with reforms in the Soviet Union itself caused the disintegration of the old Soviet system.

:Correct!  Good elaboration also.

:Correct!  Good elaboration also.

2. These two wars are the Korean War lasting from 1950-1953 and causing approximately 54,000 American deaths, and the Vietnam War, lasting from 1964-1973 and causing nearly 60,000 American deaths.  Both of these wars were meant to stop the spread of Communism, and were fought under the general ideas of the Containment Doctrine and Domino Theory.  Communism was often evil in practice, if not wrong in theory, leading not to a glorious brotherhood of men but to cruel and oppressive dictatorships.  Thus, I think that the wars themselves were justifiable and even commendable.  However, we should have fought and finished the wars with the same zeal we got into them with, instead of settling for unsatisfactory terms.

2. These two wars are the [[Korean W]]ar lasting from 1950-1953 and causing approximately 54,000 American deaths, and the [[Vietnam War]], lasting from 1964-1973 and causing nearly 60,000 American deaths.  Both of these wars were meant to stop the spread of Communism, and were fought under the general ideas of the Containment Doctrine and Domino Theory.  Communism was often evil in practice, if not wrong in theory, leading not to a glorious brotherhood of men but to cruel and oppressive dictatorships.  Thus, I think that the wars themselves were justifiable and even commendable.  However, we should have fought and finished the wars with the same zeal we got into them with, instead of settling for unsatisfactory terms.

:Excellent analysis, with a particularly good conclusion.

:Excellent analysis, with a particularly good conclusion.