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Overview of the Boer War

In twenty pages this research paper examines the Boer War in an historical consideration of its causes and consequences. There ar...

Arthur Paul Boers' 'Never Call Them Jerks'

in the end of his first chapter Boers leaves the reader with an even deeper understanding of the purpose of the book, stating, "An...

The Canadian Nation, the Boer War and the Conscription Crisis

Transvaal (The background to the conflict). Tensions, already high, were exacerbated by the annexation and the conflict finally ex...

South Africa's Development and the Impact of the Boer Wars

and the British Empire - black people were also involved at all levels of the war and this in itself had a salient effect on the w...

Reflection of Self in 'Sherlock Holmes' by Arthur Conan Doyle

In this paper consisting of eight pages the characteristics between the author and his most famous literary creation are considere...

Global Consequences of the Spanish American War

This paper examines the 1895 to 1898 Spanish American War in an overview of its global consequences past and present in 10 pages....

Duality and War in Literature

won by any nation. Caputos work focuses on the primary character who remembers an innocence that will always live within him, bu...

The U.S. Civil War: Causes and Implications

deal of power because their populations were growing so much. At the same time, Southern States were losing power and they began t...

The Cold War: Causes and Ongoing Tensions

that agreement. The Conference at Yalta was the last meeting the United States, Great Britain and Russia would have under...

The Specific Causes of the Two World Wars

fueled by a rising tide of nationalism. The traditions and problems dated back so many years that it would be nearly impossible to...

The Reasons Cited for the Onset of World War I

Russia and Britain signed a treaty, Russia joined the Entente. Russias entrance into the war was due to this Entente and their goa...

Erving Goffman's Dramaturgical Approach to Human Interaction

is indebted to both of these predecessors. Kenny (2008) observes that "Anyone familiar with Goffmans dramaturgical approach will n...

Impact of the Great War on Western Literature

would be sent to war in just a few years, underscores the awful waste of youth, of life, of promise. The final stanza, in particu...

War and Its Futility as Conveyed by Poetry

In five pages this paper analyzes war's futility in a comparative poetic analysis of 'Poor Man' and 'WPA.'...

Past and Present War Propaganda and the Media

has essentially been an ineffective battle so far. In other words, while the media and government espouses the "was on terrorism"...

The War in Iraq is Not Justified

is the most popular one, acting in the face of adversity should mean that the action is strongly supported by the actor. In the ca...

The First Persian Gulf War

to it as the First Gulf War (Zwier and Weltig, 2004). It is also known as the First Persian Gulf War. In Kuwait it is referred t...

The Cold War: Causes, Treaties, and Ongoing Tensions

be desired from the Russian perspective. At the Teheran Conference Stalin was indifferent to the division of Germany into separa...

The Causative Factors Relating to the Second World War

German aggression. German aggression started World War II, and this is evidenced in Germanys invasion of Poland, which mar...

Strategy and Leadership in World Wars I and II

end to the long bloody affair and to consequently save countless US and Japanese lives that would have been lost if the war had of...

America's Longest War Critiqued

and instead of taking the lead, Presidents were being relegated to the role of follower. Policymakers envisioned themselves as th...

Events of the Korean War

that the country had been annexed by the two major powers, protesting, sometimes violently, about political decisions being made w...

History of U.S. Army Aviation

1909, the Wright brothers built the first "heavier than air flying machine" based on Army Aviation specifications. During World Wa...

Justification of War

and sets things straight in the world politically, war can also prevent future devastation. Sometimes measures have to be taken to...

Buddhism and the Impact of War

a Buddhist monk, Venerable Thich Nhah Hanh, "whether he would rather have peace under a communist regime that would mean the end o...

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...

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...

Orwell/1984 Overview

and the public. Party slogans exemplify doublethink, as they proclaim that war is really peace, freedom is really slavery, etc. Wh...

Weapons and Their History

in time between release of the hammer and the subsequent explosion, which resulted in inaccuracy (Reid 167). After a number of exp...

Inevitability of War

In fourteen pages Of the First and Second Natural Laws, and of Contracts by Thomas Hobbes is referenced in this overview of war's...