Essays 541 - 570
II. RELIVING THE PAST TO UNDERSTAND THE FUTURE It has been argued that the end of the Cold War has made "obsolete...
and the public. Party slogans exemplify doublethink, as they proclaim that war is really peace, freedom is really slavery, etc. Wh...
aggressive regimes, punishment for a wrongdoing that has not been corrected. Iraqs 1990 invasion into Kuwait is an example of a ju...
of petroleum for the United States and its European allies" and also to "prevent or minimize Soviet involvement in the region" (Ge...
war because he already knew that once a troop commitment had been made - no matter how small - it would become difficult not to be...
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...
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...
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 ...
summarizing the work of both Postrel and OBrien. Aesthetics, according to Postrel, aid people in defining themselves by the "loo...
Iraq fares will determine the direction of the global war on terrorism" (Zuckerman, 2007). Zuckerman concludes that because of th...
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...
In five pages this report discusses how conflicting ideologies were responsible for soldiers to continue to fight overseas' wars a...
The Vietnam war did not just happen. The French had been fighting in Indonesia since the early 1950s. The actual conflicts in Viet...
1852.5 Stowes portrayal of the cruelty of slavery generated "horror in the North and outrage in the South," as Southerners perceiv...
to the soldier, but to his family and the citizens in whose names he fought (Swofford). The author notes how those...
those few but powerful pages described how to achieve holism within the esoteric nature of battle. Firing a weapon to kill the en...
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...
adopted Korean daughter of mixed racial heritage. Hata also was originally Korean, but was adopted by a Japanese family. Through f...
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...
not the most dependable of organizations in terms of information accuracy and assessing the worlds trouble spots. For example, in...
In five pages this paper presents an overview of this American historical texts and assesses the author's arguments in terms of th...
This paper examines the motivations behind the 1982 invasion of the Falkland Islands by Argentina and whether or not they were eco...
In six pages this paper discusses these presidential administrations regarding policies during and after the Cold War. Five sourc...
This 7 page paper argues the U.S. oil production was a vital resource that contributed to the Allied victory in WWII. The writer e...
on the heels of World War I, where the involved countries had already suffered some amount of loss, they collectively desired to r...