First Liberian Civil War

and disaster. Davidson explains that while deciding whether or not to use ROLLING THUNDER to target areas of Soviet trade, President Johnson had to carefully consider if by targeting these Soviet supply lines he would provoke the USSR into all-out war (433). So instead of using force, the United States would cooperate on negotiations regarding the Middle East if the USSR would discontinue support to North Vietnam. When the request arrived in Moscow it was received with no great urgency and after…

We see the first chapter of The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien to be the foundation for the rest of the novel, with exquisite descriptions of everyone and everything, to the foreshadowing and symbolism that embodies each character and “what they carry”. O’Brien offers us basic descriptions of what each member of Alpha Company carries that is described as “largely determined by necessity” (2). Some would carry knives, extra rations and what seemed like an overkill of supplies, while others…

Welcome! Welcome to the Virtual War Memorial Museum. Here, you can find stories of veterans from WWII and Vietnam. War often creates traumatic memories that can dramatically change a person’s life, but coming home can be just as tragic as on the battlefield. While WWII soldiers received a hero’s welcome, soldiers from Vietnam weren’t so lucky, being seen as monster in the public eye. Nevertheless, I am grateful for all of the veterans who have served and protected our country, and to those…

country of Burundi worsened, by the end of 1962 around 70,000 people had been killed. The Kayibanda regime sought international negotiation, social and economic reform, and development of Rwanda. He began forming international relations, and in his first ten years formed 43 alliances. However, the government had become corrupt, and with high unemployment rates ethnic tensions soared. After another Tutsi attack the government banned Tutsi political parties and executed their people. Many Tutsi…

Imperialism, Values, and Human Trafficking in China The modern People’s Republic of China is undergoing drastic social, economical, and political developments, and is the second largest source, transit and destination of human trafficking. Along with these changes, the problem of human trafficking and modern slavery is worsening exponentially. Human trafficking is the modern slavery that involves illegal trading of people for exploitation, including “recruitment, transportation, transfer,…

In excerpts of Duncan MacPherson’s memoir of the First Opium War (April 1840-August 1842), Two Years in China, MacPherson describes the events of the war along with what he believed about China and its people. He justifies British actions in the Opium War and the British opium trade by claiming that describing Chinese people are inferior to the British. Other times, he compliments China, but possibly only for the purpose of justifying and promoting the opium trade. The memoir displays examples…

Introduction A veteran comes back from the war in Vietnam. Some people thank him for his services and some people dishonor him for what he did in the war. Veterans go through so much during the war and has to go to a center to help them with their PTSD. Many people treat veterans with disrespect because of what they did during their time in combat. Returning veterans or people get treated with either honor, mental help, or with disrespect but mostly disrespect and mental help. Odysseus has a…

The Vietnam War demonstrates “ The insidious power of propaganda...The longest war this century was a war waged by America against Vietnam... It was an attack on the people of Vietnam, communist and non-communist, by American forces. It was an invasion of their homeland and their lives” ( John Pilger ). Luis Valdez's drama, “ The Buck Private “ explains how the government’s propaganda makes society romanticize war. Valdez supports his argument by illustrating to the audience how society sees…

It was claimed that “Oh, East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet.”("The Ballad of East and West" is a poem by Rudyard Kipling).It seems that the oriental and the western cannot be with each other. However, after the colonial era, shows that there is harmony between different colored people. In western countries, there is China Town to settle Chinese and provide an opportunity to the local trying Chinese cuisine. Plus, the legislation of anti-discrimination is more…

The effects of the opium wars were not only immediate, but had a lasting effect on the world. As China did not have a circulating currency, they used silver which they got from Central America. Western nations begin to undergo an outflow of silver into China. In order to balance this flow of silver, they bring in opium into China as well. Britain saw this as an opportunity and used opium to trade and continued to push for this trade of opium. China wanted to ban the importing of opium,…