Modern American History: From the Second World War to Today.

War is an obliterate machine employed by every nation from Third World countries to Global Empires throughout world’s history. This essay will attempt to review Modern American History from the World War II to present day. Key areas will be exam are 1) patriotism and propaganda used by the government during wartime, 2) the role of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) enforcing domestic laws during the Cold War era of American history, 3) the intervenes of the United States abroad in many aspects from gaining strategic advantages, control of natural resources, depose of oppressive governments, the spread of political and religious system, and commercial self-interest, to 4) how the media shapes our historical world both past and present. The final paragraph injects a personal view.

When American fights against another country, one of the most critical aspects its leaders must make certain is the people’s support of the war. This mainstream public supports enable the country to raise funds and finances the war. To understand how regime can achieve such a dynamic factor and guarantees its success, we need to review Susan Brewer’s work. Through her book, title - Why America Fights: Patriotism and War Propaganda from the Philippines to Iraq, we’ll discuss the multifaceted role of the American media in shaping of public perception during times of war. We’ll dissect the role of war propaganda, and the means by which the military, and the media, cooperated in making the war presentable to the American public, by referring to Why Viet Nam (Brewer chapter 5) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (Brewer chapter 6). “If freedom is to survive in any American hometown it must be preserved in such places as South Viet Nam” President Lyndon B. Joh...

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...endent from foreign corporations who are controlling the country’s resources. First, there is “the monopoly held by Electric Bond & Share” (Kinzer 132). Second, there is “the International Railways of Central America, which owned nearly all the country’s rail lines, including the sole link between the capital and the Atlantic port of Puerto Barrios – most of which is also owned” (Kinzer 132). Third, there is “the United Fruit, which owned more than 550,000 acres, about one-fifth of the country’s arable land” (Kinzer 133). He did what he set out to do and that is to pass the “Agrarian Reform Law,” specifically targeting these private corporations. At the end, his actions led to adverse results that force him to resign his presidency. Indochina, the French government has colonized Viet Nam in the nineteenth century for its natural resources of rubber (Kinzer 150).