As we can see from the beliefs of the American subcommittee, "the idea that indigenous political traditions or abilities might permit the Vietnamese to govern themselves in the postwar period was almost inconceivable," and this rested on "pervasive American assumptions of Vietnamese subservience and susceptibility to external control," (Bradley 89, 93). 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...

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Globalization has had an extremely large impact on the modern world and how most countries are operated today. ... An infamous example of how the alliance system had caused a detrimental outcome is the world war one; countries were hauled into the war by their alliances resulting in a massive world war. ... We have certainly obtained many great things from cultures from all around the world. ... Quoting from the narrative he writes, "People lay ill little more than two or three days and died suddenly, as it were in full health. ... " From this we can really see that the exchange of ...

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We have learned over time by way of trial and error that it is highly irrational to expect everything to be perfect and appropriate during disaster management. At best, we can simply hope for controlled chaos during the various phases of disaster. ... The demand to strengthen controls for chemical and biological disasters is largely achieved through the development of laws and regulations that shape how to firmly control major hazards and manage business practices. ... The explosion is remembered as the worst explosion in the area's history, where fourteen people died and forty-two were i...

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