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Fighting the Vietnam War

of military proportions but also a national fiasco of monumental proportions as well. Initially, the majority of Americans were u...

The 1993 Bombing of the World Trade Center

for 28 days" (Manning, 1995). Captain William Wilkens, now retired, (2000), Commanding Officer of the New York City Police Depart...

Cinematic Explanation of Sciences' Gender Gap

crashes several hours flying time from a scientific research station in the Arctic. An Air Force crew is ordered to go and pick up...

Significance of the Yalta Conference

and Great Britain would make concessions to Russia for remaining on the allies side and entering the war in the Pacific theater (R...

Buddhism in Tibet

of Mahayana Buddhism. Its basic elements are practically identical to this form of Buddhism, in fact. Buddhism is in many ways o...

Economic Self Sufficiency and the Role of the African American Church

This author notes that, "The church fought against the social injustices that African Americans faced in America," which is clearl...

The Ramayana by R.K. Narayan and the 'Righteous War' Concept

horse sacrifice contained within The Ramayana. According to Narayans translation, in this ceremonial ritual, "A horse... is set f...

BBC World Service andPublic Diplomacy

Nations. The use of public diplomacy is differentiated from the use of propaganda by which is also a tool used by government to ...

Mysticism in Island by Aldous Huxley

anywhere else. We are all, if we already knew it, already there" (Huxley 35) displays a sharp Taoist influence. Looking at Huxle...

Causes of the Chicago Race Riot of 1919

respect as the white soldiers during or after World War I; while black Americans fought just as hard and loyally as their lighter-...

Politics and Christianity's Role

the Netherlands, said: "God the Lord unmistakably instituted the basic rule for the duty of government. Government exists to admin...

War In The Congo

groundwork for development in this struggling nation, and further, created a sense of enlightenment where before there was none (...

World and Self in Poetry of Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson

selected one thing (one person, one book, she is not specific) and close her attention to all others. However, the "Soul" is not...

Necessary Concern of Population Control

female infanticide was common (Sarin). However, this is a reality that is prevalent in much of the world. Various regions around t...

U.S. Civil War and 'Copperheads'

the Lincoln administration was doing to the Confederacy (Archaimbault and Barnhart). The reason why the copperheads were f...

Death, Racism, and T.J. Hickey

between police and Aborigines when they can die at the hands of law enforcement without ever having been physically touched. This...

Concepts and Predictions in Bold New World by William Knoke

relations. The Amoeba Form, he offers is the effect of nameless, faceless companies doing business with other nameless, faceless ...

Finance and the Contributions of Benjamin Graham

in 1914 (Brainyencyclopedia.com, 2004). During that same year, Graham began his career on Wall Street. During the booming 1920s, G...

Home Architecture of the Early South

a storehouse (Lane 9). In contrast to the shrinking forest of Europe where timber was already scarce, North America abounded wit...

Analyzing LBJ's March 31, 1968 Televised Speech

search for peace was going on, North Vietnam rushed their preparations for a savage assault on the people, the government, and the...

Visually Impaired Individuals and WWW Access

not just regarding developers but also about firms and institutions that purchase products that are web-based (2002). The proble...

Questions Involving Foreign Policy of the Cold War

NATO. From the US perspective, they were merely protecting a weakened Europe from Soviet aggression. The viewpoint propelled the U...

Contemporary World and a Mercantilist Position

world, the student will want to examine the policies of John Maynard Keynes (1997), who states that "mercantilism is a continuall...

What it Was Like to Be a Slave Before the Civil War

know that he was a slave and until he was old enough to experience the suffering and see the suffering endured by others. This ...

'Slave Power,' the North, and the Civil War

of Yeoman Households" notes that in standard anti-bellum society, the white male plantation owner was the prime owner of everythin...

Waging Modern War by General Wesley Clark

"ethnic cleansing" in Kosovo and how NATO leaders hesitated to term planned military action as a "war." On the other hand, he also...

4 Questions on Political Science Answered

realist notions concerning what the term "state" means, as "State identities and interests can be collectively transformed within ...

Project Planning Scheduling and Control by Lewis

sense that there is a solution to a problem, but also that the problem must be adequately defined and categorized. In essence, the...

The Last Full Measure by Jeff Shaara

civilized nation. While historians blame Grants lackadaisical resolve to enforce Reconstruction laws, that slavery was ever sough...

Third World Country Politics and Military Intervention

numerous examples of the transition of military forces around the world to "new military professionalism". China is, perhaps, one...