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1988: Encyclopedia - 1988
1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar.
1988 - Events.
January 1 - The Evangelical Lutheran...
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War On Terrorism: Encyclopedia - War On Terrorism
The "War on Terrorism" or "War on Terror" (in U.S. foreign policy circles, the global war on terrorism or GWOT1 ) is a campaign by the Un...
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Algeria: Encyclopedia - Algeria
The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria (Arabic: الجمهورية الجزائرية الديمقراطية الشعبية) , or Al...
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Vietnam War: Encyclopedia - Vietnam War
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So. Vietnam - 1,250,000+ US - 58,226
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Counter Insurgency: Encyclopedia - Counter Insurgency
Counter-insurgency is the combatting of insurgency, by the government (or allies) of the territory in which the insurgency takes place. I...
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Guerrilla Warfare: Encyclopedia Ii - Guerrilla Warfare - Examples
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List Of Political Parties: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Political Parties - A
List of political parties - Abkhazia.
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History Of Algeria: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Algeria - Historical Setting
History of Algeria - Geography.
In geography, the fertile coastal plain of North Africa, especially west of Tunisia, is often termed th...
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Vietnam War: Encyclopedia Ii - Vietnam War - Intervention By The Usa
Vietnam War - Johnson and the Gulf of Tonkin.
Main article: Gulf of Tonkin Incident
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Provisional Revolutionary Government Of The Republic Of South Vietnam: Encyclopedia Ii - Provisional Revolutionary Government Of The Republic Of South Vietnam - Text
The PRG was formed by the National Liberation Front (NLF); the Alliance of National, Democratic and Peace Forces; and the People's Revolu...
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Guerrilla Warfare: Encyclopedia Ii - Guerrilla Warfare - Examples
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Jane Fonda: Encyclopedia Ii - Jane Fonda - Political Activism
During the 1960s, Fonda engaged in political activism in support of the Civil Rights Movement and in opposition to the Vietnam War.
Along...
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History Of The United States 1964-1980: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The United States 1964-1980 - The Vietnam War
History of the United States 1964-1980 - Gulf of Tonkin Resolution and the Tet Offensive.
In many ways the Vietnam War was a direct suc...
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The Battle Of Algiers: Encyclopedia Ii - The Battle Of Algiers - Post-release History
Contemporary film critics have commended the Battle of Algiers for both its technical merits and its relatively even-handed portrayal of ...
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Vietnam War: Encyclopedia Ii - Vietnam War - Intervention By The Usa
Vietnam War - Johnson and the Gulf of Tonkin.
Main articles: Gulf of Tonkin Incident, and [[]], and [[]], and [[]]
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Strategic Hamlet Program: Encyclopedia Ii - Strategic Hamlet Program - Problems Faced By The Program
In theory, the hamlets were to be heavily fortified and guarded by both residents of the communities and national patrols. Each hamlet wa...
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Index Of Political Parties Cont.: Encyclopedia Ii - Index Of Political Parties Cont. - The Alphabetical Index Of Party Names In English
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Mahoré Departementalist Movement (Mayotte: Mouvement Départementaliste Mahorais)
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People's Democratic Republic Of Yemen: Encyclopedia Ii - People's Democratic Republic Of Yemen - History
Main article: History of Yemen
British interests in the area which would later become the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (PDRY), b...
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Algeria: Encyclopedia Ii - Algeria - History
Main article: History of Algeria
Algeria has been inhabited by Berbers (or Amazigh) since at least 10,000 BC. From 1000 BC on, the Cartha...
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Political Prisoner: Encyclopedia Ii - Political Prisoner - Variants
Governments of all regime types--fascist, communist, theocratic, and liberal democratic--have held political prisoners. In the Soviet Uni...
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Nationalism And Resistance In Algeria: Encyclopedia Ii - Nationalism And Resistance In Algeria - Algerian Nationalism
A new generation of Muslim leadership emerged in Algeria at the time of World War I and grew to maturity during the 1920s and 1930s. It c...
