Geneva Conference

was just a blunder and a sin. Before the United States joined the war southern Vietnam got paid over 2 billion dollars from the United States as the war was raging on. French was later defeated and it was followed by some peace for Geneva. As a result of the conference many places received their independence and Vietnam was divided into 2 different places, the northern Vietnam was communist and the southern Vietnam was not. After this southern Vietnam refused to hold unification elections. By…

After World War II, American lives will change due to the middle class unexpectedly expanding due to suburbanization, unemployment rates were decreasing, and the United States will become the most powerful country in the world due to the technological creation of the nuclear bomb which won’t last very long because the Soviet Union will test their nuclear weapon in 1949. The 1950’s deserves its reputation as an age of political, social, and cultural conformity to a great extent due to Eisenhower…

History throughout the world has had many ups and downs. While there were some great triumphs and breakthroughs, there were also very devastating low points. One very common travesty that has happened in many countries is genocide. Genocide, defined by the UN’s Genocide Convention, is the systematic mass murder of an ethnic, religious, or national group based on discriminatory preconceptions. In other words, it is when one group intends to destroy or displace another group of people because of…

Sexual harassment in the workplace is a hazard encountered in the working place across the world. It reduces the quality of working life, jeopardizes the well-being of both working men and women, and imposes costs on firms and organizations. The issue pertaining to sexual harassment in the workplace has been addressed by several international groups like the United Nations (UN), the International Labour Organization (ILO), the European Union (EU), the Caribbean community (CARICOM), and the…

International Norm: Rights of Indigenous People 1. Introduction More than 370 million people in over 90 countries (representing 5,000 different cultures) identify as indigenous people. They comprise 5% of the global population, and 15% of the world’s poor. Still, some countries deny the existence of indigenous peoples within their territory or argue that “all their citizens are indigenous“ (Dahl 5). Some groups of indigenous people are so small that their languages and cultures are…

The Anti-war movement started during the 1960s and shaped America’s public opinion on conflicts for years to come. As in all its conflicts, the support of the people on the homefront influences America’s military commitment.. Without Homefront support, the American war machine dies. American pop culture during the 60s and 70s, sought to change public opinion against the Vietnam War. Through blatant anti-war lyrics to their actions, the popular artists and musicians of the era influenced the…

The conference was held in a town called Potsdam, just a few miles outside of Berlin, and was held from July 17, 1945 until August 2, 1945. It was third in a row of international summits; the preceding summits were Tehran in November 1943 and Yalta in February 1945. The objective of the Potsdam conference was the “co-ordination of the policies of Allied occupation in Germany and the other liberated countries…

Why should we celebrate Columbus Day? Think about it this way. How many people actually do take the time to celebrate Columbus Day? As stated by an analysis by Vox, only fifteen percent of private workers take the day off. Only twenty-two states recognize Columbus Day as an actual holiday, which is nearly half of the country. Think about it, only half the country celebrating something a holiday. We don’t consider the Super Bowl a holiday do we? No, we shouldn’t celebrate anything if…

Both Machiavelli and John Rawls wrote about war and conflict. Machiavelli’s theory was to use extreme measures to justify the means to an end while John Rawls, on the other hand, stated that a more humane and diplomatic solution could justify a means to an end. While both Machiavelli and Rawls make valid points with their prospective theories, I am choosing John Rawls because Machiavelli’s theory in my opinion is really using revenge to justify an action. Rawls theory has a more achievable…

Vietnam Historical Causation Paper The Vietnam War (also known as Second Indochina War) occurred from 1964 to 1975. Vietnam was under French colonial rule for many years. During World War 11 Japan invaded Vietnam. Not only were there French military personnel, there was Japanese military as well. Feed up with what was going on the Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh formed the League for Independence of Vietnam (LFIV). The LFIV was heavily influenced by communism of China and the Soviet Union. When…