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.