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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...

Second World War, the Holocaust, and Slave Labor

of land, and on top of it all, they were asked to sign a war guilt clause which stated that the Germans accepted all the guilt and...

The 1950s

with the wall in the 1990s. Communism, the panacea of the cold war, was something that never materialized as Marx intended. Instea...

Second World War Torturing of US Prisoners of War by Japan

forgive and forget. It does however help to explore what happened in those camps in Japan during World War II. Although by and la...

Joseph E. Persico's Roosevelt's Secret War

NA). We find, through reading Persicos book, that Roosevelt was perhaps an incredible manipulator. He was also a man of great i...

Politics of the Cold War

textile factories produced Army uniforms rather than childrens clothes. Then, barely a year after the Allies liberated the ...

War's Realities and Poetry

be born of patriotism and love for their country, as there are few things that would inspire the soldiers to put up with such bad ...

Military Draft and War With Iraq For and Against

any number of problems with Saudi Arabia and Iran (Thomas, 2003). Even so, King Fahd of Saudi Arabia, said at that time that Sadda...

The Impacts of World War I and World War II on American Society

I resulted from a variety of causes. The most prominent of these was the rise of nationalism. People of common geographic origin...

Warfare of Early America and Technology

suited to fast action and hand-to-hand combat. The jineta saddle has short stirrups that cause the rider to bend his knees, allow...

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...

Before the American Revolution, King Philip's War

time things were peaceful. The general attitude on the part of the colonists was that they felt sorry for the natives and their p...

Slave Trade Economics and History

them to finance imports" (Fogel and Engerman PG). South Slavery, because it was so economically viable in the South, would neve...

War and Propaganda

rather is a decision that is based on some principle such as self defense or an initial defensive action to prevent an attack. War...

A Speech in Support of the Iraq War

the day before that the threat exists, but had done nothing, if we knew where the source of the threat was, who the terrorist were...

A Vietnam War Overview

supported by Russia (1991). The political climate became quite complex and the U.S. wanted to help Europe. It was a time of bomb s...

Star Wars' Mythical Power

First, it should be noted that the Star Wars myth is also exemplified in other films like K-Pax where an alien who is from the pla...

A Civil War Personal Account

of Benjamin Franklin Ferris, 2002). In August of 1861 Ferris signed up to join Captain H. Cook who was recruiting soldiers to go ...

Cold War Ideological Separation of the United States and the Soviet Union

erupt. The years which fell during the Cold War was perhaps one of the most interesting periods of world history. The inte...

A Civil War History of Devil's Den Action

Online 2002, PG). Of the nine principles of war that were used in this particular battle, the one most used was that of objective...

Consideration of Moral Conflict

family is suddenly circumscribed and rests solely with the surviving brother. This changes the balance of the moral equation. Wh...

Radar's Role in World War II

the war" (Heywood, 1998; history.html). This lab was only one division of National Defense Research Committee (NDRC), for "in Jun...

Germany and the Effects of the Second World War's Outcome

expansion into Southeast Asia, had attacked the U.S. Pacific fleet (moored in Pearl Harbor in Hawaii) the previous day (December 7...

Artillery Warfare Innovation

component of warfare since its very first introduction in the 1300s (Norris, 2001). During the first years of this countrys histo...

1865 to 1920 America and its Emergence on the World Stage

finally received the freedom they so desperately wanted. When the Reconstruction Period arrived, it looked as though blacks were ...

Impact of the Dred Scott Decision of 1857

contention was that the black slave lived in a state of oblivion to his position of being owned as property and was almost complet...

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...

Nationalism and War's Horrors in All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

survival were still slim. Background information on Baumer and his comrades is filled in through flashbacks. In this fashion, th...

'War on Drugs' and its Negative Societal Impact

that the crime that goes with it is only relevant because drugs are illegal. If drug use was decriminalized, then there would be n...

African Americans and the Civil War's Effects

Lincoln, and Northerners in general, are popularly seen as advocates for the black race. However, what is less well-known is that ...