gmade was that because of Vietnam war the economy will continue to get poor. Instead of America using its funds for energies in rehabilitation‚ they had excessive use of men and money to contribute to the war‚ only making matter worse. He is explaining that America were irresponsible by using their resources‚ time and energy. Instead of helping‚ they were causing the country to lose more money and men. Martin Luther King stated “So‚ I was increasingly compelled to see the war as an enemy of the poor
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Civil War The war was started due to a divide between the North and the South. There where advantages to both sides but only one could win. The Civil War started in 1861 and ended in 1865. Abraham Lincoln was voted President in 1860. He had said “Government cannot endure permanently half slave‚ half free…” (The History Place) After he was elected‚ seven slave states separated themselves from the U.S and formed the Confederate States. These states are South Carolina‚ Florida‚ Mississippi‚ Georgia
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War. When looking at the international community war seems to be the one thing we can always count on to be present. The majority of us do not seem to realize that there is always a war going on somewhere in the world. We go on living our cushy lives while people all over the world are suffering. One thing we may not realize is that we are in the midst of a war ourselves. This war has been going on since 1947‚ and it was thought to have ended in 1991. But did the Cold War really ever end? No it did
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Revolutionary War it seemed that all of the advantages went to the British when it came to military. They had an immense navy and superior equipment for their soldiers. However‚ the American colonists refuse to quit and stuck to their convictions about having their Independence. And as the war went on their advantages started to show. For starters‚ the colonists’ had the home field advantage as the British soldiers were far from their home and as such they were far from their supplies. The
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enthroned in love. Does war possess the act of love? If our resources and our names are being used to murder and destroy‚ then what actions are we taking towards this account? Nonviolent actions should be placed on all. Is there really a need for tragic warfare? World War II was not a war of race‚ but it was. Race played a central role in every aspect of combat‚ both in causing the battle and shaping the course. Two groups saw themselves as being racially distinct. Racism during these wars implied a military
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April 30‚ 1975 the date that goes into the history of South Vietnam and the minds of many South Vietnamese as well as many Vietnamese-Americans. Especially‚ war veterans like Senator John Mc. Cain‚ this day remind him of a most painful memory‚ bruised and bitter feelings. On that day‚ North Vietnamese communist troops triumphantly rode T-54 Soviet-made tanks in column on one main street of Saigon leading to the South Vietnamese Presidential Palace‚ called "Doc Lap" (Independence) Palace. The tanks
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The Winter War The Winter War erupted on 30 November 1939‚ when Stalin unleashed his Red Army in an all-out assault against Finland. In August that year Stalin and Hitler had divided Eastern Europe between their two countries in the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact officially known as the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact of August 1939‚ hereafter known as The Pact‚ putting Finland in the Soviet sphere of influence. During the fall‚ Stalin demanded that Finland cede key parts of the country to the
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of tools and skills to capture war that do not ensure their safety. While today’s war photography equipment is more light and compact‚ making it easier to carry‚ the job is still very dangerous. Being a photographer does not stop someone from encountering a roadside explosion‚ being shot at‚ or even bombed. Being a non-combat does not guarantee the photographer won’t be a target or that accidents won’t be prevented from happening. However‚ this danger also makes war photography images “more powerful
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about to happen. Yes‚ it was the same type of old story that she told me again and again for the past five months‚ but this one was different. As far as I know‚ my grandmother and my grandfather lived happily after the Vietnam War‚ but I had never heard such experience like this. The war was a dark history for my grandparents‚ my dad‚ and my aunts and uncles; they had to suffer the lack of food and insecure for their safety for years‚ yet they also had to work hard to repair everything that got destroyed
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The Civil War was a decisive and important part of American history. The north and south had radically different ideas of the direction the country should take and tension had reached a boiling point. The two different viewpoints can be seen in speeches made by John Smith Preston and Abraham Lincoln. John Preston’s speech to the Virginia state legislature outlined the south’s viewpoint and reasons for seceding while Abraham Lincoln’s first Inaugural Address outlined why the south could not succeed
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