In 1823 the United States declared in the Monroe Doctrine that it claimed interest in the Western World. And America has pursued this goal. But what kind of effect have we had in Central and South America? In many cases, America should not have had the right to involve itself in Latin America. ...

The Vietnam War & Fred Shepherd The Vietnam War was fought in 1964-1975. Before United States involvement, Vietnam was a French colony and the Vietnamese wanted their freedom. They fought for their independence from the French and were successful in 1955. The United States wanted an ally in...

The hippies stared in the 1960s as a protest against war and to make peace . They were all pretty much drug addicts the liked to smoke weed. The also thought that the world should be peaceful and that everybody should love each other they were all about peace and love. They made lots of protest ...

Oppenheimer and Sakharov and the Cold War J. Robert Oppenheimer and Andrei Sakharov are both considered leaders of nuclear physics during the World War II and the Cold War. The two men had astonishingly similar lives, achievements and views on nuclear weapons. Andrei Sahkarov (1921-1989), ...

In "The Things They Carried," O'Brien made reference to the aspect of the Vietnam War that was closely associated with the physical, psychological, and emotional weight the soldiers bared. The overall method of presentation of this story incorporated many different outlooks on the things the soldie...

The Book, the Movie The Martian Chronicles, written in 1950, was produced in 1979 as a made-for- television mini-series. As with most adapted screenplays, the movie differs from the novel. These differences are not that drastic and do not circumvent the overlying message of the piece. The f...

In the early twentieth century, America experienced big, but different type of wars: Second World War and the Vietnam War. Although in both wars America tried to use its super power to achieve the worldsf peace, its specific policies and what they got as a result were totally different. One of the...

The Sixties split the skies. Only Civil and two world wars so neatly divided our history into a Before and After. And the Sixties were more divisive than World War II, which drew more people for the war effort. The Sixties drove people apart - husbands from wives, children from parents, students ...

Reeves, Richard. President Kennedy: Profile of Power. Touchstone, 1993. Richard Reeves is best known as a writer, syndicated columnist, and producer of several documentary films. He has been the recipient of numerous awards including the Lifetime Achievement Award in 1998. He was...

Over the course of the last half-century the U.S. has enjoyed unprecedented power in every aspect whether it be politically, economically, militarily, or by any other means. In its dominance of world politics since WWII, the U.S. has been able to cast its influence around the globe. However, the U...

"Can Vietnam Succeed?" When questioning the chances of success for Vietnam, we need to understand that Vietnam's 'success' can only be assessed by the extent to which Vietnam's economy, political system, and administrative institutions are successfully meeting the n...

Americanism and the new american paradigm.*note* this paper is 99% opinion, and inspired by Noam Chomsky's 1997 lecture in boston on "Propaganda And Control of the Public Mind."The year was 1989, the cold war had subsided, and America was looking for a new paradigm, a new reason to keep people on ou...

Globalization is a generic term used to encompass the changes that take place at all life levels, including economy, politics, business and even culture. It is undoubted that the United States of America played a key role in the expansion of the concept. Proof of this stand the American firms that ...

Born on the Fourth of JulyRon Kovic, born on the fourth of July, raised in a patriotic family and spoon-fed heroic tales left home to fight the war in Vietnam. Kovic returned from the war with a shattered body, but it took a couple of years for the damage to spread to his mind and spirit. By the t...

Allen Ginsberg as a contemporary romantic Allen Ginsberg did not only inspire the new generation of poets who called themselves the Beats but was, also, considered the main figure in the rebellion movements of his time. Ginsberg created his own conception of poetry and art that was very different f...

In the summer of 1960, the United States set in motion a process that has gradually grown stronger ever since. This process was the Cuban Trade Embargo. The process began when the Cuban government ordered two U.S. oil companies, Standard and Texaco, to refine Soviet crude oil at their Cuban refiner...

About a year ago I was having the familiar problem with Army recruiters. Finally, instead of saying that I was interested and hanging up, I decided to talk to the guy. I told him I didn't want to join the Army because I was a pretty big fan of peace. He told me that's what fighting wars was all abou...

The setting of a piece of literature includes several different aspects. It includes what is going on politically, culturally, and also in the temporal environment (page 253). O'Brien's short story takes place in another country: Vietnam (page 80). The parts of Vietnam mentioned include both Than...

Throughout Russian history there have been many leaders who have tried to implement reforms to help shape the future of their nation. In doing so, some of these leaders have left a legacy for history books and scholars to contemplate. Alexander II, Nikita Khrushchev, and Mikhail Gorbachev each sou...

Slavik teens are a big topic over TV and newspapers. They have been doing about every crime there could be done. Most of the Americans think that all people are the same and so they start disrespecting other slaviks. So, how do Russian and Ukrainian teens affect on reputation of Slaviks in Calif...