remembrance of nature‚ now a painting of red. There were a thousand mirrors‚ each with a different person reflecting the same expression of horror‚ embedded in a brown blanket of buildings. This was not a battlefield‚ it was merely a repercussion of the Vietnam War. The drafting of soldiers was only a waste of our country’s youth‚ and it has led to the death of many. The patch of green‚ the bulls eye of the campus was now surrounded with a swarm of green and brown; the cunning antagonist of Kent State. ~Two
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and Kosovo Wars to the Vietnam War for the United States and the Afghanistan War for the Soviet Union‚ history has a way of showing us that we can try to prevent events from happening‚ but eventually they will happen again in a different generation and country. In fact‚ history is repeating itself right now‚ playing out across the globe‚ reenacting wars and genocides that happened years ago‚ allowing us to create predictions of how these wars will end by looking at similar‚ past wars. One prediction
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19th and 20th centuries‚ and Vietnam gained their independence along with many others. On September 2‚ 1945‚ Vietnam came out from being under the rule of France and formed a new country. However‚ the new independence did not mean that it was a united country just yet. The north and south halves of the country because two separate entities‚ both vying for control of the other half. The northern half of Vietnam became the communist ruled Democratic Republic of Vietnam‚ while the southern half was
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Communist Threat Essay Australia responded to the threat of communism both internally and externally. Australia responded to various external threats during the 1950’s. The first threat was the Korean War in 1950 to 1953. Following 1945‚ Korea had been divided into communist North Korea‚ supported by the Soviet Union and later China‚ and non-communist South Korea‚ supported by the United States. North Korea invaded the South‚ and gained control of almost the entire country. Us president Truman
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īḻam‚ generally rendered outside Tamil-speaking areas ) is a proposed independent statethat Tamils in Sri Lanka and the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora aspire to create in the north and east of Sri Lanka. Tamil Eelam has no official status orrecognition by world states though sections of the Eelam were under de facto control of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for most of the2000s. The name is derived from the ancient Tamil name for Sri Lanka‚ Eelam. TAMIL PERIOD The Jaffna kingdom (1215-1624
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the Americans wanted to go to war with the Spanish. There were several reasons to be exact why the Spanish-American War had an outbreak. The Americans wanted an empire and they thought it would put the civil war behind us; the excitement would be great‚ yellow journalism Valeriano “Butcher” Weyler and finally the Delome letter. Cubans were in revolt against Spain‚ and wanted to declare their independence. Many Americans supported their efforts. Newspapers in America favored American involvement in
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THE WAR OF THE WORLDS Jonathan P. Benitez IV-LopezJaena English-Mrs.Sanchez Introduction The War of the Worlds (1898)‚ a science fiction novel by H. G. Wells‚ is the first-person narrative of an unnamed protagonist’s (and his brother’s) adventures in London and the countryside around London as Earth is invaded by Martians. Written in 1895–97‚[2] it is one of the earliest stories that details a conflict between mankind and an extraterrestrial race. The War of the Worlds has two parts
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During a mission to Vietnam‚ hunger spread in the Chinese navy like a virus. Vietnam was having a war with the US‚ and food supply just wasn’t enough. Fortunately‚ a soldier faced this challenge with a positive attitude and changed the situation significantly. This soldier is my grandfather. Unlike all those soldiers that complained‚ and moaned endlessly‚ my grandfather faced this inevitable challenge with a positive attitude. Not only did he fixate his eyes on positive things‚ he also changed the
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Leo’s voice pushing me to join him. “I don’t want to waste the summer thinking and talking.” “I just want to think clearly‚” I responded. “That’s why I want you to come. We need a thinker to tell the story of our war.” “We wouldn’t get the same benefits our fathers did in Vietnam‚” I said. “For example‚” Leo asked? “For one thing‚ Bob Hope is dead‚ and we would be deprived of seeing Beyoncé in red‚ white‚ and blue panties like the ones Raquel Welch wore for the troops.” Leo gave a frown‚ and
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Introduction H.G. Wells is a well-known author from the 1800’s. His most famous book is War of The Worlds. This book was released in 1898 after which lead to much more. In 1938 the book was made into a radio broadcast‚ and in 1953‚ a movie‚ all of which are in some way different. Book vs Movie Differences: The book and the movie had several differences. One of these differences is that the narrator is not married in the movie. He‚ for the first time‚ meets Sylvia in
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