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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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    ultimately lead to dissension. Throughout the course of this paper‚ I hope to explain the reasoning behind the dissension between Sparta and Athens‚ made war between these former allies inevitable. Whenever there is an argument or war there is always differences between both parties involved. In order to understand the causes of the Peloponnesian War‚ we must look at their differences. One of the main differences that the Athenians and the

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    Sierakowski Question #10: What was the impact of the 1976 military coup and the “dirty war” on Argentine society? (Oral Presentation) Thesis: The impacts that the 1976 military coup and the Dirty War had on Argentine society was a great tragedy killing a numerous amount of Argentines in an effort to counter the perceived threat of leftist social activism. The dirty war in Argentina started in 1976 after a military coup on March 25 of that year brought General

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    United States and Britain and eventually led to the War of 1812. In a similar context‚ the Iraq War was also a direct response to the evidence supporting the fact that Iraq was connected to terrorist activities and the assumption that Iraq was hiding weapons of mass destruction. The US response to Russia in the Cold War is similar to the US response today and set the precedent for the Iraq War. Conclusively‚ both the War of 1812 and the current war in Iraq can be justified considering that the country

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    1. Emergency of Modern Chinese Schooling: The End of Qing Dynasty The First Opium War (a.k.a The First Anglo-Sino) in 1840 marks the birth of modern China. The war had successfully forced the Qing court to open up the country to western societies with series of unequal treaties and transform the feudal society into a colonized and capitalized one. The traditional Chinese education system which had been founded upon Confucian Classic was brought under challenge of modern schools introduced by Western

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    people make and then put back in the economy. Drug Trafficking is the making and moving of narcotics. Afghanistan is the number one person producer of drugs in the the world. There major drug that they produce and move is opium. Many citizens are even involved in the growing of the opium and other drugs. Citizens cultivate narcotics as their main source of income. Citizens get payed to cultivate these drugs for the drug lords. They not only produce the drugs to other countries‚

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    In the following “A Drone War Is Still a War” by Michael Kinsley speaks of the issue that using military drones causes civilian casualty and an unfair advantage. Kinsley addresses that we have already become used to the use of drones and that we treat the fact like a usual tactic of combat. The advantages of using drones is quite obvious. No American lives are put at risk‚ and the precision minimizes collateral damage‚ including the deaths of innocents who happen to be nearby. Kinsley states that

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    CHAPTER V NATO WITHDRAWAL AND SITUATION THEREAFTER 5.1 Security Operation before Transition ISAF assisted the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) in the conduct of security operations throughout the country. For the last phase of operation an important priority for ISAF was to increase the capacity and capabilities of the Afghan forces. As responsibility for security was progressively transitioned to Afghan lead and ISAF shifted from a combat centric role to training‚ advising and assisting

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    Buddhism was founded in India in the sixth century B.C.E and was brought to China in the first century C.E‚ gradually gaining converts after the collapse of the Han. Buddhism was appealed by the Chinese due its promises of enlightenment and release during the time of struggle and invasion. Buddhism was also seen negatively due to its foreign influence‚ and it was limiting and lowering the status of the upper-class. However‚ Buddhism stilled allowed people to break out the strict hierarchy of Confucianism

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    officer whom bears bad news about their sons. During the reconstruction‚ the sex ratio is off balance and many women do not have a full grasp on why they are lonely. In “War is Kind” by the famous poet Stephen Crane; he adopts sarcastic diction and syntax to display war as a destructive force. The author uses ironic diction to present war as a calamitous machine that of which yields to no one. The first words that arise from the work to the reader is “Do not weep” (Crane 1st stanza)‚ yet it does not comfort

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