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Essays 211 - 240
In five pages the Civil War Battle of Gettysburg as seen through the eyes of author Michael Shaara is examined in this text review...
began when Austria-Hungary believed that the newly enlarged, Russian-backed, Serbia was a paramount threat to its security. This w...
In this five page paper the writer explores the book by Tom Engelhardt from a personal perspective. Insight is provided as to how...
In seven pages this paper examines why Japan became embroiled in the Second World War conflict and its failed effort....
In five pages this essay explores the meaning behind Abraham Lincoln's observations on 'necessities of war' by examining the Civil...
the human omnipotence and the genuinely powerless. The books grim analysis of totalitarianisms origin leads the author to ass...
war of ideas,"" as sums up the "thinking of the intellectuals and government para-intellectals who supported the war."v The bulk ...
describes how and why the disastrous ramifications of the Treaty of Versailles set up the conditions that generated continued conf...
was a client war, which is defined as a war where two sides fight in a third country. In Korea, the U.S. fought directly against t...
obviously take the most tragic of subjects and place the words in a way that would make us, the reader, want more, and yet cause u...
was a republic, led by the Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek. Due to the fact that there was serious opposition to his government...
then took this reality and spinned it to contest the uncontestable and knew there could be no definitive answer, which he believed...
Quiet was largely to dispel nationalistic fantasies about warfare and depict WWI in realistic fashion as perceived by the common G...
war because he already knew that once a troop commitment had been made - no matter how small - it would become difficult not to be...
aggressive regimes, punishment for a wrongdoing that has not been corrected. Iraqs 1990 invasion into Kuwait is an example of a ju...
of petroleum for the United States and its European allies" and also to "prevent or minimize Soviet involvement in the region" (Ge...
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...
deliberation," much like Nestor had cautioned "Agamemnon against hasty judgment" (Gore on War). In both cases, despite any heeding...
and the public. Party slogans exemplify doublethink, as they proclaim that war is really peace, freedom is really slavery, etc. Wh...
that brought the political tensions to a head was the assassination of the heir to the Austrian throne; Archduke Francis Ferdinand...
about much of its own global discord by virtue of its imperialistic mindset. While opinions about why Vietnam occurred are as vas...
and dodged the most important matters, continually laying the blame for the killing of millions at the feet of others (Cockburn, 2...
Orend points out that the mere threat of war, or mutual dislike and disdain, are not necessarily indicators of war. "The conflict ...
by the reality of war. Their psyches have been reduced to the common denominator that is dictated by whatever has to be done in or...
Triple Alliance. Slavery was abolished as a result of the war but the military took greater and greater predominance in Brazil. ...
military action in the province if the tribal leaders would promise not to give shelter to foreign elements or allow border attack...
hospitals. Under her wings, she took care of the soldiers while at the same time training other women to "nurse" them back to hea...
person that John F. Kennedy was addressing when he said "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your co...
summarizing the work of both Postrel and OBrien. Aesthetics, according to Postrel, aid people in defining themselves by the "loo...