Why did the US find it impossible to defeat the Vietcong? (7) There were a number of problems facing US forces when fighting the war in Vietnam. Perhaps one of the biggest problems that they faced was the fact that the Vietcong were fighting using guerrilla tactics: fighting on a small scale‚ taking independent‚ irregular actions. The Vietcong depended on stealth‚ concealment‚ and surprise attacks and ambushes. Guerrilla warfare spread as Vietminh soldiers who were trained
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of the outside world‚ to a member in both houses of South Carolina legislature and elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as well. I have my own personal goals and Smalls is a very pure example of the meaning behind the saying "nothing is impossible." Robert Smalls was the son of Lydia Polite‚ whom was a house servant owned by the McKees. The McKees did not treated Smalls horribly like many other slave owners do to slaved men and woman working on plantations picking cotton; in fact‚ Smalls’
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------------------------------------------------- To what extent was Themistocles responsible for the Greek victory in the Persian Wars? Daniel Ashby Themistocles was responsible for the Greek victory in the Persian wars to a considerable extent. The key to Athens’ strength in the 5th Century BC was in this general and statesman and therefore‚ as Greek victory relied so heavily on Athens‚ Themistocles vitally contributed to the outcome of the Persian king’s invasion of 480-479 BC. His early
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Equality (CORE) and participated in many key events of the Civil Rights Movement. * Mae M. Ngai‚ Impossible Subjects: Illegal Aliens and the Making of Modern America (Princeton University Press‚ 2004). ISBN: 9780691124292 Mae M. Ngai’s Impossible Subjects takes on a topic of considerable contemporary relevance by exploring the origins of the illegal alien in American society and why this “impossible subject” became the central problem of U.S. immigration policy. Ngai focuses on the years 1924
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Who do you first approach when you are down? Your friends? Is it really impossible to live without them? Is it necessary to make friends in the first place?Firstly‚ friends can help you develop character. With their company‚ they are able to influence you to become similar like them. For example‚ a teenager hangs around with good friends that are interested in studying. When the teenager is having problems in studies‚ his friends are able to help with places he is in doubt. Friends are also able
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ll my life I attended church at Our Lady of Victory Roman Catholic Church. My great grandmother sang with the choir at the first mass‚ so was exposed to the many choral songs that they sang. I then realized that I had talent singing‚ that I really never noticed before. My great grandmother then placed me into church choir so I can put my talent to use in a constructive way. Throughout my elementary school years‚ I never really showed my singing off especially when they had talent shows or competitions
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Monique Johnson Dr. DoHarris ENGL 501/191 16 November 2014 The Psychological Oppression & Victory of Bigger Thomas in Richard Wright’s Native Son The protagonist of Richard Wright’s novel Native Son represents a big focal point for racism in America. This racism that the protagonist‚ Bigger Thomas‚ feels is specifically aimed at African-Americans. The African-Americans that are truly affected by this racism are young men. Bigger begins to feel the pressures of the Jim Crow laws and racism
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Isabel is owned by a family of Loyalists‚ she continues to avoid choosing a side and claims to be only fighting for herself and her sister. After being treated horribly by the Loyalists‚ Isabel should support the rebels and help them win their way to victory because they both deserve their freedom and have similar goals. Other readers believe that Isabel should not support the rebels because she is owned by a Loyalists couple. Isabel is just a slave; and her opinions do not matter. This is wrong
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the closing stages of the war placed pressure on the already weakening Germany. Despite the early successes from Poland to France‚ the Battle of Britain and the invasion of Russia assured the fatherland ’ of a war against the world. A war almost impossible to win. <br> <br>German preparation began well before the eve of war in 1939 with the invasion of Poland. When Hitler came to power in 1933 he was able to build‚ at first secretly‚ an army‚ navy and airforce despite the treaty of Versailles disallowing
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The concept of death most frequently conveys the dark and mysterious affect. Pondering over death can be similar to stumbling down a dark passage with unstable guesses as the only guide; not only do we not know when we will die‚ but also what comes after death. William Wordsworth‚ a nineteenth-century author‚ was no exception to this universal dilemma of considering death as the absolute end of one¡¯s existence or the beginning of one¡¯s existence in a new setting. ¡°Nothing was more difficult
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