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Auteur Film Director Brian DePalma

The auteur film techniques that characterize director Brian DePalma are considered in an examination of three of his films The Unt...

Historical Accuracy, the Vietnam War, and Francis Ford Coppola's Film Apocalypse Now

In eight pages this paper discusses the portrayal of the Vietnam War in an assessment of historical accuracy and the presentation ...

An Analysis of Heroism and the Journey in Star Wars

An eight page research paper considering the literary concept of the hero's journey in this classic science fiction film by direct...

Europe in the Middle East, an Analysis

The wishes of the Arabs themselves were acknowledged only half-heartedly, which makes this business of carving up sovereign nation...

Afghanistan, Iraq and the Western Way of War

gain battles, but it is a great element of success."3 That is, while armament increases a commanders chances of winning a battle, ...

Roman War Memorials and the Roman's View of Death

original fight. When there was a positive win, the soldiers would march through the street much like they do when a baseball tea...

Post First World War Hollywood Studio Dominance

In twelve pages this paper considers the global cinematic dominance of the Hollywood studio system after the First World War. Nin...

The Impacts of World War I on the Battlefield and Back Home

The First World War had impacts not just on the areas embroiled in the warfare but on the...

Tim O’Brien and the Man He Killed

comprise Tim OBriens celebrated collection, The Things They Carried. OBrien was himself a "grunt" in Vietnam, and his view of the ...

Logistics of the United States Military

In five pages this paper discusses the impact of the Second World War upon the development of strategic logistics by the American ...

Korean War and 3 Political Theories of Balance

In eleven pages this report discusses geopolitical, realism, and power political balance theories as they pertain to the Korean Wa...

Vietnam War and the Role of the Media in Shaping Public Opinion

In eleven pages this paper examines the conflict in Vietnam and how the public opinion was shaped by the media's depiction of eve...

Spanish-American War, Yellow Journalism, and Publishers Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst

I. THE SCANDAL OF YELLOW JOURNALISM It was, perhaps, the most devastating event to occur with regard to journalistic integr...

The Commandant of the Andersonville Confederate Prison Camp Henry Wirz

Henry Wirz, an American Civil War criminal, is evaluated as to the truth of his criminality. Was he a scapegoat? Many details are ...

America After the Bombing of Hiroshima to End the Second World War

glance into the preceding year, into 1945. It was a glance that peered straight into hell. II. Coming Out From Under the Cloud - ...

Ways of War and Peace by Michael W. Doyle

In nine pages this paper examines the 3 views of the world that have molded global political perceptions according to Ways of War ...

Geostrategy and Geoeconomics

that are dangerous to use, are things like industrial and investment policies. The everyday tool, powerful but enormously more fle...

Wilfred Owen's First World War Poetry

continues as follows: "And thinly drawn with famishing for flesh. Lend him to stroke these blind, blunt bullet-leads, Which long t...

Race Relations, Slavery, and the U.S. Civil War

In twenty five pages this paper examines the slavery and race issues that culminated in the U.S. Civil War and examines the Jim Cr...

Failed Reconstruction Following the US Civil War

two was difficult. Healing did not come quickly or easily. Hatred between the two entities continued to exist. The South did no...

Post Cold War Peacekeeping Efforts

The cold war is generally thought of as the time when the U.S. and Russia were the major world powers and there was an underlying...

North America in 1943, Work, and Women

This paper examines the changes resulting from 1943 when North American women ventured into the workplace to keep the economy goin...

We Now Know Rethinking the Cold War History by John Lewis Gaddis

In five pages this paper examines the evolution of the Cold War and how it was unavoidable according to John Gaddis' book. Two so...

California and Mandatory Minimum Drug Sentences

In fifteen pages this paper examines California's aggressive efforts in the ongoing war on drugs in a consideration of laws that m...

First World War According to Thomas Hardy and Wilfred Owen

In five pages this paper compares the views of the First World War that are presented in The Man He Killed by Thomas Hardy and Dul...

Stephen E. Ambrose's D-Day June 6, 1944 The Climactic Battle of World War II

In five pages this book is reviewed and evaluated in terms of content, themes, narrative, and a discussion of how the author bring...

Hiroshima Devastation

atomic bomb. Fearful of the world devastation that could result from their creation in the hands of such a tyrannical leader, man...

Reconstruction Policies Following the U.S. Civil War

In twelve pages this paper discusses the Reconstruction policies of Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson for after the Ci...

Depiction of Values in Classical Literature

In five pages this tutorial examines how classic works of literature, the Bible, 'The Aeneid,' 'The Iliad,' and 'The Odyssey' port...

Journey's End A View of the Conflicts of War by R.C. Sherriff and Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw

In five pages these works are compared in a consideration of peace and issues of heroism along with war irony and symbolism as ref...