Essays 1531 - 1560
Transvaal (The background to the conflict). Tensions, already high, were exacerbated by the annexation and the conflict finally ex...
U.S. settled the Oregon boundary dispute, annexed Texas and "gained about 1.2 million square miles of land, over one-third of its ...
"twelve infantry regiments, two cavalry regiments, a handful of artillery batteries, and a variety of smaller organizations" (Cole...
act of not being obedient. He contrasted the longevity of nature with the ethereal nature of that manmade contrivance we call gov...
forever banned and the other so useful it is still in production. The first is gas, the second, the tank. Gas attacks were so dead...
personality was bolder and more action-oriented than Emersons. He was far more progressive and activist than Emerson on the anti-s...
to expand, he says, or else they will be misunderstood. He applies this to nations as well: "Individuals, like nations, must have ...
the tension caused by the U.S. presence in the region; it is also the incident that can be said to have caused the Gulf War (Pittm...
1930s about the coming of the war" (Harmon). Churchill served in various posts throughout the war; he was minister of defense, the...
by the slave states because they had the potential of tipping the scales in one direction or another in regard to free verses slav...
nature of man and provide a justification for the creation of government. For Hobbes, "human law and order made sense out of the s...
create more problems for the nation. In one respect, people who purchase, sell or use marijuana are put in prison and exposed to...
This stereotypical clash with womens new on-the-job expectations created a shift in the treatment they received when toiling at a ...
much in love, and neither of them is going to stray from the marriage during their separation. Well also imagine that at the time ...
book is not on any one person, but on the war and the period of Reconstruction that followed. Having said that, its still possible...
state of crisis" (Clay, 2007). Many of the colonists thought that the coming conflict was "between the colonies and the motherland...
There was Pearl Harbor and there was the internment in the United States to boot. During the cold war days, there was a great deal...
was accepted as justification for intervention in Southeast Asia. The background to the American intervention shows how the Vietn...
is not often told is how the Pilgrims would have died without the help of the Natives, and how the Pilgrims, the Puritans, felt th...
involved in Vietnam through warfare they were strongly supportive, and backed, actions that were in the favor of the south. For ex...
to be disappointed. He also humanizes Scipio for his readers, since this is a man who accomplished great things and is still not w...
in populations, the increase in the complexity of players in any given war, and the evolution of humanity overall. In all honesty ...
the art and science of war, and also in operational art as he was capable of planning and executing campaigns which achieved "stra...
his points, starting with the naval officer Stephen Decatur, "whose leadership skills and actions were central to Americas success...
Confederacy. The events leading up the planning and execution of the Atlanta Campaign, however, were much more complex than many ...
had an impact on both the war protestors and the Civil Rights activists. If every person has an inherent worth, then anything that...
or that Lee wanted to resign after Gettysburg. Ordinary people behave in ordinary ways. The North was shocked and dismayed by the...
United States had not invested the situation in Vietnam with rivalry with Communist powers, the tragedy might have been avoided. B...
pursuing a d?tente "that would stabilize mutual deterrence and contain the costs of competition in regional affairs" (Herrmann and...
cessation.4 But, when Mississippi chose, outwardly, to secede he removed himself from the Senate.5 He "hoped to receive a prominen...