Vietcong Memoir The book A Vietcong Memoir by Truong Nhu Tang gives a first person account of the Vietnam War through the eyes of a Vietnamese revolutionary. Tang tells of how he was a pharmaceutics student in Paris and was inspired to join the nationalist movement when he met Ho Chi Minh. This newfound pride in his country led Tang to become the Minister of Justice for the Vietcong. His story revolves around the themes of nationalism and sacrifice. In the years leading up to and during the Vietnam
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The Third Wave of Democratization - The Spanish Paradigm History of the Third Wave History has proven that democratization around the world has occurred in stages. Samuel P. Huntington breaks these stages into three waves‚ with the final wave being the current wave. The third wave of democratization began in 1975 with Portugal’s transition. The vast majority of the countries that democratized during this time were transformed from a one-party system‚ a military regime or a personal dictatorship
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encouraged nationalist and liberals‚ such as Piedmont and Tuscany in 1848 both reduced censorship and gave more liberal constitutions. Also the pope had seemed to be anti-Austrian as in 1848 when the Pope forbade Austrian troops from entering the Papal states. The Catholic Church shows to a great extent of evidence of hindering unification. In 1848 revolutions‚ attitudes of Pope Pius IX had changed from liberal to reactionary. E.g. the 1848 Papal Allocution. This condemned Italian nationalists‚ rejected
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1900 revolt that was aiming to end foreign rule over parts of their country 1905 World Tour - Where the Chinese went to other countries to study their ways and copy some Constitution - Wrote their constitution based off of Germany Kuomintang – Nationalist party; led by Sun Yixian; a forerunner of the party‚ overthrew the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty (1644) in 1912 Sun Yixian – 1st great leader of the Kuomintang; wanted a government based on the “three principles of the people” (nationalism‚
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Socioeconomic Class and the History of South Africa In any historical account gender‚ race‚ socioeconomic class and many more issues are closely interwoven. In fact‚ to try and separate them would be not only onerous but also a specious task because the resulting account‚ although perhaps straightforward‚ would be at best only partial. However‚ when considering the history of Southern Africa‚ the most encompassing account would be that of socioeconomic class. The motives behind the historical
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IIndian nationalism Indian nationalism refers to the many underlying forces that molded the Indian independence movement‚ and strongly continue to influence the politics of India‚ as well as being the heart of many contrasting ideologies that have caused ethnic and religious conflict in Indian society. Indian nationalism often imbibes the consciousness of Indians that prior to 1947‚ India embodied the broader Indian subcontinent and influenced a part of Asia‚ known as Greater India. National
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Alexis Augustin AAA S Malcolm X Survey Essay A Vote for a Better Future Black Americans of today need to register to vote and make use of their voting rights if they want to see a change to the current state of democracy. In the contemporary world of today Americans are said to be living in the most equal nation‚ one where its citizens are entitled to a variety of inalienable rights‚ one in particular being the right to vote. However this was not always the case. From the times of
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Nigeria gained its independence on October 1‚ 1960. In 1963 it became a Federal Republic and a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa‚ with about 140 million people (2006 national census) and the largest concentration of Black people in the world. One in five Africans is a Nigerian. There are about 250 ethnic groups‚ with three major tribes constituting over 40 percent of the population: the Hausa‚ Ibo and Yoruba. Other major ethnic/linguistic groups
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During the cold war‚ many nationalist revolts against the Soviet Union occurred in Eastern Europe‚ but they only after the nationalist had their dinner plate filled did a small portion of the population began revolts for “independence and freedom.” WWII was too destructive to the degree that it took decades for countries to recover
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both the communist party and the nationalist party in China was far behind Japan. The CCP’s red army had used weapons like “old-fashioned firearms‚ spears‚ knives‚ poles‚ axes‚ hoes‚ and stones” (Fan‚ 209). As for the nationalist party‚ the National Revolutionary Army (NRA) “had historically been poor in modern artillery‚ and most field guns were of light and mountain classes.” In 1941‚ there were only 800 artillery pieces in the entire Chinese army (“Chinese Nationalist Army”).
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