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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 ...

considerably. Two world leaders, in particular, stand out when we are considering these events from a U.S. perspective. These two...

success in World War II. While both had their strengths, both also had their weaknesses. It was the combined effort that finally...

the hands of her leader, Saddam Hussein, a man who now has finally been captured and is under American control. During the origin...

1950 (Gaddis, 1982). What is the NSC-68 exactly? It seems that this report would outline national security strategy during a time...

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

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

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...

there are individuals who either remember it or have hand one reason or another to study it. Americans themselves, in fact, held ...

period between September 1, 1939 (the date of Germanys invasion of Poland) and September 2, 1945 (the date of the Japanese surrend...

the first of the two great wars where Europe all but destroyed itself began in 1914. And in some sense one can begin to see the si...

moved to the cities (War and prosperity, p. 231). "By 1950, 64 percent of the countrys total population lived in urban areas..." (...

Kevin Sims "Four Hours in My Lai." A Rumor of War In Caputos work he states, in the beginning, "In a general sense, it is simply...

a Buddhist monk, Venerable Thich Nhah Hanh, "whether he would rather have peace under a communist regime that would mean the end o...

can imagine that carrying letters around are testaments to the fact that he has a life at home. Vietnam provides a backdrop of cha...

reveal, American sentiment during the three day period in August 1945 leading up to the dropping of two atomic bombs on Hiroshima ...

to the human condition. In fact, many of the existing laws in England today, are based upon his work. Assuming that his words ar...

war on terrorism, people were at first agreeable and like most other "wars" on anything, the cause lost its fervor after awhile. P...

survival were still slim. Background information on Baumer and his comrades is filled in through flashbacks. In this fashion, th...

the relationship between North and South Korea. The deteriorating relationships between North and South Korea was particu...

Program; to be sure, traits such as intolerance and racism do not merely appear in ones life but rather have to be acquired. It i...

PG), the Nine Years War was the result of significant - and many say unwanted - change. King William III and Queen Mary held cour...

history who have sought to elevate themselves by conquering others, including not only Napoleon, but also Hitler, Genghis Khan, Iv...

recognize that United States, being a newly formed country simply did not initially have the capital and credit markets in place w...

argued that insecurity has been "one fundamental factor affecting Soviet policy" (Diplomatic Telegrams) since the beginnings of th...

are people today who chant slogans related to peace and give up notions of war, inclusive of defense. This is of course something ...

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

German aggression. German aggression started World War II, and this is evidenced in Germanys invasion of Poland, which mar...