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The United States dominated global affairs in the years immediately after World War II. Victorious in that great struggle, its homeland undamaged from the ravages of war, the nation was confident of its mission at home and abroad. U.S. leaders wanted to maintain the democratic structure they had defended at tremendous cost and to share the benefits of prosperity as widely as possible. For them, as for publisher Henry Luce of Time magazine, this was the "American Century."
For 20 years, most Americans remained sure of this confident approach. They accepted the need for a strong stance against the Soviet Union in the Cold War that unfolded after 1945. They endorsed the growth of government authority and accepted the outlines of the welfare state, first formulated during the New Deal. They enjoyed the postwar prosperity that created new levels of affluence in the United States.
But gradually some Americans began to question dominant assumptions about American life. Challenges on a variety of fronts shattered the consensus. In the 1950s, African Americans launched a crusade, joined later by other minority groups and women, for a larger share of the American dream. In the 1960s, politically active students protested the nation's role abroad, particularly in the corrosive war in Vietnam, and a youth counterculture challenged the status quo of American values. Americans from many walks of life sought to establish a new equilibrium in the United States.
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America is a resilient country. We came from nothing and shaped our society on how we thought God would want it. With that being said, I also think that it would have been impossible to create America without war. War shaped our boundaries and sharpened our resolve. It gave us a position of power among the other nations and also set our moral lines. America was the deciding factor in WWII. In our current global society I am sure that war could be avoided in our dealings with the world, but it was essential for us to learn to respect one another. I believe this is a testament to our resilience.
American isolationism is no longer possible. We have set ourselves up to be reliant on other countries. This comes with risks, and one of them is war. The citizens of america have long protested war in foreign countries because it was taxing and unbeneficial. I think that all the wars we have partaken in are necessary to our identity today. They have helped us form equal rights so all citizens are equal, and they have helped us create nationalism to fuel our front. The korean war was essential for us because it stopped communism from spreading to the western hemisphere. The WWII brought employment back to the U.S. so the economy could rise. Even the Vietnam war brought unity to the United States. Our citizens for unions to protest for equal rights, creating the utopia we have today.
My point in this is to say that war shaped our identity but it isn't who we are. The american dream is founded on freedom and that is what we have fought for since day one. Whether its our freedom or someone else's freedom we have always fought to protect freedom. These three wars all had lasting effects on the american culture that were astounding in retrospect. War is a tool I believe that is used by God to show men their similarities. We never listen, but while we're all fighting hes whispering to each soldier, "that could be you". I also believe that war is a tool used by Satan to try to create differences between man, and these differences seperate us from God. All this is to say that I believe war is a resource to build, but that it isn't needed when you use unity.
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