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Essays 451 - 480
of petroleum for the United States and its European allies" and also to "prevent or minimize Soviet involvement in the region" (Ge...
and the public. Party slogans exemplify doublethink, as they proclaim that war is really peace, freedom is really slavery, etc. Wh...
aggressive regimes, punishment for a wrongdoing that has not been corrected. Iraqs 1990 invasion into Kuwait is an example of a ju...
that brought the political tensions to a head was the assassination of the heir to the Austrian throne; Archduke Francis Ferdinand...
about much of its own global discord by virtue of its imperialistic mindset. While opinions about why Vietnam occurred are as vas...
and dodged the most important matters, continually laying the blame for the killing of millions at the feet of others (Cockburn, 2...
Orend points out that the mere threat of war, or mutual dislike and disdain, are not necessarily indicators of war. "The conflict ...
deliberation," much like Nestor had cautioned "Agamemnon against hasty judgment" (Gore on War). In both cases, despite any heeding...
First World War, and similarly beggared the ability of contemporaries to imagine its sweep, duration and consequences."5 For one...
been various "military revolutions"-new ways of thinking about warfare that have caused complete changes in the way combat is cond...
there are individuals who either remember it or have hand one reason or another to study it. Americans themselves, in fact, held ...
period between September 1, 1939 (the date of Germanys invasion of Poland) and September 2, 1945 (the date of the Japanese surrend...
the first of the two great wars where Europe all but destroyed itself began in 1914. And in some sense one can begin to see the si...
Kevin Sims "Four Hours in My Lai." A Rumor of War In Caputos work he states, in the beginning, "In a general sense, it is simply...
a Buddhist monk, Venerable Thich Nhah Hanh, "whether he would rather have peace under a communist regime that would mean the end o...
broke down and even when they were working, "were not capable of performing on a real battlefield" (Tank history, 2004). French ...
things. Resulting in 200,000 deaths, "The Nanjing Massacre is one of the best documented of Japanese atrocities because independen...
can imagine that carrying letters around are testaments to the fact that he has a life at home. Vietnam provides a backdrop of cha...
moved to the cities (War and prosperity, p. 231). "By 1950, 64 percent of the countrys total population lived in urban areas..." (...
new technology. With these elements in mind, the following paper examines railroads, weaponry, and ironclads as it relates to the ...
1950 (Gaddis, 1982). What is the NSC-68 exactly? It seems that this report would outline national security strategy during a time...
considerably. Two world leaders, in particular, stand out when we are considering these events from a U.S. perspective. These two...
was integral to getting rid of Hitler and rendering what he did something that will likely never happen again. And while there wer...
success in World War II. While both had their strengths, both also had their weaknesses. It was the combined effort that finally...
a shrew mouse" (Remarque, 1987, p. 10). He observes that much of the misery in the world is caused by little men (not an original...
noble. Socrates was doing the right thing. Today, as people wrestle with unjust rules and laws, there are some who simply follow ...
tyranny, with scarcely anyone considering independence (Burns, 1969). It escalated into the birth of a nation, but the primary thr...
but a few."2 On the home front, during World War I, it was considered imperative to ensure that a system of "elite decision-making...
from east to west and the number of states was growing with that expansion (Foner and Garraty, 1991). Among the more precipitory ...
are an officer - and this included the top noncoms- you went to sleep with your headset at your head" (Terkel 254). Most people ...