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Leon Trotsky

Davidovich Bronshtein). Martov "won the vote ... but Lenin was unwilling to accept the result" (Lev Davidovich Bronshtein). He and...

Resources, Military Commanders and Political Leadership and the Civil War

2008). In the South the economic system relied heavily on slavery and thus the political leaders of the South were quite i...

The U.S. Move From Isolationism

independent from outside intervention. This establishment was political but it was greatly facilitated by geography. Indeed, the...

Trafamadore and Billy Pilgrim

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

Song of Roland, 'The Iliad,' and Heroism

In five pages these epic war tales are examined in a heroic contrast and comparison of Roland and Achilles. Three sources are cit...

Writer's Impressions of War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

Vasili Kuragin. Also through their conversation, the reader is first introduced to Prince Vasilis sons, Ippolit and Anatol. The ...

Cynicism and War in The Underdogs by Mariano Azuela

soon had a falling-out and Villa fled in December 1914 to the northern mountains with another rebel leader, Emiliano Zapata, an en...

Reflection of Self in 'Sherlock Holmes' by Arthur Conan Doyle

In this paper consisting of eight pages the characteristics between the author and his most famous literary creation are considere...

The Last of the Wine by Mary Renault

of restrained antagonism -- somewhat similar to the "Cold War" of the 1950s and 60s -- simmered just under the surface, threatenin...

The Peloponnesian War According to Thucydides

This 5 page paper summarizes the major themes of Thucydides' accounts of the Peloponnesian War. The bibliography lists the primary...

The Peloponnesion War and 'The Eumenides' by Aeschylus

In this paper consisting of five pages the argument that Athens failed in fulfilling the hopes expressed by Aeschylus in his play ...

'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 ...

A Critical Analysis of the Film, Hamburger Hill

This paper examines the issue of whether or not the film, Hamburger Hill, is an accurate depiction of the life of a soldier in the...

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 ...

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...

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...

Pontiac Indian Conspiracy

The history of the Indian wars is laid out by Francis Parkman in Conspiracy of Pontiac. This essay examines his use of theme, lite...

Jihad, Herem, and War Philosophies

In nine pages this paper considers Jihad and Herem concepts as they pertain to war philosophies. There are 7 sources cited in the...

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...

Civil War Art and Folk Music

In five pages this paper examines slave art and music during the years of the Civil War along with a consideration of family durin...

Chapters 2 and 3 of Hanly's Book on Political Terrorism

war. However, if the terrorist is not acknowledged, this may lead to the need for even greater force in order for the demands to ...

'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...

Civil War Poetry of Walt Whitman

to Leaves of Grass-certainly more perfect as a work of art, being adjusted in all its proportions . . . But I am perhaps mainly sa...

Comparing Two Early Greek Philosophers with Plato

The ancient Greek arche concept is compared with Plato's soul concept in an argument that contends Plato's conflict resolution of ...