Compare and contrast the political terms hawk and dove.

These are
terms that have to do with the attitudes that people hold towards wars or military interventions
in general (or towards specific cases in which the US is involved militarily in some other
country).

The term hawk is used to refer to someone who tends to back
military involvement.  For example, as you can see in the link below, hawks in the Vietnam War
backed expanded American action in that war.  They applauded the bombing of North Vietnam,
saying that it would scare the Soviet Union.

By contrast, the term dove
refers to people who do not want the US to be involved militarily.  In the link, the doves feel
that the bombing of North Vietnam will backfire by making the Soviets take more of a hard line
towards the US.

These terms can be used in reference towards any military
involvement by the US or they can be used about people's attitudes towards military action in
general.