Vietnam and the 20th Century Western Experience Ashley Manuel Religious strife and totalitarian regimes have always been enemies of religious freedom. Dominant religions are sometimes accustomed to wielding legal authority and that power may be abused. Totalitarian religious regimes can be particularly malevolent as they claim divine right for the heinous acts they commit. Nowhere is this more apparent than Vietnam‚ which was heavily influenced by a totalitarian French Catholicism. The Vietnamese
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Context of Prior History HIST 415N: Vietnam & 20th Century Experience Professor Gary Grimm Fall 2014 It is both necessary and helpful to study the context of prior history because ignorance of history deprives us from the knowledge or understanding that we need in order to deal with encounters with others such as religious or political groups‚ another nation‚ culture or civilization. Without knowledge of the past‚ we cannot expect to see results or make progress in various
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They’re always here for me and they have been in my life since the second I opened my eyes till now‚ present day. I was born in America so I’m a Vietnamese Asian American and so is my little sister. But my grandparents and parents emigrated from Vietnam so the older generations in my family had to gain their citizenship to be able to live here. Both my mom and my dad are in their 40s-50s. My little sister is 14 on the other hand. Both my parents work but mainly my dad leads the house and he’s basically
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History: Does the past affect the future? Debra Sharpton Devry Vietnam and the 20th Century Experience HIST-415N Traci Sumner May 10‚ 2014 History: Does the past affect the future? History is “The study of past events in human affairs”. (Oxford Dictionary‚ n.d.‚) Why should we study history? How does history affect people today? Historical knowledge is nothing more than collective memory. Historians work to reinterpret the past‚ search for new sources and new meanings in old documents
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Make Cents The prominent topic environmentalists have been accentuating over the years throughout our nation is the goal to save money while saving the environment. It is a win-win situation for our pockets and for Mother Nature. The types of pollution that humans create in our lifetime has forced negative long lasting effects in our world. “An average American’s carbon footprint exceeds 20 tonnes. That is 1540 tons of carbon‚ 5 times more than a Frenchman and 20 times more than a person staying
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By the late 18th century‚ political and economic changes in Europe were finally beginning to affect Spain and‚ thus‚ the Philippines. Important as a stimulus to trade was the gradual elimination of the monopoly enjoyed by the galleon to Acapulco. The last galleon arrived in Manila in 1815‚ and by the mid-1830s Manila was open to foreign merchants almost without restriction. The demand for Philippine sugar and abaca (hemp) grew apace‚ and the volume of exports to Europe expanded even further after
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History 2200 April 9th‚ 2014 My Vietnam Experience The sudden noise of a dog bark‚ doorbell‚ loud noise‚ or a certain smell can trigger the flashbacks from the war. The flashbacks can take me back to a helicopter ride by a small inhale of diesel‚ or the smell after a tank explodes. Loud noises can trigger memories of my nighttime guard duty and fights against our enemies. These noises and smells would make a “normal” person just jump or not even notice a common smell‚ but for me‚ a scare or
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Think for a minute about the most thrilling time of your life‚ that time when your life seemed so exciting‚ your body was filled with adrenaline‚ now imagine that moment being drawn out over 4 or more years. This is how a soldiers term overseas feels‚ they are always on their toes‚ waiting for the next ambush or ever waiting for their next attack. They never know what is next and soldiers often say they have never felt as alive as they feel in a firefight. Often when soldiers return from war they
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50 Cent (born Curtis James Jackson on July 6‚ 1975[1] in Queens‚ New York) is a popular African-American rapper‚ also known as Fitty or Fifty‚ who rose to fame following the success of his 2003 debut album Get Rich or Die Tryin’. Biography Once almost unknown outside his hometown of Southside Jamaica‚ Queens‚ 50 Cent is currently one of the most well-known and commercially successful rappers of the decade. Because the success of an artist in gangsta rap often depends on street credibility and
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Two Beaches in Vietnam There are many beaches in Vietnam‚ but I only have been to Nha Trang and Vung Tau‚ which are two famous beaches in my country. Even though both of them are wonderful places where people can relax on vacation‚ I prefer Nha Trang for three reasons. First of all‚ the sea view in Nha Trang is more beautiful. While Nha Trang has a blue sea‚ white sand‚ and a long range of coconut trees along the beaches‚ there are gray sea‚ yellow sand‚ and many rocks near by the
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