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Photography During Times of War

War is not a pretty picture. There is pain, fear, and horror in photographs of war. There is also honor and bravery. War photog...

The Drug War in America

In a paper consisting of ten pages the political and economic implications of America's war on drugs are discussed with the conclu...

Why Nations Go to War by John Stoessinger

the personalities of the leaders involved represent a crucial factor . Stoessinger begins his case studies with World War I. Typic...

A Historical Overview of the Cold War

A four page overview of this interesting time in world history. The writer oulines the societal factors in play and historical un...

Reasons for the 431 BC War Between Athens and Sparta

Why Sparta engaged in war with Athens during this time period is examined in a paper consisting of nine pages with the outcome of ...

Vietnam Improvements Need and Construction Quality

In ten pages Vietnam's construction quality is considered along with the problems connected to addressing much needed improvements...

Essays on English History

In more than eight pages various English history essays are presented and include such topics as the Wars of the Roses, The Hundre...

A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

In five pages this paper examines how war's realities and intrusions have cemented contemporary society's philosophical foundation...

Elie Wiesel's Night and Albert Camus' The Plague

In seven pages these stories are compared in terms of their similar messages regarding the Second World War's harsh realities. Th...

U.S. Civil War and Conscription

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...

A History of Blacks in America From the Oppression of Slavery to the Civil Rights' Movement

direction that this country would ultimately take. They were also critical elements in determining the ultimate fate of the Afric...

Red Tail Angels of the Second World War

The Second World War's Red Tail Angels, also known as the Tuskegee Airmen, are examined in an overview of their courage despite ra...

Nuclear Weapons and the Cold War

In eight pages this paper examines the perspectives on nuclear war during the Cold War and in the present with 'Chinagate' among t...

The Cold War as Compared with the Conflict in Iran

the conflict in Iran is not over, the Cold War is, and when looking back from a twenty-first century perspective, the U.S. looks a...

A History of Values and Attitudes in America

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

Interview/Living through World War II

out. You didnt know what the future might bring, or if they would survive. "Did you get married during the war?" I asked. "No, ...

Desmond Seward’s Wars of the Roses

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

The Causes of the Persian Wars, 499-404 BCE

Ionian Greeks under Persian rule, with the other Greeks were free, a state of affairs that was going to cause trouble sooner or la...

War in Africa

starvation (Philips). While this African nation is at peace today, the causes of this conflict, that is, "ethnic rivalry and mist...

International Law And The War In Iraq

42 that give the Security Council the authority to determine if there is cause to use acts of aggression (Dorf, 2003). These Artic...

Hoge, Understanding the War on Terror

is, the mobilization of all available resources against a dangerous, antisocial activity, one that can never be entirely eliminate...

Book Report on Alvin Kernan’s Memoir Crossing the Line: A Bluejacket’s World War II Odyssey

San Diego, California. For a young farm boy, the transition was nothing short of culture shock. The boot camp of 1941 was design...

Book Report on William Manchester’s The Glory and the Dream: A Narrative History of America, 1932-1972 (Vol. 1)

with seemingly no end in sight. With businesses continuing to fail at record levels and unemployment rates at an all-time high, i...

O’Brien: “If I Die in a Combat Zone”

United States, and the troops suffered significant losses from problems that had nothing to do with the Viet Cong. In "Days," the...

Was the Cold War in Europe Inevitable?

as necessary and correct (Crockatt, 1995). However, the "second wave" of historians, writing perhaps 20 years later, and informed ...

The War of 1812 Was a Necessary War

being neutrali. While the U.S. did its best to try to use the waters, and maintain neutrality, in 1807, the British would fire at ...

War: Civilians and Soldiers

whats going on" (Kaplan, 2007). Realistically any individual in charge of sending soldiers out must be aware of what is going on....

Causes and Effects of the Cold War

and property and was on the brink of bankruptcy. Only the United States and Soviet Union remained relatively intact. These count...

Opium War, 1840-1842: Barbarians in the Celestial Empire in the Early Part of the Nineteenth Century and the War by Which They Forced Her Gates by Peter Ward Fay

seeking to do business in the area. These included restrictions, such as not being allowed to learn Chinese, only being able to li...

Star Wars: Jedi Apprentice, Deceptions

to investigate if the residents of a bioship are being brainwashed. (The term "padawan" is the Jedi term for "apprentice.") Obi-Wa...