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"The War Drags On" by Donovan

This essay provides analysis and discussion of Donovan's 1969s protest song, "The War Drags On." Seven pages in length, two source...

Wilfred Owen/"Dulce et Decorum Est"

This essay pertains to Wilfred Owen's poem, which captures the horror of World War I. Five pages in length, seven sources are cite...

Isolationism An Evolving US Philosophy

defined either narrowly or quite expansively (Rathbun, 2008). Our historic focus on isolationism has for the most part been based...

Torture and the War on Terror

Americans were using torture in hopes of extracting information from suspects about putative terrorist attacks. Suddenly the price...

Rice and Kings and All That Jazz

The writer discusses the efforts made by the U.S. during the Cold War to win other nations to its view. The methods discussed incl...

U.S. Global Hegemony after WWII

Introduction World War II was the deadliest conflict in mans history and when it was over, most of the nations of the world were ...

No Civil War: a Retrospective

choice. There were very few people left who believed in the old slave system at that time. If the North had not brought the war to...

Hiroshima and Nagasaki Unnecessary Victims of the Cold War

Conclusion Introduction When the United States dropped the atomic bomb on Japan in August, 1945, it brought a swift end to the S...

Military Strategic Changes Influenced by Napoleon Bonaparte

were clearly relevant. During the American Civil War, some of the techniques were used. However, cavalry would not perform trad...

Growth of America from the U.S. Contribution to the 1812 War

people as it respects the rights of individual states and the federal government. To that end, the rivalry between Thomas Jefferso...

1820 and 1850 Compromises

states and what free states could join the Union in order to maintain a balance wherein slave states never had the upper hand it s...

Aspects of U.S. History - Vietnam and the Civil Rights Movement

well as the case that finally struck down the concept of "separate but equal" in terms of education, and mandating that all school...

United Nations and the 2003 Invasion of Iraq

President Bush had in fact stated the obvious and appointed John F. Bolton, a critic of the institution, as the new UN ambassador...

U.S. Movement of Third World War Torn Citizens

contends the U.S. "is not now and never has been a remotely multi-cultural society. The American nation has always had a specific...

Mobilizing the United States Home Front for World War II

was still mired in the Depression in 1940 when Roosevelt made the speech, and almost overnight things turned around (Faragher et a...

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...

New Technology and the Civil War

because the railroad was so relatively new, there was a great deal of chaos in trying to coordinate such efforts. The man power wa...

U.S. and Japan Cultural Memory Influences of the Atomic Bomb

the United States make it as clear as possible that there was to be no more armed conflict. This second attack was instrumental i...

US Foreign Policy Since World War II

creating the United Nations, one of the most powerful organizations that involves itself in promoting the security of all nations ...

Europe and Its Steps Toward Minimizing War Chances

fronts if our own national security is to be preserved. While the EU is presently regarded as a friend to the U.S., history testi...

1950 to 1951 Time line of the Korean War

as well, however. South Korea had been in favor of reuniting with North Korea under one government from the time of...

Terrorism Problems and the Challenges Confronting Kuwait

This mutual alliance against terrorism intensified when maritime protection became necessary during 1987, an augmentation that ser...

Southern Hemisphere's Political Economy and America's War on Drugs

some headway during the 1990s, something that caused investment to increase (2002). The state of affairs in not surprising. In the...

The Last Full Measure by Jeff Shaara

civilized nation. While historians blame Grants lackadaisical resolve to enforce Reconstruction laws, that slavery was ever sough...

Asian Immigrants to the U.S. After World War II

been prohibited from becoming citizens in the U.S. thanks to age-old biases and prejudices (Asian American History, 2004). Howeve...

New Peace Movements in the United States

Iraq. Most turn to the Just War theory to prove their point, arguing that Vietnam was not a justified war, and neither is the war ...

African Amercan Soldiers in the U.S. Civil War

highly supportive of abolitionists. In fact, just prior to the bravery shown at Wagner by the 54th regiment, Democratic rioters in...

Questions Involving Foreign Policy of the Cold War

NATO. From the US perspective, they were merely protecting a weakened Europe from Soviet aggression. The viewpoint propelled the U...

Civil War and the North's Naval Blockade

the North of "Confederate" pirates, it also provided more control for the blockade (McPherson, 370). Ship Island in New Orleans fo...