Essays 421 - 450
of a generation. This may not have been The Greatest Generation written about by Tom Brokaw, but one gets a sense that the men and...
In six pages this report considers crisis situations such as the Second World War, the conflicts in Korea and Vietnam, and the Gul...
to preserve the military and diplomatic credibility of the United States in the Cold War, but when its costs grew excessive the wa...
This paper examines World War II tribunals in terms of how war crimes are defined from legal and ethical perspectives with chain o...
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 this paper considers the direction of American foreign policy from the end of the Second World War into the Cold War...
In five pages this paper compares China and Japan's developmental differences since the Second World War and considers the impact ...
In five pages this paper examines racism in America as it pertains to the Native Americans and the Japanese during the Second Worl...
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...
and the public. Party slogans exemplify doublethink, as they proclaim that war is really peace, freedom is really slavery, etc. Wh...
of petroleum for the United States and its European allies" and also to "prevent or minimize Soviet involvement in the region" (Ge...
aggressive regimes, punishment for a wrongdoing that has not been corrected. Iraqs 1990 invasion into Kuwait is an example of a ju...
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 ...
about much of its own global discord by virtue of its imperialistic mindset. While opinions about why Vietnam occurred are as vas...
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...
deliberation," much like Nestor had cautioned "Agamemnon against hasty judgment" (Gore on War). In both cases, despite any heeding...
war because he already knew that once a troop commitment had been made - no matter how small - it would become difficult not to be...
The "Carter Doctrine" was later used to justify U.S. intervention in Kuwait under the first Bush Administration as well as Libya a...
of deterrence is often confused, as Jaime Garcia Covarrubias notes. Many believe deterrence means wiping all weapons off the plane...
In three pages this paper examines how in the Star Wars' trilogy George Lucas incorporated elements of myth. Two sources are cite...
However, there are many tribal and ethnic divisions within these and so, it is difficult for all of them to get together and form ...
forces as simply the latest in a string of Western outsiders. Herrington explains that Vietnam was occupied by the West for over a...
are an officer - and this included the top noncoms- you went to sleep with your headset at your head" (Terkel 254). Most people ...
the action was the straw that broke the Camels back. In fact, not only was it a turning point for the Vietnam conflict, but if one...
of those were Americans. The passenger ship, the Sussex met a similar fate (Kunhardt, 1999). Still, Wilson refused to budge, hon...
Democracy, say Communist opposition, is necessary for China to modernize, inasmuch as the fundamental essence of modernization is ...
for caring for the wounded (Holder, 2003). For the first time in American history, women were asked to leave their homes and act...