SEARCH RESULTS

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

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...

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

and the public. Party slogans exemplify doublethink, as they proclaim that war is really peace, freedom is really slavery, etc. Wh...

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

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...

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

get their forces together and attack from the west" (The Second World War). Common wisdom says that Germany stomped Poland flat w...

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

was able to be waged. There are two things that differentiated the air campaign from other prior conflicts. One difference is that...

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...

Triple Alliance. Slavery was abolished as a result of the war but the military took greater and greater predominance in Brazil. ...

hospitals. Under her wings, she took care of the soldiers while at the same time training other women to "nurse" them back to hea...

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

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

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...

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

tyranny, with scarcely anyone considering independence (Burns, 1969). It escalated into the birth of a nation, but the primary thr...

1950 (Gaddis, 1982). What is the NSC-68 exactly? It seems that this report would outline national security strategy during a time...

considerably. Two world leaders, in particular, stand out when we are considering these events from a U.S. perspective. These two...

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

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

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