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Churchill, Hitler and the “Unnecessary War”

Buchanan argues that Churchill did not really have to go to war and he and Chamberlain made some serious mistakes. He indicates th...

China and Its Involvement in the Korean War

The writer explores the reasons that China became involved in the Korean War. There are six sources listed in the bibliography of ...

China in the Korean War

The writer argues that the Korean War actually had more to do with China than with Korea itself. There are five sources listed in ...

Film Analysis: On the Beach (1959)

Soviet Union were busy building up their nuclear arms arsenals, the specter of the nuclear holocaust hung over society and haunted...

War of 1812

enquired anxiously whether I had courage, or firmness to remain in the Presidents house until his return, on the morrow, or succee...

Article on Allocation of Costs

by the project, use of department that are using those resources. In the case of all costs being allocated to a single project or ...

Thucydides and his accuracy as a historian

the objectivity he professed" (Lattimore xiii). As this postmodern revisionist view of Thucydides suggests, his historical accurac...

Our Fondness for the Civil War

the Civil War. Those that supported the Civil War justified it on a number of grounds. Many even did so in religious terms, hai...

The War on Drugs

leads "officials to play a never ending game of narcotic whack-a-mole" (Suddath). Close to half of the marijuana that is smuggle...

Too Late for Compromise

would join as slave states and those north of it would come in as free states (Faragher et al, 2000). But there was still no defin...

Checks and Balances Since 9/11

things although it requires approval by both houses to enact any law. The Senate ratifies treaties and must approve any appointmen...

Reality: The Things They Carried

attempt to keep some connection to that life, and to the sane reality of such a life, through the things they carry which remind t...

The War Against Troy

Whether or not Helen was the cause of all the uproar is really unknown, but what seems certain, according to archaeologist Manfred...

Torture and the War on Terror

Americans were using torture in hopes of extracting information from suspects about putative terrorist attacks. Suddenly the price...

Terrorism and Our Involvement in the Middle East

This paper questions whether our current war on terrorism is valid. To answer the question the author examines the history of ter...

Historians' Unending Perpetuation of the Memory of the Civil War

about battle strategy or about the lives of those that fought the war. On the surface at least it is about the impact the war has...

Visual Images of the Cold War

In five pages the photographs of the Cold War and the images of its effects are considered in terms of Diana Arbus, those appearin...

Cold War and McCarthyism

invasion of Russia during World War II had cost that country dearly. The Soviets, logically, wanted to feel secure, so they also w...

Allen Weinstein and Alexander Vassiliev's The Haunted Wood Soviet Espionage in America- the Stalin Era

In ten pages a review of this Cold War historical text is presented. There are no other sources listed....

War is the Result of Nationalism

Their lineage can be African, Dutch, English, Chinese, Korean, or mixed?but they are all Americans. Ethnic nationalism is differen...

War in 'The Iliad' by Homer

rage of Achilles is evident throughout the poem. He sought revenge for his best friends death. The reader can see an outcry agai...

Social Movement and Law Enforcement

In five pages this paper examines how social movement and law enforcement are related as it pertains to the power theory with issu...

Stephen W. Sears' Landscape Turned Red

In five pages a review of this historical text that examines the Civil War Battle of Antietam is presented. There are no other so...

100 Years' War and the Trial of Saint Joan of Arc

she was truly a saint and not a sinner as originally believed. Through her efforts, individuals were better encouraged to speak t...

The War of 1812 by Donald R. Hickey

the Hartford Convention, which was organized by Federalist leaders to address some of the concerns of the states that were not bei...

The Soccer War by Ryszard Kapuscinski

writings, one will realize that Kapuscinski was striving for a very comparable abstract with The Soccer War. Indeed, the story wi...

Pre and Post Civil War Sectionalism

In five pages this paper discusses America's pre and post Civil War sectionalism issues. Four sources are cited in the bibliograp...

Themes in 'The Iliad' by Homer

In three pages life and death as they are thematically represented by the Trojan war and the city of Troy are examined in this ana...

US Civil War Women

In nine pages the stories of Captain Sally and Dr. Mary Walker's spy activities are chronicled in this overview of the US Civil Wa...

Georgia March of Civil War General William T. Sherman

the defense. Still, from these objectives flowed the strategy on each side (1990). It was an exciting, risky war and no one truly ...