The Tet offensive began January 30 1968. The battle was one of many during the Vietnam War. There were many countries involved in the war; one side was Viet cong and North Vietnamese against the South Vietnamese and the United States with their allies. The battle got its name from the Vietnamese New Year‚ called Tet; it was when the first major attack took place. There were many minor attacks throughout the battle. Most of the attacks caused the U.S. along with their allies to lose power over states
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Maintaining a Healthy Lifestyle Health is the condition of an organism or one of its parts in which it performs its vital functions normally or properly: the state of being sound in body or mind. Water is the most important and abundant inorganic compound in all living systems. Although humans might be able to survive for weeks without food‚ without water you would die in a matter of days. Nearly all the body’s chemical reactions occur in a watery medium. Water has many properties
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History AP 23 April 2010 The Vietnam War With the end of World War II in 1945‚ many Americans hoped to head toward an era of prosperity and renewal. However‚ this was made impossible as the anti-communist tensions of the Cold War between the United States and the USSR sparked almost immediately after the destructive world war. The tensions between anti-communists and communists eventually led to one of the most controversial events in American history: the Vietnam War. Historians have still left
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economic system was dictated by the ruler and the type of political system he or she sets up. Eventually‚ the economic system evolves to the point where in modern society‚ the economy across the world is dictated by two main systems: capitalism and communism. Both have their unique features that contributes to the way societies are functioned. One of the main economic system includes capitalism whom was created by Adam Smith. Smith created capitalism revolving around the idea of laissez – faire‚ which
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The Ongoing Struggle Between Capitalism and Communism The first ever use of the phrase “command economy” was to describe that of the Nazi economic system. Though‚ the first successful communist system‚ or “command economy” was that of the Soviet Union (1922-1991). The Soviet Union’s way of dividing pay equally among all working citizens began to butt heads with the U.S.’s capitalistic‚ market system. Immediately after the end of World War II came the start of the Cold War. The United States‚ was
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a U.S. citizen working in a different country and was providing equal opportunity‚ the employee has no right to sue the employer. 2. Nationality Principle: Recognizes a nations interest in maintaining some degree of control over it’s citizen residing in different countries. Managers who violate American foreign corrupt practices when traveling could be found guilty in the U.S. 3. The territoriality Principle: accepted in the united states but not in all countries. each country has the right
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have different opinions on communism and fascism. Communism is the proletariat. You have no social classes‚ no political movements‚ no economic ideology‚and you don’t even have any money. Also in communism there is no clear leader. Fascism often has one military leader. They are also head of government and could become a dictator. Also they tend to put the state ahead of the individual. Communism and Fascism are similar in a way because the leaders that were communist and the leaders that were fascist
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Socialist Republic of Vietnam Capital: Hanoi Population: 87 million people (2011) Total Area: 331.212 square kilometers Major religion: Buddhism Major language: Vietnamese Monetary unit: Vietnam dong Location Vietnam is one of the most beautiful countries located in the South East Asia. In the North‚ Vietnam shares the long borderline with China. In the East‚ Vietnam is bordered by the Gulf of Tonkin‚ inn the East and South by the South China Sea‚ in the South West by the Gulf of Thailand
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Australia’s response to the threat of communism Communism is a system of social organization in which all economic and social activity is controlled by a totalitarian state dominated by a single and self-perpetuating political party. In theory‚ under communism‚ all means of production are owned in common‚ rather than by individuals. In practice‚ a single authoritarian party controls both the political and economic systems. ‘During the Cold War period Australia responded in various ways to the
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Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War was a result of a combined fear of communism and the fall of freedom from danger in Australian democracy and society. The growing web of communism saw the fall of many countries closing in on Australia and New Zealand‚ and it was believed Robert Menzies’ government that they would find communism at Australia’s shores. Australians were anti-communist during the Vietnam War; due to a level of hype that the society‚ the media‚ and the government were exposed
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