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Covert Operations vs. the Traditional Military

Roosevelt; the Joint Chiefs were afraid that this man would convince FDR to give covert action precedence, which of course would t...

The ICC Charges Against Gaddafi

Reactions of the Libyan forces to the protests have included the indiscriminate aerial bombing of civilians by military aircraft. ...

Martin Luther King Jr.: The Vietnam War 'Shot Down' the Great Society Envisioned by President Lyndon B. Johnson

actually put into practice what JFK preached in his New Frontier - equal rights for all citizens. Johnson seemed worthy of their ...

The Compromise of 1850 and the Dred Scott Case

was introduced and defeated; it would have "prohibited slavery in the newly-acquired territories" (Compromise of 1850, 2009). The ...

Critique of James G. Hollandsworth Jr.’s The Louisiana Native Guards: The Black Military Experience During the Civil War

alike despite their willingness to risk their lives in combat. But as the text illustrates, racial discrimination was unfortunate...

Role Of Congress In National Security

any other official militia of the country.4 The Constitution divides the powers regarding war between the President and the Co...

Analyzing LBJ's March 31, 1968 Televised Speech

search for peace was going on, North Vietnam rushed their preparations for a savage assault on the people, the government, and the...

Update on LBJ's 'War on Poverty'

economy (Grier and Jonsson, 2004). These days, some of the programs continue - one of them being Medicare (Grier and Jonsso...

U.S. Presidents and Executive War Powers

in this regard. Although as we shall see there are some temporary exceptions, the legislative branch typically approves o...

Lyndon B. Johnson and Senator Richard Russell

whole, Johnson followed other advisers more closely than he did Russell. Russells advice, like the situation itself, was frequentl...

Were the Confederate States Manipulated into Striking First by President Abraham Lincoln?

the nations history forever. "We have in this nation the element of domestic slavery. The Republican Party think it wrong - we t...

Richard Bruce Winder's Mr. Polk's Army

much of that time was spent training them. By the time the training was completed, there was little time left to use the militia o...

U.S. Civil War and Abraham Lincoln

Each side was consistently successful in resolving its problems in politics, civil morale, and economics when its military was vic...

Politics and Bananas

much on Del Monte or Dole. Still, where we can find it in the literature, well mention it in this paper. How Chiquita Built an Ind...

Civil War Era and Black Emancipation

repugnant. In exploring the time period before the Civil War, Equaino (1998) takes one on a journey through the 1700s slave trad...

Aspects of U.S. History - Vietnam and the Civil Rights Movement

well as the case that finally struck down the concept of "separate but equal" in terms of education, and mandating that all school...

Ronald Reagan's Role in SDI and the U.S. Military Buildup

In twenty two pages this paper discusses President Ronald Reagan's role in the U.S.'s military buildup and the development of 'Sta...

Foreign Affairs, War, and the Power of the Presidency

In five pages this paper discusses how foreign affairs and war impact upon the power wielded by the U.S. President. Three sources...

Escapades of British War Minister John Profumo

In five pages this paper discusses the international intrigue and sex scandal that brought down Great Britain's war minister John ...

African American Military Regiments During the US Civil War

In eight pages this report discusses the nearly 200,000 African American soldiers that fought during the US Civil War after Presid...

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...

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...

Nominalism and Realism Perspectives on Niches, Genes, and Species

Durkheim believed that although society had come a long way in its progression, there was still a great deal of room for improveme...

U.S. Government Agency the Secret Service

In six pages this paper discusses the Secret Service from its pre Civil War origins to the present day protection of U.S. Presiden...

Global Security and Safety Following the Cold War

in the Cold War, therefore, would not come without a great expense to both powers. When the Cold War...

US Military Interventions During the 1950s and 1960s

the United States in Vietnam. It is not difficult to reach the simple and straightforward conclusion that in the 1950s, Eisenhowe...

U.S. Civil War Reconstruction

when he suspended individual liberties, and closed down anti-war and anti-administration newspapers (24). Not only did he do that,...

Causes of the Civil War and the Events That Characterized This Conflict

In fact, the movement was headquartered in Boston. This city was one that contained support for the freedom of slaves. The slave...

Cold War Essays

In about six pages essay answers to questions involving various elements of the Cold War including U.S. attitudes regarding the fo...

Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. v. Sawyer 343 U.S. 579 and the Korean War

p. 50). Stalin gave his approval and committed communist support for the "liberation" of South Korea with the stipulation that ch...