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- 211: Origins Of Communism
- ... established with Mao Tse-tung at the helm. The process continued. Next, Cambodia, under the power of the Chinese-backed Khmer Rouge, experimented with Communism until they were invaded by Vietnam in 1978 which resulted in a short war between Vietnam and China. Meanwhile, the Soviet Union went through more changes and by the 1980’s, a new leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, was in control. He introduced many new reforms which attempted ...
- 212: The Shelter Of Each Other, A B
- ... back. Billy could be saved if someone was willing to make a commitment to wards him. It didn t seem likely that anyone would. The Lu family has escaped from Vietnam. They were still committed to their family there. The youngest son has gotten into trouble for fighting at school. The American culture was very different from the Vietnamese culture. Children didn t respect their elders like they did in Vietnam. The father was having the hardest time adjusting to all of the changes. His masculinity was being threatened. He couldn t speak English, find a decent job, or drive a ...
- 213: Tiger Woods
- ... him by his father. It's the same nick-name of a South Vietnamese combat buddy, Nguyen Phong, who saved Tiger's father's life a few times in the Vietnam War. Rumor had it that Tiger was planning to official change his name to Tiger Woods when he turned 21 this past December but sources say he didn't do it for some reason. Tiger's Dad: Green Beret Lieutenant Colonel Earl Woods served 2 Tours of Duty in the Vietnam War. Tiger's Mother: Kultida (Tida) Woods. Her maiden name is Kultida Punsawad. Tiger's parents met in Bangkok, Thailand. They got married in 1969. Tiger Born: December 30, 1975 ...
- 214: The Works of Graham Greene
- ... that include comedies, spy fiction, and thrillers that take place in foreign countries (Introduction). According to World Literature Critics editor, James P. Draper, The Quiet American is set in South Vietnam and anticipates U.S. involvement in the Vietnam conflict. The novel*s protagonist, Alden Pyle, who is ignorant of Oriental culture, is depicted as a symbol of American arrogance (1537). Written in 1955, The Quiet American is a ...
- 215: Jimmy Carter: The 39th President of the United States
- ... more limited but workable arms control treaty. Jimmy's biggest problems were with Congress, which was less susceptible to party discipline and presidentail direction than in the years before the Vietnam War and Watergate. He had little politcal credit with senators and representatives, having in effect run against them during his presidential campaign. His inexperienced assistants on Capitol Ill failed lto ... Jimmy was one of our worst presidents, even though he wouldn't be valued as one of our greatest, either. He came into office at a tough time, after Watergate, Vietnam, before great technological advances and had to deal with problems such as the Cold War and hostage situations in the Middle East, over oil. The farmboy from Georgia will always ...
- 216: Attempt At Reconstruction
- ... Civil Rights Movement: riots in urban areas which created a White backlash37, the rise of racial separatism and extremism within the Civil Rights Movement and Black community, 38 and the Vietnam War which diverted White liberals' attention. Woodward's analysis fails to provide a broad perspective of why these events destroyed such a strong movement. There had been riots in Birmingham ... neither spread nor crippled the movement.39 Black separatism had been a vocal movement before 1965 in the form of the Nation of Islam.40 And mass opposition to the Vietnam War among White liberals did not pickup momentum until the late 1960's after the Civil Rights Movement had stalled. On the other hand, William Julius Wilson provides a more ...
- 217: Personal Writing: Fortunate to be in America
- ... and mother believed that this country would be their rainbow, so to speak, that would inevitably lead them to their own pot of gold. Two years ago, I returned to Vietnam, the homeland of my family and the root of all my parents' desires. I was astonished to find myself living in the most impoverished and unsanitary conditions I had ever ... first time in my life, I truly realized how fortunate I was to live in America; furthermore, my parents' dreams began to show substance and significance. After my trip to Vietnam, I could no longer take anything for granted, our standard of living or even my parents' ambitions. However, as my two older brothers and I matured, we could see how ...
- 218: The Life and Accomplishments of John F Kennedy
- ... Ireland, and Great Britain. Southeast Asia continued to be a trouble spot. Kennedy ordered U.S. military advisers to the area in 1961 and 1962 when the Communists threatened South Vietnam and Thailand. Kennedy also sent advisers to Laos. In the summer and autumn of 1963, the U.S. severly criticized the South Vietnamese governemtn headed by Ngo Dinh Diem for ... government imprisoned many Buddhist leaders and students who were leading demonstrations against the Diem government. Kennedy sent former Republican senator and vice-presidential candidate Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., to South Vietnam as ambassador in 1963. In September 1961, the Russians resumed testing atomic weapons. The tests broke an un-offical test ban that had lasted nearly three years. The United States ...
- 219: Richard Nixon's Presidency
- ... more seasoned and temperat e With Spiro T. Agnew as the vice-presidential candidate, the Republican campaign made skillful use of television, benefited from national dissatisfaction with the war in Vietnam, and profited from factional divisions in the Democratic camp. Nixon defeated Hubert H. Humphrey with a popular-vote majority of about 500,000 votes. President At the pinnacle in 1969 ... the world, suggesting limits to U.S. resources and commitments . he declared in his inaugural address , He ordered a gradual withdrawal of the 500,000 U.S. troops in South Vietnam. The withdrawal took four years, however, during which the war raged and U.S. casualties mounted. Nixon authorized a U.S. incursion into Cambodia in 1970 and the bombing of ...
- 220: Chuck Yeager
- ... of education. However after ten years, the school closed when NASA took over. About half of astronauts from the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo missions were from Yeager’s school. Then Vietnam happened. He did not go into action too much, just commanded his squadron. During Vietnam he became a General. In 1970, General Yeager served as U.S Defense Representative to Pakistan and supervised Pakistan's air defense in its war with India. He retired from ...
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