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The Insignia of the United States Air Force

The Chevron was adopted, though it was not a new idea. The chevron (which looks like a squat diamond standing on its end), used to...

U.S. Antitrust Laws and the Suit Against Microsoft

appeared to be only to benefit Netscape while taking business away from Microsoft. In asking for specific changes to the new Wind...

Jack Weatherford's Native Roots

the first tasks undertaken by Weatherford is to define the term "Native American" itself. Indeed, the term Native American is a c...

Middle East's Improbable Quest for Peace

format which is easily digestible even to those readers to whom the Middle East has previously been a baffling incongruity of valu...

The Ancient City of Palenque

In a five page paper the ancient Mayan city of Palenque is examined in terms of its religious and historical influences and how th...

Sculpture of Early Japan

figurines represented the earliest of the Japanese deities and were included within the religious observances. One sculpture, in ...

The Role of the Venetian Army during the Italian Renaissance

but no one can take away Italys prowess during the time period and the strength of the Venetian Navy is also something significant...

Government of Israel and Religion

but direct development between religion and government. Conspicuously apparent to this inevitable coupling was the rise of many l...

A Look at Characterization in Hard Times

Charles Dickens' classic work is discussed in terms of characterization as well as setting. The work is discussed in historical co...

The Arts and Perceived Inferiority of Women

In five pages this paper examines the arts in a consideration of the historical discrimination against women. Three sources are c...

Dust Bowl Legacy and The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

In 5 pages this paper examines the classic novel by John Steinbeck from an historical perspective. There are no other sources lis...

US and Judaism's Role

their faith was gathered into the volumes and artifacts which still remain as a venerated part of the cultural and religious world...

Allen Weinstein and Alexander Vassiliev's The Haunted Wood Soviet Espionage in America- the Stalin Era

In ten pages a review of this Cold War historical text is presented. There are no other sources listed....

Dodona Legends and the Zeus Sanctuary

In four pages this paper discusses the Dodona legends in an historical overview of the Zeus sanctuary. Six sources are cited in t...

A Nervous Splendor Vienna 1888/1889 by Frederic Morton

of the work, the principal figure is Rudolf, the crown prince?progressive minded, brilliant, personable?he represented the empires...

Dell Computer's Corporate History

Dell had reached the opportunity to go public, which occurred in 1988. It was during that year that Dell had as many as six hundr...

Late Eighteenth Century Haitian Revolution

French Empire. It was during this period that African slaves were brought to work the sugarcane and coffee plantations. In 1791, t...

John W. Jeffries' Wartime America The World War II Home Front

In five pages this historical text is critically analyzed with the focus being on the author's informative perspectives. There ar...

Current Kosovo Situation

In five pages this paper discusses NATO intervention in a consideration of the current Kosovo situation with historical background...

Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men The Ideology of the Republican Party Before the Civil War by Eric Foner

free laborer was entitled to work and prosper to the best of his abilities, while the South was mired in a false sense of aristocr...

Cultural Anthropology Study of Japanese Americans and Their American History Influence

In nine pages cultural anthropology is applied to the culture of the Japanese Americans in hopes of understanding their U.S. histo...

James McPherson's The Negro's Civil War How American Blacks Felt and Acted During the War for the Union

In five pages this paper presents an overview of this American historical texts and assesses the author's arguments in terms of th...

Industrial Uses for Wood Adhesives

Wood adhesives and their uses in industry are examined in this historical and developmental overview consisting of fifteen pages. ...

Aurorae Phenomenon

In fifteen pages this paper examines the aurorae phenomenon in this historical overview. Ten sources are cited in the bibliograph...

The History of Aircraft Carriers

This paper addresses the historical and strategic significance of naval aircraft carriers. This eleven page paper has nine source...

The Paradox of Change by William H. Chafe

In five pages this historical text regarding American women's twentieth century development is analyzed. There are no other sourc...

Parallel Computing and its Evolution

"first commercial machine with floating-point hardware ... capable of approximately 5 kFLOPS" (Wilson, 1994; p. Parallel), or oper...

America and Imagining the Differences in Its Origins of John Smith Had Settled in the Northeast and the Puritans Had Landed in Jamestown

in the early 17th century, named in honor of the Virgin Queen, Elizabeth (Johnson FAQ_history). A common misperception of t...

Meteors and the Defense of the Earth

The rare fragment that survives and actually lands on earth-that is a meteorite" (pp. 90). Krajick (1999) adds that modern...

Criminal Prosecutions and the Impact of the Exclusionary Rule

In eight pages this paper discusses how criminal prosecutions have been impacted by the exclusionary rule in this historical overv...