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    Empire. Without that loyalty‚ Hannibal‚ one of the greatest Carthage generals to have lived‚ might have conquered Rome‚ but many of the territories resisted and would not turn[ CITATION Mor01 \l 1033 ]. In conclusion‚ Carnage‚ in the second Punic War‚ came very close to taking Italy‚ which leads many historians to believe them to have been as powerful as Rome‚ as it came very close to becoming a repeat of the catastrophe seen when the Gauls tore apart the Roman cities in a much earlier

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    surrendered to the Allies at the end of World War II‚ the Japanese forces in Indochina stepped aside and allowed nationalist groups to take over public buildings in most of the major cities. While the Japanese allowed the nationalist groups free run of the country‚ they kept former French officials imprisoned. At the time‚ the Vietminh were being provided with minor supplies by the United States to fight the Japanese. Main cause of the revolution and some first moves Vietnam was a French colony from

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    The Quiet American is an anti-war novel by British author Graham Greene‚ first published in United Kingdom in 1955 and in the United States in 1956. It was adapted into films in 1958 and 2002. The book draws on Greene ’s experiences as a war correspondent for The Times and Le Figaro in French Indochina 1951-1954. He was apparently inspired to write The Quiet American in October 1951 while driving back to Saigon from the Ben Tre province. He was accompanied by an American aid worker who lectured him

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    Case Study- Genocide in Rwanda Anita Zeltsman Summary The Rwandan Genocide‚ which began on April 6th‚ 1994‚ was the mass slaughter of the Tutsis by the Hutus in the East African state of Rwanda. Lasting approximately 100 days (ending on mid-July‚1994)‚ 800‚000 Tutsis and Hutu sympathizers were slaughtered (as much as 20% of the country’s total population). The tension and longstanding ethnic competition between the minority group-Tutsi’s‚ who had had power in the land for centuries‚ and the

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    I was marching knee deep in the mud of the trenches‚ hoping the war would cease‚ while knowing that that day would never come. Yet‚ when that day did come‚ I was reluctant to leave my post. Getting shipped back home‚ meant I could finally address the issues that I was ignoring. While I was in it for the long haul‚ I

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    America takes into wars‚ the decisions that made the Vietnam War and the bureaucracy at war. Loren Baritz writes this book about the time period of 1945 to about 1975‚ which is post World War II to post Vietnam War. Loren Baritz describes how American culture influenced the way the American soldiers fought in Vietnam and how American culture influenced the way politics and generals made their decisions during the Vietnam War. This book talks about the reasons why America went to war‚ how America fought

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    The quality of the soldiers was definitely among the reasons as to why the British were defeated in Malaya and Singapore during WWII. Their morale was low as most of them were recruited not from the locals but from Nepal‚ Britain‚ India and elsewhere and so did not have the fortitude to defend Singapore. Furthermore‚ the soldiers defending Singapore were heterogeneous comprising of many races and nationalities and spoke different languages which posed a communication problem amount them. Additionally

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    the British settlers as an outstanding military leader who became‚ in her lifetime and after‚ a symbol of unity and strength for her people during times of crisis. She was particularly important to them in the fierce fight with the British‚ during the First Maroon War from 1720 to 1739. Although she has been immortalised in songs and legends‚ certain facts about Nanny (or “Granny Nanny”‚ as she was affectionately known) have also been documented. Both legends and documents refer to her as having exceptional

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    The bloody plane was shot down…I was sleeping dreaming about a concoction of fish and chips and my home before the war. I lived on a farm‚ and I had my own horse…I miss him. My dad taught me how to ride when I was four; riding would provide me relief from school and farming. Anyways‚ I then I awoke to a storm of fire. The plane was literally sliced in two. I think the beastly enemy shot us down. Even though they shot us clean out of the sky‚ I wish to thank them and show some British manners to

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    These Hateful Hands In this beautifully described unfortunate tale‚ it paints a detailed picture of what life was like first hand during the Vietnam war and its effects it had on the main characters and how coming to America was just as hard as living through the Vietnam war. It is a tale built on love but sustained on hate. The Authors mother was disowned for falling deeply in love with a rough gangster from the northern region of Vietnam. They had a very rough life in Vietnam filled with fear

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