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Military History Of The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of The United States - Timeline
Military history of the United States - Colonial wars 1620–1775.
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Vietnam War: Encyclopedia Ii - Vietnam War - Intervention By The Usa
Vietnam War - Johnson and the Gulf of Tonkin.
Main article: Gulf of Tonkin Incident
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Lon Nol: Encyclopedia Ii - Lon Nol - Biography
While Prince Norodom Sihanouk was away on a trip to Moscow and Beijing being treated for cancer, General Lon Nol launched a successful co...
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Modibo Keïta: Encyclopedia Ii - Modibo Keïta - Entering Politics
Modibo Keïta was involved in various associations. In 1937, he was the coordinator of the art and theater group. Along with Ouezzin Coul...
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Vietnam War: Encyclopedia Ii - Vietnam War - Intervention By The Usa
Vietnam War - Johnson and the Gulf of Tonkin.
Johnson raised the level of U.S. involvement on July 27, 1964, when 5,000 additional U.S....
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Military History Of Albania During World War Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of Albania During World War Ii - The Communist And Nationalist Resistance
Military history of Albania during World War II - The beginning of the Communist movement.
Faced with an illiterate, agrarian, and most...
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Maurice Papon: Encyclopedia Ii - Maurice Papon - Criminal Conviction
Little by little evidence of his reponsibility in the Holocaust emerged, and throughout the 1980s he fought a string of legal battles. Af...
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Algerian Presidential Election 2004: Encyclopedia Ii - Algerian Presidential Election 2004 - Results
Enrolled voters: 18,097,255
Votes cast: 10,508,777 (58.1%)
Invalid votes: 329,075 (3.1%)
Valid votes cast: 10,179,702
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Geneva Conference 1954: Encyclopedia Ii - Geneva Conference 1954 - The Geneva Teatime
On 21 July, the Conference produced a declaration which supported the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the Indochina which gained...
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Abd Al-rahman Ali Al-jifri: Encyclopedia Ii - Abd Al-rahman Ali Al-jifri - Political Activities
Abd Al-Rahman Ali Al-Jifri - Early Political Life.
In 1956, at the age of 13, Al-Rahman joined the Rabitat Party Youth, and was one of ...
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Guerrilla Warfare: Encyclopedia Ii - Guerrilla Warfare - Examples
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Mozambique
portions of the Wars of Scottish Independence; notably, ac...
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1988: Encyclopedia Ii - 1988 - Events
1988 - January.
January 1 - The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is established, creating the largest Lutheran denomination in t...
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Cold War 1953-1962: Encyclopedia Ii - Cold War 1953-1962 - The Rise Of The Third World Arena Of Conflict
Cold War 1953-1962 - Decolonization and the Cold War.
The Korean War marked a shift in the focal point of the Cold War, from postwar Eu...
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War On Terrorism: Encyclopedia Ii - War On Terrorism - Critics' Opposition
Critics maintain that terrorist threats have been exaggerated; that terrorism has been exploited for other purposes; that it has resulted...
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Fall Of Saigon: Encyclopedia Ii - Fall Of Saigon - Overview
In the morning of that day, General Duong Van Minh, who had been president of South Vietnam for only three days after the resignation of ...
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Tet Offensive: Encyclopedia Ii - Tet Offensive - Specific Operations
To the south the fighting began on January 29 as a number of NLF units began their attacks prematurely in four provincial towns. The rest...
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Counter Insurgency: Encyclopedia Ii - Counter Insurgency - Controversy
Counter-insurgency tactics are often controversial, sometimes involving human rights abuses and violations of civil liberties, such as in...
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War On Terrorism: Encyclopedia Ii - War On Terrorism - Critics' Opposition
Critics maintain that terrorist threats have been exaggerated; that terrorism has been exploited for other purposes; that it has resulted...
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Cold War 1962-1991: Encyclopedia Ii - Cold War 1962-1991 - The Third World And Nonalignment In The 1960s And 1970s
Cold War 1962-1991 - Decolonization.
The economic needs of the Third World states made them vulnerable to foreign influences and pressu...
