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time things were peaceful. The general attitude on the part of the colonists was that they felt sorry for the natives and their p...
tyranny, with scarcely anyone considering independence (Burns, 1969). It escalated into the birth of a nation, but the primary thr...
family is suddenly circumscribed and rests solely with the surviving brother. This changes the balance of the moral equation. Wh...
broke down and even when they were working, "were not capable of performing on a real battlefield" (Tank history, 2004). French ...
things. Resulting in 200,000 deaths, "The Nanjing Massacre is one of the best documented of Japanese atrocities because independen...
considerably. Two world leaders, in particular, stand out when we are considering these events from a U.S. perspective. These two...
1950 (Gaddis, 1982). What is the NSC-68 exactly? It seems that this report would outline national security strategy during a time...
a shrew mouse" (Remarque, 1987, p. 10). He observes that much of the misery in the world is caused by little men (not an original...
noble. Socrates was doing the right thing. Today, as people wrestle with unjust rules and laws, there are some who simply follow ...
success in World War II. While both had their strengths, both also had their weaknesses. It was the combined effort that finally...
was integral to getting rid of Hitler and rendering what he did something that will likely never happen again. And while there wer...
Democracy, say Communist opposition, is necessary for China to modernize, inasmuch as the fundamental essence of modernization is ...
of those were Americans. The passenger ship, the Sussex met a similar fate (Kunhardt, 1999). Still, Wilson refused to budge, hon...
but a few."2 On the home front, during World War I, it was considered imperative to ensure that a system of "elite decision-making...
to shift his ground until he agreed with the allies (McCollum, 2003). Germany would be made to pay. "Unfortunately, rather than ...
They also vote on issues pertinent to liberty. For the colonists both issues loomed large. There is much argument as to what cau...
alive during the time period are still alive. And, perhaps through further research women can begin to be seen more diversely as i...
immediate collapse of the Bao Dai government at the end of the war Ho Chi Minh took the reins in Vietnam. He headed up a coalitio...
dumb show was left. Not the most dramatic passage in the book, but one of the most compelling, is Caputos description of the day ...
the Vietnam debacle, and, consequently overlook Johnsons achievements in Europe, which Schwartz feels "deserve consideration as on...
or hurt is as bad as joining with the abusers. A great deal of the damage thats done in society is done by those who only stand a...
process, Ho Chi Minh claims that more than two million Vietnamese died of starvation, a result not only of French preoccupation wi...
acquire these riches due to the efforts of Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama, which facilitates the creation of Lisbon as Europes ...
and parcel of continuing education. In grade school, students learn about history and geography, but it is only when they grow up ...
both within the army and in the ethnic and other armed groups pitted against it" (Spaeth PG). "ASEAN and its dialogue part...
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...
In five pages the history, politics, government, leadership, economic conditions, and problems of Vietnam are discussed in this ov...
soldiers virtually disappear. During World War I, German and Allied soldiers both endured the horrors of trench warfare on oppo...
at taking 75 years and costing $50 billion. This is described very clearly in an article by Glenn Zorpette published in Scientific...