Essays 1981 - 2010
General Ulysses S. Grant had far more humble roots than Lee, and as such had a far less traditional and/or formal ideology regardi...
nation-states of Europe (plus he points out that the U.S. is actually comparable in area to Europe) (Turner, 2002). Because of the...
enough tinder on the firebox to light a conflagration. During the early days of the war, American policy was focused on co...
2002). The threat of nuclear capabilities was so great that the president and other analysts believed the threat to be significan...
Then the UN imposed economic sanctions against Iraq and soon after calls for "Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait by Jan. 15, 1991" (The ...
as well, however. South Korea had been in favor of reuniting with North Korea under one government from the time of...
In five pages this paper examines the Cold War, globalization, and communism's collapse in this conceptual view of the 'New World ...
archetypes of the former age. The attention to the spiritual nature of mankind is evident throughout the arts during this time per...
record of communication between Semmes and his superiors. Boykin, in his Preface, also thanks the Alderman library at the Universi...
fronts if our own national security is to be preserved. While the EU is presently regarded as a friend to the U.S., history testi...
for. When Pug was about to resume command of the U.S.S. California, he was, in a sense, home: "The iron deck underfoot felt good....
There is no question that death plays a major role in this story, as evidenced not only by all the dying patients but also through...
of things that are rarely mentioned in classroom history books. Most history books portray the Union troops as kind, benevolent so...
creating the United Nations, one of the most powerful organizations that involves itself in promoting the security of all nations ...
as criminals who should be locked up, drug users in Europe are more likely to be invited to participate in society...Heavy users a...
between 1963 and 1973. The Vietnam War, however, resulted from very complex historical circumstances, circumstances which started...
Case Study A case study submitted by a student suggests that the government is concerned about the increasing incidence of armed...
women. Working outside the home was not an easy task for married women with children. Mary T. Norton, congresswoman from New Je...
Chinese international policy affects Korea. As far as China is concerned, foreign policy had changed a bit since the Korean War. C...
some headway during the 1990s, something that caused investment to increase (2002). The state of affairs in not surprising. In the...
hippos in the river that Schweitzer came up with the phrase "reverence for life," which he later asserted was his only message for...
a good deal of attention on the people who actually know what needs to go into the plan and how to utilize the CIA, FBI, military ...
the sacrifices were necessary. While the events changed things sociologically as people lived quite differently than they were u...
government. In particular, concerning a worldwide perspective, it is the Moslem countries that are the most frightening to me as a...
truly began to develop the powerfully negative attitudes about foreigners and anyone who was not of the Islamic people. He encoura...
and have fail to have a clear cut goal. Todays present situation in Iraq typifies this Bell Jar Effect. The goals were specific wh...
of Yeoman Households" notes that in standard anti-bellum society, the white male plantation owner was the prime owner of everythin...
the Cold War. Another author, Professor Gerhard Rempel, approaches the issue from a different perspective in terms of discussin...
first shot is fired. Finding the enemys vulnerability has always been a strategy, but in this book one is also urged to look for o...
1861, it was with a determination to covert the "rebel States into a wilderness" (McPherson 249). While the North was eag...