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- 481: The Life of Kurt Vonnegut
- ... 759). The reason the book was so popular among younger people was because of it's strong antiwar message at a time when war wasn't too popular because of Vietnam. It was mandatory reading in some Universities, yet some schools and libraries banned it from their shelves. He was one of the most popular authors of the late 60's ...
- 482: Tradition and World War 1
- ... the Rights of Man and how it should be implemented, student protests, originating in Nanterre, over conditions and scarcity of job prospects. Political aspects began to arise as well. Anti-Vietnam war and anti-capitalist movements began to occur. In addition to this, extensive, workers strikes and sit-ins which brought France to a cessation by the end of May. The ...
- 483: The Dropping of the Atomic Bombs on Japan
- ... courage to take a position. Further, it halted an invasion of Japan from the North by Russia. This might very well have created a divided Japan much like Korea and Vietnam. Finally, in my opinion, the destruction and horror has kept similar weapons from being used elsewhere in the world for 54 years.
- 484: The Rise of the Manchus
- ... gunboats. At this time the foreign powers also took over the peripheral states that had acknowledged Chinese suzerainty and given tribute to the emperor. France colonized Cochin China, as southern Vietnam was then called, and by 1864 established a protectorate over Cambodia. Following a victorious war against China in 1884-85, France also took Annam. Britain gained control over Burma. Russia ...
- 485: The Use of Planes and Tanks in WWI
- ... a great help in these wars but it seemed to take a lot of artillery. “Artillery became progressively more inefficent in terms of enemy casualities inflicted per shell fire. In Vietnam, an estimated 340 shells were fired for every enemy casualty, compared to 300 rounds in Korea andd 200 at Anzio in World War II”,(Doleman, 48).
- 486: Youth's Fight to Gain Freedom From The Other Generation
- ... in society to learn about being themselves, they seem insistent on controlling the youth. They place them in schools to keep them off the streets, they send them away to Vietnam. The older members of society are only trying to keep the youth from spoiling what already exists. They are intent on molding the youth into what they want them to ...
- 487: Affirmative Action
- ... goals and timetables” which provided guidelines for companies to follow and comply with affirmative action regulations. During the presidency of Gerald Ford it was extended to people with disabilities and Vietnam veterans . The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Program (OFCCP) was instituted in 1978 by President Jimmy Carter created to ensure compliance with affirmative action policies. Affirmative action had little progress ...
- 488: The American Dream
- ... involved. The government then must make us see that we belong there. At the first sign of trouble, it seems that America is the first one there. The Korean War, Vietnam War, and the Gulf War are examples of this. Why does America have to keep the balance of power in check throughout the world? I believe that the government has ...
- 489: Freedom in the United States
- ... old Mary Beth Tinker went to school in Des Moines, Iowa. She and her fifteen year old brother, John, had decided to wear black armbands as a protest to the Vietnam War. In advance to their arrival, the principal had decided that any student wearing an arm- band would be told to remove it, stating that, "The schools are no place ...
- 490: Anti-Censorship
- ... A lot of famous books would be banned because they accurately portray the way people spoke. Books with violence would also be the target of censorship. A book about the Vietnam War could be censored just because it was truthful and discussed the death and suffering during the war. Where would people learn about these things if the books about them ...
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