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The Vietnam War

Introduction The Vietnam War was a very chaotic time. Many argue that the war was never a war that could have been won by the Uni...

The Cold War and the Crisis in Asia

give the U.S.S.R. a presence in the region to counteract the American influence. The two nations also differed in their interest...

Cold War Politics and Culture

War II comes to an end when the United States uses nuclear weapons to force the unconditional surrender of Japan. The magnitude of...

Vietnam War, The New York Times v. United States, and Striking a Balance Between National Security and the First Amendment

defeat unless they were forced to do so. If the U.S. was going to bring the troops home with honor, intensive combat missions wou...

Two Vietnam Books

(Tanenhaus, 1999). The struggle between the two countries was both strategic and ideological, with the "future governance of the i...

Opium War, 1840-1842: Barbarians in the Celestial Empire in the Early Part of the Nineteenth Century and the War by Which They Forced Her Gates by Peter Ward Fay

seeking to do business in the area. These included restrictions, such as not being allowed to learn Chinese, only being able to li...

Cultural Acceptance of Controversial Images: An Ethical or Aesthetic Concern?

to believe that the American character is typified by a na?ve sense of exceptionalism, we, as a culture, continue to be mired in q...

Churchill, Hitler and the “Unnecessary War”

Buchanan argues that Churchill did not really have to go to war and he and Chamberlain made some serious mistakes. He indicates th...

Why the West Is Losing the Wars in the Middle East

(Parker, 2005, p. 2). The result was that technological innovation "and the equally vital ability to respond to it, soon became an...

A Review of the Political Strategies of Robert S. McNamara

2155 Robert S. McNamara is one of the most memorable twentieth century figures. In "Fog of...

Roman War Memorials and the Roman's View of Death

original fight. When there was a positive win, the soldiers would march through the street much like they do when a baseball tea...

Desmond Seward’s Wars of the Roses

All five opposed King Richard III and, at various times, were personally accused of treason by Richard. Chapter 2 gives a brief in...

The Causes of the Persian Wars, 499-404 BCE

Ionian Greeks under Persian rule, with the other Greeks were free, a state of affairs that was going to cause trouble sooner or la...

International Law And The War In Iraq

42 that give the Security Council the authority to determine if there is cause to use acts of aggression (Dorf, 2003). These Artic...

Macroeconomics; The Price of Oil

price was higher in real terms than it is today. It is also worth noting that the major peak seen towards the right of the chart b...

The Cold War as Compared with the Conflict in Iran

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...

WWII And The Cold War

This stereotypical clash with womens new on-the-job expectations created a shift in the treatment they received when toiling at a ...

Ronald Reagan: Speech Comparison

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

A History of Values and Attitudes in America

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

Can We Win the "War on Terror"?

consider the real grievances that help terrorists recruit" (Dickey, 2006). It also means that the U.S. will be locked into a strug...

Letters of the Civil War

This research report looks at the American Civil War and how knowledge is acquired through letters written during the time period....

A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

In five pages this paper examines how war's realities and intrusions have cemented contemporary society's philosophical foundation...

A History of Blacks in America From the Oppression of Slavery to the Civil Rights' Movement

direction that this country would ultimately take. They were also critical elements in determining the ultimate fate of the Afric...

U.S. Civil War and Conscription

In five pages this paper discusses the U.S. Civil War in a consideration of the history of conscription or the draft and its decli...

War in 'The Iliad' by Homer

rage of Achilles is evident throughout the poem. He sought revenge for his best friends death. The reader can see an outcry agai...

Why the US Fought in the Vietnam War

Bien Phu ended French control of Indochina. (Anonymous PG). Ironically, French General Henri Navarre had wanted this batt...

The War of 1812 Was a Necessary War

being neutrali. While the U.S. did its best to try to use the waters, and maintain neutrality, in 1807, the British would fire at ...

Iraq War Was Not Justified

have remained either the same as before Saddam was removed from power or further deteriorated. Suicide bombings killing innocent ...

Iraq: The Wrong War

to any connection between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaida. If terrorism was Bushs war objective, al-Qaida and not Saddam should have ...

War: Civilians and Soldiers

whats going on" (Kaplan, 2007). Realistically any individual in charge of sending soldiers out must be aware of what is going on....