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for caring for the wounded (Holder, 2003). For the first time in American history, women were asked to leave their homes and act...

The "Carter Doctrine" was later used to justify U.S. intervention in Kuwait under the first Bush Administration as well as Libya a...

to the human condition. In fact, many of the existing laws in England today, are based upon his work. Assuming that his words ar...

reveal, American sentiment during the three day period in August 1945 leading up to the dropping of two atomic bombs on Hiroshima ...

Ordinance was one of the earliest reflections of the importance of the issue of slavery in this nation. There were many more refl...

it was too late. Molina and his family also controlled a number of other enterprises, including sugar. PepsiCo then made another h...

spread of communism globally. The French government had been in authority over Southeast Asian theater, but when it looked as if t...

rallying cry (Drew and Snow, 1990). For example, "Remember the Maine" served this purpose during the Spanish American War. The sec...

the hands of her leader, Saddam Hussein, a man who now has finally been captured and is under American control. During the origin...

In three pages this paper examines how in the Star Wars' trilogy George Lucas incorporated elements of myth. Two sources are cite...

forces as simply the latest in a string of Western outsiders. Herrington explains that Vietnam was occupied by the West for over a...

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

However, there are many tribal and ethnic divisions within these and so, it is difficult for all of them to get together and form ...

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...

Democracy, say Communist opposition, is necessary for China to modernize, inasmuch as the fundamental essence of modernization is ...

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...

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

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

had no voice at all. Jefferson Davis accused the North of wanting "an unjust system of legislation to promote the industry of the...

from east to west and the number of states was growing with that expansion (Foner and Garraty, 1991). Among the more precipitory ...

tyranny, with scarcely anyone considering independence (Burns, 1969). It escalated into the birth of a nation, but the primary thr...

success in World War II. While both had their strengths, both also had their weaknesses. It was the combined effort that finally...

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 ...

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

the first of the two great wars where Europe all but destroyed itself began in 1914. And in some sense one can begin to see the si...

broke down and even when they were working, "were not capable of performing on a real battlefield" (Tank history, 2004). French ...

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

new technology. With these elements in mind, the following paper examines railroads, weaponry, and ironclads as it relates to the ...