Peasants' War

As it enlightened the true nature of Vietnam War and the effect it has on its victims, our interactive oral enriched us with the grandeur of different cultural topics. The themes of collectivism, individualism, family, sacrifice, and obligation were never more prevalent in any of our past interactive orals than in this one. While each individual experiences theses themes in a different way, there needed to be synergistic understanding of Duong Thu Huong’s Paradise of the Blind. The discussion…

differing opinions on war and the motivation to fight in it. In Carl von Clausewitz’s famous document, On War, he goes in depth about his specific views on war. Clausewitz says that the ideology that people feel for the war is what motivates them to fight and this motivation is in direct correlation with the violence in the war, but I believe that it is people’s desire for change that motivates them to fight in the war. Though Clausewitz makes good points throughout On War, I believe that he…

The Vietnam War was the source of many conflicting political and social opinions, especially in the years leading up to its conclusion. The War was a result of North Vietnam and the Vietcong attempting to overthrow the South Vietnamese government. Veterans were drafted and forced to fight in what is know as “Americas Longest War”. Vietnam War Veterans were drafted and forced to suffer through harsh conditions brought on by the Vietcong, which included the daily realization that they or one of…

TO WHAT EXTENT CAN MASS MURDER IN DARFUR BE CALLED A GENOCIDE OR A CIVIL WAR Darfur is a western region of Sudan in Africa and is home to about 6 million people, the majority of which are Muslim. Violence in Sudan broke out in February 2003 when 2 rebel groups -the Sudan liberation Movement/Army (SLA/M) and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) – began fighting the government of Sudan which they accused of oppressing Darfur’s Non Arab population. The government’s response to this was to begin…

relayed it to their soldiers. So, long as it did not affect their skill in battle it was not a massive concern. In modern militaries, many of the officers came from humble backgrounds with officers in the soviet union often being educated men from peasant backgrounds. They had more interaction and integration with their troops during their day to day lives. As a result, issues that may be ignored by an 18th century officer would aggravate them. The red army during WW2 was notorious for being…

amount of people who were disobeying the regime trying to feed themselves. Kang writes that “though the Party was fervently opposed to private land use, the peasant movement grew so strong that the Party had no choice but to give ground. It never changed its laws, but it grudgingly accepts the practice, and is content merely to remind the peasants that in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea no land belongs to a single owner.” He notices that one of the biggest differences in South Korea…

Savannah Dye Short Paper #1 October 5, 2016 The Vietnam War Through the Looking Glass Although the Vietnam War technically began in 1954, its escalation in the early 1960’s sparked U.S. involvement (History.com Staff). The Cold War set the stage for the Vietnam War because the United States entered not only in hopes of liberating the South Vietnamese from the North, but to also contain the spread of communism in Southeast Asia. On one side of the conflict, you have South Vietnam and the United…

thesis and perception towards the Vietnam War. In this film, Stone gives a generalized few of the Vietnam War but uses a lot of symbolism. In the “Platoon” Stone depicts the Vietnam War as having been quite gruesome and deadly (Richman, p. 45). This description, contrary to what the world was made to believe, is in fact, the truth about the war, according to Stone. However, some Vietnam veterans, after viewing the film, felt that Stone’s depiction of the war was not entirely valid (Richman, p.…

A. Plan of the Investigation This investigation seeks to evaluate the circumstances that led to the Sino-Soviet “split” during the Cold War. The main body of this investigation will assess the political and ideological relations, national interests, as well as varying views of regimes between China (PRC) and the Soviet Union (USSR). The split devastated the international communist movement while laying down the path that would later spark relations between China and the United States…

his supposed communist beliefs led to the return of a dictator to power and a future of violence and death. The CIA replaced him with a military dictator, Colonel Carlos Castillo Armas which led to a massive 36 year civil war between this government and their citizens. This civil war was bloody and led to 200,000 Guatemalan deaths or disappearances many at the hands of soldiers provided and trained by the United…