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World War I and the Cuban Missile Crisis

Diplomatic crises World War I and the Cuban Missile Crisis are contrasted and compared. Eight sources are cited in the bibliograp...

Kenneth Stammp's The Era of Reconstruction 1865-1877

of Negroes were literate." Slavery had given few opportunities to develop initiative or to think independently. A writer for Harp...

Office of Special Investigations and Eli Rosenbaum

In five pages the organization dedicated to bringing Nazi criminals of war to justice and the man who is personally committed to t...

Platoon Film by Director Oliver Stone

Platoons top-notch portrayals by the actors were a joy. Ensemble performances are all first-rate with Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe ...

Engelhardt's The End of Victory Culture

other words, conflict has several specific social and cultural functions, especially in terms of the way that a nation defines its...

Unification and Africa

for resources is another of the more prominent reasons for conflict. Closely aligned with the issue of intertribal conflict is ...

United Kingdom and the War Against Terrorism

events of September 11th affected British interests, it would be fair to say that the way in which the attacks on the WTC and the ...

American Foreign Policy and the 'War on Drugs'

obstacles. Americans have grown accustomed to the status quo" (Nadelmann, 1993, p. 41). The situation is quite different across ...

War Justification and the Taliban Terrorist Network

recourses with which to assure that future attacks on the United States would not be forthcoming, it is necessary to understand ju...

Atomic Bombs Dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Reasons Behind Them

The assumption was that Germans were working as feverishly on atomic power as was the U.S. - and it was only late in 1944 that the...

Recruitment Techniques in the U.S. Military Since the Civil War

to the ideological complexities of that war. Tearing the nation apart in the middle 1800s, this war is most often remembered as r...

US Continued Involvement in the Vietnam War and the Decisions Responsible for this Involvement

two different times, leaving the president no other alternative than to put forth the countrys military support (Anonymous, 2001)....

Nations and National Wealth Accumulation

In five pages this paper examines how North America, Europe, and Japan accumulated their national wealth in an historical consider...

The Fundamentalist Middle East Society and Anti-Westernism

on greed for middle east resources, notably oil. They fear that the western culture, with modern conveniences and popular culture...

War as a Business

There are a number of other factors that influence a war economy - and many of these are simply not predictable without knowing th...

Peacekeeping Operations of the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

collective defense against one perceived threat. R?hle said that the architecture should be looked at "as a series of key politica...

Vietnam War and Soldiers' Good Luck Charms

letters did help. The soldiers in Vietnam, at least in the book, carried around a variety of things. Like boy scouts on...

Arms Control and the Cold War

British Prime Minister) in 1946 that required immediate attention. Proposing that atomic energy be placed under international con...

England's Civil Wars and Their Possible Causes

King Charles II, the quashing of remaining rebellions in Ireland and Scotland and the installation of parliamentarian Oliver Cromw...

Civil Rights Legislation Backlash, Liability, and Discrimination

organizations are facing today when they try to hire or replace employees based on qualifications rather than racial, ethnic, or g...

War, Memory, and PTSD

that might not necessarily be equated with CIS. However, other more telling symptoms like chest pain, weakness, dizziness, vomiti...

US Culture and the Impact of the Vietnam War

used only for entertainment and simple news, was now a reality in the culture of America as it related to the war. Horrid atrociti...

War Reporting and a Media Utilitarian Approach

In eight pages this paper examines war reporting with the emphasis upon Afghanistan terrorism in a consideration of how the media ...

Modern East and West Germany

refugees from the Soviet zone to where some had fled during the war ("Germany"). Also among the refugees were individuals who had ...

Media Representation of the Vietnam War

readily comprehend the seemingly insignificant difference between the two thoughts, inasmuch as some believe that mass media has l...

1989's Spanish American War

noted how relations between U.S. and Spain had seriously deteriorated, and that with increasing unrest of the Spanish-Cuban War no...

Ancient Greek Mythological Heroes and Episode II of Star Wars

still just one being who is in constant struggle with his own existence. When determining who truly exercises power in an a...

Post Second World War Success of Japan Explained

administration was under pressure to stem the loss of American manufacturing jobs from Japanese imports and in 1985, Secretary of ...

Aftermath of the Cold War

also during this time in history where smaller nations were the targets of intense competition between the United States and the S...

Post 9 11 and Civil Rights

accident. Of course, China tells almost the opposite story. One wonders then how much propaganda is being disseminated. During a t...