Essays 541 - 570
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...
past twenty years, the benefit of which was first truly realized with the likes of teen idol lunch boxes; since the advent of the ...
deliberation," much like Nestor had cautioned "Agamemnon against hasty judgment" (Gore on War). In both cases, despite any heeding...
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...
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...
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...
hospitals. Under her wings, she took care of the soldiers while at the same time training other women to "nurse" them back to hea...
rhetoric; this is the charismatic leader theory (A summary of the causes of World War II). The mob mentality theory is supported b...
the war, however, women were actually given incentive to expand their role into the typical domain of males. With their men on th...
any number of problems with Saudi Arabia and Iran (Thomas, 2003). Even so, King Fahd of Saudi Arabia, said at that time that Sadda...
of land, and on top of it all, they were asked to sign a war guilt clause which stated that the Germans accepted all the guilt and...
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 ...
A large part of the success of this program is due to the leadership of one man: Byron Price(Sweeny 2001)....
are people today who chant slogans related to peace and give up notions of war, inclusive of defense. This is of course something ...
forgive and forget. It does however help to explore what happened in those camps in Japan during World War II. Although by and la...
NA). We find, through reading Persicos book, that Roosevelt was perhaps an incredible manipulator. He was also a man of great i...
me the story of my birth even though he wasnt home for the blessed event of his first child and only son. He had joined a local m...
As a result, the effects and meaning of post World War II are vastly different than those pertaining to the First World War; havin...
Barrios de Chamorro transform her country into a peaceful nation, but she also abandoned the dictatorship that had heretofore oppr...
already effected a rapid conversion of the absolute government into the democratic government they desired. They had done so both...
does discuss the difficulties with reporting history as generally speaking, history is not exciting. It is not sensational as are ...
exceptions, but there were not many. WWII changed all that. As every able-bodied man not involved in defense development o...
that the crime that goes with it is only relevant because drugs are illegal. If drug use was decriminalized, then there would be n...