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Cultural and Political Views of the Vietnam War

ideological battle within. After the Geneva cease-fire agreement of 1954, Vietnam had been subdivided at the 17th Parallel into n...

Why Was America Targeted on 9-11-01?

Gaza; --the US has been openly hostile toward the very concept of Islamic government replacing secular ones. --the US is perceive...

Successful Women's Soccer in the US

world" (Anonymous #3, 2002), there came to be a grand shake up when a number of top nations withdrew from the 1928 Olympics. This...

US Culture and the Impact of the Vietnam War

used only for entertainment and simple news, was now a reality in the culture of America as it related to the war. Horrid atrociti...

Combating Philosophies and the U.S. Civil War

In five pages this paper discusses how the U.S. Civil War was the result of competing philosophies of states rights vs. a centrali...

Fort Pickens and Fort Barrancas

construction of Fort Pickens (Lufkin, 2002). In January of 1861, the Federal military presence in Pensacola was minimal, consisti...

War Justification and the Taliban Terrorist Network

recourses with which to assure that future attacks on the United States would not be forthcoming, it is necessary to understand ju...

Recruitment Techniques in the U.S. Military Since the Civil War

to the ideological complexities of that war. Tearing the nation apart in the middle 1800s, this war is most often remembered as r...

U.S. Reconstruction and Labor Arrangements

thenceforth focused on compelling freedpeople to accept plantation work on a wage labor basis" (The Readers Companion to American ...

Issues, Reforms, and Controversy Associated with the CAP

consumers at reasonable prices (EU, 2001). Article 34 of the EC Treaty also adds the creation of the "common organization of the...

Open Chinese Markets and U.S. Employment and Relations

difficulties) but also offers an economy that helps offer citizens (including its employees) a stronger standard of living. In add...

Richard Bruce Winder's Mr. Polk's Army

much of that time was spent training them. By the time the training was completed, there was little time left to use the militia o...

Overview of the 1857 Dred Scott U.S. Supreme Court Decision

in his 1859 examination of the case points out that the US Supreme Court in hearing this case was also concerned with issues of co...

Economy During the Civil War and Reconstruction Era

many have recognized, war can be good for the economy and it was at the time. Agricultural industries also saw an increase in pro...

US and the Iraq War

fear. With the terrorist attacks of September 11th, everything changed - literally. No longer can one simply walk through an air...

Relations Between Russia and the United States and the Continuing Effects of the Cold War

Russian Revolution was all for naught. Communism was a dismal failure and Russia is now a poor country while the U.S. is seen as t...

American Patriotism and Europeans

devastation wreaked on their homeland in those wars. Countless examples of this sort of cultural awareness are not going to be neg...

Middle East Development and Democratization

of power and authoritarianism as it relates to the issues surrounding the Iraq war, a battle that looks toward setting a precedent...

Iraq Invasion Justification

better between these two presidencies, with clear indications that things had in fact become significantly worse, the decision to ...

Civil War and the Evolution of Warfare in Terms of Naval Power

in weaponry which were unveiled during this time. The evolution of projectiles, for example, had just moved weaponry from relying...

Myths and Reality of the U.S. Reconstruction Period

in the end, a worse war swept into the South, full of empty promises for social reforms, which never materialized. For a good whil...

U.S. Civil War and Reasons for the South's Loss

that served as the primary reason that numerous white Americans were able to participate in other interests and occupations withou...

Richard Wilbur's Poem 'Love Calls Us to the Things of This World'

the soul from the confines of the earth and into the far reaches of the heavens. In its spiritual form the soul is no longer conf...

Iraqi War and Its Impacts on the U.S. Economy

however, continue to argue that the economy will be boosted as a result of the war. The purpose of this paper is to analyze each ...

Containment Policy of George F. Kennan

because he knew it would be so controversial, Kennan at first published this article anonymously. However, after Walter Lippmann, ...

Richard Nixon and 1960s' Counterculture

bringing the country back into some semblance of order. It was these very movements that helped Nixons administration withdraw fro...

US Wartime Uses of Propaganda

using the press in this manner, some excellent examples remain which show what media savvy can make the difference. Consider that ...

US Civil War and the Westward Expansion

had been a part of the Southern way of life for 200 years and they people believed it was a part of their culture (Leidner, 2000)....

US Civil War and Women in Combat

the importance of such an exhibit runs far deeper than merely providing a source of interest for a curious community, because it u...

Enduring Legacy of Freedom

against the terrorism in their own nation. The United States with its superpower status sits in the position of setting many of th...