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…, against the Vietnam war. The riots and demonstrations represented a new type of public power over the government that had never been seen before. It showed the government the power of the people to govern what events their government engaged…

…party was established with Mao Tse-tung at the helm. The process continued. Next, Cambodia, under the power of the Chinese-backed Khmer Rouge, experimented with Communism until they were invaded by Vietnam in 1978 which resulted in a short war between Vietnam…

…Stress during their lifetimes. These figures are higher than the percentages for the general population (1-3%), urban adolescents (9-15%), and, surprisingly, Vietnam Veterans (15-20%). For a variety of reasons, some of which are not known, many police…

…itself in an all out defense of the Japanese main land, calling for the commitment of every Japanese individual. Thus creating a situation strikingly similar to that of Vietnam, becoming a guerrilla type war. And, as in Vietnam (a much smaller and weaker…

…failures. That was Vietnam. Vietnam forced Lyndon Johnson into retirement of sorts. It ended his presidency, his career, and changes the way history will view him. Unfortunately, that is the nature of the beast. Neustadt recognizes this and thus devotes…

…. Kennedy was assassinated just around the time the Vietnam was started. There was lots of controversy of whether or not the United States should have entered the war. The 1960s ended with turmoil over Vietnam and the role the United States played in it. Many…

…. When Kennedy was assassinated in November 1963, LBJ became the 36th President. He was elected to a full term in 1964. He worked hard for civil rights, welfare-legislation and tax reduction laws, but his Presidency was overshadowed by the Vietnam war…

…in Vietnam. The hippies had the courage to speak out for the 67% of Americans that were opposed to the war. An anti-war movement not unlike the Vietnam protests has progressed over the past two years against the War in Iraq. March 20, 2003 was a national day…

…joined on 8 January 1984, Vietnam on 28 July 1995, Laos and Myanmar on 23 July 1997, and Cambodia on 30 April 1999. The ASEAN region has a population of about 500 million, a total area of 4.5 million square kilometers, a combined gross domestic product…

…, Abbie had helped organize Worcester’s first anti-Vietnam War demonstration. About fifty protesters walked from Clark University to the federal courthouse downtown. A second anti-war demonstration, in March 1966, brought out more than five hundred protestors…