Essays 571 - 600
past twenty years, the benefit of which was first truly realized with the likes of teen idol lunch boxes; since the advent of the ...
progress of the revolution was not so much the rejection of one set of political and social values and the generation of another, ...
troops in the field; it "provided additional firepower to troops engaged on the ground," it extracted troops from engagements when...
there are individuals who either remember it or have hand one reason or another to study it. Americans themselves, in fact, held ...
period between September 1, 1939 (the date of Germanys invasion of Poland) and September 2, 1945 (the date of the Japanese surrend...
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...
deliberation," much like Nestor had cautioned "Agamemnon against hasty judgment" (Gore on War). In both cases, despite any heeding...
and the public. Party slogans exemplify doublethink, as they proclaim that war is really peace, freedom is really slavery, etc. Wh...
by the reality of war. Their psyches have been reduced to the common denominator that is dictated by whatever has to be done in or...
that brought the political tensions to a head was the assassination of the heir to the Austrian throne; Archduke Francis Ferdinand...
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 ...
Iraq fares will determine the direction of the global war on terrorism" (Zuckerman, 2007). Zuckerman concludes that because of th...
military action in the province if the tribal leaders would promise not to give shelter to foreign elements or allow border attack...
person that John F. Kennedy was addressing when he said "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your co...
Triple Alliance. Slavery was abolished as a result of the war but the military took greater and greater predominance in Brazil. ...
summarizing the work of both Postrel and OBrien. Aesthetics, according to Postrel, aid people in defining themselves by the "loo...
hospitals. Under her wings, she took care of the soldiers while at the same time training other women to "nurse" them back to hea...
in time between release of the hammer and the subsequent explosion, which resulted in inaccuracy (Reid 167). After a number of exp...
(1991). Serbia was allied with Russia and France (1991). When Austria declared war, Russia and France made preparations for an all...
need at the front lines. The special death squads were responsible for killing about two million people (Weiss, 1996). Because ...
Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon - worked to make the institutions of a "free society" available to that half of the nation to which ci...
In five pages this paper discusses the Gulf War of 1991 in terms of major players and how generals make decisions. Nine sources a...
In five pages Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann, his activities during the Second World War, escape, capture and subsequent trial a...
In five pages a book review of The Atomic Bomb and the End of World War II by Herbert Feis is presented in an examination of the a...
In fifteen pages this paper discusses how the Vietnam War was affected by the early Gulf of Tonkin battle. Ten sources are cited ...
nature of international politics is that they are often relatively impracticable because of the size, scope and number of players ...
In sixteen pages the Vietnam War's My Lai massacre is discussed. Six sources are cited in the bibliography....
be born of patriotism and love for their country, as there are few things that would inspire the soldiers to put up with such bad ...