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Machine Guns and Warfare

employ the use of the new technology in the battle of Petersburg in Virginia(Bellis 2003). Interestingly enough, the inventor of ...

Treaty of Versailles and Consequence of Revolutions in Asia

dynasty nearly three millennia ago (Diamond 78). Therefore, feuding between the various, similarly ordered Asian countries is an ...

Overview of the Ancient Pyramids

In five pages this paper discusses the construction of the pyramids with actual time period writings contributing to the analytica...

Morality and Mortality in Hamlet and Achilles

In this paper consisting of nine pages the ways in which concepts of morality contributed to the deaths of these tragic heroes is ...

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...

Causative Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Organism

In six pages this paper examines this tuberculosis organism in a consideration of causes, contributing factors, vaccines, and the ...

Napoleon's Artillery Uses

In five pages artillery is discussed in this overview of how it contributed to Napoleon's territorial dominance. Five sources are...

Lewis Puller, Jr.'s Autobiography Fortunate Son

In five pages this paper considers the autobiography of a disabled veteran of the Vietnam War and son of a Second World War hero i...

AIDS and Roche Laboratories

In eleven pages this paper discusses how Roche Labs have contributed to the research of AIDS in a consideration of protease inhib...

Division of Labor and Adam Smith

worker certainly could not lay claim to 4,800 pins daily and likely would have had difficulty in producing only twenty (Smith 89)....

A History of Nationalism in Russia

of communist rule may appear to be an interruption in that long history, it was actually a logical stage in Russias development. U...

Creation of the Roman Empire and Reasons for its Collapse

the republican political system worked out unevenly at best. The idea of having two consuls was particularly difficult, because in...

Causes of the Spanish-American War of 1898

In ten pages this paper examines what caused the Spanish-American War and also considers the US expansionist policies that were co...

Comparative Analysis of the Third French Republic and Germany's Weimar Republic

a great deal of support for the republic. The anti republican conservative German National Peoples Party and German Peoples Party ...

'Safety' Features and Their Dangers

There is evidence that goes well back before the advent of modern safety features that tends to support these claims. In 1938, res...

Asian Economic Crisis and the Role of Japan

directly attributable to the economic crisis. "Southeast Asian countries will have to help Japan. That is because of difficulties...

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens and Characterization

In a paper consisting of 5 pages rounded characters versus flat characters are considered within the context of Dicken's novel as ...

More Than Petticoats by L.E. Bragg

In 5 pages this paper examines the eclectic nature of the Pacific Northwest and how this has contributed to the strength of the wo...

Air Quality, Air Pollution and the Impacts on the Climate

4 pages and 4 sources. This paper provides an overview of the impacts of air pollution and overall air quality in the climate of t...

Controversy of Silicone Breast Implants and Dow Corning

1973 that four beagles had received implants and exhibited normal health, but that one of the dogs died and another developed a tu...

Financial Markets in Australia Analyzed

It is important to understand that the Reserve Bank of Australia is Australias central bank, responsible for setting monetary poli...

Adolescent Peer Pressure and Advertising

as beautiful, wild, or successful. Taken one step further, when a product is purchased by an adolescent who is perceived ...

1954's Coup in Guatemala

In ten pages this paper discusses the contributing factors besides the United Fruit Company that led to 1954's Guatemala coup. Th...

More Than a Century and a Half of Contributions by Women to the Labor Movement

This paper considers how since the nineteenth century women have contributed to the labor movement and the workforce with African ...

Regional Issues, Urbanization, and Economic Development

In nine pages economic changes and urbanization are considered within the context of various issues that contribute to development...

Downfall of Okonkwo in Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

men who are "warriors", who have won distinction on the battlefield. Achebe comments that "in Umuofia...men were bold and warlike"...

Enron Corporation's Collapse

the Enron candidate bought Baileys campaign manager (How Enron Did Texas). Although Bailey did win, it was by an exceptionally na...

James K. Polk, the Mexican American War, and the Dark Legacy of the 'Dark Horse'

An even greater surprise followed the first when the dark horse won the race for the Democratic Party and became the eleventh pres...

William Shakespeare's Hamlet and Its Classical Tragedy Elements

William Shakespeare succeeded in producing a tragedy that incorporated all of these elements in 1604 when he introduced the world ...

Great Depression and the American Labor Movement

unemployment rates soared and conditions and wages plummeted among the factory workers and tensions between the two labor factions...