The My Lai massacre was one of the most horrendous instances to ever take place during any of the wars the United States fought in. A United States Army battalion directed by William Calley, entered then My Lai village anticipating to discover participants of the Vietcong. Instead, the Charlie Company killed approximately 500 innocent civilians brutally. This massacre was not stopped until Robert Thompson, a helicopter pilot saw all the lifeless bodies and flew down to figure out what transpired
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The Vietnam War was an extremely controversial and divided time in American History. From the government lying to the public, media favoring an anti-war viewpoint, to the graphic images and stories of what was occurring an ocean away, many people were affected by the war and lives were changed from it. Many are still alive today to tell their stories. Two different people were interviewed, one who experienced the war from the eyes of an teenager at home, and the other an Air Force veteran that served
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21st March, 2011 Downfall of Monarchy in Nepal Once declared “The most peaceful country in the world”- Nepal, is now facing the extreme political crisis ever in its history. It dates back to the Maoist’s insurgency from 1996 to the Royal Massacre and ultimate downfall of monarchy from the country. Maoist, in the name of maintaining equality among the poor and the rich, started a digression of no reason, which resulted in the war among the Royal Nepal Army and the Maoist Army. Then after,
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Lakota Women Lakota women, written by Mary Crow Dog, is an enticing autobiography which centers on the lifestyle of a young Indian woman growing up in the slums of the Rosebud Indian Reservation located in South Dakota. Her story is paralleled by thousands who joined her along the way, those who traveled all over America to fight for what the Indian nation deserved and did not hesitate to speak out about what they fought for. The book centers on a time period for the Indians which could similarly
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What do sources tell us about the Amritsar Massacre and how does this compare to how the film portrays it? Amritsar Massacre or “Jallianwala Bagh massacre’’, as it took place in on the 13th of April 1919 in Jallianwala Bagh garden in Amritsar, a city located in the north of India. General Reginald Edward Dyer had announced before 13 April that ‘’ any processions or gatherings of four men will be looked upon and treated as an unlawful assembly and dispersed by force of arms if necessary’’ (Cavendish
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Discrimination has been around as long as humans have been in existence. It has enslaved millions and millions it has forced entire tribes to migrate from state to state. It has locked up countless number of innocent people and it stripped the right to vote for many, even when it was promised to them. It even denied entry into this country. Skin color, gender or even social class greatly affected the way one was treated. But during the 1800s it was mainly skin color that determined how you were going
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their values and morals (Weiten 2013 pg 542) have had an impact on our understanding of a number of different human tragedies including the atrocities of Nazi Germany, the systematic torture of inmates at Abu Graib and Guantanamo Bay and the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War. My Lai was a small village suspected of harbouring members of the Vietnamese resistance, the Viet Cong, during the Vietnamese War. When the American soldiers in Charlie Company under the command of William Calley raided
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had occurred in El Mozote and the surrounding areas but there was no definite on exactly what happened, only assumptions he can make based on the cautious behavior of the locals and the uncooperative officials (108). The author’s purpose in The Massacre at El Mozote is to highlight the problem of the misinformation effect triggered by a variety of influential sources. To emphasize, sources found to be mostly credible, such as the media, the government, influential figures and leaders, etc.
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Letter to the Editor A short time ago, a commercial ad about gun control was shown. This ad shows a clock ticking down all the while showing young students, parents, teachers and an unknown person carrying a bag. This was a very emotional way for me to enter the world of gun control. The news seems full of school shootings lately, starting with Columbine, Virginia Tech, Sandy Hook and the last one at USC campus. They seem to be growing on scale and frequency. School shootings and gun control have
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the student body to a homicidal maniac? What made students like Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold turn to rage and murder at Columbine High school? What pushed Cho Seung Hui over the edge at Virginia tech? What sparked the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre? Most importantly what can be done to stop and or limit the potential risk of a future attack? By studying the shooters themselves experts should be able to ascertain at the very least a baseline that could possibly be used to answer question like
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