Strategic decisions seek to create an advantageous position over one’s opponent through the employment of the instruments of national power‚ and during World War II (WWII) airpower introduced a new and powerful element into the equation. Generally‚ there are considered four instruments of national power: diplomatic‚ informational‚ military‚ economic (DIME). These instruments are the tools utilized by decision makers for the projection of power in support of national interests or objectives. Airpower
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Since the beginning of time‚ revolutions have occurred throughout history. A revolution is defined as an overthrow or replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed. Most revolutions are developed from philosophical ideas. The Russian Revolution of 1917 and Chinese Revolution of 1949 were developed from the idea of Karl Marx‚ communism. Communism is the advocating of war‚ leading to a society in which all property is owned publicly and each person works and is
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China is one of the world’s four ancient civilizations with a time-honored‚ recorded history. The history of China reaches back over 5‚000 years. China covers an area of 9.6 million square kilometers and its continental coastline is 18‚000 kilometers. Its population is over 1.3 billion people. China has created a culture rich in art and philosophy. China is the home of the inventions of amazing products and technologies such as silk‚ papermaking‚ movable-type printing‚ gunpowder‚ and calligraphy
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World History Benchmark 3 and SOL Exam Study Guide Unit 1: World in 1500 Textbook: Pages 1-11‚ Chap. 4‚ Sec 1-2‚ Chap. 6‚ Sec. 1-3  WHII.2a: Location of some of the major states and empires in the Eastern Hemisphere England France Spain Russia Ottoman Empire - Turks Persia – modern day Iran China Mughal India Songhai Empire – northwest Africa Location of major states and empires in the Western Hemisphere Incan Empire – western South America. Conquered by Spanish conquistador
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guilt‚ and by a feeling of separation from her roots. “Curiosity about my ancestry made me feel ashamed that I couldn’t speak Chinese and knew so little about China” (14). After devouring every morsel of information that she could‚ she firmly believed Mao and his “comrades” were the only people who had a legit shot at establishing a utopic society. It was official. Jan Wong was going to Beijing. Red China Blues captivates the audience through numerous unabashed‚ personal reports of her journey to become
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reasons for starting may have been different‚ but both revolutions had one goal: to unite the country’s people through their patriotism. Both leaders were totalitarian dictators that wanted change. While Lenin used Marxist ideals in his movements‚ Mao used his own interpretation of communism and called it Maoism. The Chinese Revolution lasted about 28 years‚ while the Russian Revolution only lasted about one year. The reason for this difference is because the ideas of Karl Marx were barely known
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This was short lived however as Chairman Mao would declare the Cultural Revolution in 1965 (The Cultural Revolution). Mao would call on students to become part of his Red Guards to help Mao succeed in the Cultural Revolution. The Red Guards were called to attack counter revolutionaries which included people of significant knowledge or were richer than the working
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might endanger democracies everywhere. The United States equipped nations fighting the Axis with ships‚ tanks‚ aircraft‚ and other war materials. The Axis did not like this. Japan wanted to take over China‚ but China refused. China was led by Chiang Kai-Shek at the time. Japan wanted the United States to stop sending China supplies‚ but the United States refused. The United States opposed the expansion of Japan in Asia‚ so they cut off important exports to Japan. <br> <br>General Hideki Tojo was
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Mao Zedong was arguably the most prevalent communist leader in history. He was born a peasant during a very tough period of poverty and‚ therefore‚ strived for greatness as a child. His father had a disciplinarian parenting technique‚ which heavily influenced Mao Zedong in his future communist endeavours. He eventually reached this “greatness” after forming the lower class/ poor citizens
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youth of China into what were known as Red Guards‚ Mao’s Cultural Revolution had an enormous negative impact on the people of China. As the Red Guard Demonstrations became more frequent and violent‚ China’s people began to conform and join the side of Mao and his followers to avoid humiliation or death. These rebelling youths tore through streets‚ houses‚ and cultural heritages destroying all deemed ‘suspicious’. This greatly affected China’s population as the people lived in fear while China was losing
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