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The Central Reasons for the Onset of the First World War

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

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...

Red Tail Angels of the Second World War

The Second World War's Red Tail Angels, also known as the Tuskegee Airmen, are examined in an overview of their courage despite ra...

Lewis Puller, Jr.'s Autobiography Fortunate Son

In five pages this paper considers the autobiography of a disabled veteran of the Vietnam War and son of a Second World War hero i...

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...

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...

Comparative Poetic Analysis of 'Facing It' by Yusef Komunyakaa and 'Dulce Et Decorum' by Wilfred Owen

timeframe or the conflict. Both clearly make the point that a person is forever changed by war. Interestingly, both use similar ...

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...

Overview of the Battle of New Orleans

troops and frontier riflemen under Jackson had inflicted "appalling casualties on the British line," killing or wounding over two ...

Causes of War

causes were paramount in the instigation of World War I, but these factors alone would not have been sufficient to cause a war wit...

The Emotion of Art During Times of War

light - or enlightened. The evil part of humanity - the executioners, are beyond the light - in the literal and spiritual dark. F...

Compare and Contrast: The Two World Wars

suppress anti-Habsburg activities, organizations, and propaganda and that Habsburg officials be permitted to join in the Serbian i...

Causes and Results of the First and Second World Wars

In the socio and political environment that resulted after World War I ended, there was probably even less chance of global...

"Sorrow Of War," "Perfume Dreams" And "In Country" - Review

one can readily argue how the expectations of such a first-hand experience lend themselves to the overlapping of uncontrolled chao...

The Entry of the United States into World War II

support for joining the war. Although it seemed as if the U.S. might become involved, the Americans were quite happy with Europe f...

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...

Times of War, Art, and Music

In eight pages this paper examines the music and art popular during war times in a consideration of Tim O'Brien's Going After Cacc...

Comparing the Gulf War and Vietnam

2006, p. 413). These conditions were met, leading President Bush (I) to say that the "Vietnam syndrome had ... been kicked" (Young...

The Nature of War: The Iliad, Herodotus’ Histories, and Thucydides Peloponnesian War

ultimately started the war, Priam, his father and the king of Troy, and Hector, the other son of Priam. While there are other impo...

Post 1945 Russian and Eastern European Security Affairs

In five pages this paper discusses the measures these regions took with regards to security following the Second World War until t...

1898 to 1948 Spanish History

In five pages this paper will examine 5 decades of Spanish history from the conclusion of the Spanish American War until the Secon...

Societal Impacts and Influences of American Warfare

In nine pages the ways in which war influenced and impacted the society of early America are considered in a discussion of the Ame...

Berkin's Making America

The many aspects of the Cold War as examined in Berkin's text are discussed in this paper containing six pages and include not onl...

A Consideration of American History from 1865 until 1945

The important events that shaped America including slavery, the Reconstruction, political patronage, industrialization, the Progre...

Reasons for the American Civil War by Bruce Levin

saw slavery as absolutely essential to their economy, Levine argues that American workers viewed the institution of slavery as con...

Economic Stimulation of War

period of three or four years after each of these short wars, despite the fact that millions of women were unemployed after World ...

The Postive and Negative Impacts of the Two World Wars

a battle unlike any before, inasmuch as new war technology had brought with it even more despicable methods of death. As soon as ...