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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...

moved to the cities (War and prosperity, p. 231). "By 1950, 64 percent of the countrys total population lived in urban areas..." (...

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...

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

there are individuals who either remember it or have hand one reason or another to study it. Americans themselves, in fact, held ...

period between September 1, 1939 (the date of Germanys invasion of Poland) and September 2, 1945 (the date of the Japanese surrend...

deliberation," much like Nestor had cautioned "Agamemnon against hasty judgment" (Gore on War). In both cases, despite any heeding...

war because he already knew that once a troop commitment had been made - no matter how small - it would become difficult not to be...

Quiet was largely to dispel nationalistic fantasies about warfare and depict WWI in realistic fashion as perceived by the common G...

aggressive regimes, punishment for a wrongdoing that has not been corrected. Iraqs 1990 invasion into Kuwait is an example of a ju...

of petroleum for the United States and its European allies" and also to "prevent or minimize Soviet involvement in the region" (Ge...

summarizing the work of both Postrel and OBrien. Aesthetics, according to Postrel, aid people in defining themselves by the "loo...

military action in the province if the tribal leaders would promise not to give shelter to foreign elements or allow border attack...

person that John F. Kennedy was addressing when he said "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your co...

that brought the political tensions to a head was the assassination of the heir to the Austrian throne; Archduke Francis Ferdinand...

about much of its own global discord by virtue of its imperialistic mindset. While opinions about why Vietnam occurred are as vas...

and dodged the most important matters, continually laying the blame for the killing of millions at the feet of others (Cockburn, 2...

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

by the reality of war. Their psyches have been reduced to the common denominator that is dictated by whatever has to be done in or...

Iraq fares will determine the direction of the global war on terrorism" (Zuckerman, 2007). Zuckerman concludes that because of th...

new technology. With these elements in mind, the following paper examines railroads, weaponry, and ironclads as it relates to the ...

was integral to getting rid of Hitler and rendering what he did something that will likely never happen again. And while there wer...

success in World War II. While both had their strengths, both also had their weaknesses. It was the combined effort that finally...

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...

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...

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 ...

They also vote on issues pertinent to liberty. For the colonists both issues loomed large. There is much argument as to what cau...