Essays 451 - 480
to preserve the military and diplomatic credibility of the United States in the Cold War, but when its costs grew excessive the wa...
However, there are many tribal and ethnic divisions within these and so, it is difficult for all of them to get together and form ...
had no voice at all. Jefferson Davis accused the North of wanting "an unjust system of legislation to promote the industry of the...
forces as simply the latest in a string of Western outsiders. Herrington explains that Vietnam was occupied by the West for over a...
French were greatly outnumbered and they were trapped. This is when they appealed to the United States for help (Vietnam War: Summ...
new technology. With these elements in mind, the following paper examines railroads, weaponry, and ironclads as it relates to the ...
They also vote on issues pertinent to liberty. For the colonists both issues loomed large. There is much argument as to what cau...
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...
1950 (Gaddis, 1982). What is the NSC-68 exactly? It seems that this report would outline national security strategy during a time...
from east to west and the number of states was growing with that expansion (Foner and Garraty, 1991). Among the more precipitory ...
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...
et al, 2000). And the settlers brought diseases with them against which the Indians had no defense, wiping them out in large numbe...
was able to be waged. There are two things that differentiated the air campaign from other prior conflicts. One difference is that...
Hemingway's works are discussed as they highlight the aspect of beauty as it appears in war. This unlikely subject is contemplated...
In twenty one pages the reasons Australia entereed the war, continued in the combat, its antiwar movement, and the occurrences fol...
In five pages the Vietnam War's Tet Offensive is the focus of this overview of the memoir by Tobias Wolff. One source is cited in...
In eleven pages this paper examines congressional records and presidential papers in a consideration of such Cold War inspired leg...
In seven pages the U.S. Civil War's bloodiest conflict and its implications are examined. Nine sources are cited in the bibliogra...
In five pages this paper assesses the statement 'Politicians start wars, armies do not. Government end wars, generals do not' in ...
the conflict in Iran is not over, the Cold War is, and when looking back from a twenty-first century perspective, the U.S. looks a...
starvation (Philips). While this African nation is at peace today, the causes of this conflict, that is, "ethnic rivalry and mist...
42 that give the Security Council the authority to determine if there is cause to use acts of aggression (Dorf, 2003). These Artic...
fact that he was "the first king in history to sign a peace treaty with his enemies, the Hittites, ending long years of wars and h...
All five opposed King Richard III and, at various times, were personally accused of treason by Richard. Chapter 2 gives a brief in...
Ionian Greeks under Persian rule, with the other Greeks were free, a state of affairs that was going to cause trouble sooner or la...
In five pages this paper considers how many of Hemingway's works are rooted in his own wartime experiences and observations as a c...
In five pages the book Eagle's Talons The American Experience at War and article 'When Did the Sixties Happen? Searching for New...
5 pages and 1 source used. This paper provides an overview of The Civil Wars by Julius Caesar. This relates the central themes a...
In eighteen pages this paper examines the possible causes for the War of 1812 including war hawk pressure, 1807's Embargo Act, the...