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 Vietnam War Vietnam is a small country to the south of China (’Vietnamese’ means "non-Chinese people of the south"). In 111 BC‚ Vietnam became part of the Chinese Empire. For the next thousand years Vietnam struggled to gain its independence from its much larger neighbour. This was achieved in 938 AD. The long period of Chinese rule had left its mark on Vietnam. The language‚ religion‚ architecture‚ system of government and most other aspects of Vietnamese life‚ reflected the influence of the
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The country of Spain lies on the continent of Europe. It is located forty degrees north and four degrees west. The capital of Spain‚ Madrid‚ is located in the central region known as the Centro-Meseta. The country of Spain is made up of four regions: El norte‚ El este‚ El sur‚ and Centro-Meseta. Spain’s large area of 195‚988 square miles covers about five sixths of the Iberian Peninsula. It is one of the largest countries in Western Europe. At its widest point‚ Spain stretches 635 miles from east
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Cold War Impact on US Foreign Policy The mentality of the Cold War greatly affected the decisions made by the Presidents that held the office from 1950 to 1974. The main thought that prevailed from the beginning of the Cold War was containment. It was the main goal of the United States to contain the spread of Communism whenever possible. “Brinkmanship” was the first major policy that was employed by the United States in the effort to stop the spread of Communism throughout the world. President
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States. The two sides ended up going up against each other to what is considered by Americans to be “The Mexican-American War”‚ and is considered by Mexicans to be “The U.S. Invasion.” The war occurred across Texas and Northern Mexico‚ with 13‚283 Americans perishing‚ and 25‚000 Mexicans losing their lives. The US was justified in going to war with Mexico because of the appalling way Mexico was treating the US‚ and it was also truly Mexico who started the war. Mexico was treating the United States
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The Civil War was fought on the principles of life‚ liberty‚ and the pursuit of happiness for anyone. These same principles were put into play when America liberated Cuba in the Spanish-American War. Unfortunately for Cuba‚ America ended up conquering Cuba and restricting them of the principles that the United States liberated them for. Therefore‚ the need to be an imperialistic country reshaped the ways of the U.S. foreign policy. The Spanish-American War was relatively short and easy war. The United
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name 5/17/13 Per.7 Spain Fresh tensions emerged between Germany and southern Europe as Spain and Italy criticised Berlin’s proposals for a European Union super commissioner with powers to police national budgets and punish those with large deficits. "This is an idea‚ that considered on its own‚ I personally don’t like‚" said Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy after meeting his Italian counterpart Mario Monti in Madrid. Monti claimed not to have read a Der Spiegel interview
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Spain (Listeni/ˈspeɪn/; Spanish: España [esˈpaɲa] ( listen))‚ officially the Kingdom of Spain (Spanish: Reino de España)‚[c][7] is a sovereign state and a member state of the European Union. It is located on the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe. Its mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea except for a small land boundary with Gibraltar; to the north and north east by France‚ Andorra‚ and the Bay of Biscay; and to the west and northwest by Portugal and the Atlantic
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Spain Distribution channels A. Distributing a product * Evolution of the sector The distribution market in Spain is very focussed and specialized.. In 2005‚ the turnover from retail trade increased to 194 billion Euros which was an increase of 5.6% compared to 2004. Some Autonomous Communities impose restrictions for the establishment of superstores and shopping centers. * Market shares Distribution in Spain is still characterized by a large number of retailers and traditional stores
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World War II is possibly the most significant period of the 20th century. Indeed‚ this brought development in technologies‚ the end of European colonialism mostly in Africa and Asia‚ the woman’s right and civil rights movements in the US. Mainly‚ the fighters were the Allied (to be continued!) The allies were the winners; indeed‚ they brought to an end to this war by dropping the atomic bomb in two Japanese cities (World War II‚ Historynet). In the following paragraph‚ we will understand the historic
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