...WWII in East and Southeast Asia Since the beginning of civilization, humanity has always been at war. WWII, one of the most devastating wars in history, left an impact on nearly every region of the Earth. The regions of East and Southeast Asia were left devastated with poor economies, war, and pollution. These effects have caused multiple issues post WWII, some still unresolved today. Both areas have faced many trials, but people never mention them. The first changes to occur mainly took place in Southeast Asia. Due to the defeat of the Japanese Empire, these countries became independent, unless their former owner annexed them again. As a consequence of the war and a large amount of debt, the UK, France, the Netherlands, and Germany failed to fund for many of their colonies. This allowed the independence of Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines, but most importantly, Korea and Vietnam. Though some amount of confusion took place in most of these countries, the most notable ones include Vietnam and Korea. The...
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...of a set of cases and are, as Robert Cox posits, critical of the circumstances from which certain politico-economic configurations emerge[1]. A contemporary theory that has surfaced in the last few decades is the developmental state theory which sought to explain the precipitous economic progress of East Asian states after the Second World War. Although the initial outcome of adopting developmental strategies among East Asian states have shown the theory’s potency as a basis for economic development policies, subsequent events especially the results of Southeast Asian attempts to pattern itself after developmental strategies have put into question the developmental state’s efficacy as a long-term arrangement. Specifically, the Philippines’ status as an “anti-developmental” state[2] serves as a channel for criticism of the developmental state theory through other IPE theories not only in terms of strategies and policies, but also in the deeper level of societal conflict and political structures. The origins of the Developmental State and its basic premises The literature on developmental state theory attributes its conception to Chalmers Johnson who argued in his book MITI and the Japanese Miracle, that “Japan’s road to capitalism differed from that of the West, with the central role played by...
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...America has justified its rise as a world power from the Spanish-American War through WWII by showing their determination to be economically strong as a country and set a standard for other countries. America has justified their imperialist practices by portraying a democracy ran country that focuses on peace, power, and being an example of peace for the rest of the world. And also by showing its strengths politically with Pearl Harbor, militarily with the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and economically with the Executive Order 9066. Spanish American War relates to this would be when President Mckinley wanted to step in to help Cuba against Spain (The White Man’s Burden). America was powerful enough to gain control of those countries. They...
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...Island Hopping The strategy of island hopping was used due to the fact that the U.S gained control over some islands and colonies in the Philippines and Guam. The Japanese had began to win a lot of battles and gain more and more power so the US army started getting worried and they viewed Japan as a serious threat. The U.S decided they needed to bomb Japan but the U.S did not have what it took to get a bomb big enough to take out Japan to transport it to Japan so they needed a better strategy. Thats where the islands where the U.S won over come into play. These islands that the U.S have are very close to Japan and if anything went wrong the U.S could come back to these islands and be safe. This was a perfect spot to make a bomb and an airbase...
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...On January 30, 1933, Hitler was elected Chancellor of Germany. On September 1, 1939, WWII started. It wasn’t until the year of 1943 that my grandpa, Donald Hart, joined the US Navy. My grandpa was on USS LST 717. LST 717 and all of its crew participated in two operations, both in 1945. LST 717 began its way down the Ohio River into the Mississippi River. On the same day that the ship left, he was assigned auxiliary steering and started his lessons as a Helmsman. Once they reached New Orleans, the put camouflage paint on, and the pontoons were attached. Their first stop was Hollandia, New Guinea, located in the southern part of the Philippine Sea. Their next stop was the Southwest Pacific. My grandpa worked with the bow gun as a Gunners mate for the twin guns at the very front of the ship. LSTs were armed with 40 mm guns, but they went a very slow speed of 11 .6 knots, and they were unescorted, which made them an obvious target for Japanese submarines and aircraft. My grandpa usually slept in the stern of the ship where the cooks slept. He was asked numerous times to become a cook, but ended up declining every offer...
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...WestPoint and graduated in 1903. This was the start of his leadership qualities. He fought in WWI where he achieved the rank of Major. After the war MacArthur was named superintendent of West Point, a post he held for the next three years. In 1930 he was promoted to general and selected as the Army chief of staff. MacArthur earned the rank of five star general during WWII and was named the supreme commander in the Pacific war theater. He was ordered out of The Philippines after the Japanese were getting to close to him. He left there and was quoted saying “I shall return.” He made true on his promise. Below is a picture his return. Gen. Douglas MacArthur wades ashore during the initial landings at Leyte, Philippine Islands, October, 1944. Photograph Courtesy of the National Archives & Records Administration After many years of Island jumping and fighting off the Japanese were ever they were located the United States dropped the atom bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Japan surrendered to MacArthur on the battleship Missouri. Below is a picture of this happening. (MacArthur, 2014) After WWII MacArthur was named the supreme commander of Japan’s occupying forces where he rounded up a lot of the war criminals and prosecuted them according to the law. Macarthur...
