From 1946 until 1954, the Vietnamese had struggled for their independence from France during the First Indochina War. At the end of this war, the country was temporarily divided into North and South Vietnam. North Vietnam came under the control of the Vietnamese Communists who had opposed France and who aimed for a unified Vietnam under Communist rule. The South was controlled by Vietnamese who had collaborated with the French.
The United States became involved in Vietnam because it believed that if all of the country fell under a Communist government, Communism would spread throughout Southeast Asia and beyond. This belief was known as the "domino (多米诺骨牌)theory." The U.S. government, therefore, supported the South Vietnamese government. This government’s policies led to rebellion in the South.
In 1965 the United States sent in troops to prevent the South Vietnamese government from collapsing. Finally, however, the United States failed to a
A. Vietnam War
B. Independence War
C. the First Indochina war
D. the Indochina War
From 1946 until 1954, the Vietnamese had struggled for their independence from France during the First Indochina War. At the end of this war, the country was temporarily divided into North and South Vietnam. North Vietnam came under the control of the Vietnamese Communists who had opposed France and who aimed for a unified Vietnam under Communist rule. The South was controlled by Vietnamese who had collaborated with the French.
The United States became involved in Vietnam because it believed that if all of the country fell under a Communist government, Communism would spread throughout Southeast Asia and beyond. This belief was known as the "domino (多米诺骨牌)theory." The U.S. government, therefore, supported the South Vietnamese government. This government’s policies led to rebellion in the South.
In 1965 the United States sent in troops to prevent the South Vietnamese government from collapsing. Finally, however, the United States failed to a
A. all the world should be under its power
B. it was afraid that the communism would spread throughout Southeast Asia and beyond
C. it supported the division of the South and North
D. it liked to play "domino"
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From 1946 until 1954, the Vietnamese had struggled for their independence from France during the First Indochina War. At the end of this war, the country was temporarily divided into North and South Vietnam. North Vietnam came under the control of the Vietnamese Communists who had opposed France and who aimed for a unified Vietnam under Communist rule. The South was controlled by Vietnamese who had collaborated with the French.
The United States became involved in Vietnam because it believed that if all of the country fell under a Communist government, Communism would spread throughout Southeast Asia and beyond. This belief was known as the "domino (多米诺骨牌)theory." The U.S. government, therefore, supported the South Vietnamese government. This government’s policies led to rebellion in the South.
In 1965 the United States sent in troops to prevent the South Vietnamese government from collapsing. Finally, however, th
A. Vietnam War
B. Independence War
C. the First Indochina war
D. the Indochina War
June was part of a team that had struggled hard to finish a difficult assignment. "I wanted to call it a day and get home as much as anyone," she recalls. But she found herself saying, "I’m sorry, but we need to do some more work on this."
Suddenly she was the most unpopular person in the room. No one agreed with her, and some were openly angry that she was rocking the boat. "But I stuck to my guns," she says. "When the report was presented we were commended for picking up on the very thing I said we’d missed. I was right and everyone had to respect that."
(41) The popularity trap.
Respect versus popularity -- it is the old conflict between being professional and being personal. We want to do a good job, but we want to be friends with everyone, too. The truth is, you can’t always be liked if you do your job properly. And the desire to keep everyone happy can become a weakness.
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