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Fort Pickens and Fort Barrancas

construction of Fort Pickens (Lufkin, 2002). In January of 1861, the Federal military presence in Pensacola was minimal, consisti...

Character Analysis of Robert Jordan in For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway

unusual. The Spanish Civil War quickly became infiltrated by foreign intervention on both sides, and indeed has been likened to a ...

Overview of the Battle of Dieppe

problems of their own. This eastern front, including Dieppe was would be a significant victory, and probably was a test for future...

Interwar Years and the Crisis of European Capitalism

Examining how each of these separate entities ultimately contributed to The Age of Catastrophe helps one to gain a significantly b...

The Unfinished War Vietnam in the American Conscience by Walter H. Capps Reviewed

national myths that have abounded about the War (which have, in fact, perpetuated the notions about Americas involvement in all wa...

Discussing Justice and War A Hypothetical Dialogue Between Hector from 'The Iliad' and Socrates from Plato's 'Republic'

you not, such as you are, get your following together and sail beyond the seas? Did you not from your a far country carry off a lo...

War and the Economy

government spending increases $75 billion. The effect on domestic investment will be that it decreases. Increase in trade defici...

TV Series on the Vietnam War Tour of Duty

but still protecting and serving in the community). Or they begin to "remember" world events as they are presented on television. ...

Symbolism in the Star Wars Film Trilogy

powerful and perhaps confusing mentor, Luke is angered and frustrated as he feels he is learning nothing at all. He struggles on t...

Warfare and Aircraft Carriers

noted that "Carriers combine great power with extreme vulnerability," which stated the principal perception at that time.4 While t...

War Stories and Fear

purpose, changes due to his experience in war. In OBriens work, similar elements are shown, but not in terms of how war affects on...

The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien and its Historical Accuracy

They Carried, this influence and perspective are most evident. OBrien mentions that most of the guys there called their life in A...

Gulf War, U.S., Iraq, and a Contrast of Ideologies

of the group. Functionalists believe that every state has the universal right to provide those elements which will strike a balanc...

Overview of the Pearl Harbor Bombing

to the bombing, however, we note that in the words of one author, following WWI "Japan grew angry with the U.S.A. because they wer...

The Meaning of the Battle of Stalingrad

come to fruition. In part, good wins out over evil. Even within Hitlers own ranks there was dissention, a lack of resolve, and a t...

First World War and the Use of Railroads

railways were so relatively new that strategists had yet to really utilize their usefulness. With these basic elements in mind the...

Germany's Poor Use of Submarine Warfare During WWII

it should be said that sea travel was quite important during these wars. Submarines, sometimes called U-Boats after the German phr...

Visual Imagery in 2 German Films

red interior, which contrasts with the white exterior of the car. Like the car, Ripley has a seemingly "spotless" exterior, but hi...

Tank Technology between the Wars.

First World War; this, the mythology goes, explains why the Germans exhibited such striking superiority in the field in 1940. end ...

Internal Migrations

own language. "Indian" is the name Christopher Columbus gave to the natives he met when he came to the New World, believing he was...

The Problem With News Media Today

like NPR and PBS are under attack as there is political pressure for them to be less critical ("Bill Moyers: "Big Media is Ravenou...

Art of Slavery

Their purpose was to have Parliament abolish slave trade, rather than declare slavery to be illegal. As an incremental play, this ...

Marshall Plan and Defensive Realism

the other countries the Marshall Plan did not necessarily aim toward feeding individuals or building individual houses, schools, o...

The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution by Bernard Bailyn

writers could persuade the majority of the population to support the Revolution. While critics believe that many historians treat ...

North and South Advantages During the Civil War

However, there were certain characteristics which applied to each side of this war, and the advantages of each were indeed impress...

UK Foreign Policy and Germany During the Thirties

Between the World Wars Germanys formerly great economic triumphs and development were devastated by the end of World War I. Short...

Jean Renoir's Movies

also during this period when Renoir adopted what would become his trademark style of filmmaking, by using a core ensemble cast of ...

Comparing Dan T. Carter's The Politics of Rage With the Film The Best Years of Our Lives

meet while returning to their hometown of Boone City, are symbolic of the American social class structure (Beidler 589). Upper-cl...

Personal Political Perspectives

original American colonies. In that case a federal system would undoubtedly be best and should be patterned after United States,...

An Interview of a Couple Who Met in the Marine Corps

straight ahead and never acknowledged him, as women all about him were flirting and trying to get his attention. Naturally, it wa...