Defectors

While reading the assigned reading for this week, I noticed a section in Chapter 5 called, “West Berlin: Today Vietnam, Tomorrow Us.” This section was quite intriguing to me because it mentions the facts of the Berlin Wall. The chapter doesn’t however go into great detail about the wall or why it was even constructed. It does mention that West Berlin was the center of the Cold War where the United States and the Soviet Union had constructed their battleground. It goes on to talk about the Free…

The famous story “Anthem” written by Ayn Rand and the true stories of North Korea really have great similarities but also have big differences. Both governments have a strange way of controlling their people,disciplining and also rewarding them for their good and the bad. Plus their branches of government are a little different from the U.S and other countries. These countries, both show a little of selfishness a no care for the people whatsoever besides profiting off of them in different ways.…

historical views, each theorizing different groups or individuals as conspirators in the plot to murder Kennedy, in accordance with their viable motives. Disputing what was deduced by the Warren Commission asserting that Harvey Lee Oswald, ex-U.S. and defector to the Soviet Union, as the lone assassin, prominent theories that have been devised include those which purport the C.I.A, the K.G.B or L.B.J as the perpetrators. The first viewpoint implicates the U.S Central Intelligence Agency (C.I.A)…

The Juche ideology celebrates the greatness of the Korean race as embodied in the figures of the Great Leader Kim Il Sung, and in that of his successor the Dear Leader Kim Jong Il. According to the testimonies of North Korean defectors, starting from their childhood people are taught to look at the two Kim as semi-divine infallible heroes which devoted their life in the struggle against Western and Japanese imperialism. Consistent with these findings, C. Richardson provided some precious insight…

Aldrich Ames was born on May 26th, 1941 in River Falls, Wisconsin. Aldrich was the son of Carleton Ames whom was the Director of Operations Branch in Virginia. Aldrich worked as a handyman and file clerk during his sophomore year in high school. Aldrich attended the University of Chicago, but upon receiving failing grades, he ended up withdrawing from the university. Aldrich started working as cleric for the CIA. After five years, Aldrich completed his bachelor’s degree in history at the George…

protecting civilian populations and building their trust. In other words, the aim was to “win the hearts and minds” of the Iraqi people through relationship building with local populations alongside providing economic opportunities for insurgent defectors and security for civilians from insurgents. The premise of COIN was based off a central belief of Gen. Patreus in Field Manuel 3-24, which supported the idea that a long-term presence of US troops in Iraqi communities could improve the security…

The idea of revolution is generally regarded as a controversial idea. In today’s times especially, we tend to have differing views of the concept, depending on who is revolting against what. Many American citizens tend to view their revolution against the British government as a noble and just fight for liberty, yet refuse to allow marginalized groups within their own society to fight for their rights which they still have not been given, in particular people of color, women, and the LGBTQ+…

Yeomni Park was an unusual child with an unusual and horrifying childhood, but with the events in her troublesome life she has become the North korean defector and human rights activist that she is today. Yeomni is born into a harsh and cruel North Korean dictatorship on October 4th, 1993. North Korea is at dark and disturbing place where being free isn't even in one's vocabulary and the conditions of everyday residents is a form of hell. In the book In Order To Live Yeomni describes her…

Traugott’s Organizational Hypothesis In his book, Armies of the Poor, Mark Traugott looks at the revolution in France from February 1848 to June 1848. Traugott’s goal is to explain his organizational hypothesis reasoning behind the Revolution of 1848. Traugott draws on the works of Tilly, Lees, and Chorley for his analysis. Traugott’s main argument is that the organizational hypothesis he puts forward can account for most, if not all the similarities and differences between the two groups…

employee. It 's best you begin to explore other career possibilities. 11. An exodus of workers is taking place. The disgruntled employee level is high, and people are constantly leaving. It 's foolish to buy into a herd mentality and follow the defectors, but you need to keep an eye on the changing climate. Keep your eyes and ears open, and dust off that resume just in case. 11. You don 't believe in the company and don 't belong in its corporate culture. Strong ethical differences…