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The turning point for the American Civil War was the Battle of Gettysburg, one conflict of many that stood out as instrumental in ...

In eight pages this paper discusses the U.S. economy in terms of the impacts of the First and Second World Wars and also considers...

of a generation. This may not have been The Greatest Generation written about by Tom Brokaw, but one gets a sense that the men and...

In six pages this paper assesses the Civil War's purpose within the context of Abraham Lincoln's observation 'I claim not to have ...

In six pages this report considers crisis situations such as the Second World War, the conflicts in Korea and Vietnam, and the Gul...

limited (Vasile The Union Soldier, His Life and Times: A Modern Interpretation of a 19th Century Experience). However, technologi...

to preserve the military and diplomatic credibility of the United States in the Cold War, but when its costs grew excessive the wa...

Consequently, Prussia grew bitter over what it viewed as the robbery of two traditionally German provinces. By the mid-1860s, the ...

World War II battles in Across the River and into the Trees, this knowledge came from research and not from Hemingways personal wa...

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...

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

Language. Orwell explains that in his time at least, political speech and writing were primarily done to defend the indefensible (...

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

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

success in World War II. While both had their strengths, both also had their weaknesses. It was the combined effort that finally...

considerably. Two world leaders, in particular, stand out when we are considering these events from a U.S. perspective. These two...

a shrew mouse" (Remarque, 1987, p. 10). He observes that much of the misery in the world is caused by little men (not an original...

noble. Socrates was doing the right thing. Today, as people wrestle with unjust rules and laws, there are some who simply follow ...

French were greatly outnumbered and they were trapped. This is when they appealed to the United States for help (Vietnam War: Summ...

new technology. With these elements in mind, the following paper examines railroads, weaponry, and ironclads as it relates to the ...

could have been avoided had cooler heads been leading Austria-Hungary at the time of the assassination of their heir to the throne...

They also vote on issues pertinent to liberty. For the colonists both issues loomed large. There is much argument as to what cau...

alive during the time period are still alive. And, perhaps through further research women can begin to be seen more diversely as i...

rise of nationalism. People of common geographic origin, language, and history began to see themselves as members of large cultur...

tyranny, with scarcely anyone considering independence (Burns, 1969). It escalated into the birth of a nation, but the primary thr...

from east to west and the number of states was growing with that expansion (Foner and Garraty, 1991). Among the more precipitory ...

war because he already knew that once a troop commitment had been made - no matter how small - it would become difficult not to be...

and the public. Party slogans exemplify doublethink, as they proclaim that war is really peace, freedom is really slavery, etc. Wh...

aggressive regimes, punishment for a wrongdoing that has not been corrected. Iraqs 1990 invasion into Kuwait is an example of a ju...

deliberation," much like Nestor had cautioned "Agamemnon against hasty judgment" (Gore on War). In both cases, despite any heeding...