Essays 331 - 360
Democracy, say Communist opposition, is necessary for China to modernize, inasmuch as the fundamental essence of modernization is ...
of those were Americans. The passenger ship, the Sussex met a similar fate (Kunhardt, 1999). Still, Wilson refused to budge, hon...
the action was the straw that broke the Camels back. In fact, not only was it a turning point for the Vietnam conflict, but if one...
However, there are many tribal and ethnic divisions within these and so, it is difficult for all of them to get together and form ...
are an officer - and this included the top noncoms- you went to sleep with your headset at your head" (Terkel 254). Most people ...
forces as simply the latest in a string of Western outsiders. Herrington explains that Vietnam was occupied by the West for over a...
from east to west and the number of states was growing with that expansion (Foner and Garraty, 1991). Among the more precipitory ...
alive during the time period are still alive. And, perhaps through further research women can begin to be seen more diversely as i...
to shift his ground until he agreed with the allies (McCollum, 2003). Germany would be made to pay. "Unfortunately, rather than ...
was integral to getting rid of Hitler and rendering what he did something that will likely never happen again. And while there wer...
success in World War II. While both had their strengths, both also had their weaknesses. It was the combined effort that finally...
1950 (Gaddis, 1982). What is the NSC-68 exactly? It seems that this report would outline national security strategy during a time...
a shrew mouse" (Remarque, 1987, p. 10). He observes that much of the misery in the world is caused by little men (not an original...
noble. Socrates was doing the right thing. Today, as people wrestle with unjust rules and laws, there are some who simply follow ...
tyranny, with scarcely anyone considering independence (Burns, 1969). It escalated into the birth of a nation, but the primary thr...
considerably. Two world leaders, in particular, stand out when we are considering these events from a U.S. perspective. These two...
and the public. Party slogans exemplify doublethink, as they proclaim that war is really peace, freedom is really slavery, etc. Wh...
aggressive regimes, punishment for a wrongdoing that has not been corrected. Iraqs 1990 invasion into Kuwait is an example of a ju...
of petroleum for the United States and its European allies" and also to "prevent or minimize Soviet involvement in the region" (Ge...
that brought the political tensions to a head was the assassination of the heir to the Austrian throne; Archduke Francis Ferdinand...
about much of its own global discord by virtue of its imperialistic mindset. While opinions about why Vietnam occurred are as vas...
and dodged the most important matters, continually laying the blame for the killing of millions at the feet of others (Cockburn, 2...
Orend points out that the mere threat of war, or mutual dislike and disdain, are not necessarily indicators of war. "The conflict ...
deliberation," much like Nestor had cautioned "Agamemnon against hasty judgment" (Gore on War). In both cases, despite any heeding...
war because he already knew that once a troop commitment had been made - no matter how small - it would become difficult not to be...
First World War, and similarly beggared the ability of contemporaries to imagine its sweep, duration and consequences."5 For one...
been various "military revolutions"-new ways of thinking about warfare that have caused complete changes in the way combat is cond...
the first of the two great wars where Europe all but destroyed itself began in 1914. And in some sense one can begin to see the si...
Kevin Sims "Four Hours in My Lai." A Rumor of War In Caputos work he states, in the beginning, "In a general sense, it is simply...
a Buddhist monk, Venerable Thich Nhah Hanh, "whether he would rather have peace under a communist regime that would mean the end o...