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Overview of the Vietnam War and its Impact Upon America

fierce protection of ancestral land was nothing new to the people trapped in between warring factions. The names given geographic...

Reasons Why the US Suffered a Loss in Vietnam

against the US. However, like colonial Americans, the North Vietnamese turned their superior knowledge of the terrain, into a "ho...

Latin America and Caribbean Post Spanish American War Involvement of the US

In six pages this paper discusses the post Spanish American War involvement of the United States in Haiti, Santo Domingo, and Puer...

Rebellions and Slave Revolts

In nine pages this paper discusses the rebellions and slave revolts that occurred around the U.S. Civil War period as described in...

American Society in Literature

This 16 page paper examines four books that are centered on American society. The books discussed are Joyce Maynard's To Die For; ...

African American Military Regiments During the US Civil War

In eight pages this report discusses the nearly 200,000 African American soldiers that fought during the US Civil War after Presid...

Western Films and the Themes of Loss and Regret

on him by his situation, but belonging to him intimately and testifying to his completeness" (655). Also on the subject of Wester...

'1676' by Stephen S. Webb

central thesis. This perspective credits, not the governors, for achieving peace, but rather credits the anarchically self-governe...

Changing American Values After the 1960s

either his parents or his country, and as he grew he took those values and opinions as his own. Having been born into a loving Ca...

Expansion of Europe and the Resulting Disease and War

the Native American soil, they turned into the very element of persecution from which they escaped; not only did they segregated t...

The 'Other' America in Alex Kotlowitz's There Are No Children Here

This paper consisting of five pages investigates the environment that two young African American boys experience in their Chicago ...

How the Indians Were Treated by the Spanish New World Conquerors

In six pages this paper discusses how the Spanish perceived Native Americans in the New World. Three sources are cited in the bib...

Significance of Cold War Ideolgies

In a paper consisting of 5 pages American beliefs and ideals that were strongly held prior to the Cold War are examined. There ar...

The Commandant of the Andersonville Confederate Prison Camp Henry Wirz

Henry Wirz, an American Civil War criminal, is evaluated as to the truth of his criminality. Was he a scapegoat? Many details are ...

Choreographer Jerome Robbins

a disconnected collection of dialogue, songs, and dances, to an integrated dance drama which relies heavily on dance to express em...

Conditions in the U.S. During World War II

This 5 page paper discusses some of the issues facing people at home during WWII. The writer discusses economics as well as the in...

James K. Polk, the Mexican American War, and the Dark Legacy of the 'Dark Horse'

An even greater surprise followed the first when the dark horse won the race for the Democratic Party and became the eleventh pres...

America After Vietnam and Books by Gibson and Englehardt

In five pages this paper discusses Warrior Dreams by Gibson and The End of the Victory Culture by Englehardt in a consideration of...

The Robber Barons of the Civil War

This research report looks at the robber barons who lived during the time of the American Civil War. Who were they? What did they ...

U.S. Civil War and Juveniles

In six pages this paper examines the impact of the U.S. Civil War upon the American family structure and the effects upon juvenile...

U.S. Central Intelligence Agency During and After the Cold War

In five pages this paper discusses American intelligence in a consideration of the vast involvement of the CIA in the Cold War. F...

Global Politics Featured in Short Essays

In eight pages short essays, answers, and reactions to global politics' issues including the significance of Latin American econom...

US Frontier Myth

In six pages this paper refers to Gunfighter Nation The Myth of the Frontier in Twentieth Century America by Richard Slotkin in t...

Secession as a Harbinger of Conflict

Civil War historians believe that a majority of Americans felt that forcing the South to remain in the Union when it felt it was n...

Is It Possible to Achieve an Africana Philosophy?

In five pages this essay examines whether or not the widespread scattering of African Americans throughout the world makes it poss...

How American English Serves as a Tool in Globalization

In a research paper comprised of fifteen pages the effects of American English on globalization are discussed in terms of its stat...

News Coverage of NBC and CBS after the First Gulf War

There were significant similarities and differences in coverage of the peace talks after the first Iraq war. This report compares ...

Media and Perceptions of the Vietnam War

that media during the 1960s and 1970s shifted toward "an oppositional relation to political authority" (68). Hallin uses as his ar...

Relationship Between the Philippines and the United States and the Impact of the Spanish-American War

In eight pages this paper discusses the Philippines' acquisition by the United States in an overview of the Spanish-American War o...

Modern Americans' and Native Americans' Rites of Passage

In seven pages this paper compares the contemporary American teenager with Tukuna, Okrika, and Okiek Native American counterparts ...