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First, it should be noted that the Star Wars myth is also exemplified in other films like K-Pax where an alien who is from the pla...

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

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

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

expansion into Southeast Asia, had attacked the U.S. Pacific fleet (moored in Pearl Harbor in Hawaii) the previous day (December 7...

Quaeda is not dependent on the continued existence of its leader. Even if allied forces were able to capture bin Laden tomorrow, ...

the war with King Philip are addressed as well as the Native Americans view of the outcome of the war. Both the Prologue and the E...

citizens (DeLong, 1997). "The projects and politics of militarism and imperialism, of racial and cultural rivalries, of monopolie...

with the names of the more than 58,000 U.S. men and women who were killed or missing in the Vietnam War" (Vietnam Veterans Memoria...

as no one bothered to make sure that things would go well. In the end, the war was just stopped but there were no victories. Ther...

There were also conflicts between the Australian Imperial Force and the militia troops, who had hastily been drafted when it becam...

dumb show was left. Not the most dramatic passage in the book, but one of the most compelling, is Caputos description of the day ...

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

General Washington recognized the problems that were at hand and initiated a strategy to correct them. That strategy involved the...

forgive and forget. It does however help to explore what happened in those camps in Japan during World War II. Although by and la...

Isaacs states that shadows haunt those who did fight in Vietnam because the stories that no one wanted to hear about their war con...

be born of patriotism and love for their country, as there are few things that would inspire the soldiers to put up with such bad ...

mere surface appearances. All this opulent beauty will be hidden with the outbreak of World War I. Having already been inv...

exceptions, but there were not many. WWII changed all that. As every able-bodied man not involved in defense development o...

Lincoln, and Northerners in general, are popularly seen as advocates for the black race. However, what is less well-known is that ...

argues that "Common sense, the necessities of the war, to say nothing of the dictation of justice and humanity have at last prevai...

determining the direction that this country would ultimately take (McPherson, 1988). There were many individuals in the yea...

consider how the organisation may learn form its experience the first stage is to consider the role and development of the United ...

home. Your Fourth of July firecracker exploding in the grave" (Kovic PG). That Kovic was no different than any other red-...

(5). Therefore, when the wall dividing East and West Germany was finally torn down, it is clear why this was such a powerful symb...

the last thing he says is "My boots are filling" and hes gone (Erdrich). Lyman jumps in and searches for him until the sun sets, b...

in Vietnam. As the war fades further into the past, its important that authors like OBrien continue to remind Americans of the dif...

followed by inflation and then a decline in the past as well as currency depreciation. This indicates that there may still be op...

came from the "1991 trade liberalization" experience in India which generated losses in tariff protection for employers and brough...

first stage of escalation sees the parties to the conflict shift from the use of light strategies towards heavy tactics. Light tac...