I had know him from our college days at the University of Memphis we also worked together in uniform patrol before he got his opportunity to go to OCU. He was transferred to the gang unit about two years before he resigned. We did a lot of covert operations together and community…
the University of Phoenix are allowed to continue to participate in the federal loan program, but under even stricter rules.4 Recently, a new trend in the abuse of college students and federal education dollars may be under way: the creation of the covert for-profit. The owners of some for-profit institutions have sought to switch their schools to nonprofit status, freeing them from the regulatory burdens of for-profit colleges, while continuing to reap the personal financial benefits of…
Albert Einstein once said, “I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” While he died during the earlier years of the Cold War, a decades-long conflict that never led to any combat but did cause intense strain, competition, and espionage between the two global superpowers of the United States and the Soviet Union, his statement proved to be remarkably prescient. David Hoffman structures his whole book on the horrifically…
Identification & Evaluation of Sources This investigation will examine the question: For What Reasons did a coup d’état take place in Chile on September 11, 1973? The years 1969-1973 will be the focus of this investigation, so as to examine pre-Allende factors that continued into his presidency and to examine their subsequent factors for the coup and to examine Allende’s presidency itself to analyse the events of the time that ultimately caused the coup. The first source that will be…
Alexander Tonico Apocalypse Now is director Francis Ford Coppola's film based on Heart of Darkness but set in the jungles of Vietnam. While some critics found the film mostly muddled, most agreed that it was a powerful and important examination not only of America's military involvement in Vietnam, but like Conrad's novel, a disturbing treatment of the darkness potentially inherent in all human hearts. "Apocalypse" means the end of the world, as when the earth is destroyed by fire in the Bible.…
By 1960, Castro has shown himself to be a dictator, leaning towards communism and Eisenhower has the CIA set up a task force with a covert program in place. The program continues and decides to set up resistance to Castro, and set up paramilitary movement, with plans that the Cubans will overthrow Castro with the help of the United States. “By the summer of 1960 minutes of group meetings…
During his presidency, Eisenhower managed Cold War-era tensions with the Soviet union under the looming threat of nuclear weapons, ended the war in Korea in 1953 and then authorized a number of covert anti-communist operations by the CIA around the world. After the war, Eisenhower strengthened Social Security, created the massive new interstate highway system and worked behind the scenes to discredit the rabid anti-Communist Senator Joseph McCarthy. Though…
It may be revealed as a revelation to some that the Democrats were the ones who took actions in an attempt to subdue communism in Cuba. This is predominantly due to the Republicans advertising their belief on warfare: it is imperative for a nation to epitomize its military. Furthermore, this notion is supported by the fact that Republicans, throughout history, had always been the commanding force that drives America to the battlefront. During the decades of 1940’s and 1960’s, United States and…
Homeland security is a large task that many have chosen to either give their lives accomplishing or spending a large portion of their career performing their duties to ensure the security of our borders. Before we can engage the target, we must obtain the information necessary to be accurate on our attack. Without the necessary information we will be attacking a barn full of horses and goats. That is misuse of assets and time that could have been utilized neutralizing the threat if the proper…
is assassinated in 1963 he has raised the number of U.S. troops in Vietnam from 900 to 16,000. The Gulf of Tonkin incident in 1964 provided the U.S. an excuse to roll out a large escalation of the Vietnam War. From the following year until 1968 Operation Rolling Thunder among others is carried out dropping millions of pounds of bombs on North Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. The creep into Cambodia and Laos was not welcome by the American public and lead to widespread protests across America. This…