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Reasons Why the US Suffered a Loss in Vietnam

against the US. However, like colonial Americans, the North Vietnamese turned their superior knowledge of the terrain, into a "ho...

Engelhardt's The End of Victory Culture

other words, conflict has several specific social and cultural functions, especially in terms of the way that a nation defines its...

United Kingdom Election of October 1974

In eleven pages this paper discusses the Labor victory in the UK election of October 1974 in a consideration of the parties and is...

Canada's Liberal Party During the 1993, 1997, and 2000 Majority Government Years

In five pages this paper discusses the 3 consecutive majority victories of Canada's Liberal Party. Seven sources are cited in the...

The Reconstruction was Won By the South

In 5 pages, this paper considers how the South won the Reconstruction despite the Northern victory in the Civil War, discussing st...

Axis Strategies in WWII

If the Axis powers had used different tactics, they might have won WWII. This paper considers strategies they could have used to s...

Conquest of Mexico

of possible later interpretations of the "historical record after the conquest" (Schwartz 129). Also, other scholars assert that t...

Fleming's View on America's Rise to Power

But it raises a lot of questions for the future. How did events alter the perception of Americans as the U.S. started its journey ...

Fischer/Washington’s Crossing

action, with red gunports open, batteries run out, and huge white battle ensigns streaming in the breeze" (Fischer 31). He then r...

Arthur Lefkowitz's George Washington's Indispensable Men

for the daily running of a large army, was still more than a century in the future. Washington had only the "rudimentary elements"...

A Discussion of Christian Elements in the Epic Poem Beowulf, and in the Character of Beowulf Himself

the first great epic poems of English history is thought to have been written around the time of the first half of the 8th century...

California's 2003 Gubernatorial Recall Election

hit with a severe energy crisis, driving costs up while the residents of the state suffered rolling black-outs (6). Davis was cri...

Political Matters Literature Review

diffuse support)" (Craig, Niemi & Silver, 1990, p. 292), four clearly emerged from the data as being valid. Only incumbent-based e...

Snake by Lawrence and The Fish by Bishop

in relationship to these voices, fear is likely the reason a person does kill a snake. The narrator watches as the snake drinks a...

Lincoln's Secretary of State, William Seward

power inadvisable (Taylor, 1991, p. x). Lincoln, just prior to this inauguration, remarked to a European diplomat that he did not...

The Fields of Friendly Strife: The Military Strategy of General Robin Olds

MacArthur obviously recognized that the teamwork that is critical on the football field is just as critical in military strategy. ...

What Michael Bloomberg's New York City Mayoral Victory Means

been many issues to crop up during 2005, inclusive of the bid for the Olympics. There was heated debated about a stadium to be bui...

Two Views of War: Jomini and Clausewitz

and strategic; if the army occupies temporary positions along this line, they will be "strategic positions."4 When the army meets...

Japanese Triumph V Japanese Defeat

At the turn of the twentieth century Japan was just beginning to take its place as one of the...

Battle of the Bulge, Overview

This report discusses the Battle of the Bulge, offering a comprehensive overview. The writer describes the overall strategy that r...

A Southern Leader Civil War

James Longstreet graduated from West Point where he was commissioned as a brevet second lieutenant in the 4th U.S. Infantry, and s...

2012, the Presidential Election

This research paper describes the candidates positions in the 2012 presidential election, and the factors most responsible for Oba...

America's 'Victory' in the War of 1812

Canada" (The war of 1812, 2001). All of these various forces found voice in a group called the "War Hawks," a "rising young gener...

1960 Presidential Election and the Victory of John F. Kennedy

In ten pages this paper examines JFK's political career and considers 1960 presidential election details and results. Fifteen sou...

US Civil War and Reasons for the North's Victory

offer, and also because they used better wartime strategies and had stellar leadership. The Civil War began in 1860 at a time whe...

Kurt Lohbeck's Holy War, Unholy Victory Eyewitness To The CIA's Secret War In Afghanistan

In seven pages this paper reviews Lohbeck's text in an emphasis upon the roles of Islam and the CIA in the author's Afghan reality...

John Morton Blum's V Was for Victory Reviewed

the culture of the times. One way in which government and politics became involved in directing cultural mores was through ...

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...

Battle of Midway Victory for the United States

battle where the Americans counted with all effectives that they had in the Pacific, and fought the biggest fleet ever until recen...

American Revolution and How the Colonists Achieved Victory

of Guilford Courthouse took place on March 15, 1781 and some say that was the beginning of the end of what was known as the revolu...