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    Assignment Submission Declaration School of __________________________ | | Name: | <please leave blank> | | | Matriculation No: | 44081 | | | Title: | South China Sea: Recipe for War Between China and ASEAN? | | | Course and Code: | ADSP | | | Lecturer/Tutor: | A/P Bernard Loo | | | Submission Date: | 8 Apr 13 | | Keep a Copy of the Assignment Please make a copy of your work. If you have submitted your assignment electronically also make a backup copy. Plagiarism

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    A Letter to an Emperor

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    However, similar to the British in the Opium War against China, the Americans used the “Gun-boat diplomacy” to divulge the potential military demolition prowess in the eyes of the Japanese. With past historical events like the Opium War, the writer specifically acknowledge that the western power like the Americans

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    Instruments of national power encompass all of the means available to a government in its pursuit of national objectives. It is expressed as diplomatic, economic, informational and military aspects. Of the four instruments of national power, the military instrument has had the most impact on the cycle of Western interaction with the rest of the world. Military strength generally determines the ability of one nation to impose its will upon another nation. Many military advancements allowed the West

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    Pearl Harbor Chapter 25

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    on the attack of Pearl Harbor. It was a major moment in US history and will not be forgotten. It needs to talk more about what the US did to make Japan so mad because it was the start of Pearl Harbor. It also needs to talk about the attack itself, chapter 25 has a few sentences and then it moves on. The last topic it needs to include about how and what Japan planned to do at Pearl Harbor. All of these topics are an important part of history and should be taught to students everywhere. To start

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    December 7, 1941, it was a normal day for the citizens of the United States of America. That was, until Just before 8 a.m, when Imperial Japanese fighter planes launched a surprise attack on the American naval base on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. According to various reports, around 20 American naval vessels were destroyed and 300 air units were put out of service. As a result of the attack, about 2,500 American soldiers and sailors lost their lives, with nearly 1,000 more wounded. This event led President

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    11th as the only attack on the United States, but they would be forgetting the attack on Pearl Harbor. The attack on Pearl Harbor was orchestrated by Japan in 1941 towards the end of World War II(WWII). This was a surprise attack that occurred off a naval base in Oahu. The United United States had been trying to negotiate with Japan for some time, but nothing ever prospered. Japan and the United States played an important part in the attack on Pearl Harbor and the United States’ entry into World War

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    The Pearl Harbor Attack Essay

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    Franklin D. Roosevelt’s decisions that day could be said to be one of the most critical moments in presidential history. The first 24 hours from the attack that day were crucial and President Roosevelt responded with calm,

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    Japanese Militarism

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    Japanese Militarism The recent spat between Japan and China is the latest in a series of outbursts between the two nations. What started as a Chinese objection to Japanese interpretation of history especially with reference to the latter’s acts against China during the fourth quarter of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, has now snowballed into a major controversy which could threaten the fragile relationship between them. The current episode started simmering when the Chinese

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    Korean War Research Paper

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    regiment of artillery; 2 divisions at half strength; 2 separate regiments; an armored brigade with 120 Soviet T-34 medium tanks; and 5 border constabulary brigades. He also had 180 Soviet aircraft, mostly fighters and attack bombers, and a few naval patrol craft. The Republic of Korea (ROK) Army had just 95,000 men and was far less fit. Raised as a constabulary during occupation, it had not in its later combat training under a U.S. Military Advisor Group progressed much beyond company-level

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    Europe was an interesting and important time for all of Europe. From 1300 to 1800, many events were set into motion that would forever change Europe, and to extent, the rest of the world. No other event in European history is as recognizable or synonymous with early modern European history than the event simply known as “The Renaissance.” The Renaissance is most famous for occurring in Italy, and is commonly known as a time in which a cultural rebirth, or awakening occurred. Renaissance Italy is often

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