Essays 1951 - 1980
The existence of threat likely holds the key. Sixty-four years later, rumors still fly about Franklin Roosevelts level of knowled...
tax records; flight origin and destination; whether the ticket was purchased by cash, check or credit card; whether the ticket is ...
Canada" (The war of 1812, 2001). All of these various forces found voice in a group called the "War Hawks," a "rising young gener...
of literature, and gave innumerable speeches for their cause" (African American Odyssey, 2005). There were some who argued and foc...
America would accomplish this destiny "under God" (Manifest destiny). This belief would give America all the justification it nee...
he knew nothing of the causes for the war. Nash and Jeffrey use this to illustrate their statement that people fought on the Ameri...
a diet of mutual hate" (Adler 91). They continue to live in the house together, all but living completely separate lives, ...
had been "brainwashed" during their captivity in Korea (Tibbets, 1997). In fact, brainwashing became "the ultimate Cold War fear"...
for example that examines 2004 statistics is based on public health experts who report that about 100,000 Iraqi civilians had died...
the Native American Indians had a strong bond with their fellow tribal members, people of different ethnic background feel strongl...
of heroism in combat as they fought for noble causes and died for noble causes, with visions of lavish funeral rites dancing in th...
basically a war between Athens and Sparta (Thucydides, 1881). This came about as a result of the growth of the Athenian Empire, a...
There is no question that a significant number of tax dollars have been used to militarize the Middle East, in addition to the pay...
begins by saying that "Francis Fukuyamas vision of a world governed by capitalism and democracy, we can anticipate an earlier, if...
of the group. Functionalists believe that every state has the universal right to provide those elements which will strike a balanc...
Government does challenge the border on occasion ("Kuwait," 2003). Iraq had been a threat long after the Gulf War. Yet, although ...
with holy wars that are most familiar to Westerners are in the Old Testament. Exodus 32:27 tells of how God ordered the destructio...
lost, there were many who were idealistic, who thought themselves to be freedom fighters and who fought for freedom. It was a pie...
The structural basis of imagery is symbolic of Caputos intrinsic creativity and ability to see beyond the obvious. Characteristic...
to the bombing, however, we note that in the words of one author, following WWI "Japan grew angry with the U.S.A. because they wer...
those changes threatened to overturn the relationship which existed between the individual states and the nation as a whole. A si...
because he knew it would be so controversial, Kennan at first published this article anonymously. However, after Walter Lippmann, ...
bringing the country back into some semblance of order. It was these very movements that helped Nixons administration withdraw fro...
using the press in this manner, some excellent examples remain which show what media savvy can make the difference. Consider that ...
but still protecting and serving in the community). Or they begin to "remember" world events as they are presented on television. ...
which can possibly be doubtful, but think that some particular principle or doctrine should be forbidden to be questioned because ...
end they are supporting the troops by seeking to protect their lives and create a scenario where they will not have to fight the w...
believe that only a select few should be granted the privilege of human rights. Philosophers have spent endless hours determining...
of terrorist attacks -- more specifically, the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001 on the World Trade Centers in New York City....
devastation wreaked on their homeland in those wars. Countless examples of this sort of cultural awareness are not going to be neg...