The Vietnam War persisted for decades and outlasted many American administrations. The protracted conflict‚ which lasted from 1955 to 1975‚ was ostensibly a civil war between the communists in the north of Vietnam and the capitalist regime in the south; however it escalated into a proxy war between foreign powers. The United States’ level of engagement in the war was a direct result of the U.S. presidents’ foreign policy: American leaders who were passionately anti-communist such as Kennedy and
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motivating force behind the revolution was the American embrace of a political ideology called "republicanism"‚ which was dominant in the colonies by 1775. The "country party" in Britain‚ whose critique of British government emphasized that corruption was to be feared‚ influenced American politicians. The commitment of most Americans to republican values and to their rights‚ helped bring about the American Revolution‚ as Britain was increasingly seen as hopelessly corrupt and hostile to American interests;
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Codes JEL : 1 Was the Great War a Watershed ? The economics of World War One in France Pierre-Cyrille Hautcoeur Université de Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne (Matisse) and DELTA (joint research unit CNRS-EHESS-ENS) This paper has been prepared for a book edited by M. Harrisson and S. Broadberry on The Economics of World War One‚ forthcoming at Cambridge University Press. Abstract This paper presents a broad‚ quantitatively documented‚ overview of the French economy during World War One‚ trying to
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The most prominent factors which led to World War 1 were nationalism‚ militarism‚ imperialism‚ the Balkan and Morocco crises‚ and the alliance system. As luck would have it‚ these factors either started in response to‚ or because of each other. The alliance system was one of the last factors to emerge before the war. The alliance system was a main cause of World War 1; it came into play because of a few factors‚ and did not cause the war alone. Nationalism‚ the love and support of one’s country
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Plagued with the ever-present plight of war‚ the United States has endured many forms of this widespread and deadly affliction over the course of its relatively young life. Unceasingly analyzed in hopes of perhaps understanding the underlying and sometimes hidden causes‚ such wars have captivated the minds of scholars since the moment the nation’s fathers tore independence from the stubborn clutch of England. Consider the great Civil War‚ a war that tested the United States’ reputation of increasing
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Brief summary The Vietnam War commonly known as the Second Indochina War began as a conflict in 1959‚ after five years of the division of the country by the Geneva Accords. The United States and other members of the SEATO (Southeast Asia Treaty Organization) joined forces with South Vietnam in contesting communist forces comprised of South Vietnamese supporters of the communist National Liberation Front known as Viet Cong (VC)‚ and the North Vietnamese Army (NVA). In addition‚ the North had benefited
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Civil War‚ Georg a‚ a state in the Confederacy recognized that soldier’s families were suffering from having the men at war; the women and children were forced to take over the responsibilities of the men. “The Georgia government started programs that gave money and salt to the civil war veteran families”(Fowler‚ 2010. P.11) The Georgian government created the Soldiers’ Families Fund to provide financial assistance to make sure confederate families had enough money to survive on while the war waged
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1789-1890‚ was the unification of Germany a result of economic‚ political or military forces? Numerous factors have lead to the progressive creation of a unified Germany by 1871; such factors are fundamentally related to economic‚ political or military origins. To accurately understand the reasoning behind the unification‚ one must look at the history preceding it – The after-effects of the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire; The significance of the French revolutions and Napoleonic Wars on Germanic
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1 “ Star Wars‚ The Force Awakens” is the rough mixture of SCI-FI and human struggle in a different and fictitious galaxy. To the mind of an old and young person‚ this movie can be a powerful shaping tool‚ that teaches us to face our fears‚ believe in ourselves‚ and that we can become whatever we put our minds to‚ even things we never thought possible. Also‚ parents can recognize that this movie is full of robust and moral values that are essential to the younger generation of star wars admirer that
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To what extent was the policy of appeasement responsible for the outbreak of war in Europe in 1939? The policy of appeasement gave way to Hitler’s aggression and contributed to the cause of war. Appeasement meant that Hitler could grow in strength to the point where Nazi Germany became a threat. Britain and France The League of Nations became a false hope‚ which Britain placed their faith in.111 Appeasement allowed Hitler to grow his strength to the point of being a major threat to Europe. While
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