Throughout 1964, OPLAN 34A operations ranged from flights over North Vietnam by Lockheed U-2 spy planes to kidnappings of North Vietnamese citizens for intelligence information, parachuting sabotage and psychological warfare teams into the North, commando raids from the sea to blow up rail and highway bridges, and bombardment of North Vietnamese coastal installations by PT-boats. ... Thirty-minute "black" radio programs purported to voice the views of dissident elements in North Vietnam, while "white" radio broadcasts of one-half to eight hours broadcast the "Voice of Freedom" daily. ... O...

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They became isolated in their new "home" and were deprived of support from their shared customs and culture (Do 41). Unlike other groups who immigrated at will, the first-wave Vietnamese refugees were pushed out of their home country, fleeing from fear of persecution. ... They view themselves historically and presently, as they're improving their life in America (Nguyen 202). ... Preserving the culture not only consolidates their ethnic identity, but also integrates the Vietnamese Diaspora into the U.S popular culture, bridging the two cultures and nations. ... Asian Garden M...

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An example of this would be from the British cabinet meeting on 31st August 1950 when the goals of the United Nations are clearly defined in line with American foreign policy – the threat of Communism to an 'immature' nation and need to establish a western styled government being the key example. ... – an organisation they dominated - to legalise the conflict and enlist troops from 17 member nations against the North Koreans. ... As no definitive force is referred to this highlights how the Americans were in the dark over where a threat could originate from the region an...

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Coppola created this film with "ambitious effort to show Vietnam as America's Heart of Darkness, with Joseph Conrad's story providing the narrative skeleton" "(Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 1-1) and many themes, meanings, and entire scenes from the movie do in fact come directly from Conrad's book. ... The movies story is told through the personal narration and point of view of the protagonist Captain Willard is played by actor Martin Sheen. ... "Coppola "s musical frame creates an appropriate bridge between the bizarre tale about to unfold and the wider context of modern ...

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Through viewing China's foreign policy under the CCP from 1949 to 1991 in the context of the Cold War, it can be seen that China's hostile relationship with the liberal-capitalist USA was brought upon by China's strive for hegemony and the clashing of capitalist vs. communist ideologies through different foreign policies. ... In just over two decades from its inception, the foreign policy of the Peoples Republic of China swung from formal alliance with the Soviet Union against the US, to de facto alliance with the US against the Soviet Union . From 1949 China was ruled by commun...

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The deterioration of Soviet-American relations was the combined result of the mistrust between both sides and the inconsistent American foreign policy resulting from the replacement of Franklin D. ... Much of the conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union stemmed from a general mistrust between each side. ... First, it would remove some of the burden from the Red Army, which until then had done the vast majority of fighting against the German forces. ... Rather, they preferred to import a large quantity of food and raw materials from these regions, process them and then re-sell th...

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