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John Drescher's 'Why Christians Shouldn't Carry Swords'

This Christianity Today article on the author's views of war is reviewed in four pages. There are no other sources listed....

Christianity and War

same. "Transcendence is experienced as addressing man and charging him with responsibility..." (Werblowsky 12). Once a person ha...

Religious Beliefs and War

The ways in which religious dogma can be used to justify war are examined in a research paper consisting of nine pages. Sixteen s...

US Military's Spending Wastefulness

In eight pages this paper examines post Cold War waste by the US military with the focus being on government spending issues. Ten...

'Just War' Concept

In eighteen pages this paper examines how St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Augustine of Hippo developed the 'just war' concept and theor...

Always a Part of the War as Described by Karl von Clausewitz in 'Fog and the Friction'

Forces held hearings on land forces modernization. At that time, numerous members of the Senate and high-ranking military officia...

Future and War Types

war-real and imagined-and that practice centered around the Cold War philosophy of winning an all-out nuclear war. But the rules ...

Post First World War Hollywood Studio Dominance

In twelve pages this paper considers the global cinematic dominance of the Hollywood studio system after the First World War. Nin...

Movies on the Vietnam War

Stones "Born on the 4th of July" (1989), Barry Levinsons "Good Morning,Vietnam" (1987), and Hal Ashbys "Coming Home" (1978). A goo...

A Comparison of The Green Berets and Casualties of War

days on the battlefield seemed to be but a dim memory. The Korean War was Americas first unpopular war where there were no victor...

'Platoon' vs. 'Apocalypse Now'

In 5 pages this comparative analysis considers the power of visual images in these films and how war is told through manipulative ...

Lessons About War In The Film, Saving Private Ryan

This paper examines Stephen Speilberg's 1998 WWII film, Saving Private Ryan. The author discusses what lessons can be taken from ...

Trafamadore and Billy Pilgrim

In three pages this fictitious autobiographical essay from Billy's perspective explores his zoo experience featuring the circulari...

Cold War Era Films

In fifteen pages this paper examines how the Cold War is depicted in such films including Fail Safe, North By Northwest, Dr. Stran...

Neorealism of Italian Director Roberto Rossellini

In eight pages this paper discusses the post Second World War neorealist cinema that was characterized by Roberto Rossellini in su...

Greek Mythology, Women, and Warriors

In seven pages this paper considers the injustices of war in a consideration of women's unequal roles represented in the works of ...

Feudalism of Medieval England

In six pages this research paper discusses English feudalism in a consideration of Medieval war, women's status, and feudal system...

US Pop Culture and the Star Wars Trilogy

a true sense of what is American pop culture, one needs only to venture into a childs bedroom. Since 1977, it is likely that ther...

Star Wars 'Prequel' The Phantom Menace

bits of information from ancient times, which have to do with the themes that have supported human life, built civilizations, and ...

Auteur Film Director Brian DePalma

The auteur film techniques that characterize director Brian DePalma are considered in an examination of three of his films The Unt...

Historical Accuracy, the Vietnam War, and Francis Ford Coppola's Film Apocalypse Now

In eight pages this paper discusses the portrayal of the Vietnam War in an assessment of historical accuracy and the presentation ...

Bombing of Coventry, England and Winston Churchil

of the city of Coventry goes back to the Middle Ages, and was first settled in the seventh century (Longmate 13). Prior to the 194...

Military Women During the First World War

This paper examines the feminist movement and its impact upon women in the military during the First World War in twelve pages. S...

Pre First World War Pittsburgh and the Black Community

In ten pages this paper discusses how the black community developed in Pittsburgh before the First World War and compares it with ...

Critical Overview of The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien

a certain credibility to what the reader ultimately experiences between the books covers. Indeed, it is often difficult to discer...

Settlers and the Johnson County, Wyoming War

In fifteen pages this argumentative paper maintains that the war was the result of sustaining Wyoming's corporate sector at the ex...

Second World War Involvement of Czechoslovakia, Poland, Greece, and Yugoslavia

In ten pages this paper evaluates the reasons behind the involvement of these countries in the Second World War. Six sources are ...

A Tour of the Louvre

In five pages this research paper celebrates the passions of art and politics revealed in various displays of Romantic and Neoclas...

Analysis of War Types

economic structures (Spanier, 1978). In other words, ideology rather than territorial expansion is the primary target. It is con...

History of Germany from 1850 to the First World War

In six pages the role of Otto von Bismarck is emphasized in this consideration of the history of Germany from 1850 through the Fir...