The significance of the Vietnam War to New Zealanders The Vietnam War was a highly controversial war that attracted severe international criticism towards the US and its allies. New Zealand’s direct involvement started due to the international pressure exerted on us by Australia and the USA‚ and the increasing threat of the spread of communism this created huge divisions throughout New Zealand and questioned our reasoning to commit military forces there in the first place. The Vietnam War was significant
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Principal-agent problem is a particular game-theoretic description of a situation. There is a player called a principal‚ and one or more other players called agents with utility functions that are in some sense different from the principal’s. The principal can act more effectively through the agents than directly‚ and must construct incentive schemes to get them to behave at least partly according to the principal’s interests. The principal-agent problem is that of designing the
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Approximately 19 million gallons of Agent Orange were used by the US military in southern Vietnam between 1962 and 1971. An aggressive herbicide which defoliates trees‚ it was used on a large scale in Vietnam’s jungles to enable US troops to spot Communist troops more easily. It eradicated around 15% of South Vietnam’s vegetation‚ and gave rise to serious health problems for the soldiers‚ civilians and local wildlife that were exposed to it. Agent Orange contains dioxin‚ a highly toxic substance
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TCDD. Dioxin is formed as an unintentional by-product of many industrial processes involving chlorine such as waste incineration‚ chemical and pesticide manufacturing and pulp and paper bleaching. Dioxin was the primary toxic component of Agent Orange‚ was found at Love Canal in Niagara Falls‚ NY. (http://www.enviroweb.org/issues/dioxin/index.html) The major sources of dioxin are in our diet. Since dioxin is fat-soluble‚ it bioaccumulates up the food chain and it is mainly (97.5%) found
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bigger problems. Agent Orange was contaminated with TCDD‚ a toxic dioxin compound. Agent Orange’s was a powerful mixture of chemical defoliants. It was given its name from the color of the orange-striped barrels in which it was shipped. The government of Vietnam says that four million of their citizens were exposed to Agent Orange. Three million have suffered diseases. This includes the children exposed. The exposure causes many diseases and genetic mutations. How does Agent Orange tie into the waste
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to the argument/purpose I. Introduction A. Background on the War 1. Purpose of the War 2. Numbers (Wounded and Killed) i. .7 percent of Vietnam veterans died of injury or factor from the war‚ number still rising with agent orange and other long term effect 1.8% had to go to hospital due to their injuries. ii. About 1‚830‚000 were in the war‚ not all US. Large number were physically wounded. 3. Buzz of the war i. War hadn’t always been dreadful‚ volunteers
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Impact of The Vietnam War on Society (Aus&VC) The Vietnam War had a lasting effect on Vietnam Vets‚ Who although fought their hardest for their country returned to a country that saw them as murderers and less than heroes. There were no parades for them and they were met with contempt rather than gratitude. Many of the Vietnam veterans suffered from both psychological and medical problems from open battles‚ sniper attacks‚ chemical warfare and just the general stress of war life. Although the Vietnam
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A Clockwork Orange Authors who write of other times and places help us to better understand our own lives. Discuss A Clockwork Orange in terms of that statement. A "clockwork orange" can be described as something that has a convincing outer appearance yet in the inside is merely controlled by outer influences‚ such as a clock set in motion by its owner. In A Clockwork Orange‚ Anthony Burgess takes us into the future where violent criminals are forced to be "good‚" and introduces us to
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The Protagonist in Clockwork Orange‚ Alex‚ exposes the flaws of his society and its significance by showings different aspects of dystopian societies and how they ultimately effected him. The flaws of a dystopian society tend to be endless‚ but in Clockwork Orange Anthony Burgess thoroughly examines three‚ which in result take way Alex’s life as well as many others other what? in these type of dystopian societies. Burgess shows how every human is given at birth inalienable rights that they by society
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Principal Agent Problem Running a business can be a tricky expenditure in today’s society. As we know a business can only be successful economically if they are bringing more money than they are putting out. Owners of businesses realize that positive economic profit is essential to the livelihood of their businesses. As with every business‚ employees are hired to do specific tasks that the owner assigns for them. However‚ with employees comes the responsibility of managing them. This is where a
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