This paper centers on the reasons why the US fail to win the Vietnam war. There are many reasons. Firstly‚ the US couldn’t expand the scale of the war. As for the US，it might lose if not expand the scale‚ but it must lose if it expanded. The biggest enemy of the US is the Soviet union‚ and the most important place it should protect is the Europe. If the US expand the scale of the war in Vietnam‚ pitting a large number of troops to the place where is far from the Europe‚ complaining with Chinese
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‘The Conservatives’ inability to economically modernise Britain was the main reason why Labour won the 1964 election.’ Assess the validity of this statement (45) The 1964 election changed the British political landscape forever as a thirteen-year Conservative dominance crumbled at the hands of Harold Wilson and his youthful Labour Party. Historians‚ such as Rowe‚ postulate that there are a plethora of reasons to why Labour won the 1964 election‚ most prominently because of the Conservatives’ inability
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Many historians have argued whether who was victorious in the War of 1812. Some claim Britain won‚ America lost and vice versa. In the Treaty of Ghent‚ ante bellum or the return to status quo meant Britain had won‚ but ultimately America was successful and gained long lasting benefits. Knowing the causes of the war and the events that went on can help give a clearer view on how America was the ultimate victor. A great deal of pressing‚ or impressment‚ went on between the British and American Navy
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Following his success at Vézelay‚ Bernard embarked on a preaching tour across Burgundy‚ Lorraine‚ Flanders‚ and Germany. At each stop‚ he attracted large crowds and continued to inspire fervor for the Crusade. Even Emperor Conrad‚ who had initially refused to participate‚ relented after a stern Christmas rebuke from Bernard and agreed to join the Crusade by October. Bernard’s unwavering commitment and powerful preaching played a significant role in rallying support for the Crusade across Europe.
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The Vietnam War The Vietnam War began on November 1st‚ 1955 and officially ended on April 30th‚ 1975. It began because of South Asian countries falling to communism. There was a term called the “domino theory” which states that when one country falls to communism‚ the surrounding countries fall soon after‚ causing a domino effect to ensue. Therefore‚ when Vietnam began to fall into communism‚ the United States was determined to stop the spread of communism in South Asia by stopping the source: Vietnam
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The American Revolution started in 1775 and ended in 1783. There wasn’t just one particular event that led up to the Revolutionary War but it was a series such as the Molasses Act of 1733‚ the Proclamation of 1763‚ Sugar Act of 1764‚ Currency Act of 1764‚ Stamp Act of 1765‚ Quartering Act of 1765‚ Townshend Acts‚ and Boston Massacre. After those events the Colonists broke ties from the British by declaring the Revolutionary War. The won the war because they were fighting for something that was important
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The era just after the Roman republic became healthy and organized‚ is characterized by the need of clarification of dominance between two supreme powers. These powers were the Romans and the Carthaginians. Rome and Carthage according to Morey (1901) became the two great powers in the Mediterranean area by 265 B.C.‚ each for different reasons. They did not want to share the power and thus the conflict was inevitable. The years that followed were a power contest until the strongest conquered all.
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"The more you get out of this book‚ the more you’ll get out of life." This is the claim that Dale Carnegie makes in reference to his book‚ How to Win Friends and Influence People. Carnegie proposes that there are four main ideas that one should use when dealing with people: 1) Know how to handle people‚ 2) Make people like you‚ 3) Win people to their way of thinking‚ and 4) Be a leader. These skills are essential not only in being a good manager‚ but also in dealing with people in day to day life
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Did We Really Win the Cold War? Most people would say yes‚ we did win the Cold War. We accomplished some of our goals‚ the biggest being the collapse of the USSR. I personally believe that‚ even though we won by "last man standing" terms‚ the consequences that sprung from our actions in the past and present constitute as a loss. My first example would be the fear of nuclear weapons‚ and the actions that followed it. During the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962‚ we were at the closest we had ever
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The Cold War was a rivalry between the Soviet Union and the United States that lasted for about forty-five years. The war began as a distrust between the two nations involving the United States concern of Soviet Union communism spreading and their leader‚ Joseph Stalin’s‚ rule. Numerous European and Asian countries were struggling in their fight against Soviet Union communism‚ including Greece and Turkey. President Harry Truman feared that the fall of Greece and Turkey to communism would lead to
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