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of Benjamin Franklin Ferris, 2002). In August of 1861 Ferris signed up to join Captain H. Cook who was recruiting soldiers to go ...

et al, 2000). And the settlers brought diseases with them against which the Indians had no defense, wiping them out in large numbe...

Orend points out that the mere threat of war, or mutual dislike and disdain, are not necessarily indicators of war. "The conflict ...

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...

new technology. With these elements in mind, the following paper examines railroads, weaponry, and ironclads as it relates to the ...

In ten pages this paper discusses the Civil War in a consideration of the impact of events that took place in Kentucky before and ...

democracies, did not want communism to spread throughout Europe. Both superpowers possessed nuclear weapons and both had the power...

This paper comments on these and other critical social developments that occurred after the end of the Civil War and through the e...

The United States has progressed tremendously since the Civil War and the Reconstruction years that followed. Much of the south h...

he unravels the various people involved that served under, and aside from, Lincoln. While one could argue that his work, and sourc...

1297 The Spanish Civil War marked a...

late Sen. J. William Fulbright advocated neither morality nor realism. Instead, he advocated "humanism" as a primary American for...

being neutrali. While the U.S. did its best to try to use the waters, and maintain neutrality, in 1807, the British would fire at ...

a Buddhist monk, Venerable Thich Nhah Hanh, "whether he would rather have peace under a communist regime that would mean the end o...

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...

spent the first part of this life trying to conform. At the age of 32, he was still not openly gay. He said, "For me, coming out, ...

The Cold War between the West and the Soviet Union (USSR) was at it's height in 1979, the year in which the Iranian Revolution to...

This research paper explores the topic of "hard war," which was authorized by Lincoln and implemented by Sherman in his March of t...

limited (Vasile The Union Soldier, His Life and Times: A Modern Interpretation of a 19th Century Experience). However, technologi...

determining the direction that this country would ultimately take (McPherson, 1988). There were many individuals in the yea...

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

Lincoln, and Northerners in general, are popularly seen as advocates for the black race. However, what is less well-known is that ...

argues that "Common sense, the necessities of the war, to say nothing of the dictation of justice and humanity have at last prevai...

In six pages this paper examines 2 letters written by a fictional resident of Vicksburg that provide a student with an overview of...

In seven pages this paper examines the changes that occurred in medicine as a result of the U.S. civil war and how these changes i...

do not become innocent or less deserving of punishment because others escaped it" (van den Haag 51-68). Being a supporter o...

objective rather than the subjective test, as if there was an escape clause that a party could use to get out of a contract, such ...

looking at privity consideration also needs to be examined. The traditional definition of consideration can be found in th...

In 1896, Plessy v. Fergusson asserted that "equal but separate" accommodations for blacks on railroad cars did not violate the "eq...