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First World War's Main Cause

could have been avoided had cooler heads been leading Austria-Hungary at the time of the assassination of their heir to the throne...

1991's War in the Persian Gulf

2005). This was clearly illegal and those in the Middle East worried that he would try to take over more nations. Certainly, it wa...

International Relations' Preferred Model of Realism

anarchic and does have individual political entities known as states (2005). They are the actors who possess militaries which make...

Second World War Japanese Canadians' Internment and Treatment

(National Association of Japanese Canadians, 2002). During World War II, the War Measures Act allowed the Canadian Cabinet to expe...

Construction and Military Operation of the Bismarck German Battleship

secondary battery of six-inch guns also mounted in twin turrets, which were intended for use against enemy surface destroyers. She...

Cause of the Biafra War

day is the site of tremendous ethnic conflict. The same can be said of other regions of Africa as well. Secretary-General Salim ...

UK Education Policy Prior to and Following the Second World War

late 1830s, more than two-thirds of the working class population was literate (West, 2002). In an attempt to address the educatio...

Overview of On the Beach

that a the protagonist will meet his or her demise, and adventure novels too often will show men and women risking their lives in ...

Background and Events of the Wars of the Roses

we start with the last king of the Plantagent line we have a good starting point. Edward III had seven sons, although two died ear...

US Civil War and Reasons for the North's Victory

offer, and also because they used better wartime strategies and had stellar leadership. The Civil War began in 1860 at a time whe...

Saving Private Ryan Film by Director Steven Spielberg and its Importance

did not think the film appropriate for anyone under the age of 14 (Gordinier, 1998). Grown men would weep after being through it. ...

What Soldiers Experienced During the Vietnam War

end in failure. The fault of much of the debilitation of the Vietnam soldier lies with the politicians and the military strategic...

Star Wars by John Williams

This essay offers an overview of the melody and harmony used in John William's main theme from Star Wars. The writer compares Will...

South African History/The Gold Industry

"poor sanitation and hygiene," the homes of Africans, who had been confined to slums by segregationist law, were perceived as a "...

World War II Innovations and Tactics

This 3 page paper gives an overview of both radar and vaccines as technological advances during World War II. This paper includes ...

African Americans, Poverty, and the War on Drugs

This 5 page paper gives an overview of the criminal justice system in regards to multicultural problems. This paper includes the s...

Equal Rights for African Americans

This 6 page paper gives an overview of the fight post Civil War for African American equal rights. This paper includes the formati...

The Treaty of Versailles and Wilson's 14 Points

This paper presents a comparative overview of these documents and presents the argument that the Treaty of Versailles was a major ...

Evolution of the Russian Family Institition

however, in the 1930s to 1950s when the Bolshevik state worked actively towards disbanding the traditional family unit and transfo...

The Individual and Societal Impacts of the Civil War

One of the more interesting roles women took on during the war was as volunteers in the war effort. For...

The War on Drugs

leads "officials to play a never ending game of narcotic whack-a-mole" (Suddath). Close to half of the marijuana that is smuggle...

The Civil War, Augusta County Virginia, and Franklin County Pennsylvania

square miles and Franklin County Pennsylvania encompasses approximately 772 square miles. Despite their similarity in size, howev...

The Mexican-American War

obtained (Lee). There were places that the new Americans wanted desperately, places like California and while the government tried...

Florida in the Civil War

"twelve infantry regiments, two cavalry regiments, a handful of artillery batteries, and a variety of smaller organizations" (Cole...

Civil Disobedience and the Vietnam War

act of not being obedient. He contrasted the longevity of nature with the ethereal nature of that manmade contrivance we call gov...

Dower's Embracing Defeat

noted that the emperor had announced defeat, which meant surrender (Dower, 2001). Yet, the woman who Dower notes on the first pag...

An Overview of the Battle of Dunkirk

had all the emotional attributes of a film where the audience is cheering for victory. Indeed, the operation did much for morale, ...

Joan of Arc

was located within the realm of the Duke of Burgundy, but while the Burgundians were in alliance with the English, Domremy had con...

Causes of WWII/Pacific Theatre

was a republic, led by the Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek. Due to the fact that there was serious opposition to his government...

Views of World War I

Quiet was largely to dispel nationalistic fantasies about warfare and depict WWI in realistic fashion as perceived by the common G...