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first novel, Tales of the South Pacific (Macmillan, 1947) (Meador 14). This book, which was based on actual World War II experienc...

Orend points out that the mere threat of war, or mutual dislike and disdain, are not necessarily indicators of war. "The conflict ...

First World War, and similarly beggared the ability of contemporaries to imagine its sweep, duration and consequences."5 For one...

been various "military revolutions"-new ways of thinking about warfare that have caused complete changes in the way combat is cond...

North and the more rural, ante-bellum Old South. Most historians agree that, in addition to the concept of slavery, vast d...

finally received the freedom they so desperately wanted. When the Reconstruction Period arrived, it looked as though blacks were ...

the vision to build a railroad across the Sierra Nevada mountains in California, and then to continue the railroad across the Unit...

of Benjamin Franklin Ferris, 2002). In August of 1861 Ferris signed up to join Captain H. Cook who was recruiting soldiers to go ...

Online 2002, PG). Of the nine principles of war that were used in this particular battle, the one most used was that of objective...

In five pages this paper discusses the U.S. Civil War in a consideration of the history of conscription or the draft and its decli...

This research report looks at the American Civil War and how knowledge is acquired through letters written during the time period....

Lafore. In this text, Lafore gives his interpretation as to the causes of World War I. In this tome, Lafore gives the reader a v...

The turning point for the American Civil War was the Battle of Gettysburg, one conflict of many that stood out as instrumental in ...

democracies, did not want communism to spread throughout Europe. Both superpowers possessed nuclear weapons and both had the power...

In ten pages this paper discusses the Civil War in a consideration of the impact of events that took place in Kentucky before and ...

he unravels the various people involved that served under, and aside from, Lincoln. While one could argue that his work, and sourc...

event, which is capable of causing PTSD symptoms. Complex trauma, however, is when the individual experiences prolonged, repeated ...

All five opposed King Richard III and, at various times, were personally accused of treason by Richard. Chapter 2 gives a brief in...

et al, 2000). And the settlers brought diseases with them against which the Indians had no defense, wiping them out in large numbe...

fighters was the response of the British government, which included the execution of the insurrection leaders and thousands of arr...

This paper comments on these and other critical social developments that occurred after the end of the Civil War and through the e...

The United States has progressed tremendously since the Civil War and the Reconstruction years that followed. Much of the south h...

This essay uses research to discuss the experiences of African Americans who enlisted in the British army in order to obtain their...

In fifteen pages this research paper examines the reasons behind Martin Luther King's opposition to the war in Vietnam in a chrono...

In five pages the Second World War's black and white newsreels are examined in terms of their historical importance and also discu...

from east to west and the number of states was growing with that expansion (Foner and Garraty, 1991). Among the more precipitory ...

had no voice at all. Jefferson Davis accused the North of wanting "an unjust system of legislation to promote the industry of the...

In seven pages the U.S. Civil War's bloodiest conflict and its implications are examined. Nine sources are cited in the bibliogra...

However, there are many tribal and ethnic divisions within these and so, it is difficult for all of them to get together and form ...

them to finance imports" (Fogel and Engerman PG). South Slavery, because it was so economically viable in the South, would neve...