...Nobody likes a robber.Especially when they live right next door. You see, the Americans had just gotten the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 which gave them lots of land. Then later Mexico gained its independence in 1821. After that in 1836 Texas decided to be independent too.(Background Essay) The Texans decided to sign a treaty with the U. S. and then the Americans got greedy again. They wanted the land from the Nueces River down to the Rio Grande. They wanted it so bad that they decided to go to war over it with Mexico. The United States might have been justified in going to war. No, the U. S. was not justified in going to war with Mexico because America was being disrespectful, America was stealing land, and America wanted a war. The first...
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...COLA WARS: GOING GLOBAL 1. Reading synthesis The Harvard Review article discuss how the 2 most successful cola companies, Coca Cola and Pepsico, had been struggling in the market since they started their operations. The interesting part is how it explained how each one of the companies developed their market in different countries. In this case, it explained the companies history in Mexico, China and India. What I think is more important to understand is that each country has different cultural ideas that affect the companies development among its consumers. For example, in India they had problems with its formula, in China people identify light colored beverages to be healthier and in Mexico first they had price control problems. Another interesting point is that Pepsico has a variety of not only beverages but also their snacks part it’s pretty strong. 2. References: Investigate two references and indicate how they relate to the main argument of the reading. • Andrew Martin, “Does Coke Need A Refill?”; New York Times; May 27 2007; p,C1 The article talks about how Coca Cola’s campaign gets the company to where it is today, they in vested millions on advertising. Also it talks about Coca Cola’s new products and how they achieved even higher sales for the company. IT also explains how the trajectory of Coca Cola made the company that we know today. • “PepsiCo to Spend $1B in China Over Next Four Year,” Yahoo! Finance; November 4...
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...The colonist were justified in going to war against Britain for their freedom. Although the British and Colonist are both faulty in their actions against each other, the colonist deserved their freedom. The colonist proved their need to be independent through the Bloody Massacre, the Quartering Act, the Tea Act, the Stamp Act, and finally the Intolerable Acts.These Acts proved that the colonist earned their right to go to war because they were ruled unfairly by Britain. The Stamp Act acted like the first domino to fall in making the colonist realize they needed their freedom.The Stamp Act wasn’t the first act that required colonist to pay taxes but it was the first Act that taxed colonist directly. The problem wasn’t the money. By all means, the British people were paying more than ten times what the colonist were required to pay. The problem was the fact that the British were trying to control the colonist who in the past had made their own decisions for themselves. The Stamp Act placed duties on paper items. Every Time the colonist bought a piece of paper on any paper items they would have to pay for an official stamp.Although this act wasn’t much, the colonist were truly angered. In 1773,the Tea Act was passed. The colonist...
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...MAIN ARGUMENTS The reason Barnett supports going to war in Iraq is not simply that Saddam is a cutthroat Stalinist willing to kill anyone to stay in power, nor because that regime has clearly supported terrorist networks over the years. The real reason he supports a war like this is that the resulting long-term military commitment will finally force America to deal with the entire Gap as a strategic environment. The primary division in the world today, he says, is between two sets countries that he calls the Core and the Gap. The Core consists of advanced countries that play by the rules and are committed to globalization (primarily Europe, North America, and Japan) plus countries that are committed to getting there (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and some others). This is a form of shrinking the gap aka promote globalization. The less connected to globalization, the greater the chance is for U.S. military response. However, the Middle East is ripe for change, a stronger “bully” could push it forward. Focusing America’s military might in the Gap will set the conditions for globalization of nations in the region. Our presence in Japan and Western Europe generated extremely successful Core states. The Gap is everyone else: a collection of disconnected, lawless, and dangerous countries such as Colombia, Pakistan, and North Korea, plus most of the Middle East and Africa. American military action since World War II has been confined almost exclusively to...
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...GRANDPA Dear grandpa, I am so happy when I got your letter, I haven’t heard from you for quite a long time, I miss you so much. We are doing great, hope you are the same grandpa. I have read your opinions about the Vietnam War and I have some serious discussion about this. I hope you will understand my perspectives and not forcing me to be conscripted to go to fight in Vietnam. To start with, as you know that South Vietnam seemed to be under attack from communism, with its political, economic and social implications therefore it requested for USA and Australia’s supports. Moreover, we were willing to help because we don’t more countries to become communist like a domino effect and it might affect our country’s policies. Grandpa, do you get why did Australia even agree to become involved? It’s such a bad idea. Australia fight in Vietnam because our biggest ally – USA did and we want to make sure they stay bound to us if we need them to help us in the future (in addition as we formed ANZUS that means alliances have to help each other’s). However, in this case fighting is not a good choice because it will have bad effects on the relationships and in general of those countries. One of the reasons is Vietnam didn’t do anything to us, as if declaimed war or anything that require us to fight, to protect our homes; this case they just want to be communist. Australia was sort of got influenced by the America. I think Vietnam has the right to choose between capitalism and communism;...
