in last 20 years has improved lives through invention. Technology has positively and negatively affected three main spheres of our lives: medicine‚ education‚ and communication. The largest part of society that may have benefitted from the advancements in technology is probably the field of healthcare. Technology has aided scientific research to find cures or control many diseases. Over the years pandemics‚ such as AIDS have been brought under control. Medical research has led to the creation
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Vietnam War The war first began in 1959‚ five years after the division of the country by the Geneva Accords. Vietnam had been split into two. The communist government in the north was under Ho Chi Minh and democratic government in the south was under Ngo Dinh Diem. The Vietnam War stated because France tried to make another attempt to takeover Vietnam by having a foreign power to rule. In Vietnam the target of containment was Ho Chi Minh and the Vietnam front he had created in 1941. Ho and
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"Archaeology has proved the historicity of the Trojan War." Discuss " he [Heinrich Schliemann] found layers of ruins and two bore unmistakable signs of violent destruction. One of these layers‚ the seventh according to more recent excavators‚ was no doubt the city of Priam and Hector. The historicity of the Homeric tale had been demonstrated archaeologically." - M.I. Finley‚ the World of Odysseus Introduction The Trojan War and its characters are detailed in the writings of Homer‚ Vergil
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The Vietcong fought a Guerrilla war. Using “Non-explosive land mines” to defeat their enemy: examples being deploying Booby-traps‚ ambushing American patrols or planting bombs. Booby-traps and tunnels were two essential methods regarding the engagement of Vietcong and American soldiers in Vietnam. Booby-traps were placed all over the Vietnamese jungle‚ in irregular locations thus making many soldiers feel anxious and fearful. Examples of this would be the Side Closing Panji‚ A spike board‚ the Grenade
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The Vietnam War War affects millions of people in different ways everyday. The United States government involvement in the Vietnam War only led to millions more deaths of american and vietamese people. The United States started sending military around 1957 to assist the south vietemese army known as the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. By the time the United States government withdrew there men they left vietnamin an even worse condition then when they arrived. The United States government should
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Assess the reasons for the communist victory in the 2nd Indochina War The communist victory in the second Indochina war was highly due to the failures of conventional warfare from the US and ARVN such as the bombing of the Ho Chi Minh Trail and search and destroy missions which did little to bring down the Viet Cong. The Tet Offensive also contributed by being a turning point for the war‚ leading to a decreasing American support for the war as it caused media chaos. The end of US aid through the Paris
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contexts. During the Vietnam War the United States did not realize the high level of intelligence that the Vietnamese people had and how much their culture and nationalism meant to them. They did not want the United States interfering with their country but some of the leaders in charge felt that the United States could help since they were offering monies and military advisors in regard to the conflicts between North and South Vietnam. The diplomatic negotiations that most sparked my interest
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I have always been interested in history and all of he great knowledge it has to offer for our current life. I like learning about how our ancestors did things in their days‚ and how their decisions helped shape our country today. I believe that the time of the Vietnam War shaped our country in many ways‚ and most of what happened was not for the better of our country. I chose this topic because it was a very controversial time in America‚ it was a big learning lesson for America. People look
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The Vietnam War was a brutal war that affected millions of people in many different countries. All wars start because there is a difference in people s opinions‚ and the Vietnam War was no different. It started because France and a Vietnam leader‚ Ho Chi Minh‚ had a difference in opinion about the type of government Vietnam should have. To find out why the war broke out you will have to go back to the 1750 s. This is where the French started their so-called protectorate state of Vietnam. For many
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Attitudes to the Vietnam War (Mirams et al) Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam conflict: 1965 – 1970 Between 1965 and 1970 Australians’ attitudes to their country’s involvement in the Vietnam War changed The opposition grew as events of the war unfolded over the following five years Those opposing both conscription and Australia’s involvement in Vietnam expanded from small groups of university students and peace activists to a broad section of the community. The Vietnam Moratorium of 1970
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