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

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

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

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

the day before that the threat exists, but had done nothing, if we knew where the source of the threat was, who the terrorist were...

to. For example, during the Civli War , the Confederacy imposed a national draft (Miller & Faux, 1997). The union would also impl...

are an officer - and this included the top noncoms- you went to sleep with your headset at your head" (Terkel 254). Most people ...

forces as simply the latest in a string of Western outsiders. Herrington explains that Vietnam was occupied by the West for over a...

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

I resulted from a variety of causes. The most prominent of these was the rise of nationalism. People of common geographic origin...

the action was the straw that broke the Camels back. In fact, not only was it a turning point for the Vietnam conflict, but if one...

However, there are many tribal and ethnic divisions within these and so, it is difficult for all of them to get together and form ...

Democracy, say Communist opposition, is necessary for China to modernize, inasmuch as the fundamental essence of modernization is ...

There were also conflicts between the Australian Imperial Force and the militia troops, who had hastily been drafted when it becam...

of those were Americans. The passenger ship, the Sussex met a similar fate (Kunhardt, 1999). Still, Wilson refused to budge, hon...

had no voice at all. Jefferson Davis accused the North of wanting "an unjust system of legislation to promote the industry of the...

to shift his ground until he agreed with the allies (McCollum, 2003). Germany would be made to pay. "Unfortunately, rather than ...

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...

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

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

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

in World War II. Not only did Japan attack American soil, and its people, but the United States could no longer ignore the debauch...

the war" (Heywood, 1998; history.html). This lab was only one division of National Defense Research Committee (NDRC), for "in Jun...

expansion into Southeast Asia, had attacked the U.S. Pacific fleet (moored in Pearl Harbor in Hawaii) the previous day (December 7...

of Benjamin Franklin Ferris, 2002). In August of 1861 Ferris signed up to join Captain H. Cook who was recruiting soldiers to go ...

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

family is suddenly circumscribed and rests solely with the surviving brother. This changes the balance of the moral equation. Wh...

First, it should be noted that the Star Wars myth is also exemplified in other films like K-Pax where an alien who is from the pla...