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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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American Civil War Gatling Gun
1,581 wordsDuring the American Civil War, which lasted from 1861 - 1865, over 620, 000 accounted soldiers were killed. Known as the "the first modern war", historians generally agree that the reason for this was because this was a time of transition for the military. Armies and Navies were still using tactics where they would gather large forces of firepower to bear on the enemy. At the same time, weapons were being developed which were accurate and lethal well beyond any arms of the earlier conflicts. As ...
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Saddam Hussein Ground War
351 wordsThe Persian Gulf war was launched on January 6, 1991, after international diplomatic efforts and sanctions had failed to force Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait, which was illegally invaded on August 2, 1990, by the january 15 th deadline set by the united nations. The 31 -nation military moved against Iraq, commanded by U. S. general H. Norman Schwarzkopf, included forces from the United States, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Britain, Syria, and France. Japan, Germany, and others aided the war effort financia...
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Manifest Destiny Civil War
1,086 wordsIn Mexico City there is a mural by Diego Rivera which depicts Hernando Cortez as a one-eyed syphilitic hunchback. What this lacks in historical accuracy it makes up for by faithfully reflecting the artist's attitude toward the conquistadors. We are repeatedly told on public television that Lincoln was a clearly heroic figure. If heroism is measured by the size of the pile of corpses a man leaves behind, this is correct. We must not let our emotions deprive us of objectivity. Lincoln was neither ...
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Vietnam Veterans Destructive Behavior
2,123 words... live off the land. It is not rare to find a combat veteran who has not had a social contact with a woman for years -- other than with a prostitute, which is an accepted military procedure in the combat setting. If the veteran does marry, his wife will often complain about the isolation he imposes on the marital situation. The veteran will often stay in the house and avoid any interactions with others. He also resents any interactions that his spouse may initiate. Many times, the wife is the ...
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Battle Of Gettysburg Army Of The Potomac
875 wordsThe battle of Gettysburg was the turning point in the American Civil War. When looking at the causes of the Civil War, and eventually the Battle of Gettysburg, one must understand the differences between the differences between the North and the South. The South was fighting the war because they believed that the government treated them unfairly. They believed that the government overtaxing them, with tariffs and property taxes. On the other hand the North was fighting the war for two reasons. f...
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Put An End Research And Development
1,409 wordsThe atomic bomb ended a war of massive death and destruction, but began what is now known as the Atomic Age. At the time of the disasters in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the bomb appeared as a promise of peace to the entire world. It had ended a costly and gruesome war, beginning a time of peace. Compared to the technology of 1945, the atomic bomb looked too powerful and unethical ever to be used again. It was seen as the weapon that would put an end to war. In Keith Eubank's "The Bomb, " he shows th...
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Loss Of Life Fourteen Points
453 wordsWWI was the most deadly conflict the world had ever known at the time. Soon after the United States entered the war, over 100, 000 American lives were lost. Families were devastated and all were shocked. How could a war that was only supposed to last several months take so many lives? The American public needed to be reassured that something so horrible would not happen again. Under his own reasoning, President Wilson did exactly that in declaring WWI the war to end all wars. One reason for Wils...
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Battle Of Gettysburg Civil War
398 wordsThe civil war was one of the most astonishing and longest wars of all times, It spanned over eight years and had approximately more than a million casualties. People of all ages and generations lost their lives in this war. One thing that makes this war so unforgettable is the fact that it was the first war with photography available. Many people and armature photographers were sent out to take pictures of the war's destruction and aftermath. What these photographers took pictures of were not ju...
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End Of The War Clara Barton
650 wordsClara Harlowe Barton was born on Christmas day, 1821 in Oxford Massachusetts. She was the youngest of her 4 siblings by at the least 10 years of age. Growing up in a middle class family, Clara was home schooled until the age of 15, then she became the teacher. As a child, in her spare time Clara enjoyed treating sick and injured pets and neighborhood animals. At the age of 11 Clara's brother fell off their barn roof and she took it upon herself to help him recuperate, which later served as her m...
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Hiroshima And Nagasaki Iwo Jima
563 wordsThe date is August 2 nd, 1939. Physicist Albert Einstein has just completed the first of a series of five letters to Franklin Delano Roosevelt. In it he urges Roosevelt to support research toward the construction of an extremely powerful bomb. A single bomb of this type, carried by boat and exploded in a port, might very well destroy the whole port together with some of the surrounding territory. However, such bombs might very well prove to be too heavy for transportation by air. Albert and his ...
