The investigation will primarily focus on the economic backgrounds of both states and then subsequently analyze the reasons that led to the agreement. ... 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. ... Another example of solidarity support between the GDR and SRV was the ''Vietnam-Aktion'' of the 1960s. ... For Vietnam the main area of interest laid in creating new j...

• Word Count: 1950
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• Grade Level: Graduate

The scene fades in to a horse drawn cart in the third world country of Vietnam. Authentic Vietnamese music plays in the background as the Hung Dinh village comes into view. ... Not only were the scenes historically accurate, they were absolutely heart wrenching to watch. ... There is a scene that depicts American soldiers wandering around in the village with no money and the song "500 miles away from home" plays in the background. ... American Warcraft decimated Vietnam, through bombs, gas, and gunfire. ...

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But there has always been a double irony to Francis Ford Coppola's own remarks about Apocalypse Now: "My film is not about Vietnam. My film is Vietnam. ... It is war: staging itself as final judgment beyond the fraying edges of Vietnam history. ... He calls the scene "excess baggage,"" when in fact the historical context lays the foundation to the pointlessness of the war. ... Looming in the background, surrounded by red smoke, stone idols, heads on pikes, is a massive stone altar declaring in white, "Apocalypse Now."" ...

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Both China and Vietnam have achieved remarkable economic growth since their economic reforms. ... Vietnam has gone through a similar transformation over the past 20 years and shifted its economy from a centrally planned economy to a Socialist-oriented market economy. ... In Vietnam, economic reforms started in 1986 and they resembled very much Gorbachev-type marginal reforms in the same period. ... In both Vietnam and China the economic reforms were initiated under certain circumstances that provided three critical factors for change: receptivity, crisis and opportunity (Vu, 2009). ... In Chin...

• Word Count: 2154
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

He chronicles his experiences beginning with his working class background from his tour of duty in World War I, to tenure at Spelman College, and to his disposition of the Vietnam War. ... This lead him to a new group called the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee where he would be working in the front lines of some of the most historical events of the Civil Rights Movement. ... After Japan he wrote a book to illustrate why the United States should withdraw from Vietnam immediately. Vietnam: The Logic of Withdraw was a deep critique questioning the morality of the war and questioning t...

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• Grade Level: High School

One significant event was that Australia was at war with North Vietnam. ... Australians views and values differed on the subject of Vietnam War. ... The historical aspects of the Vietnam War require the audience to make sense of them. ... Another historical reference in the play is the Great Depression. ... The three families in the play come from different socio-economic backgrounds. ...

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Military Sniper Background Information The task of a military sniper from its earliest days is to neutralize highly important strategic targets. ... During the siege of Khe Sahn in Vietnam, the Viet cong or VC would post a sniper on a nearby hill. ... Historical View Throughout history, snipers have been an effective fighting force. ... The requirement for snipers was realized once again in Vietnam where the United States Army found the enemy demonstrating the effectiveness of sniper employment under varying conditions As you can see from my report above snipers have been a f...

• Word Count: 1330
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• Grade Level: High School

Nixon's Foreign Policy: A Global Balance of Power Period: 7 Background Richard Nixon entered office in the midst of one of the gravest foreign policy crises in American history. The Cold War was at its height, hundreds of thousands of American troops were in Vietnam, and the views of society were split down the middle. ... It was an outline of America's foreign policy that dealt with the ordeal that the past involvement in Korea and Vietnam, which were countries with no prior commitment to us, and in regions not protected by any alliances. ... Idealists strive for peace by cre...

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The Cold War has brought around all the new kinds of weapons, propaganda and a permanent threat of use of the weapons of mass distraction, several so called, "proxy wars" took place, where the rivalry between capitalists and communists resulted in the real fights on the other states territories, when the US and the Soviet Union supported different sides in the Civil Wars, for example Berlin Crises, Korean War, Cuban missile crises, Vietnam and Afghanistan wars. Nevertheless, although the vast majority of the historical facts are now known and have been studied carefully, it is still hard to ...

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To prove my thesis, I will show the similarities that both films share by analyzing the characters, themes and the socio-historical background of the two movies. ... Similarly in the 70's it was a resurgence of movement rights in reaction to the Vietnam War. ... Scorsese in Taxi Driver is concerned about political corruption, the inability of authority figures to control prostitutes and drug dealers and the disillusion of Vietnam War veteran about their society. ...

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Background of the Theory The theory is based on the assumption that western countries are wealthier and more powerful, thus became the basis of modernization. ... He also believes in the efficacy of capitalism and is known to strongly supporting US involvement in the Vietnam War. Rostow became famous when he published "The Stages of Economic Growth: A Non-Communist Manifesto," in 1960, which proposed the Rostovian take-off model of  economic growth, one of the major historical models of economic growth, which argues that economic modernization occurs in five basic stages of varying length:...

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During his life, Steinbeck lived through many historical events in both the world and the United States. ... He lived through World War I, World War II, and the Vietnam War. ... He tells the story of their lives, which is a background to his job during college as a laborer (Hughes 78). ...

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If there is no background or psychological action, if the audience is not required to reflect on the villain's motives, strategy and feelings, then the villain is only a one-sided, boring bad guy in a film made for sensation-thirsty audiences. 3. ... Each of these films can be viewed as a product of its environment: the U.S. - Soviet relations in the Cold War, the Vietnam War, American - Sino tensions in the 1990's, and in Reds" a true story of an American who betrayed his country's ideology and became a communist. ...

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This paper will discuss the background, governmental structure, and political issues of Uganda to inform the reader, and to determine whether Uganda is a democratic form of government. ... Genealogy employed by the settlers in the area remains the only historical documentation of the peoples pre-colonialism. ...

• Word Count: 2345
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate