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Gold, Dollars, and Power by Francis J. Gavin

by the US, Great Britain and their wartime allies in the summer of 1944 at a conference held in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire. High...

Ideology and Technology of the Second World War

to that war the battleship, for example, had come to be regarded as the ultimate offensive weapon. While Hitlers emphasis was on ...

Korematsu v. United States and an Assessment of the Patriot Act

them to the most rigid scrutiny. Pressing public necessity may sometimes justify the existence of such restrictions; racial antago...

Second World War and Racial Propaganda

In the eyes of propaganda, the American cultural commitment to individualism was transformed into overwhelming self-interest and a...

Overview of the Case Korematsu v. United States

In five pages this essay discusses this controversial case in an overview that also examines a previous Japanese American curfew d...

Reaction to Quiet Hero by Rita Cosby

ill with cancer and dying, Cosby would have loved to have had the support of a loving father, but, she felt totally disconnected f...

World War I, Its Causes

war, pulling in allies from the Near East, Asia and North America, was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the ...

Summitry

ahs been an acceleration, they are now more common place than in the past and deal with a wide range of diplomatic issues. It may ...

Biography of Gen. George S. Patton

fathers oldest friends was Colonel John S. Mosby, the fabled "grey ghost" of Jeb Stuarts famous cavalry (Carter and Finer, 2004)....

Globalization, Collapse of Communism, and the New World Order

In five pages this paper examines the Cold War, globalization, and communism's collapse in this conceptual view of the 'New World ...

War and Remembrance by Herman Wouk

for. When Pug was about to resume command of the U.S.S. California, he was, in a sense, home: "The iron deck underfoot felt good....

C. Raymond Calhoun's Service During World War II

heroism and bravery, there is no feeling that he is bragging or presenting the Sterett crew of entirely composed of heroes. Rather...

Post World War II Modernism and Postmodernism Architecture

and its aftermath. In Europe, architecture was characterized as the desire to get buildings rebuild as quickly as possible in as e...

Second World War and its Impact on Children

the sacrifices were necessary. While the events changed things sociologically as people lived quite differently than they were u...

American Women's Movement and the Impact of the Second World War

women. Working outside the home was not an easy task for married women with children. Mary T. Norton, congresswoman from New Je...

Croatia; Political Aspects and Change During and Immediately Following the Second World War

Germany. The period of time was one that introduced a period of ethnic intolerance (Kunovich and Hodson, 1999). The object...

An Overview of the Battle of Dunkirk

had all the emotional attributes of a film where the audience is cheering for victory. Indeed, the operation did much for morale, ...

Second World War Thai Diplomacy

living arrangements of the indigenous peoples, or under the assumption that they will bring a heightened standard of decency. The...

Australia's Recreation and Leisure

Bicentennial Authority, designed projects based on the theme of "Leisure in the Age of Technology" (Editor, 1990, p. 3). The diffe...

Second World War Photography Propaganda

the propaganda proliferated relied on fear and questionable facts in order to gain the sympathies of the people. In retrospect, th...

Warfare and Aircraft Carriers

noted that "Carriers combine great power with extreme vulnerability," which stated the principal perception at that time.4 While t...

Purple Heart and Casablanca, Messages to the American Public in the Turbulent Years of World War II

foreign war" (Nachbar). In 1941, the House of Representatives the measure to continue the military draft passed by a single vote ...

In the 21st Century Alliances Are Still Alive

begins by saying that "Francis Fukuyamas vision of a world governed by capitalism and democracy, we can anticipate an earlier, if...

Ten Years After the Second World War, Human Endurance and Human Cruelty

always need. Would you not do the same? If you and your child were going to be killed tomorrow, would you not give him something...

Politics of the Banana Trade War

another of not abiding by the rules, the WTO provides the forum where such cases can be settled ("The Banana," 1999). If the inte...

Second World War Victory by the Allies

Iwo Jima. The last straw would be the bomb that was let loose at Hiroshima. It was a devastating blow. A lesser, but just as detri...

The English Patient/Theme of Nationalism

blank slate for the imaginings of those around him, particularly Hana. Myth "crosses international boundaries and offers apparentl...

Reorganization Of National Security, Post-WWII

took the lead to coordinate at least their own departments in an effort to decide what diplomatic activities and what military act...

Tokyo Story as a Reflection of Conditions in Post World War II Japan

such a level of significance which allows it to be seen as a representation of the issues which are applicable to the society, and...

Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin and Historical Context

1852.5 Stowes portrayal of the cruelty of slavery generated "horror in the North and outrage in the South," as Southerners perceiv...