SYSTEM FAILURE CASE STUDIES SEPTEMBER 2009 VOLUME 3 ISSUE 06 A Half-Inch to Failure At 6:05 pm‚ on Wednesday‚ August 1‚ 2007‚ the Interstate-35 West (I-35W) bridge over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis collapsed. On the day of the collapse‚ four of the bridge’s eight lanes were closed for planned construction. Four weak connector plates fractured under the combined burden of rush hour traffic‚ concentrated construction equipment‚ and previous heavy renovations. The bridge fell 108
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Abstract Following the Paris Peace Accords‚ Operation Homecoming returned 591 American prisoners of war (POWs) to the US. At the time‚ over 1‚300 prisoners were listed as missing in action (MIA). An additional 1‚200 were killed in action (KIA) and body not recovered. In the ensuing 20 years‚ activist groups pushed the American government to look into the matter‚ and several investigations were launched. While no governmental investigation has determined that American POWs were left behind‚ there
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The Vietnam War War affects millions of people in different ways everyday. The United States government involvement in the Vietnam War only led to millions more deaths of american and vietamese people. The United States started sending military around 1957 to assist the south vietemese army known as the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. By the time the United States government withdrew there men they left vietnamin an even worse condition then when they arrived. The United States government should
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The Vietnam War had a big impact on New Zealand war veterans. Between 1964-1972‚ there was about 4‚000 young New Zealanders who had volunteered to service in Vietnam‚ they were wanting to get out into the world and do something exciting but the thrills of war were soon replaced by the gruesome reality. Things got worse when they finally returned home as they came to face an angry public and were told to get out of their uniform quickly and not to tell anyone where they had been. The full impact of
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Economy of Vietnam By Adam McCarty Introduction Vietnam has been a country ruled by colonists‚ divided or at war for most of the twentieth century. Unification of the country in 1976 was followed by invasion of Cambodia in 1978‚ and a subsequent brief but violent war with China. This troubled history had profound consequences for economic development in general‚ and attempts to impose central planning in particular. Central planning was imposed upon Northern Vietnam in the 1950s‚ and upon
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The Vietnam War throughout history has been debated as whether or not it was a necessary war. Some say the war is considered necessary because President Truman was simply trying to help stop the increase of communism in Southeast Asia so that communism wouldn’t spread to other nations. While others say the war was unnecessary because it was the first war the United States lost. In the text‚ Major Problems of American History‚ it was stated that people even consider America’s involvement in the Vietnam
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The Vietnam War is truly one of the most unique wars ever fought by the Unites States of by any country. It was never officially declared a war (Knowll‚ 3). It had no official beginning nor an official end. It was fought over 10‚000 miles away in a virtually unknown country. The enemy and the allies looked exactly the alike‚ and may by day be a friend but by night become an enemy (Aaseng 113). It matched the tried and true tactics of World War Two against a hide‚ run‚ and shoot technique known as
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Vietnam was a small Asian country‚ 9000 miles away from the United States. Yet America felt that its national interest was threatened strongly enough to fight a war there. The explanation for this lies in the fear caused by the spread of communism at that time. The role of communism was extremely important in this conflict. You see‚ the US had to enter the war to stop the spread of communism in Asia since North Vietnam was communist. If North Vietnam was to succeed in converting Vietnam into a communist
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The Vietnam War: 1955-1975 The Vietnam War was highly controversial throughout the world it was one of the most recent wars as it occurred between 1955-1975 this was primarily a civil war until the United States got involved this in turn pulled several other countries into the midst of the war. This was one of the major wars that occurred after the two biggest wars in history World War One and World War Two‚ although it is on a much smaller scale for instance there was a significantly smaller playing
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Why Did the USA Become Increasingly Involved in Vietnam? The Vietnam War- one of the bloodiest‚ grimmest‚ and most trying times of the Cold War. A war that many believed was fought in vain and without purpose and that “…produced no famous victories‚ no national heroes and no patriotic songs…” A war that threw the USA into public disdain for intervening where intervention was not needed; for causing bloodshed when none was called for- and all in the name of a failed policy of Containment and the
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