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as it was during what was deemed the cold war. II. The Cold War The expression "cold war" was used for the first time by...

II. RELIVING THE PAST TO UNDERSTAND THE FUTURE It has been argued that the end of the Cold War has made "obsolete...

component of warfare since its very first introduction in the 1300s (Norris, 2001). During the first years of this countrys histo...

in World War II. Not only did Japan attack American soil, and its people, but the United States could no longer ignore the debauch...

as an independent state, and warned the US that if it should try to annex Texas into the Union, it would break off diplomatic rela...

for self-defense and that man must rationalize certain behaviors in order to reject common tendencies. Kants viewpoints, argued ...

Language. Orwell explains that in his time at least, political speech and writing were primarily done to defend the indefensible (...

Truman proposed to the Soviets a joint occupation of Korea with the Soviets occupying the territory north of the 38th parallel and...

of deterrence is often confused, as Jaime Garcia Covarrubias notes. Many believe deterrence means wiping all weapons off the plane...

In three pages this paper examines how in the Star Wars' trilogy George Lucas incorporated elements of myth. Two sources are cite...

The "Carter Doctrine" was later used to justify U.S. intervention in Kuwait under the first Bush Administration as well as Libya a...

forces as simply the latest in a string of Western outsiders. Herrington explains that Vietnam was occupied by the West for over a...

are an officer - and this included the top noncoms- you went to sleep with your headset at your head" (Terkel 254). Most people ...

the action was the straw that broke the Camels back. In fact, not only was it a turning point for the Vietnam conflict, but if one...

could have been avoided had cooler heads been leading Austria-Hungary at the time of the assassination of their heir to the throne...

but a few."2 On the home front, during World War I, it was considered imperative to ensure that a system of "elite decision-making...

They also vote on issues pertinent to liberty. For the colonists both issues loomed large. There is much argument as to what cau...

alive during the time period are still alive. And, perhaps through further research women can begin to be seen more diversely as i...

rise of nationalism. People of common geographic origin, language, and history began to see themselves as members of large cultur...

to shift his ground until he agreed with the allies (McCollum, 2003). Germany would be made to pay. "Unfortunately, rather than ...

Democracy, say Communist opposition, is necessary for China to modernize, inasmuch as the fundamental essence of modernization is ...

There were also conflicts between the Australian Imperial Force and the militia troops, who had hastily been drafted when it becam...

of those were Americans. The passenger ship, the Sussex met a similar fate (Kunhardt, 1999). Still, Wilson refused to budge, hon...

survival were still slim. Background information on Baumer and his comrades is filled in through flashbacks. In this fashion, th...

history who have sought to elevate themselves by conquering others, including not only Napoleon, but also Hitler, Genghis Khan, Iv...

war on terrorism, people were at first agreeable and like most other "wars" on anything, the cause lost its fervor after awhile. P...

citizens (DeLong, 1997). "The projects and politics of militarism and imperialism, of racial and cultural rivalries, of monopolie...

the war with King Philip are addressed as well as the Native Americans view of the outcome of the war. Both the Prologue and the E...

recognize that United States, being a newly formed country simply did not initially have the capital and credit markets in place w...

it was too late. Molina and his family also controlled a number of other enterprises, including sugar. PepsiCo then made another h...