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  • Why Did the French Loose the War in Vietnam?

    Why Did the French Loose the War in Vietnam?

    Q. Why did the French loose the war in Vietnam? In April of 1956 the last remaining French troops would leave Vietnam. After over 200 years of influence and rule, the French at last realized that the occupation and control of Vietnam was an unreachable goal. In consideration of the many blunders (both militarily and political) , and the outright ignorance of the French high command, any efforts to stabilize Vietnamese nationalism and to maintain

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    Submitted: March 23, 2010 By: Mike
  • New Technology of World War one

    New Technology of World War one

    New Technology Of World War One World War I brought much technological advancement to the battlefield, such as pillboxes, flamethrowers, and mustard gas. But all this new technology brought the need for new tactics and there really were no new ideas on how to use them. Soldiers fought a traditional styled war, and suffered many casualties due to the new technology. Generals slowly figured out the strengths and weaknesses of each new piece of equipment

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    Submitted: March 23, 2010 By: Mike
  • Hope in Times of War

    Hope in Times of War

    In Times of War These days everybody talks about the war in Iraq. Unfortunately, some of us believe that we should stay there, and others believe we should bring our soldiers back. It was not long ago when I heard somebody was talking about the war in Iraq. He was a hard core republican and had no idea what is war look like. I waited about 5 minutes and then I had to jump into

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    Submitted: March 24, 2010 By: Mike
  • After the War

    After the War

    After the War For the new first generation of Americans the war was a time for change for them. They really had no ties to the British government and were striving to better the country as a whole and make things better for the people as individuals. They wanted for the people to be represented in the government by choosing their candidate to represent them. “”If people in their collective capacity nominate a candidate, they

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    Submitted: March 24, 2010 By: Wendy
  • World War 2

    World War 2

    World War I has often been referred to as the "Great War." This is a rather deceiving statement being that over 65 million men fought, and over 37 million men died in a war that lasted 4 years. World War I was, also, referred to as the "War to end all Wars." Yet, 20 years later that statement would no longer be true as WWII erupted in 1939. When WWI ended with no real purpose

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    Submitted: March 24, 2010 By: regina
  • War on Drugs

    War on Drugs

    War on Drugs It is no secret to most people that drugs are a big issue in our country. Whether it is the pharmaceutical companies trying to sell a cure for anything you can think of to the sale and distribution of illegal substances. Even though I feel that it is a crime how much the big pharmaceutical companies are making off of their products, the drug trade is definitely a more pertinent topic to

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    Submitted: March 24, 2010 By: July
  • War

    War

    The cries of joy were deafening as people gathered in the streets. People ran around hugging and kissing strangers. In a sense, the news was totally unexpected. Japan had just surrendered. VJ Day, as it is now called, produced great celebration. Everyone was relieved that we would not have to endure a bloody invasion of Japan. We would not have to sacrifice 200,000 more men to end the war. During the war, millions of lives

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    Submitted: March 24, 2010 By: Mike
  • Civil War Civilians

    Civil War Civilians

    April 25, 1861 I will be dissecting the letter from which D. H. Homan’s sister Caroline is writing him while he is away at war. She seems frantically worried about him, which I imagine most family members were at that time. They were always wondering what was happening to their siblings and how they were getting along. Sending letters was the only way to communicate with loved ones back then which caused much anxiety for

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    Submitted: March 24, 2010 By: Stenly
  • The First World War

    The First World War

    The Battle of the Somme (1916), which was a strategic Allied forces attempt to infiltrate through German lines along the Somme river of Northern France. It is considered to be one of the most, if not the most gruesome battles waged in the First World War. The reason behind this was that the Allied forces believed a tactical attack along this river would draw German forces from another heavily waged battle (Battle of Verdun), but

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    Submitted: March 24, 2010 By: Mike
  • Terrorism and Media

    Terrorism and Media

    If there was no media around these events would never have been reported and would have been long forgotten and those at fault would never have been reprimanded for their mistakes. Despite all of their mistakes being made public the police do not wish for a total blackout of media coverage during terrorist events. The police believe that the media can be a very helpful tool in helping them combat terrorism. The media is

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    Submitted: March 24, 2010 By: Vika
  • Vietnam War

    Vietnam War

    Saad Bhutta U.S. History II Profess: Clark 12 May 2005 Platoon Platoon is a story of a soldier’s perspective of the Vietnam War. The movie is for the most part told out of the eyes of members of one platoon of the 25th Infantry Division. It is a movie dedicated to all of the people who fought in the Vietnam War. In the movie, Chris Taylor is a young man from a wealthy family, but

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    Submitted: March 24, 2010 By: Steve
  • War and Peace in the Samurais Garden

    War and Peace in the Samurais Garden

    Gail Tsukiyama’s The Samurai’s Garden is set in 1930s Japan, the theme of war and peace is developed through Character interaction. Characters in the story have very different reactions to the same circumstances. Through the character of Stephen, one can conclude that outside forces do not control a person’s life because in life, people can take what has been given to them and do with it what they wish. In other words, life is

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    Submitted: March 25, 2010 By: Mike
  • Analysis of Beowulf Vs. Star Wars

    Analysis of Beowulf Vs. Star Wars

    Analysis of Beowulf vs. Star Wars Before the English, there were the greatest warrior tribes of all times, the Anglo- Saxons. The Anglo- Saxons were also known as the greatest fighters of any type of nomadic tribe that lived during that time. They were tribes that traveled from place to place killing anything in site. It is almost as if they only goal in life is to kill off anything they went against them. The