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Second Congo War: Encyclopedia Ii - Second Congo War - The Course Of The War
The initial rebel offensive in a matter of weeks threatened the Kabila government, which was only saved through the rapid intervention of...
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History Of Vietnam: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Vietnam - Dynastic Period
When the Lê emperor Lê Long Đĩnh died in his twenties, a court general named Lý Công Uẩn took the chance to take over the throne ...
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Algerian Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Algerian Civil War - Coup D'état: A Guerrilla War Begins
The army saw this outcome as unacceptable. The FIS had made open threats against the ruling pouvoir, condemning them as unpatriotic and p...
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Vietnam War: Encyclopedia Ii - Vietnam War - Intervention By The Usa
Vietnam War - Johnson and the Gulf of Tonkin.
Main article: Gulf of Tonkin Incident
Johnson raised the level of U.S. involvement on J...
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Counter Insurgency: Encyclopedia Ii - Counter Insurgency - Tactics
Counter insurgency - Draining The Water.
The name of this tactic is taken from Mao Zedong's advice to his guerrillas to "move through t...
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Vietnam War: Encyclopedia Ii - Vietnam War - The Beginning Of The War
Vietnam War - NLF National Liberation Front in the South.
Liberation forces initiated guerilla activities in South Vietnam in 1957. Two...
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Vietnam War: Encyclopedia Ii - Vietnam War - The Tet Offensive
Late in 1967, General Westmoreland had asserted that it was "conceivable" that in "two years or less" US forces could be phased out of th...
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Cold War 1953-1962: Encyclopedia Ii - Cold War 1953-1962 - New Leadership In Both Superpowers
When President Eisenhower was sworn in as president in 1953, the Democrats lost their twenty year control of the US presidency. Under Eis...
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Cold War 1953-1962: Encyclopedia Ii - Cold War 1953-1962 - Massive Retaliation And Brinksmanship
Cold War 1953-1962 - Conflicting objectives.
When Eisenhower entered office in 1953, the new president was committed to two possibly co...
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Vietnam War: Encyclopedia Ii - Vietnam War - Opposition To The War
Small-scale opposition to the war began in 1964 on college campuses. This was happening during a time of unprecedented leftist student ac...
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Vietnam War: Encyclopedia Ii - Vietnam War - Eisenhower And Vietnam
Soon after the Korean War, with the intention of preventing South Vietnam from becoming a communist state, President Eisenhower sent the...
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Cold War 1953-1962: Encyclopedia Ii - Cold War 1953-1962 - Europe And The Founding Of The Warsaw Pact
As the Cold War became an accepted element of the international system the battlegrounds of the earlier period began to stabilize. A de f...
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History Of Algeria: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Algeria - Chapters Of The Series
Main article: Prehistory of Central North Africa
The area which now consists of Algeria was settled by hunting people who left behind viv...
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Geneva Conference 1954: Encyclopedia Ii - Geneva Conference 1954 - Post Declaration Events
Due to the partition, a massive migration took place. Most of the migration consisted of one million moving from North Vietnam to South V...
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Guerrilla Warfare: Encyclopedia Ii - Guerrilla Warfare - Tactics
Guerrilla tactics are based on intelligence, ambush, deception, sabotage, and espionage, and their ultimate objective is usually to desta...
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Cold War 1962-1991: Encyclopedia Ii - Cold War 1962-1991 - The End Of Détente And The Reagan Administration
U.S. President Jimmy Carter, however, tried to move beyond these setbacks for peace and place another cap on the arms race with a SALT II...
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Vietnam War: Encyclopedia Ii - Vietnam War - Pacification And Hearts And Minds
The U.S. realized that the South Vietnamese government needed a solid base of popular support if it was to survive the insurgency. In ord...
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Cold War 1962-1991: Encyclopedia Ii - Cold War 1962-1991 - Legacy
Russia and the other Soviet successor states have faced a chaotic and harsh transition from a command economy to free-market capitalism f...
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Counter Insurgency: Encyclopedia Ii - Counter Insurgency - Tactics
Counter insurgency - Draining The Water.
