However, it was not only Vietnam's lower level of development which lead to the cooperation between both states, but also the political system was much less distinct as Vietnam was just in the process of recovering from its recent war with the USA. ... Since the beginning of the 1970s, several bilateral contracts at colleges and technical colleges had been made between the two states, so that many young students from the SRV were sent to East Germany. ... Another example of solidarity support between the GDR and SRV was the ''Vietnam-Aktion'' of the 1960s. ... For Vie...

• Word Count: 1950
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Coming out of World War II, the government of the United States fostered an inflated view of its capabilities in foreign affairs. ... The American view of the Asian "other" largely affected American assumptions from the beginning, as they believed most Vietnamese were politically immature and lacking a sense of nationhood. ... Mecklin proves this to be the case when he states how these beliefs were reaffirmed when the Americans had arrived there, since "among most of the ten million people of rural South Vietnam, terms like democracy, Communism, imperialism, and Cold War were meaningless,"...

• Word Count: 849
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This essay will give detailed analysis on the reasons that contributed towards their downfall such as the rise in nationalism, the Second World War and arguably the First World War, the rise of the US and other such factors. ... With a history of emerging nationalism in Vietnam where French rule was not desired, the French had to remove three Emperors from 1885 to 1917 and this did not solve their problem. ... Countering this, it can be argued that there are two sides to this argument of a spread in nationalism after the war, one being that the British assisted it. ... Though, this may not be ...

• Word Count: 4015
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The vast empire comprised much of present day Cambodia, along with Thailand, Laos and southern Vietnam (CIA Fact book). ... This sense of nationalism resulted in the French losing their foothold within Cambodia during the Second World War and consequently led to the independence of Cambodia in 1953. ... This horrific time period came to an end during the late 1970s thanks to a war started with Vietnam. The war resulted in a Vietnamese invasion in 1978 and Pol Pot fleeing the country into neighboring Thailand. Although the end of this war resulted in the Paris Peace Accords of 1991 and subseque...

• Word Count: 3095
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• Grade Level: Graduate

As with all revolutionary technology, genetic engineering of organisms provides a plethora of existing and potential advantages to mankind, but emerging research is beginning to shed light on the dark side of GMO, and the implicit and explicit effects its utilization has on human health and the environment. ... It should be noted that the Monsanto corporation is no stranger to controversy: during the Vietnam war they were responsible for the formulation of Agent Orange (Herbicide Orange), a herbicide used in an attempted defoliation campaign under the code name Operation Ranch Hand. The hor...

• Word Count: 3198
• Approx Pages: 13
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• Grade Level: Graduate

During the 1990s, literature on the international political economy was dominated by the idea of globalization. Dramatic decreases in transport costs and the rise of fast and cheap telecommunications technology have made geography less relevant and facilitated massive increases in global trade and new forms of multinational production. Whether or not such developments are good or bad is a topic of ongoing political debate. Some argue that an expanding global economy provides new opportunities for the developing world to integrate into global markets and to achieve rapid rises in living standar...

• Word Count: 7309
• Approx Pages: 29
• Grade Level: Graduate