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The Cold War Superiority of the United States

as it was during what was deemed the cold war. II. The Cold War The expression "cold war" was used for the first time by...

America's Civil War, Literature, and Art

North and the more rural, ante-bellum Old South. Most historians agree that, in addition to the concept of slavery, vast d...

The Buddha, the Prophet, and the Christ by F.H. Hilliard

heaven by his own choice (26). Although has the section on Islam next, chronologically, Christianity came next with Christs birt...

U.S. Culture and Societal Impacts of the Cold War

II. RELIVING THE PAST TO UNDERSTAND THE FUTURE It has been argued that the end of the Cold War has made "obsolete...

Wislawa Szymborska's War Poem 'The End and the Beginning'

cannot afford to become too emotional over the huge of amount of dead bodies that require disposal. There are simply too many. It ...

Korean War and Its Impact

Truman proposed to the Soviets a joint occupation of Korea with the Soviets occupying the territory north of the 38th parallel and...

1st Example of Modern Warfare, the U.S. Civil War

the vision to build a railroad across the Sierra Nevada mountains in California, and then to continue the railroad across the Unit...

Catch 22 by Joseph Heller

bombardier, Yossarian. It is as the Chaplain believes: "there was really no way of knowing anything ... not even that there was no...

Knowledge Can Be Dangerous

the belief in those things that could not be seen, felt or proven by scientific means. Not content to blindly believe in that whi...

Could the Mexican War Have Been Avoided?

as an independent state, and warned the US that if it should try to annex Texas into the Union, it would break off diplomatic rela...

Pacifism and War as Viewed by Immanuel Kant

for self-defense and that man must rationalize certain behaviors in order to reject common tendencies. Kants viewpoints, argued ...

Before the American Revolution, King Philip's War

time things were peaceful. The general attitude on the part of the colonists was that they felt sorry for the natives and their p...

History of U.S. Army Aviation

1909, the Wright brothers built the first "heavier than air flying machine" based on Army Aviation specifications. During World Wa...

A History and Sociological Overview of Prostitution

society. Therefore, it was imperative to the churchs position of power to eradicate this opposition. The early church did not, how...

Slave Trade Economics and History

them to finance imports" (Fogel and Engerman PG). South Slavery, because it was so economically viable in the South, would neve...

Requirements for Web Server High Speed Performance

point for the search. Attributes of SPEC Winners For web use, the SPECweb99 benchmark is most often used to compare server ...

Impact of the Dred Scott Decision of 1857

contention was that the black slave lived in a state of oblivion to his position of being owned as property and was almost complet...

A Vietnam War Overview

supported by Russia (1991). The political climate became quite complex and the U.S. wanted to help Europe. It was a time of bomb s...

Ideal Museum and Old and New World Systems

are opposed by the church. In comparing this time period--the old world system of the early Italian Renaissance--with a new world ...

A Civil War History of Devil's Den Action

Online 2002, PG). Of the nine principles of war that were used in this particular battle, the one most used was that of objective...

The Retailer of the Century: Wal-Mart

undermine a great deal of what Sam Walton had hoped to create with his original stores with "down home" feeling. Wal-Mart Weakness...

The Economist, the World Bank, and Development Economics

In five pages this report considers an article that appeared in The Economist in March of 1997 pertaining to development economics...

Letters of the Civil War

This research report looks at the American Civil War and how knowledge is acquired through letters written during the time period....

Warfare of Early America and Technology

suited to fast action and hand-to-hand combat. The jineta saddle has short stirrups that cause the rider to bend his knees, allow...

Just War Concept of Thomas Aquinas and the Vietnam War

the United States holding the political bag. Ho Chi Minh determined that this was the perfect time to try and reunite North and So...

War and Propaganda

rather is a decision that is based on some principle such as self defense or an initial defensive action to prevent an attack. War...

Robert Moses, New York Park Commissioner

Park Zoo were soon repaired, something that was a danger, and the rats commonplace in the zoo were taken care of (551). Clearly, M...

1756 to 1763 French and Indian War

some historians as the first world war (Ricks, 2000). In Europe, the Austrians were not satisfied with the War of Succession which...

Chicago World's Fair of 1893 and Multiculturalism

of exhibits, and millions of visitors would produce very different conclusions" (Rose, 1996). As such many people ask "How was the...

The Cold War and Aldrich Ames

Aldrich Ames worked. According to one Western intelligence official, the commitment of Ames to his task was absolute, he acted ...