was adapted into the film with the same name directed by Phillip Noyce in 2002. The themes of the film mention not only war‚ but also love setting in Saigon‚ Viet Nam‚ in 1952‚ during the First Indochina War where much of focuses on three main characters that are in a love triangle between Fowler‚ Phuong‚ and Pyle. Thomas Fowler is a British journalist covering the French war in Viet Nam for two years. Having a failed marriage‚ Fowler has begun a relationship with a Vietnamese girl‚ Phuong‚ “a
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the British and Chinese views of the opium trade? Whenever people talking about Modern Chinese history‚ the opium war is always a fashion topic as it is the beginning of the Modern Chinese history. However when people talking about the opium war‚ the history will stretch back to the time when Britain first finish the industrial revolution. In the middle of 18 century‚ Britain first started the industrial revolution. Someone believes that the industrial revolution started in 1750s‚ however the invention
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My muscles shook as I sat up in my bed trying to calm my racing heart. The same dream haunts my mind every night. I’m standing in the middle of a war and people are just dying all around me there bodies falling to my feet as they take their last breath “dramatic I know but unbelievably realistic”. In my dream‚ I have this intense feeling that this war is somehow my fault. Unfortunately‚ no matter how hard I try‚ the whole “out of sight out of mind” theory it just doesn’t seem to work for me. The
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people’s lives especially during wartime when society does not need more individuals to be harmed or killed. In the mid-1950s‚ a shocking event happened that left an unpleasant memory in some people’s lives which occurred in the Vietnam War. The North Vietnam communists at first initiated efforts to take over South Vietnam and untied it with the north under one communist government However‚ the United States disagreed because they thought communist practices would lead to aggression in other parts of the
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‚ Management‚ 5th Ed.‚ The Dryden Press‚ USA‚ 2000. Dalloz‚ J.‚ The War in Indo-China 1945–54‚ Gill and Macmillian‚ Dublin‚ 1990. Davidson‚ Lt. Gen. P.B.‚ (Retd)‚ Vietnam at War: The History: 1946–1975‚ Sidgewick and Jackson‚ London‚ 1989. Elliot-Bateman‚ M.‚ Defeat in the East: The Mark of Mao Tse Tung on War‚ Oxford University Press‚ London‚ 1967. Fall‚ B.B.‚ ‘Vo Nguyen Giap: Man and Myth’‚ in General V.N. Giap‚ People’s War People’s Army: The Viet Cong Insurrection Manual for Underdeveloped
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2nd Punic War The Roman Republic‚ early on in her history‚ was faced with a great foe from the South. Carthage and Rome were rivals throughout their shared history. What is likely the most notable of the conflicts waged between these two powers is the Second Punic War. This war‚ waged between the years of 218 – 201 B.C‚ saw Rome come dangerously close to her own demise. The Carthaginian campaign in Italy‚ led by Hannibal Barca‚ was immensely destructive and costly for Rome. It is interesting to
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Ho Chi Minh; was a leading figure for not only his people but also the nation of Vietnam‚ he was a tireless figurehead for Vietnam’s struggles for freedom. He was a committed nationalist and communist whose main goal was to achieve a united and independent Vietnamese nation. Ho Chi Minh; born Nguyen Sinh Cung (one of his many alias’) on May 19th‚ 1890‚ to very loyal parents; and proud son of Nguyen Sinh Huy; a Vietnam nationalist and teacher‚ employed under French rule – Ho’s father was an extremely
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appraisal of the nature of the Taiping movement‚ it is first and foremost necessary to elaborate on the milieu that gave birth to the movement‚ as well as the very consciousness of the movement itself. By the late 1840s the general condition of China was irreversibly conducive to imminent rebellion. The Taiping movement can basically be seen as an immediate reaction of the Chinese peasantry to the First Opium War and later the Second Opium War‚ and the Unequal Treaties following them. For two thousand
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disputes and problems that led to war. When dealing with western powers a negative result always occurred for China as they had inferior technology and military. This allowed the Europeans to create unfair treaties and take advantage of the Chinese; ultimately exploiting them and causing their economy and advancement as a nation to falter. The largest and perhaps most significant set of events concerning economic conditions in China in the 1800’s were the Opium Wars. However to fully understand their
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all day. Rome avoided being attacked by beating the enemy to the attack. One example of Roman violence in all three Punic wars‚ Rome declared rome on Carthage and didn’t leave them alone until 3 wars later when most of the Carthaginians were killed‚ and those that were not were sold to slavery. But I am getting ahead of myself‚ back to the beginning of the 1st punic war. War was declared in 264 BC on the day that rome decided it was a good idea to interfere with a clash on western Sicily‚ a Carthaginian
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