Vietnam Veterans against the War - First, read Vietnam War veteran Bob Muller's July, 23, 1971, statement against the Vietnam War:http://lists.village.virginia.edu/sixties/HTML_docs/Resources/Primary/Manifestos/VVAW_Muller.html.Then read John Kerry's April 23, 1971, statement before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee:http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1972VVAW.htmla. Why did Bob Muller decide to become a Marine? What question did he later realize he neglected to ask while considering whether to join the military?b. According to Muller, what values and beliefs did the military instill in him?c. Did Muller believe that My Lai was an isolated incident? Why or why not?d. How did John Kerry define the term Winter Soldier? What did the Winter Soldiers feel they needed to do upon
returning to America from Vietnam? Why?e. Please list five war crimes that John Kerry maintained were regularly committed by American soldiers in South Vietnam.f. Did Kerry and Muller suggest that the American soldiers who served in Vietnam were brutal by nature or did they imply that the war led them to behave in that way? Explain.g. Why do suppose that Kerry and Muller became antiwar activists after serving in Vietnam?
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A. forced to return to Europe B. taken as prisoners after the ship was fired on by a German destroyer C. allowed to enter the United States D. given honorary Canadian citizenship and allowed to enter that country
Discuss the foreign policy goals and objectives of William H. Seward as a member of the Senate (1849?1861) and as secretary of state (1861?1869), and explain the extent to which his goals were realized by the late 1880s.
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The Ottoman army was composed largely of
a. provincial cavalry. b. mercenaries. c. provincial slaves. d. Mamluk warriors.
Because of the weakness in the Tang Dynasty, Songsten Gampo of Tibet was able to acquire
a. the process of making silk. b. the art of paper making. c. knowledge on brewing wine. d. knowledgeable Chinese scholars. e. All of these choices.