each other and they take turns firing their guns at each other. We were able to see this in the movie the Patriot when they all lined up and we were able to see the front row of each sides line up fall to the ground because of the line of fire. Guerrilla Warfare was introduced by the America Militia‚ since they were not as good as the British they decided to hide and shoot. This style of warfare made a great impact on war because it changed the way both sides started to fight‚ once the America Militia
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Lt.Col Sassaman‚ was unethical when he told one of his company commanders‚ Capt. Mathew Cunningham‚ “Tell them about everything‚ except the water”. US troops were ready to fight a traditional war but nothing as murky as a guerrilla insurgency. Higher command ordered the units to use the nonlethal force to control the situation; but Sassaman took this concept to its limits. When his men came under fire from a wheat field‚ Sassaman gave his orders to fire phosphorous shells to
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simply because of the increasing pressure from the military industrial complex arms industry‚ the U.S got stuck in what was referred to as a ‘Guerrilla Warfare’. Strategies which the Vietcong used included attacking as soon as the enemy tires‚ retreat whenever the enemy attacks‚ pursue the moment the enemy retreats and raid when the enemy tires. The guerrilla tactics they used caused it to be impossible to defeat Vietnam. Due to the fact the U.S government were being so over confident and believing
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Ho Chi Minh‚ regarded by many historians as one of the greater leaders of people rose from poor obscurity to lead and emancipate the people of Vietnam. Born Nguyen Sinh Cung into a mandarin family in Nghe An‚ Central Vietnam in 1890 ‚ Ho’s beginnings were amongst the lower class. He was educated at the Lycee Quoc-hoc‚ a nationalist school in Hue‚ founded by the Minister Ngo Dinh Kha father of Ngo Dinh Diem who would later become the USA’s puppet ruler of South Vietnam . Ho travelled the world
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How effective were the tactics used by the US during the Vietnam War? The US used many tactics during the war with Vietnam and the tactics used were usually for one of two purposes: to destroy the Vietcong or win over the peasantry‚ which was what the population of Vietnam generally consisted of. However‚ some tactics proved to be more effective than others‚ and they were inter-related as one often wouldn’t work without the other. The US Army‚ alongside the South Vietnamese Army (the ARVN) found
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Nukak Maku Tribe of Colombia Change is inevitable and in most cases‚ change is a good‚ and much needed thing‚ especially when it comes from a place of adaptation and progression in a culture. However‚ there is a vast difference between culture change‚ and culture loss. While the gradual changing of a culture can be a revitalizing thing‚ the complete loss and total disappearance of a culture is never a thing to be celebrated. Less than ten years ago‚ a visit to the tropical rainforests between the
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seemingly able and willing “to do it all.” However‚ it is important to note here that the term is clearly “Renaissance Man‚” not “Renaissance Woman‚” as during the Renaissance‚ it was men who were considered the great artists and creative geniuses. The Guerrilla Girls suggest in their “Bedside Companion to the History of Western Art‚” that the masters of the Renaissance‚ (painters famous to everyone such as Leonardo‚ Michelangelo and Caravaggio) make it
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battle‚ so they engaged in guerrilla warfare. Ending the war was a simple plan for the Americans. The main goal was to capture Emilio Aguinaldo‚ the heart of the Filipino people. One night at a party‚ two soldiers disguised as Filipino soldiers‚ surprised and captured Emilio Aguinaldo. Filipinos were willing to surrender the war in exchange for Emilio Aguinaldo‚ thus ending the Philippine Insurrection. The only way for America to effectively fight against the guerrilla warfare used by the Filipinos
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outlaw queen abruptly ended with her husband ’s death‚ in what had been the happiest relationship of her life. Belle was also rumored to have been with Bluford “Blue” Duck who was an outlaw‚ Jim French‚ Jack Spaniard‚ Cole Younger a confederate guerrilla; member of the James-Younger gang and Jim July(Jim Starr). Belle was living in the Choctaw Nation‚ near the Canadian River‚ an unknown assassin killed her from ambush with a shotgun. Although many killers have been suggested‚ two men remain the primary
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“Terrorism is the weapon of the oppressed” “Everyone’s worried about stopping terrorism. Well‚ there’s really an easy way: Stop participating in it.” ― Noam Chomsky In any set up there are legitimate‚ legal and peaceful means of expressing displeasure and disapproval of certain policies in a country. Peaceful demonstrations were successfully employed
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