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    Top 10: Book Lessons Breaking Through by Francisco Jimenez 1. Breaking down barriers To break down a barrier‚ means to have an open-mind set to who you talk to‚ look at‚ and judge. In the book‚ Francisco experiences racial barriers that are created in his school. The students at his school easily judge others by their appearances and race. Since Francisco is Mexican‚ he is treated differently than others and faces hard times as he tries to “fit in”. 2. Striving for a better way of life The

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    “All’s fair in love and war” can’t be true since war fails to prove it’s fair. Like any other war‚ nothing was fair in the Vietnam war. It had unfair‚ numerous psychological ramifications on the troops. Many of them felt obligated to go to war‚ they suffered from desensitization from serving‚ and faced hostility upon coming home from the war. These were unjust ramifications that not only impacted the soldiers during the war but after the war ended as well. It all started with the draft. Chaotic

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    I chose to write about the confrontations in Cuba and the Vietnam War. The confrontation in Cuba began as the result of the Soviet Union placing nuclear missiles in Cuba. The Soviet Union was responding to President Kennedy ’s rearmament program. At the time‚ the United States (U.S.) was the dominant superpower and the Soviet Union wanted to restore the balance of power by placing nuclear weapons within range of every major American city. Only 90 miles off the Florida coast‚ Cuba was the perfect

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    A war between North Vietnam and South Vietnam began in 1954. The war was fought because the north wanted communism‚ and the south did not. The United States decided to get involved in the war. The United States became allies with South Vietnam‚ because they did not want communism to spread. I bet you’re wondering what is communism and why a nation will break apart and fight because of it. Well communism is a political theory derived from Karl Marx‚ advocating class war and leading to a society in

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    event in the Vietnam war. America was fighting North Vietnam‚ where communism was in use‚ in favor of South Vietnam to protect freedom as they vowed to do. America was a superpower with an excellent military and numerous supplies and weapons. In no way do they expect a loss. While America’s military tactics tended to be more on the offensive side‚ North Vietnam fought with strategy‚ only fighting when opportunity and surprise was on their side. During the Tet uprising‚ North Vietnam used strategy

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    accurate summation of the events which caused the Vietnam War‚ and therefore it is a valuable source. The article discusses some of the reasoning for both of the superpowers’ intervention in the Vietnam War‚ such as America’s need to contain the spread of communism and to prevent the ‘Domino Effect’ from occurring in Asia. Similarly‚ a reason for both superpowers’ involvement in the war was to compete for influence in developing countries‚ in this case Vietnam. Therefore the USSR supplied Ho Chi Minh with

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    Protest songs from the Vietnam War and Civil Rights Movement Simple Song of Freedom Bobby Darin Come and sing a simple song of freedom Sing it like you’ve never sung before Let it fill the air Tell the people everywhere We‚ the people here‚ don’t want a war. Hey‚ there‚ mister black man‚ can you hear me? I don’t want your diamonds or your game I just want to be someone known to you as me And I will bet my life you want the same.

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    Juan Lemuz Kent Andrade English 101 9/14/2014 Essay #1 “Why are we in Vietnam” and “This is not our War” were on the minds of many Americans during the post-World War 2 era. After World War 2 the war had left Europe and other surrounding countries devastated‚ and to many countries adopting Communism ideals were their only option. Tensions were running high between the two “big nations” The Soviet Union and the United States‚ each of which wanted to spread their influence as much as possible

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    The war was a twenty year war starting in 1954 and ending in 1975. The Vietnam War‚ a long war between North and South Vietnam over communism‚ impacted all generations by changing the way Americans viewed war and by hurting the Vietnamese people; furthermore‚ the U.S. presidents during the Vietnam War had many different views‚ which affected U.S. polices and the country for many years after. The United States supported Diem and wanted him to win the election. The Vietnam War began as a result of

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    The media played a critical role in the ending of the Vietnam War. With television rising in popularity at exceptional rates‚ the media quickly began to be the most efficient method of gaining knowledge of the world. Due to the “The Buddhist Crisis” in 1966‚ America already had a negative opinion of Vietnam. “The Buddhist Crisis” was the result of the South Vietnamese political leader‚ Ngo Dinh Diem‚ imposing his Catholic government. This resulted in the public suicide of Buddhist monks‚ which turned

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