Essays 511 - 540
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...
progress of the revolution was not so much the rejection of one set of political and social values and the generation of another, ...
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...
troops in the field; it "provided additional firepower to troops engaged on the ground," it extracted troops from engagements when...
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...
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..." (...
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...
past twenty years, the benefit of which was first truly realized with the likes of teen idol lunch boxes; since the advent of the ...
deliberation," much like Nestor had cautioned "Agamemnon against hasty judgment" (Gore on War). In both cases, despite any heeding...
success in World War II. While both had their strengths, both also had their weaknesses. It was the combined effort that finally...
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 ...
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...
tyranny, with scarcely anyone considering independence (Burns, 1969). It escalated into the birth of a nation, but the primary thr...
considerably. Two world leaders, in particular, stand out when we are considering these events from a U.S. perspective. These two...
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 ...
They also vote on issues pertinent to liberty. For the colonists both issues loomed large. There is much argument as to what cau...
alive during the time period are still alive. And, perhaps through further research women can begin to be seen more diversely as i...
rise of nationalism. People of common geographic origin, language, and history began to see themselves as members of large cultur...
from east to west and the number of states was growing with that expansion (Foner and Garraty, 1991). Among the more precipitory ...
history who have sought to elevate themselves by conquering others, including not only Napoleon, but also Hitler, Genghis Khan, Iv...
to shift his ground until he agreed with the allies (McCollum, 2003). Germany would be made to pay. "Unfortunately, rather than ...
the war with King Philip are addressed as well as the Native Americans view of the outcome of the war. Both the Prologue and the E...
the relationship between North and South Korea. The deteriorating relationships between North and South Korea was particu...