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success in World War II. While both had their strengths, both also had their weaknesses. It was the combined effort that finally...
broke down and even when they were working, "were not capable of performing on a real battlefield" (Tank history, 2004). French ...
things. Resulting in 200,000 deaths, "The Nanjing Massacre is one of the best documented of Japanese atrocities because independen...
moved to the cities (War and prosperity, p. 231). "By 1950, 64 percent of the countrys total population lived in urban areas..." (...
Kevin Sims "Four Hours in My Lai." A Rumor of War In Caputos work he states, in the beginning, "In a general sense, it is simply...
a Buddhist monk, Venerable Thich Nhah Hanh, "whether he would rather have peace under a communist regime that would mean the end o...
deliberation," much like Nestor had cautioned "Agamemnon against hasty judgment" (Gore on War). In both cases, despite any heeding...
war because he already knew that once a troop commitment had been made - no matter how small - it would become difficult not to be...
This research report looks at the American Civil War and how knowledge is acquired through letters written during the time period....
the first of the two great wars where Europe all but destroyed itself began in 1914. And in some sense one can begin to see the si...
can imagine that carrying letters around are testaments to the fact that he has a life at home. Vietnam provides a backdrop of cha...
there are individuals who either remember it or have hand one reason or another to study it. Americans themselves, in fact, held ...
period between September 1, 1939 (the date of Germanys invasion of Poland) and September 2, 1945 (the date of the Japanese surrend...
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...
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 ...
troops and frontier riflemen under Jackson had inflicted "appalling casualties on the British line," killing or wounding over two ...
In six pages this paper discusses the social problems associated with the US interment of Japanese Americans during World War II a...
Small, local, decentralized, weak-kneed affairs, where nearly every individual felt his importance, was jealous or suspicious of h...
use of their forces; hence these organizations tend to support belligerent foreign policies" (pp. 107). On the other hand, one may...
Lafore. In this text, Lafore gives his interpretation as to the causes of World War I. In this tome, Lafore gives the reader a v...
The welfare system and war handling by the United States and the changes that resulted from the Vietnam War are discussed in 5 pag...
a fairly recent advertising campaign - this is not your fathers battleground. Ironically, thirteen years after Reagans introducti...
for example seemed to have been swept into a war which it would ultimately lose. But in a sense, Germany can be seen as the aggres...
In five pages this report examines Germany's military in World War I and World War II and considers the role played by Prussian mi...
Four of the most influential senior commanders in World War I were Colonel-General Helmuth von Moltke of Germany, General Philippe...
4 million Americans had thronged the streets of Manhattan to see and used an estimated 7,430,000 feet of newsreel to record just a...
history who have sought to elevate themselves by conquering others, including not only Napoleon, but also Hitler, Genghis Khan, Iv...
war on terrorism, people were at first agreeable and like most other "wars" on anything, the cause lost its fervor after awhile. P...
survival were still slim. Background information on Baumer and his comrades is filled in through flashbacks. In this fashion, th...