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Buddhism and Mencius Concepts of Violence and War

This paper contrasts and compares the Mencius and Buddhist concepts of war, violence, and use of military force. Four sources are...

US Civil War and Weapons

the harsh conditions. This type of bullet was seen in the by Dr. E. I. Howard of the Army of Northern Virginia, for he worked as ...

Technology and Contemporary Civilization

In twelve pages an analysis of contemporary civilization and technology is considered with the effects of military technology and ...

President Andrew Jackson's 1832 'Bank War' with the Bank of the US

and readily became the most powerful lending institution in the land -- a central bank, in effect, with a determining influence on...

Post Civil War Political Corruption

In three pages this paper examines the political corruption that resulted after the U.S. Civil War. Three sources are cited in th...

Soviet Union's Uses of Propaganda

130) and used all the weapons of the modern dictatorship: surveillance, false arrests, show trials, hellish labor camps and summar...

Arnold Trebach's The Great Drug War

Arnold Trebach's The Great Drug War is discussed in five pages. There are no other sources listed....

Contemporary Warfare and the Helicopter's Contributions

In five pages this paper discusses how the Air Force and Army have employed aircraft in warfare with examples from the Vietnam and...

Anthony Marx's Making Race and Nation and Michael Shaara's The Killer Angels

Race and the Civil War are examined in a contrasting and comparison of these novels in six pages. There are no other sources list...

Mexican Revolution and the Yucatan Caste War

In nine pages this paper compares the Mexican Revolution to the Yucatan Caste War in a consideration of its definitive elements. ...

A Review of Mary Jo Salter's 'Welcome to Hiroshima'

This paper of 5 pages review the poem that brings to life the atrocities of war, and includes a discussion of similes, iron, and t...

War Measures Act and the FLQ Crisis of 1970

In five pages the 1970 FLQ crisis as it involved the War Measure Act enactment is examined in a consideration of government action...

Could the U.S. Civil War Have Been Averted?

In five pages this paper considers whether or not the Civil War could have been somehow avoided. Five sources are cited in the bi...

Classical Literature and the Hero

In ten pages this paper contrasts and compares the hero's role in Sophocles' Antigone, Thucydides' The History of the Peloponnesia...

20th Century's Most Historic Events

In seven pages this paper discusses important historical events during the 20th century including changes resulting from the Cold ...

Davis' Celluloid Mirrors

This book review of a work by Ronald Davis is the subject of focus. Celluloid Mirrors examines Hollywood during the twentieth cent...

Account of the 3rd Punic War

In five pages the 149 BC to 146 BC conflict between Carthage and Rome known as the 3rd Punic War is described in this historical o...

Article Review of 'Predatory Initiators and Changing Landscapes for Warfare' by Karen Rasler and William Thompson

In five pages this paper evaluates the war initiation model by Gartner Siverson in this review of an article that appeared in The ...

Inchon

The pivotal Korean War conflict known as Inchon is examined in a research paper consisting of six pages. Five sources are cited i...

Gulf Wars and the Arab andIsraeli Conflict

In addition, the processes of territorial change in the Arab-Israeli conflict must be examined as both a unique case and as a recu...

Was the War of 1812 Unnecessary?

at a British port. Napoleon retaliated with a similar system of blockades, confiscating vessels and cargoes in European ports if t...

Recognition and Reversal in War by Luigi Pirandello and 'Death of Ivan Ilych' by Leo Tolstoy

is no more deep than what lies beneath the layers of his skin -- an aspect of his personality that is readily recognized by all; i...

President Lyndon B. Johnson's Role in the Perpetuation of the War in Vietnam

In seven pages the Vietnam War is examined within the context of LBJ's role in its perpetuation and military escalation and the im...

Human Rights and War

In seven pages this paper examines human rights during times of war in a comparative analysis of Farewell to Manzanar and Anne Fra...

30 Years' War and the Catholic Church's Role

In nine pages this paper discusses the 30 Years' War in an overview of its causes and the role played by the Catholic Church. Eig...

Life of a Roman Soldier: Persian Wars

a man with shield and spear and lance and ultimately all the metal protection they could possess. The cavalry was incredibly succe...

Civil Disobedience in the 1960s

had an impact on both the war protestors and the Civil Rights activists. If every person has an inherent worth, then anything that...

Avoiding the Civil War

adjacent to the South would be slave states (Faragher et al, 2000, p. 256). Then in 1819 Missouri, which is adjacent to both Illin...

Harris: Cows, Pigs, Wars and Witches

"How can we ever hope to understand people so different from ourselves?" (Harris, 1989, p. 11). The answer, of course, is that t...

Ayers: "In the Presence of Mine Enemies"

or that Lee wanted to resign after Gettysburg. Ordinary people behave in ordinary ways. The North was shocked and dismayed by the...