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Essays 841 - 870
considerably. Two world leaders, in particular, stand out when we are considering these events from a U.S. perspective. These two...
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...
noble. Socrates was doing the right thing. Today, as people wrestle with unjust rules and laws, there are some who simply follow ...
tyranny, with scarcely anyone considering independence (Burns, 1969). It escalated into the birth of a nation, but the primary thr...
1950 (Gaddis, 1982). What is the NSC-68 exactly? It seems that this report would outline national security strategy during a time...
success in World War II. While both had their strengths, both also had their weaknesses. It was the combined effort that finally...
French were greatly outnumbered and they were trapped. This is when they appealed to the United States for help (Vietnam War: Summ...
42 that give the Security Council the authority to determine if there is cause to use acts of aggression (Dorf, 2003). These Artic...
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...
to shift his ground until he agreed with the allies (McCollum, 2003). Germany would be made to pay. "Unfortunately, rather than ...
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...
war because he already knew that once a troop commitment had been made - no matter how small - it would become difficult not to be...
of petroleum for the United States and its European allies" and also to "prevent or minimize Soviet involvement in the region" (Ge...
aggressive regimes, punishment for a wrongdoing that has not been corrected. Iraqs 1990 invasion into Kuwait is an example of a ju...
by the reality of war. Their psyches have been reduced to the common denominator that is dictated by whatever has to be done in or...
and dodged the most important matters, continually laying the blame for the killing of millions at the feet of others (Cockburn, 2...
that brought the political tensions to a head was the assassination of the heir to the Austrian throne; Archduke Francis Ferdinand...
about much of its own global discord by virtue of its imperialistic mindset. While opinions about why Vietnam occurred are as vas...
and the public. Party slogans exemplify doublethink, as they proclaim that war is really peace, freedom is really slavery, etc. Wh...
of those were Americans. The passenger ship, the Sussex met a similar fate (Kunhardt, 1999). Still, Wilson refused to budge, hon...
Democracy, say Communist opposition, is necessary for China to modernize, inasmuch as the fundamental essence of modernization is ...
out. You didnt know what the future might bring, or if they would survive. "Did you get married during the war?" I asked. "No, ...
Ionian Greeks under Persian rule, with the other Greeks were free, a state of affairs that was going to cause trouble sooner or la...
the conflict in Iran is not over, the Cold War is, and when looking back from a twenty-first century perspective, the U.S. looks a...
was able to be waged. There are two things that differentiated the air campaign from other prior conflicts. One difference is that...
get their forces together and attack from the west" (The Second World War). Common wisdom says that Germany stomped Poland flat w...
hospitals. Under her wings, she took care of the soldiers while at the same time training other women to "nurse" them back to hea...