Essays 391 - 420
is, the mobilization of all available resources against a dangerous, antisocial activity, one that can never be entirely eliminate...
In five pages this paper examines how war's realities and intrusions have cemented contemporary society's philosophical foundation...
Small, local, decentralized, weak-kneed affairs, where nearly every individual felt his importance, was jealous or suspicious of h...
This research report looks at the American Civil War and how knowledge is acquired through letters written during the time period....
use of their forces; hence these organizations tend to support belligerent foreign policies" (pp. 107). On the other hand, one may...
In five pages this paper examines the First and Second World Wars and the wars in Korea and Vietnam in order to determine their so...
and property and was on the brink of bankruptcy. Only the United States and Soviet Union remained relatively intact. These count...
San Diego, California. For a young farm boy, the transition was nothing short of culture shock. The boot camp of 1941 was design...
Bien Phu ended French control of Indochina. (Anonymous PG). Ironically, French General Henri Navarre had wanted this batt...
The Second World War's Red Tail Angels, also known as the Tuskegee Airmen, are examined in an overview of their courage despite ra...
In seven pages these stories are compared in terms of their similar messages regarding the Second World War's harsh realities. Th...
In five pages this paper discusses the U.S. Civil War in a consideration of the history of conscription or the draft and its decli...
direction that this country would ultimately take. They were also critical elements in determining the ultimate fate of the Afric...
get their forces together and attack from the west" (The Second World War). Common wisdom says that Germany stomped Poland flat w...
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...
Triple Alliance. Slavery was abolished as a result of the war but the military took greater and greater predominance in Brazil. ...
hospitals. Under her wings, she took care of the soldiers while at the same time training other women to "nurse" them back to hea...
This paper pertains to the War on Drugs and argues that, while this is a real war, it is not one that US authorities can win. Thre...
military action in the province if the tribal leaders would promise not to give shelter to foreign elements or allow border attack...
person that John F. Kennedy was addressing when he said "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your co...
summarizing the work of both Postrel and OBrien. Aesthetics, according to Postrel, aid people in defining themselves by the "loo...
hoped to increase through increased trade. According to Perlmutter (1997), "The idea of American exceptionalism was a product of ...
defeating Al-Qaeda (Council on Foreign Relations n.d.). But there are critics who believe that the window for securing Afghanistan...
This paper comments on these and other critical social developments that occurred after the end of the Civil War and through the e...
The United States has progressed tremendously since the Civil War and the Reconstruction years that followed. Much of the south h...
The U.S. military involvements in the Vietnam War and the Gulf War are analyzed within the context of this book in 5 pages. The b...
This research paper considers issues such as nationalism, ethnic violence, and anti-Semitism in regards to Central and Eastern Eur...
In 2003 the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia invaded Iraq. The war was controversial, justified to many of the ele...
The Cold War between the West and the Soviet Union (USSR) was at it's height in 1979, the year in which the Iranian Revolution to...