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Ho Chi Minh Republic Of Vietnam
977 wordsDo you know why the Viet Nam war started, or when it really began? Well, it may surprise you to know that the war actually began shortly after the end of World War II. When WWII ended many countries had taken control of smaller countries in Asia. Vietnam was controlled by the French, but after WWII Vietnam wanted its independence. France did not want to give up its colonies because they needed the extra income to help rebuild its country after WWII. A man named Ho Chi Minh, who declared their in...
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Second World War First World War
1,897 wordsThe Treaty of Versailles: Prelude to WWII The Treaty of Versailles was not a justified treaty which created German feelings of revenge and dislike towards the victorious countries. This feeling of revenge felt by Germany, in addition with the social atmosphere of Europe, led to a second World War in the September of 1939, just 11 years after the first World War. People at the time published reports on the unfairness of the treaty. America never ratified the treaty but Britain and France still en...
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African Nations Traditional African
1,356 words... people in Germany to believe that war might still pay. Germany had only narrowly lost WWI, and many of its members were convinced that the nation's inability to profit from the global catastrophe had only been a fluke. The emergence of the Cold War directly reflected the realization of the unprofitability of war and its disastrous consequence. Though the animosity between Communist Russia and the U. S. 's democratic regime was intense, both nations realized that war was uncalled for and far ...
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George W Bush Saddam Hussein
1,682 wordsThis essay is in defense of the current Iraqi War. President Bush's vocal critics state that over 1, 400 American troops have been sacrificed in the Iraq War. First of all, the word sacrifice means that a person voluntarily does or gives up something at his or her own free will (like a bunt to advance a runner in baseball or Catholics sacrificing and giving up chocolate for Lent). I dont believe that any of those soldiers that have been killed in the war deliberately intended to die or were sacr...
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World War Ii The Battle For Europe
1,370 wordsThe Great depression was one of the many reasons for World War II ( WWII). The Great Depression was in an economic slump in North America, Europe and other industrial parts of the world. (web) The Great Depression happened in October, 1929 when the New York Stock Market suddenly collapsed. (web -german. htm # great-dep). Although the US economy had gone through a depression six months earlier it was nothing compared to this. This was the longest and most severe slump ever to hit the industrializ...
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Wars The Results Lead To Further Conflicts
594 wordsDuring the twentieth century, conclusions of wars created the conditions for subsequent wars. Whether it was the conquered or the conqueror, few ever remain content past an initial truce. Two examples of this can be found in the events that lead up to WWII and the constant conflict in the Middle East. The conclusion and consequences of World War I created many issues, which helped intensify World War II. The Treaty of Versailles, which outlined the restitution's Germany was to pay, was a major u...
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Greece And Turkey France And Britain
1,102 wordsFrom when World War II ended in 1945 all the way up to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Cold War dominated international affairs. It was a global struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union. Although the Cold War was sometimes fought on the battlefield, it involved everything from political rhetoric to sports. Overshadowing all was the threat of nuclear war. From an American perspective the Cold War was largely a war on communism this outlook by the US caused and sustain...
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Spy Planes Soviet Union
1,076 wordsThe United States and the Allied Powers faced many challenges at the end of WWII. America's policy was one that contained the spread of communism in Eastern Europe. Russia, under Lenin's rule called for a world revolution and brought the United States into it. It was not until after WWII, that the cold war really began, when the political power of the world shifted from the center of Europe to Moscow and Washington. The Cold War began after the collapse of Germany in May 1945 (web). The creation...
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Second World War World War 2
1,479 wordsWorld War 2 In order for us to understand what was the real reason for World War 2 to break out, we will need to draw parallels between socio-political circumstances in Europe in 1914 and 1939. In 1914, Germany's rapid development began to represent a threat to England's geopolitical interests, throughout the world. We need to remember that England always acted as the major factor of international tension in Europe, since Napoleonic Wars. England's international politics were being based on one ...
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France And England Soviet Union
1,739 wordsHistory In order for us to understand why most of European countries did not put up almost any resistance, while being occupied by Germany during World War Two, we will first need to look at geopolitical situation in Europe, at the time. In years 1930 - 1940 Communism was at its strongest, while striving for no less than taking over the whole world. Up until collapse of Soviet Union in 1991, its emblem used to be hammer and sickle over the globe. Today it became customary to accuse Hitler of dre...
