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about much of its own global discord by virtue of its imperialistic mindset. While opinions about why Vietnam occurred are as vas...

and dodged the most important matters, continually laying the blame for the killing of millions at the feet of others (Cockburn, 2...

Orend points out that the mere threat of war, or mutual dislike and disdain, are not necessarily indicators of war. "The conflict ...

by the reality of war. Their psyches have been reduced to the common denominator that is dictated by whatever has to be done in or...

the conflict in Iran is not over, the Cold War is, and when looking back from a twenty-first century perspective, the U.S. looks a...

et al, 2000). And the settlers brought diseases with them against which the Indians had no defense, wiping them out in large numbe...

was able to be waged. There are two things that differentiated the air campaign from other prior conflicts. One difference is that...

and serious nature - was interpreted as threatening to the Soviets ears and caused an unexpected attitude backlash for Reagans pro...

Triple Alliance. Slavery was abolished as a result of the war but the military took greater and greater predominance in Brazil. ...

hospitals. Under her wings, she took care of the soldiers while at the same time training other women to "nurse" them back to hea...

get their forces together and attack from the west" (The Second World War). Common wisdom says that Germany stomped Poland flat w...

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

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 ...

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

was integral to getting rid of Hitler and rendering what he did something that will likely never happen again. And while there wer...

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

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

1950 (Gaddis, 1982). What is the NSC-68 exactly? It seems that this report would outline national security strategy during a time...

but a few."2 On the home front, during World War I, it was considered imperative to ensure that a system of "elite decision-making...

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

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...

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