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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 ...
the Vietnam debacle, and, consequently overlook Johnsons achievements in Europe, which Schwartz feels "deserve consideration as on...
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...
was integral to getting rid of Hitler and rendering what he did something that will likely never happen again. And while there wer...
or hurt is as bad as joining with the abusers. A great deal of the damage thats done in society is done by those who only stand a...
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...
new technology. With these elements in mind, the following paper examines railroads, weaponry, and ironclads as it relates to the ...
process, Ho Chi Minh claims that more than two million Vietnamese died of starvation, a result not only of French preoccupation wi...
dumb show was left. Not the most dramatic passage in the book, but one of the most compelling, is Caputos description of the day ...
Democracy, say Communist opposition, is necessary for China to modernize, inasmuch as the fundamental essence of modernization is ...
but a few."2 On the home front, during World War I, it was considered imperative to ensure that a system of "elite decision-making...
to shift his ground until he agreed with the allies (McCollum, 2003). Germany would be made to pay. "Unfortunately, rather than ...
immediate collapse of the Bao Dai government at the end of the war Ho Chi Minh took the reins in Vietnam. He headed up a coalitio...
tyranny, with scarcely anyone considering independence (Burns, 1969). It escalated into the birth of a nation, but the primary thr...
1950 (Gaddis, 1982). What is the NSC-68 exactly? It seems that this report would outline national security strategy during a time...
alive during the time period are still alive. And, perhaps through further research women can begin to be seen more diversely as i...
from east to west and the number of states was growing with that expansion (Foner and Garraty, 1991). Among the more precipitory ...
there are individuals who either remember it or have hand one reason or another to study it. Americans themselves, in fact, held ...
moved to the cities (War and prosperity, p. 231). "By 1950, 64 percent of the countrys total population lived in urban areas..." (...
the children to do. Families moved to the cities and the transition was difficult. Still, this larger change resulted in a reduced...
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...
free press, and that dissent is a vital, healthy and necessary part of citizenship-even during wartime. Introduction We have...
deliberation," much like Nestor had cautioned "Agamemnon against hasty judgment" (Gore on War). In both cases, despite any heeding...
it" (Zelnick, 2005). There was also some dissent at this time, but it didnt come from protestors, but from professional military p...
of petroleum for the United States and its European allies" and also to "prevent or minimize Soviet involvement in the region" (Ge...
recognize that United States, being a newly formed country simply did not initially have the capital and credit markets in place w...
history who have sought to elevate themselves by conquering others, including not only Napoleon, but also Hitler, Genghis Khan, Iv...