Peasants' War

the Spanish National Court against Rios Montt and others for their crimes against humanity. This trial has not been entirely successful, but it brings world attention and awareness to the genocide that occurred in Guatemala during their 36 year civil war. Consequently, Menchu is faced with death threats in her home of Guatemala, and so must live in exile. In 1992 Menchu was awarded the Nobel Peace prize in recognition of her work towards fighting the injustices done to the indigenous of…

of Stirling Bridge was fought in Stirling, Scotland in 1297. The battle was fought between an English army commanded by John de Warenne and a rebel Scottish army jointly commanded by Andrew Moray and William Wallace, near the beginning of the First War of Scottish Independence. The English army greatly outnumbered the Scottish and possessed superior equipment. However, the Scottish carried the day, due to superior use of terrain and tactics. Wallace and Moray devised a plan to lure the…

communism” thus beginning the Vietnam war. Ultimately this war ended in failure for the United States, at the cost of 211,454 American lives. There are too many opinions of why the United States failed in Vietnam too talk about in one sitting,…

continue to be be power hungry, selfish individuals, these ideological desires curate many wars and…

ruthless suppression he had placed on the dissents, provoked a minor rebellion, that would later lead to his downfall as the land-reform program was so poorly conceived that it implemented a strong dislike for Diem in the minds of the South Vietnamese peasant-classes, as it brought little relief to their means of life. To further his mistakes, Diem also eliminated the annual village elections, which was a political-statement that was scorned by the rural classes as the people of the…

The Five-Year Plan (FYPs) were introduced by Joseph Stalin for Soviet industrialisation.The series of FYPs were meant to modernise Soviet industry and to match and overtake the other Western powers who by an industrial revolution had managed to modernise their industries and increase their industrial output. The FYPs were implemented to fulfil various purposes.Most of the USSR was very backward in the industrial sector.The USSR had the resources but did not have the infrastructure and…

The leadership of Joseph Stalin can be summed up in these words: “The triumph of one man turned into the tragedy of an entire nation” - Dmitri Volkogonov (“Joseph Stalin”). Joseph Stalin, one of Russia’s worst and most tragic dictators, along with the help of Leon Trotsky certainly changed Russia during the time of the Russian Revolution. They were responsible for many major events, such as the Revolution From Above and taking leadership of the Red Army, that occurred during this time because of…

Propaganda of The Vietnam War: How to Sell the War The conflict of the Vietnam War can be seen in many different ways and opportunities. As a citizen of the United States, we can see it as a struggle or confrontation that was drawn out for twenty-five years. Where over 58,000 lives and billions of tax payer’s dollars were spent in Southeast Asia ("U.S. Army Center of Military History"). A time when the tenure of 5 different presidents struggled to orchestrate the leadership needed to finish the…

With the little we do know concerning the causes of the Vietnam War, it is for sure that it all began due to the works and effects of the Cold War. Before World War Two began, Vietnam was part of the French Realm. During the war, the country had been overrun by the Japanese. After the war had ended, the Allies gave South Vietnam (Viet Cong) back to the French while the North (Viet Minh) continued to be left under non-communist rule. In 1946, the French declared their plan to reclaim the North…

tribulation occur in the United States. The cause of this commotion was the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War was a prolonged draw out struggle between the country of Vietnam under a communist government and the United States. All while South Vietnamese was trying to prevent the spread of communism. With the pressure of the war, the country was shook up. Many U.S leader lost the public support for the war. During the Vietnam war, there were various Presidents in office; Dwight D. Eisenhower, John…