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to who Eckert has his characters refer to as "the tales of the old people" the meteor was "The Panther -- a powerful spirit passin...

have since described as "pointless." Summary of "Into the Quagmire" In his introduction to the book, VanDeMark writes: "Vietnam ...

ideal for battle. In the late Middle Ages, two developments in respect to the conduct of warfare had been combined to reduce the c...

(originally produced to be shown on PBS, but later received theatrical distribution), which starred Jane Alexander and focused upo...

that a the protagonist will meet his or her demise, and adventure novels too often will show men and women risking their lives in ...

off in dividends for alliances with one side or another. These dividends often as not came in the form of nuclear and other extre...

with most of the guests as a large part of his life had been shaped by political factors. When he was...

the accomplishments of the American military forces were tremendous, in fact the Viet Cong were destroyed after the Tet offensive ...

like Patton, even when there was nothing left to save but his own life, he still considered all others, as well as the nations int...

rule, and foundation of this country changed - and changed dramatically. What is so impressive about the American Revolution is...

In addition, it was...

writes that he was a particularly important source during the Cuban missile crisis. Ultimately, however, Penkovsky became more id...

Carolina, Tennessee, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Louisiana, Texas and Virginia decided that they would succeed from the union and...

the United States, our interests, or our allies" (The Strategy). The National Security Objective - to promote peace and stability...

well as the permanent deployment of many American troops bases and garrisons abroad were involved (1996). The U.S. military leade...

did not think the film appropriate for anyone under the age of 14 (Gordinier, 1998). Grown men would weep after being through it. ...

"Dragon Seed" details the circumstances surrounding Japanese invasion and occupation of mainland China during World War II as they...

white freedom and black slavery. The link between whites and blacks would change considerably between the arrival of those first ...

authors practically since the beginning of the written word. These depictions have changed radically over time, however, in respo...

was taken prisoner three times, and escaped three times. He was grazed or hit by Yankee bullets on numerous occasions, and once, h...

with analogies for the many different types of business becoming popular titles on the best sellers lists as well as fashion items...

verified in the CIAs own records.) At the last minute, Kennedy called off the air strikes but that message did not reach the more...

offer, and also because they used better wartime strategies and had stellar leadership. The Civil War began in 1860 at a time whe...

a Northern state that had Southern sympathies during the war ("Jersey," 1994). He describes the border state status as the product...

slow process of the building up of defences between the ever expanding Eastern block and the strong alliance of the Western countr...

throughout the novel. Although they try and maintain their cultural identity through music, they are morally lost in environmental...

area in 1649 (The Archives: Theodore Roosevelt, 2002). His mother, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, was a Georgia native who supported th...

the USSR, World War II served as "the great patriotic war," and filmmakers would often examine the war from the human perspective ...

also making it unique in history. Although names such as "War Between the States" and "War of Rebellion" are more accurate (Civil ...

is influences upon the Civil War were such that had he not been a primary participant in the battle, history would have recorded t...