Essays 31 - 60
In ten pages this paper contrasts and compares the hero's role in Sophocles' Antigone, Thucydides' The History of the Peloponnesia...
In the socio and political environment that resulted after World War I ended, there was probably even less chance of global...
of restrained antagonism -- somewhat similar to the "Cold War" of the 1950s and 60s -- simmered just under the surface, threatenin...
fought to keep independence on the other. The American Civil War, from the perspective of the North and President Lincoln, was f...
that agreement. The Conference at Yalta was the last meeting the United States, Great Britain and Russia would have under...
arms in Germany, which appeared to Stalin that the US was rearming that country. He was enraged at this perceived betrayal (Vidal...
began when Austria-Hungary believed that the newly enlarged, Russian-backed, Serbia was a paramount threat to its security. This w...
was a large-scale economic collapse throughout the world following World War I, which led to the rise of fascism throughout Europe...
and all important rights related to that (1997). The second was the "Law for the Protection of German Blood and Honor," which outl...
Berlin sought to exploit the opportunity to rise to world-power status after the assassination (1996). Also, Austria was forced i...
determining the direction that this country would ultimately take (McPherson, 1988). There were many individuals in the yea...
Program; to be sure, traits such as intolerance and racism do not merely appear in ones life but rather have to be acquired. It i...
could have been avoided had cooler heads been leading Austria-Hungary at the time of the assassination of their heir to the throne...
They also vote on issues pertinent to liberty. For the colonists both issues loomed large. There is much argument as to what cau...
themselves did not seem to have any wider-ranging political motivations beyond protesting at domestic conditions; certainly they d...
was a republic, led by the Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek. Due to the fact that there was serious opposition to his government...
north (Lee, 2008). Many Americans agreed and moved to what was then the "Mexican province of Texas" (Lee, 2008). Furthermore, they...
that brought the political tensions to a head was the assassination of the heir to the Austrian throne; Archduke Francis Ferdinand...
and property and was on the brink of bankruptcy. Only the United States and Soviet Union remained relatively intact. These count...
from east to west and the number of states was growing with that expansion (Foner and Garraty, 1991). Among the more precipitory ...
rhetoric; this is the charismatic leader theory (A summary of the causes of World War II). The mob mentality theory is supported b...
This 3 page paper argues that the primary cause of price wars is mismanagement and that this is why there are so few price wars se...
German aggression. German aggression started World War II, and this is evidenced in Germanys invasion of Poland, which mar...
In eighteen pages this paper examines the possible causes for the War of 1812 including war hawk pressure, 1807's Embargo Act, the...
the masses; and the inspiration by some other outside cause. With respect to one whose actions instigated World War II, all of th...
Consequently, Prussia grew bitter over what it viewed as the robbery of two traditionally German provinces. By the mid-1860s, the ...
time things were peaceful. The general attitude on the part of the colonists was that they felt sorry for the natives and their p...
This research report looks at the consequences of this very famous war that once divided a nation. What changes were brought about...
direction that this country would ultimately take. They were also critical elements in determining the ultimate fate of the Afric...
themselves embroiled in a grinding war of attrition against a powerful coalition of opposing states (http://fas.org/man/dod-101/op...