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America's Civil War, Literature, and Art

North and the more rural, ante-bellum Old South. Most historians agree that, in addition to the concept of slavery, vast d...

1865 to 1920 America and its Emergence on the World Stage

finally received the freedom they so desperately wanted. When the Reconstruction Period arrived, it looked as though blacks were ...

The Civil War and Black Americans Who Fought

6 pages and 6 sources. This paper cosiders the African American experience in the American Civil War. This paper relates the exp...

U.S. Civil War and the Turning Point at the Battle of Gettysburg

In seven pages the U.S. Civil War's bloodiest conflict and its implications are examined. Nine sources are cited in the bibliogra...

Vietnam and the Stance of Martin Luther King Jr.

In fifteen pages this research paper examines the reasons behind Martin Luther King's opposition to the war in Vietnam in a chrono...

Brief Essays on U.S. History

This 14 page paper comprises brief essays on various topics in U.S. history from 1877 to the present. Topics covered include Roose...

Weapons and Their History

in time between release of the hammer and the subsequent explosion, which resulted in inaccuracy (Reid 167). After a number of exp...

February 13 through 16 1862 Fall of Ft. Donelson During the Civil War

In seven pages this paper examines the fall of Ft. Donelson, Tennessee in this consideration of the Civil War and how this along w...

The Impact of the Two World Wars on the U.S. Economy, Race, Gender, and Civil Liberties Issues

Lafore. In this text, Lafore gives his interpretation as to the causes of World War I. In this tome, Lafore gives the reader a v...

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....

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...

Langemarck and the First Military Example of Chemical Warfare

rest of time. The horrors of gas warfare had never been seen on a battlefield until 1915. The Germans were the first to use gas bu...

Contemporary Warfare and the Helicopter's Contributions

In five pages this paper discusses how the Air Force and Army have employed aircraft in warfare with examples from the Vietnam and...

How Warfare was Changed by the Airplane

In five pages this paper examines the impact of the airplane upon warfare dating back to the First World War. Four sources are ci...

Were Japan and Germany Treated Differently by the United States During the Second World War?

This paper consists of five pages and considers the U.S. treatment of adversaries Japan and Germany during the Second World War an...

American Warfare

In four pages this paper examines the period from the American Revolution to the Cold War to examine how America's style of warfar...

World War I - The Trenches

dreadful sound. The ground shook under the shock of the exploding shells."4 The battle of Verdun began with nine long hour...

Warfare Changes Since the Second World War

In a paper consisting of eight pages the ways in which World War II changed the world technologically and its impact upon warfare ...

First World War and Gendered War Perspectives

In ten pages this paper examines the concept of warfare in a consideration of the differing views between men and women regarding ...

Warfare and the Role of the Howitzer

In five pages the Howitzer's role in contemporary warfare dating back to the Vietnam War is examined in an evolution that includes...

Military Warfare Changes from the American Revolution Until the End of the First World War

abandoned similar policies (Apt, 2002). However, when America adopted the social philosophy of Manifest Destiny, the naval theori...

Observations in History, Nationalism, and Military Strategy and Technology

measuring stick against which all the answers to all the questions could be compared to see if they measured up. Not only was sci...

Classical Theorists, Modern Warfare, and the 20th/21st Century

in populations, the increase in the complexity of players in any given war, and the evolution of humanity overall. In all honesty ...

Warfare Changes from the Second World War to the Today

in the hopes that the French would lend some support.1 "The primary objective was to utilize ready Allied forces in an operation c...

Development of Tank Warfare During the First and Second World Wars

The War Office of Britain placed their first order, which consisted of 150 of these machines, but the production was actually spre...

War and the Effects of Tanks and Trench Warfare

more despicable methods of death. As soon as soldiers reached the grounds, they knew their lives were in peril. The glow of arti...

Exploring the Civil War's Causes

determining the direction that this country would ultimately take (McPherson, 1988). There were many individuals in the yea...

African Americans and the Civil War's Effects

Lincoln, and Northerners in general, are popularly seen as advocates for the black race. However, what is less well-known is that ...

US Civil War's Turning Points

argues that "Common sense, the necessities of the war, to say nothing of the dictation of justice and humanity have at last prevai...

Civil War's Medical Conditions

In seven pages this paper examines the changes that occurred in medicine as a result of the U.S. civil war and how these changes i...