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Some years later, Hofstede added a fifth dimension, that of Long-Term Orientation. LTO determines the degree to which a society em...
seeking to do business in the area. These included restrictions, such as not being allowed to learn Chinese, only being able to li...
San Diego, California. For a young farm boy, the transition was nothing short of culture shock. The boot camp of 1941 was design...
as necessary and correct (Crockatt, 1995). However, the "second wave" of historians, writing perhaps 20 years later, and informed ...
United States, and the troops suffered significant losses from problems that had nothing to do with the Viet Cong. In "Days," the...
Another loss of life associated with war is the loss of wildlife and the destruction of nature. War creates battlefields that rese...
late Sen. J. William Fulbright advocated neither morality nor realism. Instead, he advocated "humanism" as a primary American for...
to investigate if the residents of a bioship are being brainwashed. (The term "padawan" is the Jedi term for "apprentice.") Obi-Wa...
end to the long bloody affair and to consequently save countless US and Japanese lives that would have been lost if the war had of...
Democracy, say Communist opposition, is necessary for China to modernize, inasmuch as the fundamental essence of modernization is ...
dumb show was left. Not the most dramatic passage in the book, but one of the most compelling, is Caputos description of the day ...
could have been avoided had cooler heads been leading Austria-Hungary at the time of the assassination of their heir to the throne...
but a few."2 On the home front, during World War I, it was considered imperative to ensure that a system of "elite decision-making...
to shift his ground until he agreed with the allies (McCollum, 2003). Germany would be made to pay. "Unfortunately, rather than ...
immediate collapse of the Bao Dai government at the end of the war Ho Chi Minh took the reins in Vietnam. He headed up a coalitio...
They also vote on issues pertinent to liberty. For the colonists both issues loomed large. There is much argument as to what cau...
alive during the time period are still alive. And, perhaps through further research women can begin to be seen more diversely as i...
rise of nationalism. People of common geographic origin, language, and history began to see themselves as members of large cultur...
However, there are many tribal and ethnic divisions within these and so, it is difficult for all of them to get together and form ...
are an officer - and this included the top noncoms- you went to sleep with your headset at your head" (Terkel 254). Most people ...
as no one bothered to make sure that things would go well. In the end, the war was just stopped but there were no victories. Ther...
There were also conflicts between the Australian Imperial Force and the militia troops, who had hastily been drafted when it becam...
of those were Americans. The passenger ship, the Sussex met a similar fate (Kunhardt, 1999). Still, Wilson refused to budge, hon...
had no voice at all. Jefferson Davis accused the North of wanting "an unjust system of legislation to promote the industry of the...
was integral to getting rid of Hitler and rendering what he did something that will likely never happen again. And while there wer...
the Vietnam debacle, and, consequently overlook Johnsons achievements in Europe, which Schwartz feels "deserve consideration as on...
considerably. Two world leaders, in particular, stand out when we are considering these events from a U.S. perspective. These two...
tyranny, with scarcely anyone considering independence (Burns, 1969). It escalated into the birth of a nation, but the primary thr...
1950 (Gaddis, 1982). What is the NSC-68 exactly? It seems that this report would outline national security strategy during a time...
a shrew mouse" (Remarque, 1987, p. 10). He observes that much of the misery in the world is caused by little men (not an original...