South Pacific

South Korea became a nation in 1948 following a breakdown in negotiation talks between U.N./U.S.A. officials and the Soviet Union after the end of WWII. From this breakdown two countries emerged, North Korea and South Korea. A leftist communist regime materialized in the North under its leader Kim Il-Sung, and a democratic ideology was pursued in the South with the election of the first South Korean President Lee Sung-Man. For the purpose of the paper I will look at the country that emerged in…

over half a million soldiers, along with an unlimited availability of these resources for the South Vietnamese war effort (Vietnam in HD: Episode Three). The American presence in Vietnam had expanded to amounts that the Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara, had deemed “outrageous”…

was deeply involved. The Vietnam War was fought in South Vietnam between government forces, which were aided by the U.S, and guerrilla forces, which were aided by the North Vietnamese. Despite increased American military involvement and signed peace agreements in 1973, the Vietnam War did not end until North Vietnam successfully invaded South Vietnam in 1975. The Vietnam War may have been the longest war in American history. However, after South Vietnam collapsed, America was left to question…

Fiji, a country and an archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean, comprises 333 islands and 522 smaller islets (SPC 2008, p.1). Around 106 of these islands are permanently inhabited with the total estimated population of 900,000 (UNDP 2015). An estimate of 49% of the total population live in the rural areas (UNDP 2015), while around 90% of the population in Fiji live in the coastal lowlands area (Nunn et al. 1993). Fiji has a total land area of 18,274 km2, of which 87% is accounted for the two…

resources on wars when the U.S. could spend it on more meaningful matters, such as jobs and education for minorities.9 In 1968, MLK and Kennedy were assassinated. In that same year, the North Vietnamese organized the Tet Offensive, which were attacks on South Vietnam.10 As a result of the Tet Offensive, America began to slowly withdraw from the war. Both sides involved in the war ended up declaring victory, and Johnson looked bad for his wrong assessment. Johnson decided not to run for…

Moeller - Maersk A/S, COSCO Shipping Co Ltd, Hapag-Lloyd AG, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd, Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd, Nippon Yusen KK, Wan Hai Lines Ltd) Stressed liquidity-cornerstone of the receivership filing Hanjin filed for the receivership with the South Korean Court as all the funds with the company dried up. Hanjin’s liquidity has been constantly worsening since 2010 as compared to few of the other container carriers. Some of the other carriers managed to stay afloat by selling off their…

minds are Shakira and the National sport of throwing rocks at gunpowder, commonly known as Tejo. The Republic of Colombia, named after Christopher Colombus, sits in Northern South America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and North Pacific Ocean. Colombia is the only South American country with coastlines on both the North Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. Colombia is full of flat coastal lowlands, central highlands, highland of the Andes Mountains, and eastern lowlands which are also referred to…

people with an unfamiliar culture. Flying across the Pacific Ocean to get to Vietnam could almost be seen as landing on a completely different country. The people, the scenery, the fighting were all incredibly foreign to the Americans fighting for their country. According to Robert McNamara, from the Americans’ view, the war was simply a part of the Cold War but to the Vietnamese it was a civil war. This led to the three sides, North Vietnamese, South Vietnamese, and Americans fighting the war…

Peru is located in the continent of South America on the pacific coast, South of the equator. The name Peru came from an Indian tribe. It is translated to the land of abundance and also the third largest South American country. Peru has opposite seasons in comparison to the United States , so if you plan to take a trip during the summer the actual climate in peru will be winter. The first Peruvian civilization settled in guanta, the year 1000 B.C. The Civilization of the time were the Moche. The…

and was determined to make a difference. He told his sister that he was going to be like Douglas MacArthur, the famous General that fought in both of the World Wars. In World War II General MacArthur was famously known for his campaigns in the Pacific and in Asia, a place where Melvin would soon have his own mettle tested. Having the desire to walk in a General’s shoes can quickly lead a man to become unsatisfied with the pedestrian life of small town USA, which is exactly what happened to…