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in the world, the nation that had not been directly or severely attacked by a foreign enemy since its founding was attacked (The H...

contention was that the black slave lived in a state of oblivion to his position of being owned as property and was almost complet...

the war" (Heywood, 1998; history.html). This lab was only one division of National Defense Research Committee (NDRC), for "in Jun...

the vision to build a railroad across the Sierra Nevada mountains in California, and then to continue the railroad across the Unit...

cannot afford to become too emotional over the huge of amount of dead bodies that require disposal. There are simply too many. It ...

as it was during what was deemed the cold war. II. The Cold War The expression "cold war" was used for the first time by...

North and the more rural, ante-bellum Old South. Most historians agree that, in addition to the concept of slavery, vast d...

II. RELIVING THE PAST TO UNDERSTAND THE FUTURE It has been argued that the end of the Cold War has made "obsolete...

and parcel of continuing education. In grade school, students learn about history and geography, but it is only when they grow up ...

Rhoads essay on the life and experiences of a nurse in Vietnam gives a chilling clarity of the realities with which medical person...

in World War II. Not only did Japan attack American soil, and its people, but the United States could no longer ignore the debauch...

in combat with the North Vietnamese. What was not immediately apparent to President Johnson, however, was the fact that the North...

finally received the freedom they so desperately wanted. When the Reconstruction Period arrived, it looked as though blacks were ...

component of warfare since its very first introduction in the 1300s (Norris, 2001). During the first years of this countrys histo...

suited to fast action and hand-to-hand combat. The jineta saddle has short stirrups that cause the rider to bend his knees, allow...

who and what one was (Lee, 1995). In that, he wasnt unique. Thousands of Vietnam veterans experienced it, and dozens of writers ha...

some historians as the first world war (Ricks, 2000). In Europe, the Austrians were not satisfied with the War of Succession which...

Japanese occupation wanted the end of colonial rule which in some cases wasnt met and started various "wars of national liberation...

1909, the Wright brothers built the first "heavier than air flying machine" based on Army Aviation specifications. During World Wa...

time things were peaceful. The general attitude on the part of the colonists was that they felt sorry for the natives and their p...

acquire these riches due to the efforts of Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama, which facilitates the creation of Lisbon as Europes ...

them to finance imports" (Fogel and Engerman PG). South Slavery, because it was so economically viable in the South, would neve...

rather is a decision that is based on some principle such as self defense or an initial defensive action to prevent an attack. War...

the day before that the threat exists, but had done nothing, if we knew where the source of the threat was, who the terrorist were...

to. For example, during the Civli War , the Confederacy imposed a national draft (Miller & Faux, 1997). The union would also impl...

of a generation. This may not have been The Greatest Generation written about by Tom Brokaw, but one gets a sense that the men and...

and sets things straight in the world politically, war can also prevent future devastation. Sometimes measures have to be taken to...

at taking 75 years and costing $50 billion. This is described very clearly in an article by Glenn Zorpette published in Scientific...

In four pages this research paper examines what influence the time period following the Second World War in this consideration of ...

that attention. Its coverage would air not only in the U.S. but it indeed would serve as a global influence (Begleiter, 2000). R...