The Vietnam Revolution could apply be summarized as a war between communism and democracy. ... Although, in the end, communism reigned in Vietnam, the effect the war had on the world was the beginning of the end of the dominance of communist leadership in many similar nations. ... "With the approval of Prince Sihanouk of Cambodia, the Vietcong developed a primitive route along the Vietnam/Cambodian border with offshoots into Vietnam along its entire length. ... It was not as much about the U.S. stopping North Vietnam per say, but rather America stopping the spread of Communism around the W...

• Word Count: 2963
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

Communism, at its most idealistic base, is a contingent of gown up responsible people that have free access to information and can therefore self govern, except for the transitional period required for the establishment of the required infrastructure. ... This paper will first establish the relationship between communism and environmentalism by considering the Communist Manifesto and its close relation to environmentalist ideal. ... Karl Marx set forth the fundamental proposition, which forms the nucleus of the Communist Manifesto: that consequently the whole history of mankind (since the ...

• Word Count: 3463
• Approx Pages: 14
• Grade Level: Graduate

However, the economic reasons were secondary to the political needs of the communism. ... Stalin's drive for the five-year plans was popular throughout the lower sections of the party, and communism being the government of the workers; it was hard for the more important officials to object to it. ... To conclude, the most important reason for industrialisation in the USSR was to ensure the survival of communism in its then form. ...

• Word Count: 5589
• Approx Pages: 22
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Before 1960 it was very uncommon to hear of the "contemporary Spanish American novel": there were Uruguayan, Ecuadorian, Mexican or Venezuelan novels. However, during this decade, a literary explosion of Latin American literature took place named "The Boom." El Boom "was simply the discovery of a ...

• Word Count: 2611
• Approx Pages: 10

To the Chinese, the absorption of the Red River Delta represented the expansion of a superior civilization over people of a primitive culture, a concept of "manifest destiny- not unlike the westward expansion of the United States in the nineteenth century. ...

• Word Count: 3422
• Approx Pages: 14
• Grade Level: High School

World War I, the first globally destructive conflict that the Western Civilization produced, has been the subject of various analysis, interpretations and reevaluations of the various causes that led to it. Initially, the guilt was placed upon Germany and its allies. Eventually, historical analysis conducted in decades after the event, lead to a shift from the guilt perspective, to a broader one of various interacting factors. Although almost nine decades have elapsed, one question still persists: "Which explanation is best suited as the cause of WWI?" To provide an answer, the views of six h...

• Word Count: 4114
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: Undergraduate