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The Vietnam War was a second phase of fighting in Vietnam. In 1946 Vietnam was part of the colony of French Indochina and the Vietnamese fought for their independence. The United States provided military equipment, but the French were defeated in 1954. Vietnam was then divided into North and South Vietnam.   Communists saw the Vietnam War as an extension of their struggle with France, as another attempt by a foreign power to rule Vietnam, and as a war of national liberation. China and the Soviet

then, it was overwhelming. Part of the experience was 5 realizing that the USA was on the wrong side. Fine speeches at the United Nations were one thing, but the directory board in the lobby of the American Embassy in Pretoria, with its long list of military attachés, told a different story. [...] Learning something of the cooperation between the USA and the white regime in South Africa [...] was my first lesson that America was not always the noble force for freedom I wanted it to be. 10 A few years

The main conclusion of his thoughts is that war is the result of fear and a change in the balance of power. Two key lessons were identified by realists of the work of Thucydides: First, each state seeks to defend or necessarily maximize its military and political power, which creates favourable conditions for war, and secondly, the war is more likely between democratic states between authoritarian states since the latter are less imperialist than first. The two philosophers most often cited

I) Quest ce que la protection sociale? II) Quelles sont les protections sociales aux etats unis ? a)Social sécurity b)Les pensions de retraites versées III) L’assurance maladie américaines a) Medicare b) Medicaid c) Military health care d) La particularité de l’assurance maladie américaine IV) L’ opinion des américains et leurs tentatives de réforme (Sondage 2007) V) Conclusion Intro : La protection sociale aux États-Unis couvre 85 % de la population

corner the market in gold, he authorized the Secretary of the Treasury to sell enough gold to wreck their plans, but the speculation was already there. Grant allowed Radical Reconstruction to run its course in the South, bolstering it at times with military force. During his campaign for re-election in 1872, Grant was attacked by Liberal Republican reformers. He called them "narrow-headed men," their eyes so close together that "they can look out of the same gimlet hole without winking." The General's

licenciements) et fermeture de sites de production. Airbus Military : Enfin, Airbus ne fait pas uniquement dans le civil: Depuis les années 90, Airbus essaie de pénétrer le marché militaire, en proposant des avions de transport tactique et de ravitaillement. 1999: Fondation de Airbus Military Company SAS (avant même la formation d'Airbus), c'est là que le projet a pris réellement forme. Aujourd'hui, c'est la société Airbus Military, basé à Madrid qui regroupe toute la capacité "militaire"

the palace of Versailles was created. It incorporated the southern states like Bavaria and Württemberg. Now Germany was the most economically and military powerful nation, it also played a dominant role in the international relations in Europe. The Prussian army was an example for the other European countries. It used fast mobilisation, planning military operations, professionally trained soldiers, a competent general staff. This shown that the German Empire was ready for a future war. Other nation

Guerre 25 août 2013 00:51, par C. Dujardin J’ai lu avec passion ce récit écrit avec tant de naturel. Pour M. Provost, le radiologue René Van Tiggelen vient de publier un livre sur la radiologie de la Première guerre. Radiology in a Trench coat. Military radiology on the western Front during the Great War, Academia Press,Brussels, 2013 Répondre à ce message Témoignage d’Angeline Baillon, infirmière bénévole pendant la Grande Guerre 28 août 2013 16:38, par Martine Morel La cousine de mon grand

repayment. By and large, war repayments were not sufficient to weaken Germany but they were embittering the whole population. Germany knew also that no single country would attempt to enforce repayment either because individually it did not have the military potential, especially in the aftermath of WW1, or because countries now knew that any future war would involve civilians on a far greater scale. Abroad: events leading up to WW2 Meanwhile in Germany, Hitler had been invited to become Chancellor

origin and ambiguity Of the many definitions of the term “Iron Curtain”, a typical one reads as follows: “After World War II, communist governments were set up in Eastern Europe, based on the Soviet political model. From 1945 to 1990, military, political, and ideological barriers dramatically divided the Soviet bloc nations from western Europe. This division was referred to as the "Iron Curtain".In August of 1961, the East German government built a wall between East and West Berlin to