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...First, the world is essentially divided up into two parts, the Gap and the Core. The Gap is essentially the Third World, and the Core is the first world and those countries that either due to size, military capabilities, or growing economic impact is on its way to joining the Core. This latter sub-group are led by the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa). The author explains that the key difference between the Gap and the Core is the plenitude of choices offered to their denizens. Those living in the Core are offered a greater and better range of choices due to their enhanced connectivity with each other and with the world. Likewise those in the Gap do not have such an offering of choices; either due to official censorship, lack of infrastructure or insufficient education. Second, the author argues that it is the lack of choices and lack of connectivity in the Gap that drives much of the world's major problems, such as terrorism, religious fundamentalism, civil conflicts, and the international black market in weapons, drugs and people. And from this logic, it is the Gap where these large problems originate. Third, the author argues that the USA, being the lone superpower left in the world, should make a earnest, comprehensive and all-consuming effort to "shrink the Gap" in the words of the author. Methods recommended by the author to shrink the Gap include establishment of trade treaties to expand international trade, foreign investment, preemptive military invasions...
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...Principals and conscience in conflict before going to the Vietnam War has led to lifelong shame through the moral confusion in a lot of American soldier’s mind. In Tim O’ Brien’s story “On the Rainy River”, the author himself had a hard time deciding whether to go to the war or not. Feeling more ashamed and embarrassed than ever, he had experienced this moral confusion of going to the Vietnam War as an American soldier. Like any other American soldier, going to the Vietnam War is a heroic yet cowardly act. Tim O’ Brien did not know whether to go take part in the war or not, he felt fear in a numerous things about war: “I feared losing the respect of my parents. I feared the law. I feared ridicule and censure.” (3) From this one can see how Tim is aware of how his parents and...
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...“Should we really be going to war?” This was the question that many Americans asked themselves in the year of 1846. The Mexican American War began in April of 1846, the cause being disputed territory. Mexico claimed the Nueces River as its northeastern border, while the United States claimed the Rio Grande River. The disputed territory, which is now Texas, was originally a part of Mexico, but Texas was annexed into the United States in 1845. Mexico deemed this annexation as illegal and ignored it, causing the territory dispute to begin. This caused a lot of trouble with the two countries, including many battles and the start to a new war. The United States was not justified in going to war with Mexico because Polk provoked it, the United States...
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...Should people and nations of the world feel responsible to help people who are suffering or endangered in other nations, even if it means going to war?In passage 2 “Charles Lindbergh’s speech to the America First Committee Meeting” it says “We must turn our eyes and our faith back to our own country before it is too late.”This is true because if we don’t focus on our nation something bad will happen.And people will die or pay from their nation going to war. First,reason why people and nations should not feel responsible to help people who are suffering or endangered in other nations, even if it means going to war is something bad might happen if we don’t focus on our own nation .It says in passage 2 “Charles Lindbergh’s speech to the America First Committee Meeting” it says ”We have weakened ourselves for many months, and still worse, we have divided our own people by this dabbling in Europe's wars.”This is saying that if our nation is helping another nation in war we would be weaker or the people will be part of something that's...
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...American soldiers in the Vietnam War. While modeled after the author’biography and sharing the same name, Tim is a fictional character and not the author who’s intentionally blurs this distinction, even though he has also been drafted overthere. To sum up briefly, the character, 21, tells us how his storybook world collapsed when he received a draft notice for the Vietnam War. We’ll fisrt develop the dilemma which tortures Tim. Then we’ll analyze the role of the second character, Elroy, and the unexpected « nonconformist » punch line. This excerpt takes place in Minnesota where Tim is fishing on the Rainy River which marks the border between the USA and Canada. It deals with the issues of whether the war he has been drafted into is right and if he should go to the war or be a coward and run away from the war. The dilemma is hard. The draft, at least during the Vietnam war, was a sort of lottery that determined the order of men, by birthdate, to serve as soldiers. This was instituted because there were not enough voluntary soldiers serving in the military. The ways a citizen of the U.S. could avoid going to the Vietnam War was either leave the country or contract some life threatening desease. The first one may have been a solution for Tim who initially decided to run off to Canada to escape being drafted into a war : he not only disagrees with, but is also terrified of . However he is unable to go through with his plan and ends up going to the war : « I did try. It just wasn’t...
