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Winston Churchill: An Effective War Leader

1930s about the coming of the war" (Harmon). Churchill served in various posts throughout the war; he was minister of defense, the...

Born on the Fourth of July

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...

Orwell/1984 Overview

and the public. Party slogans exemplify doublethink, as they proclaim that war is really peace, freedom is really slavery, etc. Wh...

Views of World War I

Quiet was largely to dispel nationalistic fantasies about warfare and depict WWI in realistic fashion as perceived by the common G...

European Changes Following the First and Second World Wars

As a result, the effects and meaning of post World War II are vastly different than those pertaining to the First World War; havin...

The Vietnam War and the Attitudes That Drove the Conflict

Carl Strikwerda suggests that the globalization debate has great implications when looking at the United States (Grainge, 2001). ...

Immoral Actions and Henry Kissinger

there has been real "tension between Americas much-vaulted ethical and legal principles and its practical policy interests" (2000,...

Tragedy of the My Lai Massacre

In sixteen pages the Vietnam War's My Lai massacre is discussed. Six sources are cited in the bibliography....

Difficulties Associated with Fighting the Vietnam War

Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon - worked to make the institutions of a "free society" available to that half of the nation to which ci...

America's Longest War by George C. Herring

nature of international politics is that they are often relatively impracticable because of the size, scope and number of players ...

Asia's Continuing Quest for Justice for the Comfort Women

Recent news has focused attention on the abduction into sexual slavery of great numbers of women from various Asian countries duri...

Nuclear Weapons and the Danger Posed by North Korea

In fourteen pages this paper discusses the nuclear capabilities of North Korea and the threat they presently pose to a post Cold W...

U.S. Presidential Office

In eight pages this paper discusses the foreign affairs' role of the U.S. President in a consideration of Woodrow Wilson's policy ...

War is the Result of Nationalism

Their lineage can be African, Dutch, English, Chinese, Korean, or mixed?but they are all Americans. Ethnic nationalism is differen...

Why the US Fought in the Vietnam War

Bien Phu ended French control of Indochina. (Anonymous PG). Ironically, French General Henri Navarre had wanted this batt...

First World War and Global War Sources

use of their forces; hence these organizations tend to support belligerent foreign policies" (pp. 107). On the other hand, one may...

Welfare System Since the Vietnam War

The welfare system and war handling by the United States and the changes that resulted from the Vietnam War are discussed in 5 pag...

20th Century's Most Historic Events

In seven pages this paper discusses important historical events during the 20th century including changes resulting from the Cold ...

Oliver Stone's Films

In 5 pages this paper examines Vietnam War vet Oliver Stone's films about the war Platoon and Born on the 4th of July. There are ...

Georgia March of General Sherman

In seven pages this research paper examines how these Civil War tactics were a harbinger of the total warfare military concept of ...

The Impact of the Two World Wars on the U.S. Economy, Race, Gender, and Civil Liberties Issues

Lafore. In this text, Lafore gives his interpretation as to the causes of World War I. In this tome, Lafore gives the reader a v...

Vietnam and the Stance of Martin Luther King Jr.

In fifteen pages this research paper examines the reasons behind Martin Luther King's opposition to the war in Vietnam in a chrono...

Lindbergh Falls From Grace After Many Years Aloft

4 million Americans had thronged the streets of Manhattan to see and used an estimated 7,430,000 feet of newsreel to record just a...

Germany's Military and Prussian Militarism

In five pages this report examines Germany's military in World War I and World War II and considers the role played by Prussian mi...

War's Depiction in Catch 22 by Joseph Heller

In five pages World War II as it is portrayed in Heller's novel is examined particularly in terms of they ways in which themes of ...

Changes in the 20th Century

In six pages this paper discusses the 20th century in an overview of the wars that took place as well as various revolutionary soc...

Vietnam The Necessary War by Michael Lind

to preserve the military and diplomatic credibility of the United States in the Cold War, but when its costs grew excessive the wa...

Overview of the Franco Prussian War

Consequently, Prussia grew bitter over what it viewed as the robbery of two traditionally German provinces. By the mid-1860s, the ...

Comparing World Wars in Two Works

of a generation. This may not have been The Greatest Generation written about by Tom Brokaw, but one gets a sense that the men and...

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

In five pages this reality text by Remarque on the horrors of war as experienced by young Paul Baumer during the First World War i...