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A History of the Holocaust by Rita Steinhardt Botwinick

which occurred in Germany after the horror had ended. Many questions are provoked by the work and some of these are posed by the...

War and Remembrance by Herman Wouk

for. When Pug was about to resume command of the U.S.S. California, he was, in a sense, home: "The iron deck underfoot felt good....

Pre Second World War Policy of the US

opting to abstain from joining the League of Nations when it was formed. If one had to point at a single cause of World War II and...

C. Raymond Calhoun's Service During World War II

heroism and bravery, there is no feeling that he is bragging or presenting the Sterett crew of entirely composed of heroes. Rather...

Analyzing A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters by Julian Barnes

fictional historical account, as the author uses a host of unusual situations and characters to dramatize historical interpretatio...

Essay on Nestles Withdrawing Infant Formula from the Third World

nations? Or do we continue to have a presence in these nations, despite poor publicity and the risk that mothers may not use the f...

First World War's Origins

War I, Great Britain, France, Italy, and Russia all opposed Germany which was aligned with Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Otto...

Eric Schlosser Reefer Madness

to Schlosser, the underlying thread that ties these three essays together is the "underground" (8) socioecomic subculture that per...

War Peace and the Presidency by Henry Paoluccis

power of the individual states was making them reluctant to accept federal regulations, and making most fear that the unrest that ...

Global Stratification and Dependency Theories

Modernization theory proposes that "pre-industrial societies are in a traditional stage" (Norton, n.d.). Traditional means that ki...

Second World War and Changes to the Nursing Profession

base on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, officially bringing the United States into World War II. At the time of the surprise attack, howev...

A Review of The Life of James Madison

encyclopedias are not used. But, considering the lack of information on Hunt, we present a brief citation from the Columbia Encycl...

Analysis of Walcott's The Light of the World

(Walcotts brother Roderick is a playwright). While young Derek was growing up and dipping into these books time and again, he foun...

The Culture in the World of Comics

perpetuate a creative and productive mind; comic books, while appearing to project little more than superficial entertainment, pro...

Definition of Globalization and its Dangers

expense of myriad unsophisticated societies. As such, this dichotomy of progression has rendered globalization a much-contested c...

A Review of The American Civil War The Last Capitalist Revolution

a moderate scheme of emancipation with compensation for the former owners" (Moore, 1993, 118)....

First World War and Franz Ferdinand's Assassination

joined the crowd lining the Archdukes route to City Hall" and were successful in killing not only Franz but his wife Sofia, who wa...

A Review of The Portage to San Cristobal of A.H.

Hitler. Hitler, of course, committed suicide near the end of World War II. Steiner placing him in the Amazon several years after ...

George Linderman The World Within War

God, and the nation represented. Linderman tells the story of this unique group of men in an understandable order from ant...

Contributing to the World Through Creative Independence

than to go the same direction as everyone else. As such, the student may want to add, it is one of my greatest and...

Jones & Moody/Known World

himself to be a benevolent master, and after his death, his wife Caldonia tries to uphold this legacy, the novel nevertheless show...

Runciman: "The Fall of Constantinople 1453."

portrait of the Byzantine Empire, Runciman shows us a civilization caught in the middle of a number of forces: the Turks invaded f...

Arguing against Klein's No Logo

factory workers at the "Kaho Indah Citra garment factory on the outskirts of Jakarta" (Klein xvii), where the workers make the equ...

"Around the World in 80 Days" as a Guide to 19th Century Globalization

a deck steward on a tramp steamer. The film points out quite nicely the fact that the book really is a travelogue, with each episo...

Religions of Mesoamerica by David Carrasco

sun traveled at night" (Carrasco 35). The game was viewed as a representation of a cosmic struggle in which the players competed t...

Second World War Participation of Japan

In seven pages this paper examines why Japan became embroiled in the Second World War conflict and its failed effort....

A General History of World War II

of economic recession that induced feelings of fear, distrust and fed the fire of national rivalries, the climate was ripe for alt...

Holding the Line

The writer examines the Barbara Kingsolver book Holding the Line, which discusses the 1983 mining strike in Arizona. The book reve...

Guy Chapman A Passionate Prodigality

The writer describes the Guy Chapman book A Passionate Prodigality, which is an extremely emotional autobiographical account of th...

Holocaust and Its Sociopolitical Causes

There has been some evidence that Hitlers rabid anti-Semitism was catalyzed upon his rejection. One of the most prominent judges ...