Essays 541 - 570
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..." (...
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...
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...
that brought the political tensions to a head was the assassination of the heir to the Austrian throne; Archduke Francis Ferdinand...
about much of its own global discord by virtue of its imperialistic mindset. While opinions about why Vietnam occurred are as vas...
by the reality of war. Their psyches have been reduced to the common denominator that is dictated by whatever has to be done in or...
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 ...
war because he already knew that once a troop commitment had been made - no matter how small - it would become difficult not to be...
aggressive regimes, punishment for a wrongdoing that has not been corrected. Iraqs 1990 invasion into Kuwait is an example of a ju...
deliberation," much like Nestor had cautioned "Agamemnon against hasty judgment" (Gore on War). In both cases, despite any heeding...
1852.5 Stowes portrayal of the cruelty of slavery generated "horror in the North and outrage in the South," as Southerners perceiv...
those few but powerful pages described how to achieve holism within the esoteric nature of battle. Firing a weapon to kill the en...
to the soldier, but to his family and the citizens in whose names he fought (Swofford). The author notes how those...
neighbor of the US, "one of the two superpowers defining the post-war world," the Canadian government chose to move "closer to the...
United States has long been in battle with itself in an ongoing attempt to control its rampant drug problem, on that clearly stems...
The Vietnam war did not just happen. The French had been fighting in Indonesia since the early 1950s. The actual conflicts in Viet...
In five pages this report discusses how conflicting ideologies were responsible for soldiers to continue to fight overseas' wars a...
adopted Korean daughter of mixed racial heritage. Hata also was originally Korean, but was adopted by a Japanese family. Through f...
not the most dependable of organizations in terms of information accuracy and assessing the worlds trouble spots. For example, in...
In twenty pages this paper applies the Protestant work ethic of Max Weber to these two American ethnic groups. There are over 12 ...
citizens continues and also the continued torture of tens of thousands of political prisoners. The North Koreans are heavily funde...
Hidemi Suganamis "Narratives of War Origins and Endings: A Note On The End Of the Cold War in Millennium" explores the causative f...
As the war raged on, black cotton farmers were looking forward to a Northern victory, which would ultimately give them their freed...
age that are frequently expressed within Western society evolve, at least partially, from the changes in social status that occur ...
in world politics illustrates how such groups form out of a need to "right" perceived wrongs. Since they believe their duty is to...
as a pivotal contributor to the outcome. SUPPORTING ARGUMENTS 1) Robert E. Lee a) Shrewd and defiant military man whose objective...