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...Associate Program Material Appendix C World War II and the Atom Bomb Complete the charts in Parts 1 and 2 by providing the requested information. An example is provided in Part 1. Answer the questions in Part 3. Part 1: Western Front | | | | | | |Campaign |Dates |Allied objective |Major turning point |Outcome | |EXAMPLE: |October 1942 to May |Attack Germans from the southern side; |Battle at El Alamein: German forces driven|The American offensive finally drove the Germans from | | |1943 |expose the vulnerability of the Nazi |out of Egypt |Africa, allowing the Allies to move toward Italy | |North Africa | |empire | | | | |1943-1944 |Allies wanted defeat the German occupancy |Battle at Monte Cassion: Allies broke |The Germans and Italians were defeated on the Italian | |Italy | |of Italy...
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...engineers and served in the Philippines from 1903 '' 1904, he was promoted to first lieutenant April 1904. He was an engineer officer and aide to the commander of the Pacific Division. He was promoted to captain on February 1911, then promoted to major December 1915, and colonel August 1917. He married Lousie Cromwell Brooks in 1922 and then divorced in 1929. He then married Jean Marie Faircloth in 1937. In December 1937 he retired from active service but continued as adviser to the Philippine government. July 1941 he was recalled to active duty as lieutenant generaland named commander. He received the Medal of Honor for Philippine defense preparations and operations. In April 1951 he was relieved of his command by President Truman. He died in Washington D.C. on April 5, 1951. Truman Henry Truman was born on may 8, 1884 in Lamar, Missouri. He attended public schools in Independence and in 1901 he graduated from high school. After high school he worked briefly as a timekeeper for a railroad construction contractor. In 1906 he returned to Grandview to help his father run the family farm. He continued to work as a farmer for more than ten years. From 1905 to 1911 he served in the Missouri National Guard. As the US entered WWI he helped organize the 2nd regiment of Missouri Field Artillery. He was promoted to captain and given the command of the regiments Battery D. He eventually rose to the rank of colonel and sought to return to active duty at the outbreak of WWII. General George Marshall...
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...MJC: To what extent were colonial policies the main reason for the lack of progress of pre-WWII nationalism in SEA? (I try to brainstorm on colonial policies and see what I can come up with first) Intro: Definitions: -Lack of progress: tangible vs intangible progress/ultimate aim of independence -colonial policies: direct/indirect rule, benign/brutal colonial masters which affects their policy stance -nationalism: a political and social movement aimed at creating a nation state based on collective identity Reasons for lack of progress: Colonial suppression, benign policies, disunity, inability to politicize the masses, elite-mass divide, western education Thesis: The repressive elements of colonial rule remain the critical factor for the lack of progress of pre-WWII nationalism. By impeding the progression and politicization of nationalist movements through hindering the attainment of mass support and common united front, pre-WWII nationalism was doomed to fail. The success of nationalist movements hinges on the willingness of colonial masters to concede to their accessions, but even so, weaknesses present in these nationalist movements themselves, such as factionalism, elite mass divide also prevents the formation of a solid base to challenge the colonial masters and undermines their own nationalist influence. Thus, with colonial policies as the main impediment and the weaknesses of nationalists as a ‘helping hand’, tangible progress was doomed. 1.The type of rule...
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...INTRODUCTION a.) Max’s Restaurant, 4th floor, Robinsons Galleria Branch, Located at Ortigas Ave. Corner Edsa, Quezon City. b.) History Max's Restaurant is a Filipino restaurant chain serving fried chicken and Philippine cuisine since 1945. Founded by Maximo Gimenez with the help of his niece Ruby after WWII, it is a family-style casual dining restaurant that has expanded to 120 branches in the Philippines, eight branches in the United States,and one in Canada.Its signature dish is its fried chicken—Max's dubs itself "the house that fried chicken built".It's often served with rice and/or kamote (sweet-potato) fries. Other items on Max's menu are Filipino dishes like Max’s Fried chicken, pancit, kare-kare, Lumpia,and crispy pata among others.Although described as "sarap to the bones!", for a signature dish Max's fried chicken is surprisingly plain; aside from possibly a little salt rubbed in, there seems little else done to the chicken before it is deep-fried to a golden brown. Yet it is a testament to the natural flavor of chicken that from such simplicity Max's has enjoyed such longevity.While Max's unadorned fried chicken can be a disappointment at first it does get things right by placing the focus on the chicken.One learns to respect the dish when many years later one still finds it palatable while other seemingly more impressive chicken dishes haven't endured and have faded from memory. In a sense basic goodness and soundness can be used to describe...
