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of petroleum for the United States and its European allies" and also to "prevent or minimize Soviet involvement in the region" (Ge...
war because he already knew that once a troop commitment had been made - no matter how small - it would become difficult not to be...
deliberation," much like Nestor had cautioned "Agamemnon against hasty judgment" (Gore on War). In both cases, despite any heeding...
First World War, and similarly beggared the ability of contemporaries to imagine its sweep, duration and consequences."5 For one...
been various "military revolutions"-new ways of thinking about warfare that have caused complete changes in the way combat is cond...
there are individuals who either remember it or have hand one reason or another to study it. Americans themselves, in fact, held ...
period between September 1, 1939 (the date of Germanys invasion of Poland) and September 2, 1945 (the date of the Japanese surrend...
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...
the first of the two great wars where Europe all but destroyed itself began in 1914. And in some sense one can begin to see the si...
a Buddhist monk, Venerable Thich Nhah Hanh, "whether he would rather have peace under a communist regime that would mean the end o...
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...
moved to the cities (War and prosperity, p. 231). "By 1950, 64 percent of the countrys total population lived in urban areas..." (...
was integral to getting rid of Hitler and rendering what he did something that will likely never happen again. And while there wer...
success in World War II. While both had their strengths, both also had their weaknesses. It was the combined effort that finally...
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 ...
1950 (Gaddis, 1982). What is the NSC-68 exactly? It seems that this report would outline national security strategy during a time...
considerably. Two world leaders, in particular, stand out when we are considering these events from a U.S. perspective. These two...
new technology. With these elements in mind, the following paper examines railroads, weaponry, and ironclads as it relates to the ...
rhetoric; this is the charismatic leader theory (A summary of the causes of World War II). The mob mentality theory is supported b...
the French and Indian War-or at least that part of it fought in North America goes by that name. This paper is a first-person narr...
democracies, did not want communism to spread throughout Europe. Both superpowers possessed nuclear weapons and both had the power...
paper properly!...
(Parker, 2005, p. 2). The result was that technological innovation "and the equally vital ability to respond to it, soon became an...
2155 Robert S. McNamara is one of the most memorable twentieth century figures. In "Fog of...
individual is exposed to any type of experience there is the potential for that individual to be desensitized to any experiences t...
and the public. Party slogans exemplify doublethink, as they proclaim that war is really peace, freedom is really slavery, etc. Wh...
he unravels the various people involved that served under, and aside from, Lincoln. While one could argue that his work, and sourc...