The Vietnam War is a war fought between the United States of America and the Soviet Union by proxy during the Cold War. The war officially opposed North Vietnam‚ backed by the Soviet Union and China‚ and South Vietnam‚ backed by the United States. American involvement in the Vietnam War started in the early 1960s when President Kennedy decided to send increasingly more troops (from less than 1‚000 in 1960 to more than 16‚000 in 1963) in order to contain communist progression throughout the world
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The American civil war’s weaponry changed the way wars would be fought and is often referred to as the first “modern” war. The weapons used in the civil war include Long Range Rifles‚ the Minie Bullet‚ Repeaters‚ The Gatling Gun‚ Ironclad Warships‚ naval mines‚ and torpedoes. Long range weapons greatly boosted defense and increased the accuracy and range during wartime. These new rifles used Minie Bullets. These bullets allowed for more accuracy and a quicker reload of the gun‚ even without ramrods
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Mexico’s Drug War The Mexican drug war has been affecting Mexico’s economy‚ businesses‚ and has left a lot of its citizens dead. The Mexican drug war has been particularly affected tourism in Acapulco‚ Guerrero where this is a famous location that is popular for its beaches. However‚ in Acapulco a total of 700 people have been killed. The US warns its citizens from travelling to Mexico overall due to the violence. These warnings have greatly decreased the number of spring breakers to 93%. Thus‚ this
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The Americans’ contribution to the European theater of war were: 1. Helping Great Britain survive via the Lend-Lease act 2. Helping the Soviets with the Lend-Lease act and providing them with jeeps‚ trucks‚ food‚ aircraft‚ and locomotives‚ which allowed the Soviets to focus on tank production and defeat the Germans 3. Invading Italy and Germany in partnership with the British through Operation Torch (North African landings) and Operation Overlord (Normandy landings)‚ which eventually led to the
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Spanish-American War: (1898 (April-August)) Fought between April and August 1898‚ the Spanish-American War was the result of American concern over Spanish treatment of Cuba‚ political pressures‚ and anger over the sinking of USS Maine. Although President William McKinley had wished to avoid any type of war‚ American forces seized the Philippines and Guam. This was followed by a longer campaign in southern Cuba which culminated in American victories at sea and on land. In the wake of the conflict
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changed the face of America from a reasonable and agreeable nation to a country that kills for what they want. The causes of the Spanish-American War had a number of contributing factors. These included the struggle for Cuban independence‚ American imperialism‚ and the sinking of the United States warship Maine. Manifest Destiny has been an idea and inspiration for Americans since The Pilgrims. This agreeable land craving of buying without violence turned into America becoming addicts and always wanting
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Which is best for the economy: employment stability or employment flexibility? A recent article in the ILO’s International Labour Review analyzes the relationship between employment stability and productivity in six major sectors in 13 European countries. According to the authors‚ both‚ extensive and short job tenure can produce adverse affects on productivity. They propose a policy of ’protected mobility’ on the labour market‚ together with active labour market policies seeking to combine both
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I. IntroductionThe financial crisis in the Asian economies in 1997 has created tremendous interests in the economic point of view. This report focuses on the economic situation of Hong Kong in 1997-98‚ which has some very special features among the economies in the region. In the Asian Financial Crisis‚ the economy in Hong Kong did not sufferer from any banking or currency crisis like some of the Asian countries such as Indonesia‚ Malaysia‚ South Korea and Thailand‚ which their troubles began with
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clothing styles and development can be seen with with the following innovations throughout history: tailoring in the Renaissance‚ ready made clothes following the Civil War‚ and integration of 20th
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The Japanese economic miracle is divided into three main parts: the conditions following the war that allowed the miracle to take place‚ the factors which contributed to the miracle‚ and the aftermath of the miracle in modern times. End of World War II World War II ended in August of 1945‚ when the United States unleashed its’ new tool of destruction; the nuclear bomb. On August 6‚ 1945 the United States dropped the first nuclear bomb on Hiroshima‚ 80‚000 people were killed and almost the entire
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