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considerably. Two world leaders, in particular, stand out when we are considering these events from a U.S. perspective. These two...

1950 (Gaddis, 1982). What is the NSC-68 exactly? It seems that this report would outline national security strategy during a time...

a shrew mouse" (Remarque, 1987, p. 10). He observes that much of the misery in the world is caused by little men (not an original...

noble. Socrates was doing the right thing. Today, as people wrestle with unjust rules and laws, there are some who simply follow ...

moved to the cities (War and prosperity, p. 231). "By 1950, 64 percent of the countrys total population lived in urban areas..." (...

Kevin Sims "Four Hours in My Lai." A Rumor of War In Caputos work he states, in the beginning, "In a general sense, it is simply...

a Buddhist monk, Venerable Thich Nhah Hanh, "whether he would rather have peace under a communist regime that would mean the end o...

success in World War II. While both had their strengths, both also had their weaknesses. It was the combined effort that finally...

can imagine that carrying letters around are testaments to the fact that he has a life at home. Vietnam provides a backdrop of cha...

broke down and even when they were working, "were not capable of performing on a real battlefield" (Tank history, 2004). French ...

things. Resulting in 200,000 deaths, "The Nanjing Massacre is one of the best documented of Japanese atrocities because independen...

time things were peaceful. The general attitude on the part of the colonists was that they felt sorry for the natives and their p...

erupt. The years which fell during the Cold War was perhaps one of the most interesting periods of world history. The inte...

Japanese occupation wanted the end of colonial rule which in some cases wasnt met and started various "wars of national liberation...

some historians as the first world war (Ricks, 2000). In Europe, the Austrians were not satisfied with the War of Succession which...

rather is a decision that is based on some principle such as self defense or an initial defensive action to prevent an attack. War...

The development in terms of warfare has changed the nature of warfare since World War II. One can see this in the types of wars th...

order to obtain the power to act unilaterally in Southeast Asia, Congress felt compelled to assume the full power granted that bod...

the United States holding the political bag. Ho Chi Minh determined that this was the perfect time to try and reunite North and So...

textile factories produced Army uniforms rather than childrens clothes. Then, barely a year after the Allies liberated the ...

are people today who chant slogans related to peace and give up notions of war, inclusive of defense. This is of course something ...

NA). We find, through reading Persicos book, that Roosevelt was perhaps an incredible manipulator. He was also a man of great i...

argued that insecurity has been "one fundamental factor affecting Soviet policy" (Diplomatic Telegrams) since the beginnings of th...

exceptions, but there were not many. WWII changed all that. As every able-bodied man not involved in defense development o...

mere surface appearances. All this opulent beauty will be hidden with the outbreak of World War I. Having already been inv...

does discuss the difficulties with reporting history as generally speaking, history is not exciting. It is not sensational as are ...

As a result, the effects and meaning of post World War II are vastly different than those pertaining to the First World War; havin...

p. 31). According to Williams, Stalin was threatened by the prospect of the US imposing a liberal economic order on Eastern Euro...

German aggression. German aggression started World War II, and this is evidenced in Germanys invasion of Poland, which mar...

Carl Strikwerda suggests that the globalization debate has great implications when looking at the United States (Grainge, 2001). ...