The name of this tactic is taken from Mao Zedong's advice to his guerrillas to "move through t...
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Cold War 1962-1991: Encyclopedia Ii - Cold War 1962-1991 - Détente And Changing Alliance
See also: Détente
As the Soviet Union achieved rough nuclear parity with the United States, the old assumptions of a "bipolar" world in ...
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Cold War 1962-1991: Encyclopedia Ii - Cold War 1962-1991 - Sino-soviet Split
Main article: Sino-Soviet Split
The People's Republic of China's Great Leap Forward and other policies based on agriculture instead of he...
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Cold War 1962-1991: Encyclopedia Ii - Cold War 1962-1991 - The Vietnam War
Main article: Vietnam War
U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson landed 22,000 troops in the Dominican Republic in 1965 to prevent the emergenc...
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Vietnam War: Encyclopedia Ii - Vietnam War - Overview
Hồng Bàng | An Dương Vương
A precise timeline of the Vietnam War is difficult to determine. Some consider the Vietnam War to have ...
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Cold War 1962-1991: Encyclopedia Ii - Cold War 1962-1991 - The End Of The Cold War
While the Soviets had enjoyed great achievements on the international stage before Reagan entered office in 1981, such as the unification...
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Cold War 1962-1991: Encyclopedia Ii - Cold War 1962-1991 - The Nixon Doctrine
See also: Nixon Doctrine
By the last years of the Nixon administration, it had become clear that it was the Third World that remained the...
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The Battle Of Algiers: Encyclopedia Ii - The Battle Of Algiers - Style And Technical Details
The Battle of Algiers in a style related to that of Italian neorealism, French cinéma vérité, and Soviet socialist realism. The film i...
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Guerrilla Warfare: Encyclopedia Ii - Guerrilla Warfare - Tactics
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Vietnam War: Encyclopedia Ii - Vietnam War - Background
France had gained control of Indochina in a series of colonial wars beginning in the 1840s and lasting until the 1880s. At the Treaty of ...
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Military History Of Albania During World War Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of Albania During World War Ii - The Communist Takeover Of Albania
Military history of Albania during World War II - Provisional Communist administration.
The communist partisans regrouped and, thanks t...
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War On Terrorism: Encyclopedia Ii - War On Terrorism - U.s. Domestic Initiatives
A $40 billion emergency spending bill was quickly passed by the United States legislature, and an additional $20 billion bail-out of the ...
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Vietnam War: Encyclopedia Ii - Vietnam War - Overview
Hồng Bàng | An Dương Vương
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Vietnam War: Encyclopedia Ii - Vietnam War - Background
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Vietnam War: Encyclopedia Ii - Vietnam War - The Beginning Of The War
Vietnam War - NLF National Liberation Front in the South.
Liberation forces initiated guerilla activities in South Vietnam in 1957. Two...
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War On Terrorism: Encyclopedia Ii - War On Terrorism - History
The United States' "War on Terrorism" started after the September 11, 2001 attacks, with the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in October 2001...
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War On Terrorism: Encyclopedia Ii - War On Terrorism - Notes
Note 1: [25] [26]
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War On Terrorism: Encyclopedia Ii - War On Terrorism - Objective And Strategies
In a January 3, 2005, editorial in the Toronto Star, Jonathan Stevenson, a senior fellow for counterterrorism at the International Instit...
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War On Terrorism: Encyclopedia Ii - War On Terrorism - International Support
On September 12, 2001, less than 24 hours after the terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, NATO invoked Article 5 of the Nort...
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War On Terrorism: Encyclopedia Ii - War On Terrorism - U.s. Domestic Initiatives
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War On Terrorism: Encyclopedia Ii - War On Terrorism - Military Decorations
Since 2002, the United States military has authorized several new military awards and decorations related to the "War on Terrorism" inclu...
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Vietnam War: Encyclopedia Ii - Vietnam War - The United States Becomes Involved
Vietnam War - Dwight D. Eisenhower and Vietnam.
