Overseas Vietnamese

David Bergen’s novel The Time In Between emphasizes on the concept of madness through one of the main characters’ Charles Boatman. Charles a veteran of war suffers from the mental ailment of PTSD (Post Traumatic Distress Disorder), however this becomes the significant link to the concept of madness. Madness in Bergen’s novel is depicted as a pathological tension between the rational and irrational, that consequently tears the person apart. Charles simultaneously displays this tension due to his…

Discussion Question 4: Schweikart and Allen described U.S participation in World War II as reluctant, but once engaged in fighting, they became a powerful force. Zinn agreed, but also felt as though there were selfish, imperial intentions. Though described as warring with Hitler as a last resort, Roosevelt felt as though the United States’ interests and security were threatened, and therefore they entered the war. On December 7, 1941 the infamous bombing of Pearl Harbor occurred, shocking the…

The connections between war and genocide are so significant and intimately bound that it is often difficult to separate them as so they might be described as Siamese twins. The close bond between the two is evident from the twentieth-century record alone. Some of the century’s classic genocides – against Armenians in Turkey or Jews in Nazi occupied Europe– have occurred in a context of civil and or international war. The Second World War coincided with the Nazi genocide over Jews. The Bolshevik…

Vietnam War featured modern warfare. World War II was on the early end of modern warfare as military strategy advanced to include the use of improved weapons and technology. The Vietnam War required the adaption of modern warfare tactics to the unique Vietnamese landscape, which proved extremely challenging. Lastly, both wars featured gradual escalation of American involvement. In neither World War II nor the Vietnam War did the United States immediately commit itself to the war effort. Instead,…

Journal – 1: Emerging Market of Vietnam Vietnam is a home for 9000 traditional food markets, 800 supermarkets, and more than million small stores. Now, Vietnam wave is attracting numerous international investor as well. Foreign Domestic Investment has jumped 80% in first two months of 2016 and by the third quarter of 2016, it reached $ 3530 million (TradingEconmics, n.d). This growth in Vietnam has been triggered by free trade agreements with the European Union as well as with the other 11…

Plan of Investigation The Vietnam War was a tough fought conflict for the United States Armed Forces and those in the Viet Cong [VC], (the National Liberation Front for South Vietnam [NLF] forces in South Vietnam [SV]). As members of the VC lost their lives in battle more and more started joining. The United States government realized it was necessary to bring down the leaders of the NLF in order to have a better chance at ending the war. This investigation will examine the CIA’s Phoenix…

King Jr and Barack Obama, respectively. In comparison with Vietnamese refugees after civil war in Vietnam, they have been living in the U.S. just four decades, but they have been showing their group’ recovery among the multicultural groups of immigrants in the U.S. For examples, Janet Nguyen has been a Californian Senator, Bao Nguyen has been Garden Grove Mayor, and Tri Ta has been Westminster Mayor in Orange County. More successful Vietnamese politicians have been recognized in San Jose, North…

There are many reasons behind this relation. Firstly, China concerned about its security because of the Sino-Vietnamese relation in 1978 after the Sino-Soviet split up. In China’s point of view, she thought that she is facing 2 hostile powers on both its northern and southern borders (Knight, Heazle, 2011). Furthermore, within the expansionism of the Soviet Union…

Asian American population and its characteristics According to the Census Bureau, the Asian group in the United States counts 15.7 million Asian Americans in 2013 and represents about five percent of the total U.S. population. Asian Americans live mostly in large cities in states of California, New York, Texas, Illinois, Hawaii and New Jersey. Asian American community is fast growing. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) it is expected to comprise over 10% of the…

Lasting from 628 to 907 AD, the Tang Dynasty was considered the Golden Age of China. Gaozu was the first emperor of the Tang Dynasty. He came to power after his defeat of the Sui Dynasty. Taizong, the son and the successor of Emperor Gaozu, was considered the greatest emperor in all of China because of his many lasting achievements. His achievements included military reform, creation of law codes, equal-field system, and the establishment of the Silk Road which led to the influx of traders…