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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 ...

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

from east to west and the number of states was growing with that expansion (Foner and Garraty, 1991). Among the more precipitory ...

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

alive during the time period are still alive. And, perhaps through further research women can begin to be seen more diversely as i...

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

noble. Socrates was doing the right thing. Today, as people wrestle with unjust rules and laws, there are some who simply follow ...

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

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

things. Resulting in 200,000 deaths, "The Nanjing Massacre is one of the best documented of Japanese atrocities because independen...

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...

However, there are many tribal and ethnic divisions within these and so, it is difficult for all of them to get together and form ...

well to take a broad perspective not only on the countrys recent economic development but also the constraints which might affect ...

the outcome of the conference. At the Teheran Conference Stalin was indifferent to the division of Germany into separate sections...

for caring for the wounded (Holder, 2003). For the first time in American history, women were asked to leave their homes and act...

of deterrence is often confused, as Jaime Garcia Covarrubias notes. Many believe deterrence means wiping all weapons off the plane...

In three pages this paper examines how in the Star Wars' trilogy George Lucas incorporated elements of myth. Two sources are cite...

The "Carter Doctrine" was later used to justify U.S. intervention in Kuwait under the first Bush Administration as well as Libya a...

the relationship between North and South Korea. The deteriorating relationships between North and South Korea was particu...

PG), the Nine Years War was the result of significant - and many say unwanted - change. King William III and Queen Mary held cour...

mind is obviously occupied with more important matters than baseball yet the stadium is coming unseated all around him and indeed,...

that the crime that goes with it is only relevant because drugs are illegal. If drug use was decriminalized, then there would be n...

Barrios de Chamorro transform her country into a peaceful nation, but she also abandoned the dictatorship that had heretofore oppr...

reveal, American sentiment during the three day period in August 1945 leading up to the dropping of two atomic bombs on Hiroshima ...

Ordinance was one of the earliest reflections of the importance of the issue of slavery in this nation. There were many more refl...

war on terrorism, people were at first agreeable and like most other "wars" on anything, the cause lost its fervor after awhile. P...

In eighteen pages this paper examines the possible causes for the War of 1812 including war hawk pressure, 1807's Embargo Act, the...

6 pages and 6 sources. This paper cosiders the African American experience in the American Civil War. This paper relates the exp...