combat Army unit in Vietnam. Half the time his mind is cluttered with thoughts of Martha the young girl he dated before the war. All the letters that she wrote him cluster in Jimmy’s thoughts as he’s doing his duty in the Army. Jimmy and other members of his unit carry a number of different things as they navigate the thick underbrush of Vietnam. The unit also got in many conflicts with the NVA (North Vietnamese Army) and also the Viet Cong. Jimmy Carries memories of Martha with him wherever he goes
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World War II. Many claim that using the bomb on Japanese civilians was cruel and inhumane while others believe that utilizing such an explosive was the most successful way to prompt the enemy’s surrender. Fussell addresses the debate over the effectiveness of the atom bomb in his piece. Fussell makes several claims as to why the atom bomb was essential in making the Japanese surrender and bringing about peace among the two nations. He supports these claims with several facts about the war throughout
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Jeremy Kuzmarov’s Modernizing Repression sits at a fascinating link in the scholarship on the history of the application of power overseas by the United States. There remains a vast bulk of scholarship about customary topics of U.S. foreign relations, such as military intervention and occupation, diplomatic negotiations, and bilateral and multilateral treaties. The volume of scholarship on less traditional topics, whether of the effects of cultural exchange, development aid, and transnational organizations
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come out of the space program has greatly improved our lives"(point para 7). The point used an example to show that even though not everyone agreed with it, we didn't know until we tried. In addition, the point uses examples to show that we need some animals that have gone extinct.
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A large amount of the funds provided for Germany went towards rebuilding their struggling industry. Their war machinery had left them huge amounts of debts that they were unable to pay. In addition, they had been forced to shut down many major factories following the war. To try and combat this, 40% of the funds to Germany went to the coal industry alone. When money was provided to industries and businesses in cases like these, it was like
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The United States Space Program is a leading phenomenon that dazzles the world with their giant missiles that are launched into the air. Millions and millions of people gather around just to watch the giant rocket launch into the sky. Moon-port is the launchpad that holds these rockets and allows them to fly into the sky. It isn’t just scientists who make this dream a reality, its millions of people and businesses that supply the world for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, industrial
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Historical Analogies In recent wars, the Vietnam analogy has been forgotten and the Munich analogy has justified large scale interventions. Appeasement was the key regret of World War II and the Munich analogy was formed to prevent it from ever occurring again. The National Review explains that “’Munich’ and ‘appeasement’ have been among the dirtiest words in American politics, synonymous with naïveté and weakness.” This analogy was used to justify the Vietnam War prescribing the destruction of
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The Cold War lasted from 1947 to 1991, that is approximately 45 years. People have heard all about what happened during the Cold War and what it was. It was a fight between the USA and the USSR. I am here not to talk about that stuff though but who started it. I will go over facts supporting that the Soviet Union started the Cold War. The Cold War was started because of the military expansionism of Stalin. America's response was a defensive reaction. As long as the Soviet clung to their dream of
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represent the conflicts between the United States and Soviet Union during the Cold War. To begin, there is clear evidence of tension between the Yooks and the Zooks due to their differences. The dispute between the two sides is that the Yooks eat their bread with the butter side up: “But we Yooks…honest way!” (Seuss. 6), while the Zooks consume their bread with butter side down: “It’s high time…side down!” (Seuss. 5). This relates to the tension built up between the US and USSR during the Cold War due to
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key characteristic of the bourgeois, capitalist, imperial powers in speeches and print. Even Russian nationalism could not escape this explicit vilification. Russian nationalism had no place in Soviet dialogues outside of utter disdain prior to World War II. However, at the same time, the Soviet Union sent hundreds of Ethnographers to the periphery with orders to identify, categorize,
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