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War In The Congo

groundwork for development in this struggling nation, and further, created a sense of enlightenment where before there was none (...

Vietnam War and the Themes of Change and Endurance

Kevin Sims "Four Hours in My Lai." A Rumor of War In Caputos work he states, in the beginning, "In a general sense, it is simply...

Buddhism and the Impact of War

a Buddhist monk, Venerable Thich Nhah Hanh, "whether he would rather have peace under a communist regime that would mean the end o...

Analyzing World Wars I and II

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...

Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried and the Vietnam Draft

as protecting others, hence the prevalence of young men and women who enter the military in peacetime in the full understanding th...

Radar's Role in World War II

the war" (Heywood, 1998; history.html). This lab was only one division of National Defense Research Committee (NDRC), for "in Jun...

Impact of the Dred Scott Decision of 1857

contention was that the black slave lived in a state of oblivion to his position of being owned as property and was almost complet...

Consideration of Moral Conflict

family is suddenly circumscribed and rests solely with the surviving brother. This changes the balance of the moral equation. Wh...

Argument Opposing the American Involvement in the Vietnam War

this country after serving in Vietnam. What is even more tragic is that most of them never have recovered from the sights in Viet...

A Civil War Personal Account

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

Cold War Ideological Separation of the United States and the Soviet Union

erupt. The years which fell during the Cold War was perhaps one of the most interesting periods of world history. The inte...

A Civil War History of Devil's Den Action

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

A Vietnam War Overview

supported by Russia (1991). The political climate became quite complex and the U.S. wanted to help Europe. It was a time of bomb s...

Lt. Gen. James Maurice Gavin

have reacted the same given Gavins situation, or would he have stood by his command and followed through in spite of any personal ...

A Card Game and Dinner Party with Guests Locke, Sartre, Nietzsche, Descartes, Maimonides, and Averroes

with most of the guests as a large part of his life had been shaped by political factors. When he was...

Post Second World War and Global History

that the Russians "made very serious mistakes" (Booth 37). In an attempt to avert a secret attack, President Kennedy ordered Prem...

Cinematic Comparison of Threads, The Day After, and Testament

(originally produced to be shown on PBS, but later received theatrical distribution), which starred Jane Alexander and focused upo...

History of U.S. Army Aviation

1909, the Wright brothers built the first "heavier than air flying machine" based on Army Aviation specifications. During World Wa...

Before the American Revolution, King Philip's War

time things were peaceful. The general attitude on the part of the colonists was that they felt sorry for the natives and their p...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara

eventually threaten the security of the West and that US could prevent this with a limited military role that would only provide t...

Cultural and Political Views of the Vietnam War

ideological battle within. After the Geneva cease-fire agreement of 1954, Vietnam had been subdivided at the 17th Parallel into n...

Slave Trade Economics and History

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

War and Propaganda

rather is a decision that is based on some principle such as self defense or an initial defensive action to prevent an attack. War...

A Speech in Support of the Iraq War

the day before that the threat exists, but had done nothing, if we knew where the source of the threat was, who the terrorist were...

Life and Poetic Art of Walt Whitman

to Whitmans own estimates, he aided over 100,000 soldiers during this period, many of whom became his devoted friends (Valiumas 70...

1865 to 1920 America and its Emergence on the World Stage

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

Overview of the Battle of Dieppe

problems of their own. This eastern front, including Dieppe was would be a significant victory, and probably was a test for future...

Wislawa Szymborska's War Poem 'The End and the Beginning'

cannot afford to become too emotional over the huge of amount of dead bodies that require disposal. There are simply too many. It ...

The Cold War Superiority of the United States

as it was during what was deemed the cold war. II. The Cold War The expression "cold war" was used for the first time by...

America's Civil War, Literature, and Art

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