Essays 781 - 810
new technology. With these elements in mind, the following paper examines railroads, weaponry, and ironclads as it relates to the ...
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..." (...
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...
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...
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...
for caring for the wounded (Holder, 2003). For the first time in American history, women were asked to leave their homes and act...
spread of communism globally. The French government had been in authority over Southeast Asian theater, but when it looked as if t...
except Venezuela where Pepsi had a 42 percent share to Coca-Colas 11.6 percent share. In fact, in terms of market share, Pepsi cam...
own citizens and concerns. However, according to the Just War theory, not only was war with Iraq (and Saddam Hussein) warranted,...
rallying cry (Drew and Snow, 1990). For example, "Remember the Maine" served this purpose during the Spanish American War. The sec...
it was too late. Molina and his family also controlled a number of other enterprises, including sugar. PepsiCo then made another h...
the hands of her leader, Saddam Hussein, a man who now has finally been captured and is under American control. During the origin...
survival were still slim. Background information on Baumer and his comrades is filled in through flashbacks. In this fashion, th...
war on terrorism, people were at first agreeable and like most other "wars" on anything, the cause lost its fervor after awhile. P...
history who have sought to elevate themselves by conquering others, including not only Napoleon, but also Hitler, Genghis Khan, Iv...
to the human condition. In fact, many of the existing laws in England today, are based upon his work. Assuming that his words ar...
Ordinance was one of the earliest reflections of the importance of the issue of slavery in this nation. There were many more refl...
reveal, American sentiment during the three day period in August 1945 leading up to the dropping of two atomic bombs on Hiroshima ...
Barrios de Chamorro transform her country into a peaceful nation, but she also abandoned the dictatorship that had heretofore oppr...
already effected a rapid conversion of the absolute government into the democratic government they desired. They had done so both...
does discuss the difficulties with reporting history as generally speaking, history is not exciting. It is not sensational as are ...
me the story of my birth even though he wasnt home for the blessed event of his first child and only son. He had joined a local m...
As a result, the effects and meaning of post World War II are vastly different than those pertaining to the First World War; havin...
German aggression. German aggression started World War II, and this is evidenced in Germanys invasion of Poland, which mar...
any number of problems with Saudi Arabia and Iran (Thomas, 2003). Even so, King Fahd of Saudi Arabia, said at that time that Sadda...