To what extent has the importance of the Tet Offensive of 1968 been overrated? On January 30th 1968 over 80‚000 Vietcong soldiers launched a surprise attack on over 100 towns and cities in South Vietnam. This is known as the Tet Offensive. The US army and South Vietnamese Army (ARVN) launched a counter-attack which regained all lost territory and crippled the military capabilities of the Vietcong. Some historians argue Tet was not as important as it appears to be. However‚ it is widely considered
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At one level‚ the thesis is then just another callow compromise by the author in a life that he would call hollow‚ servile‚ and insincere. He is a weak and miserable man. Early in life‚ he was instilled with the desire to live according to what Bolles (1985) referred to as the three boxes of life‚ a desire that most middle-class parents bequeath to their children in the developing world. The three boxes of life being: foreign Western education‚ or rather training; high paying professional work in
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To what extent did opposition to the policy of appeasing Germany increase in Britain in the years 1936-1939? The policy of appeasement had reached its heights by the period between 1936 and 1939. It was felt by many to be the best policy at the time‚ as it allowed Britain to buy herself some valuable time in order to delay the inevitable war. Opposition during 1936‚ when appeasement was first seen as really taking the forefront of foreign policy‚ was small and weak. However it was by 1939 that
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To what extent did the aims and methods of Martin Luther King differ from those of Black Power Activists? There is no question that the aims and methods of Martin Luther King differed from those of Black Power activists. King was peaceful and wanted integration with whites while Black Power activists confronted violence and believed in black supremacism and separatism. But they were also similar in some ways‚ such as speaking out on the Vietnam War. The aims of MLK differed significantly from those
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Thomas Jefferson was consistently inconsistent by switching from a strict constructionist view to a broad interpretation on the constitution to support his political views. Similarly‚ Jacksonian democrats occasionally altered their belief of being guardians of the political democracy‚ individual liberty‚ economic opportunity‚ and the Constitution to suit their purposes. President Andrew Jackson had several ways of ensuring political democracy thus he is regarded as a guardian of it. The spoils system
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failures of 1848-9 could be blamed on the poor leadership of Individuals such as Charles Albert and Mazzini. However there are other contributing factors that should be taken into account. Although Charles Albert seems to be successful in uniting the states of Italy to strengthen his campaign‚ for example‚ by joining Lombardy and Venetia with Piedmont and merging their armies into one in 1848‚ and aiding the rebels in Lombardy‚ his poor leadership effected the outcome of the 1848-9 Revolutions
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Dividing a Nation The period of 1820-1840 was a very exciting time of growth in America. America was becoming more independent in its thinking and also in the way that its politics worked. There were many things that contributed to the reemergence of a two party system in the period of 1820-1840. The major political personalities were a major contributor. By using their influence on the people and their influence in the government‚ many men were able to help bring about the two different parties and
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What is the underlying reason as to why we do not fulfill our dreams? Maybe it is because we lack the inner motivation and desire within ourselves; or we tend to blame other people for our failures; or perhaps we are missing the resources that we desperately need. Sometimes it may be because others discourage us. A dream is a personal desire to accomplish something that we want to achieve‚ but we do not necessarily know where to begin or even have enough confidence within ourselves to fulfill it
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TO WHAT EXTENT IS NATIONALISM A POSITIVE FORCE?Nationalism has been viewed as both a positive and a negative force‚ and both positions have been demonstrated today and throughout history. It is the biggest social and political force of the world. It unifies people and makes them stronger. It can lead to a stable economy‚ patriotism and even ultranationalism. But‚ one could argue that all these things‚ especially ultranationalism have had bad consequences such as crimes against humanity‚ fascism and
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The Jacksonian period is known as the era of the “Common Man”. This is somewhat valid because the economic policies of Jackson and his political views and actions both were in favor of the common man. However‚ there were some actions he took that were not beneficial to the average Americans. Jackson was a forceful and energetic president who was well liked because he portrayed himself as the incarnation of the peoples’ will even though he may have angered some of the common people.
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