How was an atrocity like the Holocaust able to occur? This is a question many historians grapple with. In Doris Bergen’s book‚ “War and Genocide‚” she explains how the Holocaust happened in terms of how a house burns down. “Three things are required‚” she writes; kindling‚ a spark to start the fire‚ and complying weather. In terms of the Holocaust‚ these three factors are the deeply seeded antisemitism‚ Hitler and Nazism‚ and a public of compliant bystanders and collaborators. Most historians agree
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Tonkin incident‚ the attack at Pleiku and the Battle of Ac Bac. Overall the Tet Offensive could be described as a key turning point compared with the others. The Tet Offensive could be described as a key turning point because it made the USA become reluctant to increase their involvement in the war. During the Tet Offensive 1969 the Vietcong came out of their Guerrilla Warfare and attacked cities such as the US embassy in Saigon. This was humiliating for the USA because they were surprised by the attack
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easy to diagnose in most patients; however‚ hardware disease can only be diagnosed by a Veterinarian (Moseley‚ B. L. (2015). Clinical signs of a bovine that has hardware disease is the fact that they will maybe bloated‚ have a loss of appetite‚ be reluctant to move‚ and they can even look depressed (Moseley‚ B. L. (2015). If the animal is just being used for market then being sent to slaughter and having the reticulum closely examined can be beneficial in confirming the diagnosis of hardware disease
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Question 1 Changon did not develop an appreciation for the Yanomamo’s way of life because he had envisioned the Yanomamo as a more civilized society. Changon had anticipated the Yanomamo as a tribe that would be delighted by his presence. He expected them to be eager in assisting him with research and studying the social patterns of the surrounding tribes. However‚ they were rude and mischievous towards him throughout most of his visit. The Yanomamo have no concept of personal hygiene nor sanitary
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First Nations Women in Canada by Winona Stevenson‚ the author explains the struggle First Nations women had keeping their culture alive. Upon arriving in America the Europeans suffocated the natives with their rationalisation of female subjugation. Reluctant to give up their traditions and honour the native-American women put up a fight‚ but their efforts would not be strong enough to triumph over the European missionaries. Stevenson chronologically explains their contact with the colonial agencies’
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What became known as “The Scramble for Africa” began with the Berlin Conference of 1884 and 1885 when the continent was partitioned among several European powers into several colonies. One of those countries represented at the Berlin Conference was Belgium . The African territory which Belgium presided over was the Congo region. Unlike the other European nations that occupied African territory‚ Belgium did not immediately annex the Congo. Instead‚ the Belgian King Leopold II made the region his own
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and the possibility that things may go wrong I am sometimes seen as forceful and authoritarian if there is a need to get something done I am usually generous towards others who have a clear viewpoint that has not been listened to by others I am reluctant to contribute‚ unless the subject being discussed deals with a area I
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Why did Tsardom collapse in 1917? In February 1917‚ all were stunned when what started off as a demonstration regarding shortages of food and fuel‚ escalated into a protest attempting to overthrow Tsar Nicholas II. However‚ nobody could have predicted what the result would have been‚ as when Tsar Nicholas II abdicated‚ there was nobody to assume the position of Tsar‚ and so 300 years of Romanov rule came to an end. Although it came as a surprise‚ the failure of the tsarist regime happened for
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political ignorance is born the prostitute‚ the abandoned child‚ and the worst thieves of all‚ the bad politician‚ corrupted and flunky of the national and multinational companies.” According to what he mentioned in this quotation‚ he was actually reluctant towards politics‚ and his shows were against the society and government. He didn’t really like society. Epic Theatre: Bertolt Brecht created a Epic Theatre to show audiences that are based on catharsis and concepts of conflicts. He always
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Abstract Diabetes is prevalent among the elderly Latino community. The process of accepting and acknowledging the seriousness of having this condition can have a mental effect on the elder. There are factors that need to be taken into account that will change for the typical Latino elder living in the central valley. Since much of the Latino community in the central valley works in agriculture‚ income is low and adherence to medication becomes difficult. Economic factors directly affect their health
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