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The Evolution of the Rifle

from the spiral grooves inside the barrel: this is called "rifling" and is designed to make the bullet spin; it is believed that t...

New York City Draft Riots of 1863

of the rioters, which was directed at African Americans, possessed the mob with such ferocity that they lost all sense of humanity...

Civilians Working In War Zones

There is the risk of capture or immediate death or permanent injuries. And, what is only recently being published, there has been ...

Public Support for World War II and Vietnam

"just war" or a "war that had to be fought," given the aggression of both Germany and Japan, and the extermination of millions of ...

The 54th Massachusetts

based on the regiments history, was a success and may indicate more greater in future. The student is facing a significant amount ...

The United Nations: Overview

easing poverty and supporting economic development; agricultural development and fisheries; education; family planning; emergency ...

Satire Modeled After Candide

Herbert felt, were much smarter than himself. In particular, Herbert relied on his political adviser Carl Wanderer and his second-...

Applications of the Classic Tests for a Just War

under the just intention of abating evil and promoting good, 4. whether other means of rectification have been attempted and war ...

Russell Bourne/Red King's Rebellion

starving settlers by sharing their corn (Bourne 1). Whenever it is appropriate, Bourne uses the words of both combatants and conte...

Ideas about Peace and War

theories abound, and this idea actually seemingly did spark speculation about other black leaders deaths, it seems that at the ver...

Conflict Diamonds

the Revolutionary United Front-best known for cutting off the limbs of civilians who oppose it-fund themselves primarily through d...

World War II

War and not long after the end of World War I (The History Place, 1996). In relationship to allies Germany quickly aligned itsel...

Internal Migrations

own language. "Indian" is the name Christopher Columbus gave to the natives he met when he came to the New World, believing he was...

Causes of the Arab-Israeli War, 1947-1948

a huge Arab minority become a Jewish nation? (Miller, 2001). Miller says simply, "it could not" (Miller, 2001). The conflict that...

The United States at the Time of the First World War

al, 2000, p. 648). It appears that Wilson saw American industry as a way to spread democracy; he told a group of salesmen that the...

United States and War with Spain

to grant Cuba religious and civil rights, without removing Cuba from Spains control (Volume I of The Great Republic by the Master ...

The U.S. in the Progressive Era

there was a genuine concern in America at the time over the abuses and injustices ordinary people suffered at the hands of the wea...

Tank Technology between the Wars.

First World War; this, the mythology goes, explains why the Germans exhibited such striking superiority in the field in 1940. end ...

Fleming's View on America's Rise to Power

But it raises a lot of questions for the future. How did events alter the perception of Americans as the U.S. started its journey ...

Julius Caesar: "The Civil War"

to believe that he was the cause of the war (Caesar, 2007). He went so far as to offer to disband his army, provided Pompey did ...

Cold War History/Role of Geo-Political Motives

rationalized by President Theodore Roosevelt on the grounds that the U.S. had an "obligations to intervene elsewhere in the Wester...

The Problem With News Media Today

like NPR and PBS are under attack as there is political pressure for them to be less critical ("Bill Moyers: "Big Media is Ravenou...

The Civil War: The Burning of Atlanta

Confederacy. The events leading up the planning and execution of the Atlanta Campaign, however, were much more complex than many ...

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...

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...

Vietnam, America’s Lost War

United States had not invested the situation in Vietnam with rivalry with Communist powers, the tragedy might have been avoided. B...

"Ending the Cold War" by Herrmann and Lebow

pursuing a d?tente "that would stabilize mutual deterrence and contain the costs of competition in regional affairs" (Herrmann and...

Jefferson Davis: Civil War and Reconstruction

cessation.4 But, when Mississippi chose, outwardly, to secede he removed himself from the Senate.5 He "hoped to receive a prominen...

Operation Desert Storm

and the "restoration of Kuwaits legitimate government to replace the puppet regime installed by Iraq" (Richelson, 2001). The Unit...