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The Classic Film Casablanca

The writer explores the plot, characters, setting and other elements of the 1942 classic film Casablanca, starring Humphrey Bogart...

Internal Migrations

own language. "Indian" is the name Christopher Columbus gave to the natives he met when he came to the New World, believing he was...

Women in the Canadian Military Forces

this aspect. Before 1939, the Canadian military women would serve as nurses during the Northwest Rebellion in 1885 as well as in t...

Researching Family History

a land in which the wealthy were very wealthy, the poor were exceedingly so. Michael seemed to believe he was in training t...

The Canadian Nation, the Boer War and the Conscription Crisis

Transvaal (The background to the conflict). Tensions, already high, were exacerbated by the annexation and the conflict finally ex...

AMERICAN HISTORY: AN OVERVIEW

having to serve it. These days, of course, television is very much ensconced in the fabric of our lives, with most homes having at...

War by Luigi Pirandello

potential, or realistic, loss of children during the war. War has always taken children from the parents and this is simply a very...

Gearing Up for War: Europe 1939

see. But the reporter was in Germany at the end of WWI and found the social and economic conditions there to be deplorable. The co...

Henri and Julia and World War I

much in love, and neither of them is going to stray from the marriage during their separation. Well also imagine that at the time ...

Battle of San Juan

become the commander of the Rough Riders. President McKinley asked for men to become volunteers, with Roosevelt one of the...

Terrorism and Our Involvement in the Middle East

This paper questions whether our current war on terrorism is valid. To answer the question the author examines the history of ter...

The War Against Troy

Whether or not Helen was the cause of all the uproar is really unknown, but what seems certain, according to archaeologist Manfred...

The War of 1812

France tried to prevent the sale of British goods in French possessions" (Gatewayno 2008). While one may envision that this would ...

The War on Drugs

leads "officials to play a never ending game of narcotic whack-a-mole" (Suddath). Close to half of the marijuana that is smuggle...

Fifteen Amendments Since 1865: Impact And Influence

those in power. This was very valuable foresight on the founders part inasmuch as it did protect the fundamental patchwork of how...

Reitz’s Heimat and World War II

mayor. Lucie begins to fulfill her ambitious dreams. Episode 4, "The New Road, 1938" and Episode 5, "Up and Away and Back, 1939," ...

Honduras - Economy Progress

Company alone owned 10% of all the land in Honduras. This situation made it difficult for the general populace to compete (Acker, ...

South African History/The Gold Industry

"poor sanitation and hygiene," the homes of Africans, who had been confined to slums by segregationist law, were perceived as a "...

An Examination of the Cold War and Why It Did Not Result in a Major War

first stage of escalation sees the parties to the conflict shift from the use of light strategies towards heavy tactics. Light tac...

"The War Drags On" by Donovan

This essay provides analysis and discussion of Donovan's 1969s protest song, "The War Drags On." Seven pages in length, two source...

Wilfred Owen/"Dulce et Decorum Est"

This essay pertains to Wilfred Owen's poem, which captures the horror of World War I. Five pages in length, seven sources are cite...

Kentucky History and John Hunt Morgan

This paper argues that Morgan had more of an impact on Kentucky history because of the myth surrounding the man and his personalit...

Blood Passion by Scott Martelle

This book review focuses on Scott Martell's "Blood Passion: The Ludlow Massacre and Class War in the American West," which descri...

WHY THE U.S. JOINED WORLD WAR I

1917. The overt, and simple, explanation for Americas entry into the European conflict was the May, 1915 sinking of the Bri...

World War I - Causes and Effects

support that does not contain any expressed or implied limitations; an agreement to offer unlimited aid. Significance: In the cont...

Questions on American History

This paper pertains to various issues in American history, which range from Washington to the War of 1812. Eight pages in length, ...

McWhorter/Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue

Another feature that is unique to English is the way in which English uses the that "-ing thing" (McWhorter 2). In English, the pr...

'Nightmare of History'

In three pages this paper examines the observation by J. Baldwin that James Joyce 'is right about history being a nightmare--But i...

The Importance of Women's History

women to the sidelines of history, as insignificant to the progress of humanity. By implication, this view says that women did not...

A Political History of Cuba

in 1515. Cubas position in the Caribbean has made it attractive to non-natives for centuries. The Spanish gave it extra at...