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New World Strategies

society and state became victorious." (Fukuyama "page 2"). That victor, as Fukuyama believed were liberal democracy and the resul...

Brief Essays on U.S. History

This 14 page paper comprises brief essays on various topics in U.S. history from 1877 to the present. Topics covered include Roose...

The Use of Atomic Weapons During the Second World War

In five pages the reasons behind the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to end the Second World War are examined with a conclusion ...

Vietnam War and First World War Compared

(1991). Serbia was allied with Russia and France (1991). When Austria declared war, Russia and France made preparations for an all...

First World War as Portrayed by the American Government

In four pages this paper discusses how the American government positively portrayed the First World War as addressed in Lights, Ca...

A Historical Overview of the Cold War

A four page overview of this interesting time in world history. The writer oulines the societal factors in play and historical un...

Second World War's Nazi Death Camps

need at the front lines. The special death squads were responsible for killing about two million people (Weiss, 1996). Because ...

The Activities and Crimes of Adolf Karl Eichmann

In five pages Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann, his activities during the Second World War, escape, capture and subsequent trial a...

Second World War Crimes and Japan

things. Resulting in 200,000 deaths, "The Nanjing Massacre is one of the best documented of Japanese atrocities because independen...

U.S. Cities Growth

moved to the cities (War and prosperity, p. 231). "By 1950, 64 percent of the countrys total population lived in urban areas..." (...

History's 'Longest War'

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

Woodrow Wilson, George W. Bush, and War Leadership, Perceptions, Judgments

considerably. Two world leaders, in particular, stand out when we are considering these events from a U.S. perspective. These two...

Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front and Generations

a shrew mouse" (Remarque, 1987, p. 10). He observes that much of the misery in the world is caused by little men (not an original...

Artillery Warfare Innovation

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

1865 to 1920 America and its Emergence on the World Stage

finally received the freedom they so desperately wanted. When the Reconstruction Period arrived, it looked as though blacks were ...

Consideration of Moral Conflict

family is suddenly circumscribed and rests solely with the surviving brother. This changes the balance of the moral equation. Wh...

'The Golden Age' of the Austrian Empire

relationship with both the government and the people was ordered and cordial. Everyone was aware of his or her place in society, a...

Cold War Ideological Separation of the United States and the Soviet Union

erupt. The years which fell during the Cold War was perhaps one of the most interesting periods of world history. The inte...

American Involvement in the First World War

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

Warfare Turning Point, The Tet Offensive

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...

An Elliott Johnson Interview

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

Isolationism An Evolving US Philosophy

defined either narrowly or quite expansively (Rathbun, 2008). Our historic focus on isolationism has for the most part been based...

Price Wars and Mismanagement

This 3 page paper argues that the primary cause of price wars is mismanagement and that this is why there are so few price wars se...

Changing the World

arose a class of professional officers who "tended to dominate the civil authorities" ("Causes of World War I"). In addition, all ...

Hoge, Understanding the War on Terror

is, the mobilization of all available resources against a dangerous, antisocial activity, one that can never be entirely eliminate...

Nazim Hikmet/Human Landscapes from My Country

portrait of Turkish society at that time. Drawing on Hikmets ability as a screenwriter, as well as a poet, his free verse form e...

Canadian Consumer Culture & the Environment

was not, as it had been during the Depression, a function of what the consumer could afford, bur rather what the then could find (...

John Okada/No-No Boy

in an internment camp and two years in prison. It charts his efforts at reintegration into American society. From this perspective...

Pharr/Losing Face, Status Politics in Japan

cultural heritage of Confucianism (Pharr xiii). In Confucianism, supreme emphasis is placed on maintaining harmony, which is seen ...

Four Specific Questions in Military History

This 4 page paper addresses the questions regarding 1. Mao Zedong’s strategy for winning the Chinese revolutionary war? 2. How th...