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...How Women Were Affected by World War 2 World War II marked a big turning point for women and their roles in society. Before World War II begun, most women were seen as housewives and stay at home mothers and only that. Of course they filled other jobs and took on other responsibilities, but in most cases it would be men. The culture was that men fit the jobs better and would do a better job, and that wasn’t really questioned very much originally because that is how it had always been. Women were not going to be seen as equals with men in America unless a drastic change was going to occur. That change would have almost had to force women into the workforce and obliged their involvement with American jobs outside of housework. That drastic...
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...Vietnam War Taylor Davis MLS 2006 McDonough Vietnam War The Vietnam War was a disaster from the start for America. America was outnumbered and did not have a clear strategy going into the war. Technically, congress never declared war on Vietnam, so America nor did win or lose the war (Triebwasser). Neither America nor Vietnam won the war as it is still considered as stalemate. As Stewart said, “Meanwhile, the war appeared to be in a state of equilibrium. Only an extraordinary effort by one side or the other could bring a decision” (Stewart, 2010, pg. 330). This war did not go according to plan and the outcome of this war did not favor America. Many men were killed in this war and other injured from enemy fire and gases that were used during the war. America lost the fight (war) in Vietnam. Between the Government and the landscape of Vietnam made it difficult for America to win the war. There are many reasons why America did not succeed in Vietnam and lost the war. The effect of the Cold War was the Vietnam War. The war was to stop Vietnam from becoming a communist nation. America was out to stop communist from spreading into other countries. The effect of Vietnam becoming a communist country would not affect anyone in the world except Vietnam itself. As Pagel stated, “The actual value of Vietnam as a territory, economy or political presence on the world stage was insignificant” (Pagel, 2012). As an outcome of the war, Vietnam is still a communist nation. America failed...
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...of World War I the attitude toward war was extremely positive. People were excited about the war and they greeted it with enthusiasm. In Europe they were told it was going to over by Christmas so people weren’t expecting it to be long nor brutal for that matter. The press romanticized the war with various propaganda; so many men enlisted and were very proud to serve. They viewed it as they were going to be heroes and a victory was on its way; and no men wanted to miss the action. War made people, men and women, feel very nationalistic for their country, thus making them eager to contribute as much as they could to the war effort. Some men felt war was going to be a “great adventure” and gave “the war an ideal and almost romantic character”. All of Europe also helped romanticized the war and heroism because the people no experience with a long bloody war, they didn’t know what to expect. Contributions other than enlisting in the war were numerous. They men and women wanted to help out with the war effort for their country because it made them feel proud and integrated with the war. Some people contributed with food rations and where they donated food to the soldiers. Others planted victory gardens and some women took over the jobs the men did. Women also joined the Red Cross to help out in the war. The wealthier people donated money to the war effort so they could contribute in a way. In that early stage of the war they didn’t know how bad, long and bloody it was going to be so...
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...Running Head: MHE505 MODULE 1 – CASE ASSIGNMENT Question 1: Global definitions of terrorism are presented in the background reading. Provide a critique of these definitions. What would you propose as a global definition of terrorism? |To Define Terrorism | |Debate over what constitutes a terrorist or a terrorist assault occurs with each mass violent attack. In remarks to the Center for | |International Policy in Washington DC, on November 2001, former Ambassador Keeley (2002) discussed the necessity to define | |terrorism, and illustrated the challenge of constructing a definition that can be applied steadily. (Keeley, 2002) Thirteen years | |later six different U.S. government agencies have differing definition of Terrorism, and there is no consensus on a definition. | | | |Critique of Definitions of Terrorism | |Although the wording used in the within the definitions varies, there are key words each of the agencies emphasize. The U.S. Code | |Of Federal Regulation does not distinguish between a government and sub national group who uses terrorism as a method. United | |States Code Title...
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...The book “Over Here” by David Kennedy gives details of America during the nineteen month involvement of the first work war. The book states information that describes political innovation, social disruptions and the culture heritage of the experience of America in the War (p.VII). The prologue gives details of what is going on during the war. The prologue tells how the war affects Americans and how there is another what inside America, which helped the United States go to war. During this time Woodrow Wilson just got reelected for president again in 1916. One of the many reasons he had got reelected is because he based his campaign on not going to war. Wilson appealed directly to the people, unify their convictions, awaken their emotional energy, and turn this great mass force on his recalcitrant foes (p.48). This changed Americans minds about Wilson, at first he was trying to keep America out of war and now he is trying to enforce the idea that America should go to war. There were some people that supported Wilson new decision to go to war. John Dewey and the New Republic followed about going to war and they helped changed American’s mind about going to war....
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