Essays 481 - 510
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...
a Buddhist monk, Venerable Thich Nhah Hanh, "whether he would rather have peace under a communist regime that would mean the end o...
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...
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...
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...
new technology. With these elements in mind, the following paper examines railroads, weaponry, and ironclads as it relates to the ...
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..." (...
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...
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...
However, there are many tribal and ethnic divisions within these and so, it is difficult for all of them to get together and form ...
are an officer - and this included the top noncoms- you went to sleep with your headset at your head" (Terkel 254). Most people ...
forces as simply the latest in a string of Western outsiders. Herrington explains that Vietnam was occupied by the West for over a...
the outcome of the conference. At the Teheran Conference Stalin was indifferent to the division of Germany into separate sections...
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,...
for caring for the wounded (Holder, 2003). For the first time in American history, women were asked to leave their homes and act...
In six pages this paper assesses the Civil War's purpose within the context of Abraham Lincoln's observation 'I claim not to have ...
and sets things straight in the world politically, war can also prevent future devastation. Sometimes measures have to be taken to...
to preserve the military and diplomatic credibility of the United States in the Cold War, but when its costs grew excessive the wa...
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...
that attention. Its coverage would air not only in the U.S. but it indeed would serve as a global influence (Begleiter, 2000). R...
In this 5 page paper, the Revolutionary War is the star of William Cooper's life in a text that continues the trials and tribulati...
The history of reporting in war is the history of telling America's story. This paper explores that history and how the war story ...
The turning point for the American Civil War was the Battle of Gettysburg, one conflict of many that stood out as instrumental in ...
In eight pages this paper discusses the U.S. economy in terms of the impacts of the First and Second World Wars and also considers...