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    Evaluate the effectiveness of the Strategies used by the opposing sides in the Second Indochina War (1965-1973). Why was it inevitable that the South (USA and Republic of Vietnam) would be defeated?It was inevitable that the USA and the Republic of Vietnam would be defeated in the Second Indochina war of 1965-1973 because of the effective strategies used by the North‚ with the use of Guerrilla warfare and the Ho Chin Minh trail. The south was defeated because their tactics like using conventional

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    15th Century Overview Political/Diplomatic: The Italian states of the renaissance Five major powers Milan Venice Florence( the Medici) The Papal states Kingdom of Napals Independent city states Mantua Ferrara Urbino The Role of women Warfare in Italy struggle between France and Spain Invasion and division. The birth of modern diplomacy is a product of the Italian renaissance. Machiavelli and the new statecraft Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527) The Prince acquisition‚ maintenance and expansion of political

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    Deceit‚ death‚ and discipline; all of the characteristics listed are lessons taught to Lily Casey. In the novel Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls‚ Lily Casey met many characters throughout her lifetime. Many people throughout the novel had an impact on Lily and taught her something about life. Lily took lessons from each of these characters and applied what she learned throughout her difficult and strenuous life. Through people such as Helen Casey‚ Ted Conover‚ and Adam Casey‚ Lily was able

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    Tobin Bushart CULF 3331 The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell Report by Tobin Bushart General Themes: While reading The Big Oyster I was able to gather a general theme of what Kurlansky was trying to do‚ and before I give a brief summary of the book I would like to give a short layout of what I think the author was trying to accomplish when writing this book. First off I think the idea was to give a history of Oysters in New York City‚ but while doing do Kurlansky seemed to try and give

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    Midterm: Half the Sky Review Ryan Carr University of San Francisco Rpcarr@dons.usfca.edu March 11‚ 2011 Midterm: Half the Sky Review Nicolas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn’s novel‚ Half the Sky‚ is primarily a call for social equality and freedom from oppression for women across the globe. The authors are actively taking the first step of achieving a global feminist movement by informing Westerners of the injustices are that are being done to women worldwide in the name of tradition and culture;

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    I had a difficult time with all of these stories‚ especially the first two. I’m not sure if it completely had to do with the dialect‚ as it reminded me of one of my favorite books‚ A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing‚ which is written in fragments of heavy Irish dialect. I found nothing particularly intriguing. The stories seemed to begin out of nowhere and then end without any resolution or concrete statement. Ambiguous endings are very powerful in certain cases‚ but not so much if the story doesn’t offer

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    The Fraud of the Century: The Case of Bernard Madoff Bernard Madoff was a creditable man that people trusted him with their money because “he created an image of power‚ trust and responsibility.” (Ferrel‚ 2013‚ p. 416) He was able to scam and scheme his investors from the early 1990s up until December of 2008 when his Ponszi scheme was discovered. Over the course of a decade he was simultaneously running a legitimate business and earned his investors’ trust because he didn’t make

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    A Century of Dishonor Primary Source Analysis # Helen Hunt Jackson was a woman who became an activist who stood up for Native Americans and their rights. She displayed her concerns by writing novels and short stories. A Century of Dishonor is one of Jackson’s most well knows articles. This document seems as though its intention was to question the government s’ rules and regulations that concerned Native Americans. She challenged polices that were created and promises that were made by the

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    additionally existed for a long period of time. Despite the fact that hospitals operations have not changed much during the last century‚ technological and scientific progress has made possible treatments paths that could not have implemented a hundred years ago and made a large contribution to health care. The main differences between hospitals today and a century ago are improved surgical techniques‚ safer use of anesthesia‚ and safer childbirth procedures. Today‚ many people take anesthesia for

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    able to defeat the French in Indochina. Nationalism united the majority of Vietnam in the quest for independence. It also gave the Vietnamese population the determination and inspiration to defeat the French. This is shown through the view of Ho Chi Minh that “We have a secret weapon... Our secret weapon is nationalism” giving a sense that nationalism was an advantage that helped defeat France in the war. Vietnamese nationalism arose ever since French colonised in Indochina. During the French colonisation

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