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Education and Citizens in the Postindustrial American Society

"workers with world-class skills in information technology and digital literacy" (Strauss, 2004, p. 120). This is what corporate ...

International Relations Theory Applications

discussed mostly in terms of European integration that occurred during the middle of the twentieth century. Although a theory titl...

Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt

savings of 15% of Americans with them ("The New Deal"). People were losing faith in banks, and to prevent a collapse of the entir...

Economic Role of the US Government and Its Individual Effects

statement: "Read my lips. No new taxes" during the New Hampshire primary. Yet, during his administration, he did consent to raisin...

FDR and Change

programs, unemployment insurance, disability insurance, environmental laws, child labor laws, farm (and other) subsidies, forest p...

Doris Kearns Goodwin: No Ordinary Time

than the others. It may be that they are all true. However, FDR did change his will to leave half of his fortune to Missy, antici...

Leadership: A Comparison of Notorious Leaders

of the transformation of society. Leaders give people hope and vision. For example, during the Reagan eighties, people became exci...

Twentieth Century Leaders

1994). Hitler proved an able and courageous soldier in World War I, winning the coveted Iron Cross twice. He was blinded temporar...

The Concept of Individualism

and what is the problem with it? Individualism is "the degree of individual or group orientation" (Bing, 2005). It "refers to the ...

The United Nations: Overview

easing poverty and supporting economic development; agricultural development and fisheries; education; family planning; emergency ...

Wartime US Presidents

authority in this area. While they are technically supposed to get Congressional approval to declare war, the facts show that over...

Capitalism and How It was Saved by FDR

as many of his critics argued (Schlesinger, 1998). Before Roosevelt took office, the country had suffered a depression about eve...

Conservative Overtones of the New Deal Social Policies

brinks of despair and back onto its feet. Conditions in the U.S. were so bad it was estimated that over 100,000 American citizens...

New Deal of FDR and its Importance

done created a stellar U.S. economy and a great deal of productivity. Of course, many of the measures were meant as temporary fixe...

Politics and the Influence of Radio During the Years 1920 to 1940

the airwaves these days. But for the times (and in examining the history), the radio rhetoric of the 1920s and 1930s was quite str...

'New Right' and FDR's New Deal

deleterious rather than positive. It is important to remember, however, that the New Deal emerged in one of the most taxing times...

Four Commencement Speakers from American History

Americas historical experience with race, ethnicity, and/or gender. Who could be more appropriate for this task than one of our c...

Finance and the Contributions of Benjamin Graham

in 1914 (Brainyencyclopedia.com, 2004). During that same year, Graham began his career on Wall Street. During the booming 1920s, G...

America and Changes Brought About by FDR's New Deal

place to sleep and food to eat. While the stereotypical liberal democrat may appear to be kinder, the Republican side defends its ...

The Depression in the United States and Roosevelt's Efforts at Relief

their customers lost their life savings because there was nothing protecting their money in the event of a defunct financial insti...

Progressivism and Liberalism

fact that the need exists for an even more determinant of limitations when it comes to the intersection of society and the individ...

20th Century United States and Social Welfare

those who want to help the poor, such as in the 1930s. There was relatively little opposition to Roosevelts New Deal because times...

Debate on FDR's New Deal of the 1930s

Of course, the taxes which go to Social Security are not exactly set aside for the individual per se, but people are provided with...

New Deal of Franklin Delano Roosevelt

In twelve pages this radical set of U.S. policy reforms titled 'the New Deal' by President Franklin Roosevelt is examined in terms...

Conflict and Captain Benjamin Willard and Colonel Walter Kurtz in Apocalypse Now

This 8 page essay explores the conflict that characterizes the relationship between Willard and Kurt in Francis Ford Coppolas movi...

Paradoxes of Legal Science by Benjamin N. Cardozo

The text written by a prominent Supreme Court Justice is discussed in a paper that consists of nine pages. There are no sources l...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's 'Hard Line' Stance Regarding Arabs

In five pages this paper discusses the Prime Minister's controversial position regarding allowing growing numbers of Jews to settl...

Book Review of A Place Among Nations by Benjamin Netanyahu

In five pages Netanyahu's 1993 text in which he provides powerful and insightful considerations of Israel and the world is discuss...

FDR's Vice President Henry Wallace

In six pages this paper discusses Henry Wallace's life, his politics, his time as Franklin D. Roosevelt's vice president, and his ...

FDR and Pearl Harbor Knowledge

Roosevelt actually knew of the plans and did not take action to prepare the military for the Japanese attack, then this would have...