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Army Of Northern Virginia Lee
254 wordsOther Names: Sharpsburg Location: Washington County Campaign: Maryland Campaign (September 1862) Date (s): September 16 - 18, 1862 Principal Commanders: Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan [US]; Gen. Robert E. Lee [CS] Forces Engaged: Armies Estimated Casualties: 23, 100 total Description: On September 16, Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan confronted Lee? s Army of Northern Virginia at Sharpsburg, Maryland. At dawn September 17, Hooker? s corps mounted a powerful assault on Lee? s left flank that began th...
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Omaha Beach Calais Area
633 wordsAfter four months of bombing supply lines the Allied armies landed in Normandy on the northwestern coast of France on June 6, 1944. This day is known as D-Day. This was the most pivotal day of World War II, the outcome of the invasion was to decide the fate of Europe. If the mission were a success then control of the continent would be possible. If it were lost the control would belong completely to the Axis armies. The invasion of Normandy was history's greatest amphibious operation. It involve...
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San Francisco Bay Earths Crust
1,221 wordsA Discussion On Earthquakes Perhaps Mother Nature offers no greater force than that of the earthquake. Across the span of time, earthquakes have been recorded for their incredible destructive forces, and their abilities to awe mankind with their unparalleled force. Earthquakes can often strike without any notice, leveling large cities and killing scores of innocent people. Not only can earthquakes bring harm to society through these methods of destruction, but they can also cause millions of dol...
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Hamlets Soliloquy Fathers Murder
1,001 wordsThe Ghost The Ghost Using all of his seemingly infinite faculties to compose Hamlet, Shakespeare gives each significant character in the play all the depth and emotion of a living human being. Because of this, the characters, as well as the plot, become extremely intricate and difficult to define. Simply assigning a label to each character does not do justice to their complexity because no one character acts according to any easily discernible guidelines. By this reasoning, it is difficult to de...
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Margaret Thatcher Internal Affairs
1,286 wordsFor a country as powerful as the United States, there comes a responsibility to protect its allies, neighbors, and supremely itself. However, there are times when this sense of responsibility misleads the U. S. into using force that is excessive or unnecessary. We are walking a fine line of political laissez-faire and obligation to intervene, but add the element of a. Lyndon Johnson s obsessive fear of the spread of Castro-style communism x (Musicant 363), and consequently, we will find ourselve...
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World War One Civil War
1,601 wordsThroughout history humans have a natural sense to accomplish tasks. Most of these are to establish laws and order, and how do we keep this safe? This is the other natural human sense, the ability to be violent. Yes, warfare has been apart of history as well as government and travel have. Nothing has done more to change the way we make war more than the gun has. As Mark Twain put it They are the most deadly and unerring things that have ever been created by man. Advice to Youth speech, 4 / 15 / 1...
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United States Constitution President Of The United States
1,058 wordsPresident Clinton addressed the people of the United States on June 10, 1999 over the United States mission in Kosovo. Kosovo is a province of Serbia, which makes this war a civil war. Highlights of his speech outline the goals that he wanted to obtain in this Humanitarian intervention, as he called it. The mission had flaws innate to it from the beginning. The three-tiered goal of the President was clearly stated. The first is to allow the Kosovar people back into their homes. The second is to ...
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Part Of The United States Independent Nation
462 wordsNecessity of the U. S. Civil War- When Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1860, the south saw their economy and way of life threatened. They didnt like Lincoln, and didnt want him to be their president so 7 states seceded from the Union and formed a Confederacy. They were determined to establish themselves as an independent nation. However, in order for them to be that, they have to be recognized by foreign countries as an independent nation and they have to survive as one long enough to p...
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Girls We Burned Named For Girls We Burned Died
558 words? It was not dying: everybody died. It was not dying: we had hied before In the routine crashes-and our fields Called up the papers, wrote home to our folks, And the rates rose, all because of us. ? When people died in war it didn? t impact the majority of the people in the United States, they would just contact the papers or whoever sent the letters to there family and went on fighting the war. ? We died on the wrong page of the almanac, Scattered on mountains fifty miles away; Diving on haysta...
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