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How Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau Define 'Self Reliance'

emphasized the importance of self reliance. Both Emerson and Thoreau are remembered for their philosophies that encapsulate...

Utopian Society and Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau

that it was necessary to vote. He felt that it was not the duty of the individual to try to make governments better or to try to...

Cesar Chavez, Mohandas K. Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., and Henry David Thoreau on Nonviolence

perhaps argue that Thoreau was not a great supporter of government rule, and that anarchy was perhaps the most desirable goal, ass...

An Analysis of Louis Fischer's, The Essential Gandhi

courts and token governorships were merely means to placate the population without offering "real freedom or power" (Fischer 158)....

Consideration of the Quote 'No Man is an Island'

In five pages this quote is considered within the context of injustice in a discussion of such works as Chief Joseph's I Will Figh...

Civil Disobedience as Viewed by Henry David Thoreau

In five pages this paper discusses Thoreau's perspectives on civil disobedience as represented in his essay of the same name. Thr...

Vigilantism or Civil Disobedience

his objective was not to inflict harm but rather to remove the catalyst for drug activity. Is that not what resides at the founda...

Mahatma Gandhi and Frantz Fanon Fantasy Interview

In six pages this paper presents a mock Nightline interview featuring author of The Wretched of the Earth Frantz Fanon and nonviol...

Ideological Comparison of Henry David Thoreau and Frederick Douglass

(Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass An American Slave, 2001 and See Also Thoreau, 1993). This comparative essay examines ...

Philosophy of Civil Disobedience and Martin Luther King Jr.

In seven pages this research paper examines how King's philosophy of nonviolent protest was influenced by Indian practitioner of c...

Illegal Workers and Ethical Responses

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at illegal workers. A case is made for civil disobedience as an ethical response. Pape...

A Consideration of American History from 1865 until 1945

The important events that shaped America including slavery, the Reconstruction, political patronage, industrialization, the Progre...

U.S. Wars and Artillery Uses

materiel that were used during each war. The first war to be fought by Americans, and on American soil was the American...

Virtuous Act of Disobedience

In six pages the virtues of disobedience are celebrated with an incorporation of the essay 'Disobedience as a Psychological and Mo...

Ambiguities Throughout the History of Politics

In six pages this paper discusses the political ambiguities represented by the Second World War, the Cold War's rise and fall, and...

Civil War Naval History

navy of the Confederate States of America. Roughly one-fifth of US naval officers resigned and joined the Southern rebels. In hi...

Causes of War

causes were paramount in the instigation of World War I, but these factors alone would not have been sufficient to cause a war wit...

Reasons for the American Civil War by Bruce Levin

saw slavery as absolutely essential to their economy, Levine argues that American workers viewed the institution of slavery as con...

A World War II Submarines History

crushing power of the round balls had no match in the newly designed projectile typesii, the rapid revolution in this area could b...

Silence as Weapon in Vietnam by Herrington

forces as simply the latest in a string of Western outsiders. Herrington explains that Vietnam was occupied by the West for over a...

Warfare Turning Point, The Tet Offensive

the action was the straw that broke the Camels back. In fact, not only was it a turning point for the Vietnam conflict, but if one...

From the Invention of the Automobile to the Kent State Massacre

1. How did the mass production of the automobile affect...

First World War to the Vietnam War: The Evolution of American Policy

hoped to increase through increased trade. According to Perlmutter (1997), "The idea of American exceptionalism was a product of ...

Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife by John A. Nagl: An Analysis

The U.S. military involvements in the Vietnam War and the Gulf War are analyzed within the context of this book in 5 pages. The b...

IRAQ AND VIETNAM WARS: A COMPARISON

to the United States. II. The location and terrain were vastly different from one another, requiring different strategic maneuvers...

Vietnam War's Military Operations and the Roles Played by Government Policies and Public Opinion

spread of communism globally. The French government had been in authority over Southeast Asian theater, but when it looked as if t...

U.S. Foreign Policy and Its Domestic Impact

rallying cry (Drew and Snow, 1990). For example, "Remember the Maine" served this purpose during the Spanish American War. The sec...

Immoral Actions and Henry Kissinger

there has been real "tension between Americas much-vaulted ethical and legal principles and its practical policy interests" (2000,...

The Vietnam War and the Attitudes That Drove the Conflict

Carl Strikwerda suggests that the globalization debate has great implications when looking at the United States (Grainge, 2001). ...

Two Vietnam Books

(Tanenhaus, 1999). The struggle between the two countries was both strategic and ideological, with the "future governance of the i...