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- 551: U.S. Involvement in Kosovo
- ... other surrounding countries would not become involved in the conflict and it would not escalate. However, in the past couple of weeks, the opposite has happened. Russia has become involved, allying with the Serbs, and China has done the same. Russia gave the United States an ultimatum stating that if the U.S. sends in ground troops, then a nuclear war will be waged. The other countries surrounding Kosovo and Serbia ...
- 552: American Exceptionalism
- ... ideology. However, World War II did entice, in some Americans, more feelings of patriotism than ideals of chauvinistic superiority. Consider the following excerpt from a letter written by a wife to her husband stationed in China during the war: You and I were brought up to think cynically of patriotism by the bitter, realistic writers of the twenties and thirties. This war has taught me- I love my country and I ...
- 553: Robber Barons or Captains of Industry
- ... or land at very cheap prices. The other railroad companies often took the best land and sold it at high prices. Hill also saw oppertunities on the horizon and seized them. He tried to get china to ship its good over sea to seatle and then over his tracks to eastern America. Hill also had great foresight and was therefore able to make very wise bussiness decsions. One of these wise ...
- 554: The Truman Doctrine
- ... in Washington. 2. Urge Stalin to pay us a visit. 3. Settle the Korean question . . . give the Koreans a government of their own. 4. Settle the Manchurian question . . . support Chang Kai-Shek for a strong China. 5. Agree to discussion of Russia's lend-lease debt to the U.S. 6. Agree to commercial air treaty. 7. Make it plain that we have no territorial ambitions. That we only want peace ...
- 555: The Vietname War in "America's Australia: Australia's America" and "Into the Dark House"
- ... comprehensive and unique perspective on the Vietnam War. Vietnam, located at 108 degrees latitude and 13 degrees North longitude is a small and meagre economic actor of Southeast Asia. It is surrounded by the South China Sea, Laos and Kampuchea. In spite of its diminutive geographical status, it can receive credit for humbling the Worlds greatest superpower, the United States. Numerous books, studies and seminars have been held on the reasons ...
- 556: U.S Involvement in the Vietnam War
- ... communism. Or rather to confine communism in its present boundaries But most of all it was about politics. The presidential political involvement in Vietnam had little to do with Vietnam at all. It was about China for Eisenhower, about Russia for Kennedy, about Washington D.C. for Johnson, and about himself for Nixon ( Post ). The last two of which were the major players in America's involvement in regards to U ...
- 557: More About The 1968 Tet Offensive
- ... use in Asia for hundreds of years. That old calendar was calculated for the 8th time zone that Beijing falls right in the middle. It was accepted in general by a few nations such as China, Vietnam, Taiwan, Hong Kong and somewhat in Japan and Korea, mostly for traditional celebrations and religious purposes. South Vietnam used this calendar. With common cultural origin, these countries needed not have their own calendar, particularly ...
- 558: The Transcontinental Railroad and Westward Expansion
- ... South America. Another difference between the two companies was their work-forces. The Eastern work gangs were recruited from immigrant Irish, poor Southern whites, and poor Southern blacks, while the Western crews came mostly from China. The Union Pacific was said to be sustained by whisky while the Central Pacific was said to be sustained by tea (Douglas 110). While the Easterners were racing through the prairie, the Westerners were stripping ...
- 559: Military Technology
- ... Convention written in Geneva, Switzerland, by the United Nations. Therefor the western countries\\' intelligence\\'s know very little about these mines, which are mostly made and kept in countries like Russia, Tajikistan, Serbia, Pakistan, Morocco, China and Cuba. The military intelligence is indispensable for all operations, and the intelligence is depending more and more on the information they get from satellites. Satellites can take spy pictures of whatever they program it ...
- 560: Transfers Of Technology From The Developing World
- ... their basic needs. As an example, instead of having to steal or beg for food or clothing, they would be able to purchase them; thus reducing crime and increase economic growth. The case study of China completed in class, showed that as people became educated and more career oriented, the size of families decreased thus reducing overpopulation. This occurs for two main reasons, people will not have time for a family ...
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