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Babylon's Infamous Hanging GardensBabylon

that the Hanging Gardens of Babylon were actually created. They became symbolic of a new era and of a new, more-aesthetically cons...

Letters of the Civil War

This research report looks at the American Civil War and how knowledge is acquired through letters written during the time period....

Oliver Stone's Films

In 5 pages this paper examines Vietnam War vet Oliver Stone's films about the war Platoon and Born on the 4th of July. There are ...

Overview of the Battle of New Orleans

troops and frontier riflemen under Jackson had inflicted "appalling casualties on the British line," killing or wounding over two ...

Destroying the World's Rain Forests

numbers of subsistence farmers and increased growth of land controlled by large holdings. Today, "one-thirtieth of the total numb...

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...

The Retailer of the Century: Wal-Mart

undermine a great deal of what Sam Walton had hoped to create with his original stores with "down home" feeling. Wal-Mart Weakness...

The Economist, the World Bank, and Development Economics

In five pages this report considers an article that appeared in The Economist in March of 1997 pertaining to development economics...

Germany's Reunification

In twelve pages this paper discusses how the world order has been impacted by Germany's 1990 reunification and considers such topi...

SDI or 'Star Wars'

a fairly recent advertising campaign - this is not your fathers battleground. Ironically, thirteen years after Reagans introducti...

The Cultural Eccentricity and Allure of the United States

This paper makes the assertion that the US has so much to offer people from around the world, that the image created by the US bre...

Welfare System Since the Vietnam War

The welfare system and war handling by the United States and the changes that resulted from the Vietnam War are discussed in 5 pag...

3rd World's Increasing Population

In 3 pages this paper assesses the problems of extreme population growth in this region with various solutions proposed. Three so...

Four Questions on God, Man, Life and Death and Religious Philosophy

In six pages this research paper examines the philosophies of the world's most influential religions and how each answers these 4 ...

Antiwar Sentiments of Crane, Twain, and Howells

In five pages the reactions against war and imperialism that began materializing at the turn of the 20th century are examined in a...

Global Finance and the Implications of the Euro Currency

firms that have not adequately prepared for during the advent of the Euro. Numerous economic forecasters and business theorists ar...

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...

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 World Bank as an Investment Opporunity

This 3 page paper considers the World Bank as an investment opportunity as discussed in the book, World Bank Investments. The writ...

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...

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...

Policy of the United States Military from Nixon to Clinton

In seven pages this paper refers to The Logic of World Power An Inquiry Into the Origins, Currents, and Contradiction of World P...

The Wilding of America by Charles Derber

and this becomes a motivation that people pursue over and above everything else. Derber asserts that we distance ourselves from s...

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...

Asia and Western Expansionism

The ways in which modernization in Asia was influenced by Western expansion are examined in five pages with references made to She...

The Tempest by William Shakespeare and the Natural World's Superiority

In five pages this paper examines how the characterizations of Antonio and Gonzalo represent the superiority of the natural world ...

Why the US Fought in the Vietnam War

Bien Phu ended French control of Indochina. (Anonymous PG). Ironically, French General Henri Navarre had wanted this batt...

The War in Iraq and The Iliad

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

The Changing View of Warfare

First World War, and similarly beggared the ability of contemporaries to imagine its sweep, duration and consequences."5 For one...