Diplomatic mission

The Pacific War was between the Japanese and Allies that lasted for three years resulting in the surrender of Japan. On December 7, 1941, Japan launched a surprise attack on the United States. Hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. The attack injured over 1,000 Americans that resulted in over 2,000 American casualties. Japan also invaded Thailand and British possessions. This was a turning point in World War II and Japan’s defeat was…

Kamikaze pilots maximized the damage that a single plane could bring. After an airplane ran out of bombs and bullets, pilot’s last mission was to turn into a target-seeking torpedo and crush into enemies’ forces. As this crushes were intentional, they usually caused much more destruction than bombs. One successful kamikaze was able to sink the whole U.S. battle ship after damaging a…

War. Per a lecture from POSC 458 - the Vietnam Wars, the United States officially entered the conflict in Vietnam in 1955 although President Harry S. Truman sent “advisors” to assist the French and insisted the “advisors” are not going for combat mission. That being said, national security was a major issue as a result of a different war the United States was involved in - a civil war in Korea that was not…

To what extent is the Canadian Collective Consciousness different than that of the American Collective Consciousness? Canadians and Americans share a very similars set of beliefs and values, however their are key differences which separate the “American Dream” from the “Canadian Dream”. These key differences often revolve around the importance of human life; to Americans life is important, however if someone else 's life gets in their way it is no longer of value. This is evident due to the…

nationalism across the country. However, in recent years, Canada’s familiar reputation for being a peacekeeping nation quickly changed as a certain political party took over the country. Spending billions of dollars to send troops on assassination missions in Afghanistan, discrimination against immigrants, and ignoring many of the issues that first nation encounter are just some of the issues that adds to Canada’s deteriorating peacekeeping reputation. This paper will focus…

Nationalism has helped to create a specific identity to its nation, through a common language, shared historic tradition, and geographical boundaries unite people of one nation wherever they may be (Knight & Heazle 2011, p. 84). Nationalism succeeded its mission of liberating Asians from the colonials. It 's further stated in ‘Nationalism in Asia: A History Since 1945’, that "religion and language are …source of cohesion – and division”, in Indonesia, ethnic Javanese have dominated the state…

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria has attacked American embassies is Iraq, Egypt, Jordan, and Libya. As a result, killing hundreds of United States civilians, soldiers and personnel of the State Department. The President has issued an executive order to deploy 100,000 troops into Iraq and Syria; with the objective of putting and end to ISIS power. President Assad 's supported ISIS through instilling jihadist extremism within his citizens of his country. He as exacerbated instability in the…

By doing so, initiating a defensive front line establishing and defining its “commercial and diplomatic policy for almost a century in North America up to the Seven Years’ War,” (Biography.com). Furthermore, La Salle’s presence in Texas was flawed and insignificant but it would establish a claim for the King of France over the area shifting in motion…

Graham Greene utilizes the various characters in his novel, The Quite American, to express many of the political and diplomatic viewpoints about the involvement of various countries in the affairs of the people of Indochina and Southeast Asia. Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s, The Quiet American (1958), distorts the two main characters, Thomas Fowler and Alden Pyle, away from the novel’s version so as to present a viewpoint consistent and pleasurable for the audience with the era in which the film was…

A revolution breaks out in Russia on November 7th , the French and the Bolsheviks took power in St. Petersburg. They negotiate an armistice with the Central Powers early December. France loses its eastern ally and Germany can concentrate its forces on the western front. On January 8, 1918, US President outlines his war goals (14 points). Thomas Woodrow Wilson intends in particular to ensure freedom of navigation on the seas, ensure the birth of new states (Czechoslovakia, Poland ...) and create…