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    Submitted: March 25, 2010 By: Tasha
  • The Machine That one the War

    The Machine That one the War

    In the next couple of paragraph’s, I am going to be explaining the themes of irony and conflict in the short story, The Machine That Won the War, by Isaac Asimov. The setting of The Machine That Won the War is the future of the earth, and a great war had just been won against the enemy race. Two men, Swift and Henderson, are the main characters, and are debating over who really won the

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    Submitted: March 25, 2010 By: Vika
  • Canada World War 2

    Canada World War 2

    Cuba is located in the Northern Caribbean and is in the Caribbean Sea, the Atlantic Ocean and the gulf of Mexico. It is off the cost of Florida in the United States. To its West is Mexico and to its East is the Turks and Calicos Islands and Haiti. Below it is Jamaica and the Cayman islands. Cuba is the most popular country in the Caribbean. Its culture and its customs are drawn from several

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    Submitted: March 26, 2010 By: Artur
  • French and Indian War

    French and Indian War

    The French and Indian War was one of the first wars to take place in the English colonies. The war was fought primarily as a result of competition for land. The war pitted Great Britain against the French and their Indian allies. Early on the French had great success in the war because they had the help of the Indians. The Indians fought in a manner that the British soldiers were unaccustomed to. The Indians

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    Submitted: March 26, 2010 By: Jon
  • Cola War Case

    Cola War Case

    introduction During the 1980s, Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola began an escalating campaign of mutually - targeted television advertisements which became known as the Cola Wars. This summary is based on the findings with respect to the following key aspects: Carbonated soft drinks industry’s structure, evaluation of driving change factors in this industry and finally analysis of key strategic factors it is faced with. Value Chain Analysis Analysis of the carbonated soft drink (CSD) industry shows that

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    Submitted: March 26, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Discourse on Terrorism

    Discourse on Terrorism

    Historical Significance Sixty-three years ago, Nazi Germany had overrun almost all of Europe and hammered England to the verge of bankruptcy and defeat, and had sunk more than four hundred British ships in their convoys between England and America for food and war materials. At that time the US was in an isolationist, pacifist mood, and most Americans wanted nothing to do with the European or the Asian war. Then along came Pearl Harbor on

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    Submitted: March 27, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Cold War

    Cold War

    The Cold War was the elongated tension between the Soviet Union and the United States of America. It started in the mid 40's after WWII had left Europe in shambles and Russia and the USA in superpower positions. The Cold War was a clash of these super giants in political, ideological, military, and economic values and ideas. Though military build up was great on both sides neither one ever directly fought each other. In this

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    Submitted: March 27, 2010 By: Mike
  • The War on Fat

    The War on Fat

    The War on Fat Imagine a world where a school aged child can step out of their school and walk into a McDonalds. A world where soda companies make millions of dollars a year by placing soda machines in schools, where 30 percent of adults are considered obese, and where obesity is killing more people than smoking. What if you were told this is not in your imagination but is the world we live in

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    Submitted: March 27, 2010 By: Mike
  • Terrorism and Global Business

    Terrorism and Global Business

    Terrorism and Global Business Introduction From the invasion of France in 1940, to the Korean air bombings in 1987, to one of the most recent and publicized incidents dubbed the 9-11 attack, terrorism has plagued our world nations for decades. As defined by the League of Nations in 1937, terrorism is “all criminal acts directed against a State intended or calculated to create a state of terror in the minds of particular persons or persons

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    Submitted: March 28, 2010 By: Mike
  • The Chocolate War

    The Chocolate War

    The Chocolate War Jerry Renault is the protagonist of the story. Jerry decides that he will disturb the universe. He single handedly takes on the biggest bullies in his school universe, The Vigils and Brother Leon a crooked teacher. Jerry’s actions speak louder than words, and for a protagonist he is very quiet. Jerry surprises us because he does not always appear to be as strong as his actions suggest that he is. He is

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    Submitted: March 28, 2010 By: Artur
  • Cola Wars

    Cola Wars

    CASE STUDY MEMORANDUM Subject: COLA WARS For more then a century Coca-Cola and Pepsi Co, the two giants in carbonated soft drink production market (CSD), have been in intense competition for the ‘throat share’ of Americans. As the domestic market demand appeared to have plateaued, arena of this fierce competition was shifted to emerging nations and other major international markets. History shows that both giants benefited from the war that is still continuing. But does

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    Submitted: March 29, 2010 By: Steve
  • In Your Own Words Summarise How Hobsbawm (2003) and Sandbrook (2005) Chart Rising Working Class Affluence During Post War Golden Age?

    In Your Own Words Summarise How Hobsbawm (2003) and Sandbrook (2005) Chart Rising Working Class Affluence During Post War Golden Age?

    In your own words summarise how Hobsbawm (2003) and Sandbrook (2005) chart rising working class affluence during Post War Golden Age? There are many reasons why there was a rise in the affluence of the working class which Hobsbawm and Sandbrook both agree on, such as education and increase in employment through out the nation. There seems to be no single event or trend, which explains directly the rise in affluence, but by taking a

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    Submitted: March 29, 2010 By: Yan
  • Causes of World War 1

    Causes of World War 1

    Causes of WWI essay There are many things that contributed to the start of WW1. The war began in 1914 but the bitter feelings and tensions between countries had started much earlier. For 20 years, the nations of Europe had been making alliances (It was thought that alliances would promote peace). Each country would be protected by others in case of war. The danger of the alliances was that an argument between 2 countries could

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    Submitted: March 29, 2010 By: Mike

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