Soon after the Korean War, with the intention of preventing South Vietnam from becoming...
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Vietnam War: Encyclopedia Ii - Vietnam War - The Tet Offensive
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Vietnam War: Encyclopedia Ii - Vietnam War - Domestic Effects And Aftermath In Indochina
Vietnam War - Vietnam.
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Vietnam War: Encyclopedia Ii - Vietnam War - Domestic Effects In The U.s.
The Vietnam war had many long term repercussions for U.S. society and foreign policy.
Vietnam War - War Powers Resolution.
Criticism of...
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Vietnam War: Encyclopedia Ii - Vietnam War - Common Military Medals Of The Vietnam War
During the war, a wide array of military decorations for bravery, meritorious actions, and general service were created by both nations o...
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Vietnam War: Encyclopedia Ii - Vietnam War - Notes
Note 1:
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Vietnam War: Encyclopedia Ii - Vietnam War - Casualties
Main article: Vietnam War casualties
Estimating the number killed in the conflict is extremely difficult. Official records from North Vie...
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Vietnam War: Encyclopedia Ii - Vietnam War - The End Of U.s. Involvement
On 15 January 1973, citing progress in peace negotiations, President Nixon announced the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam ...
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Vietnam War: Encyclopedia Ii - Vietnam War - Opposition To The War
Small-scale opposition to the war began in 1964 on college campuses. This was happening during a time of unprecedented leftist student ac...
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Vietnam War: Encyclopedia Ii - Vietnam War - Pacification And Hearts And Minds
The U.S. realized that the South Vietnamese government needed a solid base of popular support if it was to survive the insurgency. In ord...
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Vietnam War: Encyclopedia Ii - Vietnam War - Vietnamization
Nixon was elected President and began his policy of slow disengagement from the war. The goal was to gradually build up the South Vietnam...
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War On Terrorism: Encyclopedia Ii - War On Terrorism - Contemporary United States
The current "War on Terrorism" has been primarily an initiative of the United States. Daniel J. Gallington wrote:
Despite the antiterror...
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War On Terrorism: Encyclopedia Ii - War On Terrorism - Historical Usage Of The Phrase
Legal land warfare is characterized by uniformed combatants, deliberate avoidance of damage to noncombatants, and care for prisoners and ...
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Maurice Papon: Encyclopedia Ii - Maurice Papon - World War Ii And Later Career
During World War II, Papon served as a senior police official in the Vichy regime involved in the deportation of Jews; he was the number ...
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The Battle Of Algiers: Encyclopedia Ii - The Battle Of Algiers - Subject Matter
The film depicts an episode in the war of independence in the then French colony of Algeria, in the capital city of Algiers. It is loosel...
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Modibo Keïta: Encyclopedia Ii - Modibo Keïta - President Of Mali
After the collapse of the federation on September 22, 1960, Keïta proclaimed the independence of French Sudan, inaugurating the Republic...
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People's Democratic Republic Of Yemen: Encyclopedia Ii - People's Democratic Republic Of Yemen - Politics & Social Life
The only recognised political party in South Yemen was the Yemeni Socialist Party, which ran the country and the economy along lines they...
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Vietnam War: Encyclopedia Ii - Vietnam War - Notes
Note 1:
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Vietnam War: Encyclopedia Ii - Vietnam War - Common Military Medals Of The Vietnam War
During the war, a wide array of military decorations for bravery, meritorious actions, and general service were created by both nations o...
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Vietnam War: Encyclopedia Ii - Vietnam War - The End Of U.s. Involvement
On 15 January 1973, citing progress in peace negotiations, President Nixon announced the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam ...
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Vietnam War: Encyclopedia Ii - Vietnam War - Casualties
Main article: Vietnam War casualties
Estimating the number killed in the conflict is extremely difficult. Official records from North Vie...
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Vietnam War: Encyclopedia Ii - Vietnam War - Domestic Effects And Aftermath In Indochina
Vietnam War - Vietnam.
Virtually every Vietnamese, especially South Vietnamese, was affected by the war, having endured large scale bom...
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