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Nov 2007 29 Nov
717 wordsFashion of the 1930 s through the 1950 s (1) Fashion of thirties corresponded to socio-political realities of this historical period. The Great Depression deprived people of their vision of future as such that is going to be defined by technological progress alone. This produced a great disillusionment among citizens, which is why fashion of thirties can be defined by designers attempts to find inspiration in the past, while it is also can be described as being very practical. Womens fashion of ...
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Simon Wiesenthal Death Camps
1,082 wordsRegime of Petain The WWII became a bloody page of world history. It brought not only the tremendous destructions but also held a train of crippled humans lives. Many countries and nations suffered during the WWII. Among them Jews suffered a lot more due to the Final Solution. It was Nazi plan to totally exterminate the Jews of Europe. Between 1941 and 1945, about six million Jews were murdered throughout Europe; killed either near their homes by firing squads or transported to concentration camp...
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York City Rental Housing
2,655 words/ 5, 8 New York Citys rent stabilization system In the following essay I am going to examine New York Citys rent stabilization system and make a statement that the abolishment of the given rent stabilization system would have mostly beneficial effects on the NY community as a whole. I will state that rent stabilization act of NY in fact benefits the rich (mostly affluent individuals in lower and mid-Manhattan districts) and is of no use to the majority middle-income and minority lower income NY ...
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Rental Housing York City
2,044 words/ 5, 8 New York Citys rent stabilization system In the following essay I am going to examine New York Citys rent stabilization system and make a statement that the abolishment of the given rent stabilization system would have mostly beneficial effects on the NY community as a whole. I will state that rent stabilization act of NY in fact benefits the rich (mostly affluent individuals in lower and mid-Manhattan districts) and is of no use to the majority middle-income and minority lower income NY ...
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Senior Citizen Rental Housing
2,041 words... modern system controls over 200, 000 apartments in New York City in 1999. The owner of these apartments cannot voluntarily raise the apartment price and to evict tenants. The rent control is losing it ground to the vacancy decontrol that seems to present a wonderful alternative to rent control since early 1980 s. The controlled apartment units in modern day New York are only 6. 4 % of the total apartment for rent figure in Big Apple. As a comparison in 1975, the city controlled over 2 millio...
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Houghton Mifflin Company Washington D C
1,805 wordsAfter WWII why did the economy prosper and what role did consumerism play in the 1950 s? After WWII many economists predicted a recession in the American economy. It is easy to do so when at the peak of post war unemployment in March 1946 2. 7 million searched for work. In 1945 people were laid off from their jobs. However, in 1945 the US entered one of its longest, steadiest, periods of growth and prosperity (Norton 829). How could this be? With many new developments affecting the United States...
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1,126 wordsDeadeye Dick by Kurt Vonnegut Kurt Vonnegut is one of today s greatest contemporary authors. Vonnegut writes with a very unique and random style, it is like no other author in the world. Deadeye Dick is a prime example of his original style, like many other books from the pen that brought us Jailbird, Slapstick, and Welcome to the Monkey House, it s a riot of randomness. (Demo) Along with his unique style of writing he also incorporates his own life through the story as he does in many of his ot...
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Adolf Hitler Mackenzie King
1,048 wordsHistorical Time Line 1910 Prime Minister Wilfred Laurier? s Naval Bill to create a small Canadian Navy is passed. The Montreal Canadians play their first hockey game. The first man-made fibre, rayon, is introduced in the North American market. Author Stephen Leacock publishes Literary Lapses. Toronto had 376, 588 citizens. 1911 Robert Borden becomes Canada? s new PM. Canada? s population is 7, 204, 838. 1912 Ontario government restricts the use of French in Ontario schools. The Manitoba, Ontario...
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Post War Period Rebel Without A Cause
1,758 wordsRebellion in the Fifties During the Fifties the United States was filled with confidence but at the same time insecurity. The United States emerged from WWII as a global superpower and a symbol for freedom. The United States saw its role in world affairs as the protector of free countries from communism. The fear of communism expansionism during the fifties was a major issue. Communism represented radical thinking and ideas, a shift away from conservatism thinking or a shift away from the center...
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Battle Of Britain Soviet Union
1,101 wordsThough this student looked in Whos Who and Contemporary Authors, no information on Chester Wilmot could be found. One considered searching the Directory of American Scholars, but that would not be helpful since he is from Australia. In The Struggle for Europe, Wilmot seeks to explain several points. First, he explores and explains how the western allies succeeded militarily but failed politically during World War II. He then elaborates on how and why the western allies crushed the Nazi regime; y...
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