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Essays 151 - 180

Cunning and Ruthless Joseph Stalin

from Stalin as well in regard to many of his traits and visions as well as in the measures that he took to achieve power....

Defying Hitler by Sebastian Haffner

as subject to social trends as his peers, recounts how he remained somewhat detached by not becoming a Nazi. Nevertheless, he also...

Rise and Fall of Enron

Timeline, 2004). Jeffrey Skilling took over as CEO but resigned six months later; Lay returned to the post of CEO (FOX News Networ...

Rise and Fall of of the Qin Dynasty

considered to be "xian" or districts, but larger administrative districts were later formed. These were the "jun" or provinces (Qi...

The Rise and Fall of Civilizations Between 1500 and 1815

world population was only about 425 million and most of those people lived in Asia (Roberts 279). Hence, Asia had quite a lot of p...

King Tut: His Rise to Power and His Death

and Akhenaton died.3 (It would have been difficult for him to become king before they died, wouldnt it?) In addition, seals found ...

Why Did the Nazis Gain Power in Germany in 1933 Election

by Germany had been reduced which aided the economy and Germany was once again playing a role in international politics, being a m...

World War I - Causes and Effects

support that does not contain any expressed or implied limitations; an agreement to offer unlimited aid. Significance: In the cont...

Exchange Rate Management

band" * "Crawling peg" * "Rates within crawling bands" * "Managed float with no pre-announced exchange rate path" * "Independently...

Warren Buffet

of people. Buffet really does not use any specific strategies to maintain his status and influence. He doesnt have to. It is re...

Explaining Rising Profits But a Fall in Return on Capital Invested

have been deducted (sometimes this may be before tax, it may also be after tax), and dividing this by the revenue and presenting i...

The Impact of Female Actresses During the French Revolution

they had the ability to address the debates of the French Revolution and debate gender based issues. The place of a woman at the a...

Kmart's Rise and Fall

and Sears. After constructing one hundred fifty new discount stores and sprucing up or expanding eight hundred existing ones in a...

Industrial Power Growth of Japan

China and Russia, brought with it a degree of social evolution and a large measure of economic progress" (Rinn-Sup, 1991, p. PG). ...

Marks and Spencer's Fall and Rise

sales trends we can see that there are also some problems in the industry. The current economic environment has influenced the sal...

Iraq and Saddam Hussein's Rise

"from which he built an elaborate network of secret police to root out dissidents."2 Nearly a dozen years after the fact, Bakr wa...

Comparing Macbeth by William Shakespeare and Henry the Eighth

faced the slave, / Which neer shook hands, nor bade farewell to him, / Till he unseamd him from the nave to the chaps, / And fixd ...

1919 to 1942's New World Order's Rise and Fall

powerhouses - Great Britain, France, and now the United States. Through the plan, the U.S. and Europe would dominate the global e...

Review of C. William Thomas' April 2002 Article 'The Rise and Fall of Enron'

starts out by indicating that the reason was simple enough - terming it "collective greed born in an atmosphere of corporate arrog...

Rise of Adolf Hitler and German Consent

of how such a man was able to solicit the support of his people has fascinated historians for decades. Hitler gained the co...

GEC Marconi's Rise and Eventual Fall

Marconi was taken over in 1946 by English Electric who in turn merged with General Electric. Reflecting the changes the company de...

Military Strategy and Napoleon's Rise to Power

and spoke French poorly even as an adult, always with a thick Italian accent (Black 10). Napoleon attended military school where...

Unopposing Adolf Hitler

(1973) the Senate was unwilling to allow itself to be under presidential domination as it had during the war. It was preoccupied ...

Revolution in Iran of 1979

In five pages this paper examines the power rise of the Ayatollah Khomeini and the events that culminated in Iran's 1979 revolutio...

Overview Roman Empire's Rise and Fall

BC there was conflict someone where in the Empire. Ruled by consuls and the Senate, Rome first took over central and southern Ita...

Adolf Hitler and the Issues That Led to His Power

In five pages this paper examines the factors that led to Hitler's power rise such as the punitive Versailles Treaty, the 1923 Put...

Rise and Fall of China's Song Dynasty

In seven pages the stagnation that resulted from certain developments of the northern and southern Song dynasties between 960 and ...

First World War and the Rise of Adolf Hitler to Power

In seven pages this paper examines the role the First World War played in the rise of Adolf Hitler to power. Seven sources are li...

Balenciaga Fashion House's Rise and Fall

attraction of this fashions house has been its history, and the way that it may be seen as being one of the most influential fashi...

William Faulkner's 'A Rose for Emily' and Edgar Allan Poe's 'Fall of the House of Usher'

of the heart, an unredeemed dreariness"( Seelye, 101). The reader is told that Roderick Usher is the last in a long line of an Ar...