They want the world" - Statement from Richard Nixon in 1960's Kennedy-Nixon President TV debates in Waugh,S., (2001), Essential Modern World History, Thomas Nelson: UK Yet if the US were to try and contain China, it would need the support of at least some South East Asian states. ... Thus, during 1972 President Nixon flew to Peking, which later re-establish and re-open relationships between USA and China. ...
Although many things divide them today, Communist and Nationalist Chinese agree in their admiration for Sun Yat-Sen, known as the father of modern China. He was born to a peasant family near Canton (Guangzhou) and educated in Hawaii, where he converted to Christianity. He returned to China and led a...
Proposal Type of study -Overlooking contrasting approaches to a historical personality, issue or event -How has history been constructed and recorded over time? -Why have the approaches to the construction of history changed over time? This essay was originally to deal with debates regarding Soviet Russian history. This sphere of interest became more specific and eventually led to a study of inconsistencies regarding historical justifications of Khrushchev's dismissal of war hero Marshall Zhukov. However, while a variety of sources were available regarding his Western counterpa...
