American expansion in the pacific islands
- The Samoan islands became the First important American colony
- The Hawaiian islands were the next to fall Americans had made pearl harbor into naval station in 1887. American settlers gained control of sugar industry in the islands.
Acquiring the Philippine islands
The Filipino hoped for independence, but the Americans refused to grant it.
Yangwu movement
‘pay the western foreigner back in his own coin(师夷长技以制夷)’
contents:
‘Self-strengthening’
– start military industry
b) ‘rich’—start civilian industry
c) Founded in modern navy
d) Open new school, send the students overseas
- The abolition of the feudal caste system
The establishment of national military
Re
Ⅱ. The Basis of the Joseon Dynasty's 500-year history
1) The systemic basis for the Joseon Dynasty
The basis for Joseon kingship was Confucianism. All other religions were excluded, making Confucianism the foundation for the Joseon system as a whole, and the primary subject of education for king, crown prince, and peasant alike.
The virtues of Confucianism were humanity, righteousn
of Honor.
In the Korean war,
with personnel engaged,
only men were so honoured.
One of these men
was Staff Sergeant Raymond Shaw.
Raymond Shaw was returned
from combat and flown to Washington
to be decorated personally
by the President of the United States.
This is why his presence,
or that of any Medal of Honor winner,
is sufficient to bring generals
to their feet, saluting.
Congratulations, son
of Ethnopolitical Conflict at the End of the Cold War
긴 전쟁, 짧은 평화: 냉전시대 이후 정치인종분쟁의 추이
I. Introduction 서론
국제 정치학계에서 정치 인종 분쟁에 대한 통념 중 하나는, 냉전 시기에는 미국과 소련이라는 두 강대국이 각각 자유 진영과 공산진영의 리더 역할을 함으로써 양 진영간 팽팽한 긴장