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...led the campaign in the Philippines against the Imperial Japanese in the second world war and led the joint United Nations forces in the korean war. Douglas Macarthur was born on January 26, 1880 in Little Rock, Arkansas. Macarthur spent a majority of his childhood on the western frontier due to his father being in the military and constantly moving duty stations. It was there in the western outposts that Macarthur himself said “ I learned to shoot and ride before I could read and write,” Macarthur knew from an early age that he wanted to follow in his father’s footsteps and become an officer in the army....
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...Topic: Power & Tourism Policy TREN 3P11 Unit 2 Review Power and Tourism Policy: * Politics and public policy are closely linked * Politics is about power, who gets what, where, how and why * Tourism developed in capitalist societies (generally after WWII) * Based on ‘consumption’ ideology * Control over space, time, resources Political Use of Tourism: * Spain (1939 – 75) under Franco’s regime * Most hated * Political acceptance * Israel (political sympathy for war in Gaza, boost national morale) * Philippines (1966 – 86) under Marcos * Marcos family was the richest in the world * To meet the needs of Marcos New Society – new image of the country. Created hotels with cheap material that caused building chippings * Korea and Taiwan * Korea was divided into North/South Korea in WWII * Political legitimacy, economic boost * Socialist Governments * Consistent with the pursuit of national ideologies * Social tourism Example of Political Use of Tourism: Chavez Video Clip: Why did Chaves want to create a new dependency? * For tourist attraction * Natural gas * Claiming the land before US could claim their land for natural resource * Chavez wanted to create a territorial protection of natural resources Vietnam cancels trips over oil rig row * Territorial dispute (have to see if there’s any natural resources under the ocean), countries stopped sending...
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...United States became involved in the Spanish American War. There will also be comments on Theodore Roosevelt’s connection to the war. Lastly mentions why historian now call the war the Spanish-American-Filipino War. Spanish American War which took place in 1898, was the United States first time broke the geographic boundaries and began to set goals to make itself one of most powerful countries in the world in 20th century. From isolating to expansion the Spanish American War led America into the modern era. The War was a symbol that the United States was rising power. The Spanish American War was a War which launched in order to raid the Spanish colonies. At that time, the Philippines not only had the important economic value but also was the strategic base of America so it was important to occupy the Philippines. On February 15th the American vessel the Maine sunk in Havana harbor, and the United States seized the chance as an excuse to began to take military actions to declare war to Spain. This fact was overlooked at the time. “Remember the Maine, to hell with Spain!” was said by newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst. This is thought to be the rallying cry used to propel Congress into a declaration of war. Theodore Roosevelt kept on President Mckinley and others that if War came to be that he wanted to leave from behind the desk in Washington and head to the front to fight. He contacted both General Tillinghast and General Greene of the New York National Guard mentioning...
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...The Origin and Evolution of War. Gabriel Turner Com172 12/12/2012 The Origin and Evolution of War. War has plagued our society for quite some time. This research paper will focus on war and its origin, and determine which society first declared war and how has war evolved over time. Its purpose is to give accurate information to the reader. In order to answer the question, where did war originate, it would be helpful to know the exact meaning of the word. Most people know what war is but may not know the correct definition. According to Webster’s Dictionary (2012), “A contest between nations or states, carried on by force, whether for deference, for revenging insults and redressing wrongs, for the extension of commerce, for the acquisition of territory, for obtaining and establishing the superiority and dominion of one over the other, or for any other purpose; armed conflict of sovereign powers; declared and open hostilities.” Pg.1. Essentially war has no origin; it came into existence since the dawn of time. War was born when the need arose. It is the result of man wanted to resolve conflict by force because his fellow man did not agree or believe the same thing they did. War appeared into society as natural as the sun rises from the east every morning. Now ordinary war could not exist without greed or politics, just as peace is only profound by love and understanding...
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...During WWII, the United States was genuinely powerful and had a numerous of resources, but Japan had some limited facts that stopped them from continuing the war with the United States such as a lack of oil, raw materials, steels, weapons, aircrafts, etc. After the “Little Boy” hit Hiroshima, the Soviet Union also invaded Manchuria precipitating the Japanese leaders to be afraid that Japan will be destroyed soon if they refuse to surrender. In the “Document K: Critics of Truman’s Decision to Use Atomic Weapons” it included an excerpt from a memoir known as “I Was There” by Admiral William D. Leahy. Admiral William D. Leahy was the Chief of Staff of president Truman. In his memoir he challenged Truman’s decision of using atomic weapons. Admiral stated...
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