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.
Pre- Gorbachev Soviet- Vietnames Discord
To answer the aforesaid question, we need evidence, above all, from the vietnamese and Russian archives, but it may also be useful to study the declassified reports of the East European Communist diplomats who were accredited to Hanoi in the 1980s. Namely, the Hungarian diplomats whose reports I read managed to collect an impressive amount of confiden
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 the factors which enabled Hanoi to enter the phase of comprehensive reforms, some have received much less coverage than others. Despite the wide array of publications about doi moi, relatively few scholars inquired into the possible influence of external factors - diplomacy, military policies, and foreign trade - on the economic decisions made by Vietnam's reform-oriented leaders. Vietnam's po
★ Basic history of Russia
Expansion of theRussian State(14-15th cent)
Reach its Greatest Size (1914, before WW1)
The Great Russian Revolution(1917 Russian monarchy was overthrown by Bolsheviks)
World First Communist State (1922, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was formed )
USSR Broke Up(1991)
B. Political economy
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