The United States of America in the 50’s‚ 60’s‚ and 70’s was three long and crazy decades for the U.S.A. With World War 2 ending in the early 40’s then to the move to stop segregation in the early 50’s and ending in 1964 with the Civil Rights Act. Then in 1955‚ began the start of yet another war (CNN). The Vietnam War was a serious situation with over 2‚700‚000 Americans serving (NVVF); people were trying to fight the situation inside and out‚ there were many protesters against this war. These protesters
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Rough Draft There were many things going on in the 1960’s. At the end of the fifites‚ It was thought that this new decade was going to hold a great future. However‚ it quickly turned into a decade of unrest. The most signficant event was the Vietnam War. It was a very stressful time for America. American’s often used sports for a diversion from the trouble time. The biggest historical‚ political and social event of the 1960’s was the United States involvement in the Vietnam War. According
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During the Vietnam War there was a total of 58‚220 deaths. Most of those deaths were deaths from South Vietnam (archives.gov). In the book The Things They Carried written by Tim O’Brien‚ the protagonist that he developed throughout the book was himself and his platoon. The antagonist that he developed throughout the book was Vietnam and how it affected everybody that was involved in the war. The book was about their journey in Vietnam. How they dealt with all of the death that they saw‚ and the stories
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Ngo Dinh Diem Religion • • • • • • • • • • • He was a devout Catholic‚ a northern trait that left him at odds with the mass majority of Southern Vietnamese who were Buddhist Granted Catholic refugees who migrated from the North land in the in the Mekong Delta; thus‚ increasing the already present tension. Diem gave the best government positions to the Catholics even though the Buddhists made up 90% of the population. Suppressed
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There is debate as to why the South Vietnamese peasants joined the cause of the Viet Cong. Scholar Tal Tovy argued that the South Vietnamese peasants weren’t concerned about joining the Viet Cong because of Communism‚ but because of the land reforms they were advocating. This stance was reinforced by a former communist cadre named Le Van Chan. Le Van Chan claimed that the only thing the South Vietnamese cared about was their land. As long as the peasants got their basic needs protected‚ then all
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Becoming an independent country from being colonized by another country happened throughout the 19th and 20th centuries‚ and Vietnam gained their independence along with many others. On September 2‚ 1945‚ Vietnam came out from being under the rule of France and formed a new country. However‚ the new independence did not mean that it was a united country just yet. The north and south halves of the country because two separate entities‚ both vying for control of the other half. The northern half of
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Andrew Carmona Mr. Carlson History 1700 30 January 2013 We Were Soldiers Once… And Young Almost everyone you ask will tell you that the Vietnam War was one of the most gruesome and hectic of the wars that the United States has fought. We Were Soldiers was a movie about the battle of Ia Drang in Vietnam‚ also known as the “Valley of Death” to US soldiers. Lt. Colonel Hal Moore (played by Mel Gibson) is a hardened veteran from Korea who is given command of the 1st Battalion/ 7th Calvary regiment
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Growing up‚ I had always known that my parents were not originally from America. They had escaped the horrors of the Vietnam War and immigrated to the U.S. for a better and safer life. It was not until I was old enough that my dad explained to me the details of what really happened. My dad was born and raised in central Vietnam. He learned to read and speak in Vietnamese when he was young. He spent the hot and humid days farming and planting‚ but when he had free time‚ he loved to go fishing. Life
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Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMARY Topshop‚ one of the big name in the world fashion’s industry has recently arrived in Vietnam on March 13th‚ 2013. Located in Bitexco Financial Tower‚ the iconic building of the dynamic Ho Chi Minh City‚ Topshop has received quite good attention to foreign visitors and Vietnamese‚ who have known about this famous brand. Its target customers are young‚ fashionable women with higher income‚ who can be either a young graduates‚ singers‚
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1. INTRODUCTION This report is about an interview with an entrepreneur based in Hai Duong‚ Mr. Nguyen Van Vien‚ and what I can learn after the conversation with him. On his trip to Ho Chi Minh city‚ I got a chance to arrange an interview with Mr. Nguyen Van Vien and I was able to understand more about the world of entrepreneurs‚ what it’s like to be an entrepreneur with many gains and losses. 2. BUSINESS BACKGROUND Mr. Nguyen Van Vien is currently the Director of Minh Truong Son Joint-stock
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