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Vietnam and American Politics During the Turning Point of 1968

achieved (McDougall, 1996). That goal was and is to establish a strong buffer state to protect the nations of Southeast Asia from ...

Civil War and Role of Irish Americans

In ten pages this paper examines the Irish Americans' role during the Civil War. Eight sources are cited in the bibliography....

Gordon Wood and Bernard Bailyn on the Revolutionary War

In six pages this comparative analysis explores the Revolutionary War perspectives of Gordon Wood in The Radicalism of the America...

America's Sexism and Racism History

In an essay consisting of five pages the historical origins of sexism and racism in the Americas is traced through the Native Amer...

A Look at Civil War Black Soldiers and Sailors

slaves played a role during the Civil War in eventually seeing freedom is as follows: "By running from masters to become contraban...

The Persian Gulf War and U.S. Involvement

This 7 page paper outlines the factors behind the Persian Gulf War and the U.S. military strategy during the conflict. The writer ...

War on Terrorism and the African American's Loyalty Paradox Response

was California Congresswoman, Barbara Lee who received death threats after she had the unmitigated courage to cast the only vote a...

Purple Heart and Casablanca, Messages to the American Public in the Turbulent Years of World War II

foreign war" (Nachbar). In 1941, the House of Representatives the measure to continue the military draft passed by a single vote ...

Client Wars And Surrogate Armies

was a client war, which is defined as a war where two sides fight in a third country. In Korea, the U.S. fought directly against t...

Russell Bourne/Red King's Rebellion

starving settlers by sharing their corn (Bourne 1). Whenever it is appropriate, Bourne uses the words of both combatants and conte...

Metacom of the Wampanoag: Changing Perceptions Over Time

predominant mindset of manifest destiny that set the stage for the many abhorrent actions that were yet to unfold in Native/White ...

The Black Experience Before and After the American Civil War

6 pages and 5 sources. This paper outlines the experiences of Black Americans before and after 1865, relating to the changes that...

USS Maine Bombing in 1989 and the Reactions by American Newspapers

In six pages this paper discusses how American reporters covered the USS Maine bombing in Havana during the Spanish-American War o...

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

In eight pages this paper analyzes this classic American novel and its confrontation of post First World War truths about the Amer...

Octavio Paz/Diego Rivera

portrays him "wearing the local costume of the Cuernavaca region and carrying a sugarcane=cutters machete ("Agrarian Leader Zapata...

Causes of War

causes were paramount in the instigation of World War I, but these factors alone would not have been sufficient to cause a war wit...

Compare and Contrast: The Two World Wars

suppress anti-Habsburg activities, organizations, and propaganda and that Habsburg officials be permitted to join in the Serbian i...

Causes and Results of the First and Second World Wars

In the socio and political environment that resulted after World War I ended, there was probably even less chance of global...

"Sorrow Of War," "Perfume Dreams" And "In Country" - Review

one can readily argue how the expectations of such a first-hand experience lend themselves to the overlapping of uncontrolled chao...

The Emotion of Art During Times of War

light - or enlightened. The evil part of humanity - the executioners, are beyond the light - in the literal and spiritual dark. F...

Mexican Literature Comparison Victor Valle's Recipe of Memory Five Generations of Mexican Cuisine and Ruben Martinez's Crossing Over A Mexican Family on the Migrant Trail

In effect, the book represents some of the more intimate reflections of five generations of the authors family. The book presents...

The U.S. Civil War: Causes and Implications

deal of power because their populations were growing so much. At the same time, Southern States were losing power and they began t...

W.E.B. Du Bois/Double Consciousness

of measuring ones soul by the tape of a world that looks on in amused contempt and pity" (Du Bois ch. 1, para. 3). In other words,...

Capitalism Fuels Colonial Expansion

the scene may seem sublime, it can be interpreted as a depiction of contrast between cultures. In the foreground stands the Europ...

Cherokee Influences on Colonial Settlers

This paper addresses Native American Culture and its impact on colonial American society. The author discusses various ways in wh...

Modern Americans' and Native Americans' Rites of Passage

In seven pages this paper compares the contemporary American teenager with Tukuna, Okrika, and Okiek Native American counterparts ...

The History of California Native Americans Prior to 1900

of peoples in the area, as settlements were logically more concentrated around water. Members of all groups were particularly dev...

Reviewing Closing of the American Mind Closing of the American Mind / Book Review

In The Closing of the American Mind, Allan Bloom decries the lapse of teaching of traditional American values in American universi...

Civil War and Vietnam War 'Necessities'

In five pages this essay explores the meaning behind Abraham Lincoln's observations on 'necessities of war' by examining the Civil...

The Reasons Cited for the Onset of World War I

Russia and Britain signed a treaty, Russia joined the Entente. Russias entrance into the war was due to this Entente and their goa...