No period of time passes without leaving its mark on human history. It is uncommon‚ though‚ for a decade to be as transformative on a society as the 1970s – and closely related events in the 1960s and 1980s – were on the United States. The Vietnam war and the counterculture’s response reached their zenith. Environmentalism as a sociopolitical force found new and much stronger footing. The mobile phone and microprocessor‚ the foundations of large-scale modern telecommunications‚ were invented. However
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Jubayer Ahmed Mr.Disiro period 8 Imagine a war without the use of weapons. The Cold War was a standoff between the United States and the Soviet Union without a use of arms (Nuclear Weapons and the Arms Race). It was a period of time with great resentment and pressure. Even though both sides never had a direct military confrontation‚ they engaged in “proxy wars” and threatened each other with nuclear annihilation (Nuclear Weapons and the Arms Race). For over forty years the Soviets and Americans
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The Trojan War is comparable to the Vietnam War mainly because the allies within each of the wars‚ the strategies used to conduct surprise attacks‚ and the length of each of the wars. Even though the Trojan War and the Vietnam War occurred during time periods‚ both wars lasted for over five years. The reasons for starting the Vietnam War are different from the reasons for starting the Trojan War. The catalyst of the Trojan War was Paris’ embezzlement of Helen from Sparta‚ while the catalysts of
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Vietnam War The Cold War was the base to creating the Vietnam War. The Indochina War contributed create the Vietnam War as well. The Cold War and the Vietnam War were almost the same war. The countries in each war argued over whose way of leading or ruling was right. The Vietnam War did have fighting though. But‚ the Indochina War wasn’t like that. The Indochina war was over who should have power in Vietnam. To fully understand the Vietnam war‚ you have to understand the Cold War and the Indochina
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bloodshed overshadowed the vivid hues of nature. The two proxy wars of Asia‚ throughout the Cold War‚ were the Korean War (1950-1953) and the Vietnam War (1955-1975). The spawning of these wars came from the ashes of World War II and the onset of the Cold War. The Korean War broke out as daybreak dawned over a split peninsula‚ sparking a bloody brief conflict that would forever alter the course of events in East Asia. Following the end of World War II‚ the intervention of disunity in Korea was‚ “a Communist
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What Patriotism mean to mean What patriotism means to me is that when we look at the flag we can see how our thirteen colonies became our 50 United States. We can see how that we are free. That means we should love our country with pride. We can also see the military men and women who died to earn us freedom who are keeping us safe. I can see how hard our presidents worked so we may have a better country so America can be remembered in the whole wide world that it truly is the best country. We should
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The war in Vietnam and the war in Iraq differ in many ways such as; the reason for war‚ US support‚ the cost‚ number of deaths‚ and the time and place. In this essay I am going to compare the Vietnam War with the war in Iraq describing three ways in which the war in Vietnam differs from the war in Iraq. Three ways the two wars differ are the reason for war‚ number of deaths‚ and the cost. The Vietnam War was a war over communism that started in 1950‚ when Ho Chi Minh‚ the national leader of
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Vietnam http://www.warchapter.com/Vietnam_war_Tunnels.html The tunnels were a complete underworld‚ it was al there; kitchens‚ hospitals‚ workshops‚ sleeping areas‚ communications‚ ammunition storage‚ even some entertainment.The life was harsh though: the spaces were cramped‚ the air was of poor quality‚ it was moist and there were lots of insects and rats. Above all that living in a tunnel meant no sunlight all day‚ operations were at night during the cover of dark. This was effective because
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Name: null Dover Beach This document combines your writing from the Response Writer with the information from Meaning. To continue your work online‚ copy and paste this document into a Word file. To work away from the computer‚ print Response Writer. Response Writer Follow these three steps to write ten interpretive sentences. 1. Review your responses from Sound and Images. Sound RESPONSE WRITER: Why are irregular lines‚ enjambment‚ and pauses within a line appropriate for a poem with a seaside setting
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feel what they are expressing. In the passage The Hawk Is Flying‚ the author Harry Crews expresses how he feels when he finds a wounded hawk while jogging. Once he discovers the critical condition of the hawk‚ he debates whether if he should let the nature take its course or to put the poor bird out of its misery. While Harry debates on what is the best judgment call‚ he allows the audience to empathize with him‚ while he empathizes with the hawk. He allows the audience to be sympathetic in his decision
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