Essays 751 - 780
were clearly relevant. During the American Civil War, some of the techniques were used. However, cavalry would not perform trad...
heroism and bravery, there is no feeling that he is bragging or presenting the Sterett crew of entirely composed of heroes. Rather...
military, pursuing a permanent war economy, and mentioned the possibility of retaliation at every opportunity (Coy, 2003). In his...
is particularly noteworthy in the period spanning from 1862 to 1914. It was during this period that many ships underwent a transf...
npa), the use of the fantasy genre allows the author or director to stand outside of the reality with which we are familiar, and g...
fathers oldest friends was Colonel John S. Mosby, the fabled "grey ghost" of Jeb Stuarts famous cavalry (Carter and Finer, 2004)....
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...
make them themselves. This is but one example of the types of increasing regulations which began to severely restrict the colonis...
a formidable presence in Afghanistan we are beginning to pull troops back from around the world and to more efficiently consolidat...
Iraq. Most turn to the Just War theory to prove their point, arguing that Vietnam was not a justified war, and neither is the war ...
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...
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...
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 ...
women. Working outside the home was not an easy task for married women with children. Mary T. Norton, congresswoman from New Je...
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...
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...
In five pages this essay examines the concept of 'just war' within the context of the Geneva Convention guidelines and affirms tha...
of Yeoman Households" notes that in standard anti-bellum society, the white male plantation owner was the prime owner of everythin...
"ethnic cleansing" in Kosovo and how NATO leaders hesitated to term planned military action as a "war." On the other hand, he also...
realist notions concerning what the term "state" means, as "State identities and interests can be collectively transformed within ...
as Homer based his story on fiction which would occur in the context of history and mythology. While the tale has been critically ...
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...