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hospitals. Under her wings, she took care of the soldiers while at the same time training other women to "nurse" them back to hea...
summarizing the work of both Postrel and OBrien. Aesthetics, according to Postrel, aid people in defining themselves by the "loo...
et al, 2000). And the settlers brought diseases with them against which the Indians had no defense, wiping them out in large numbe...
was able to be waged. There are two things that differentiated the air campaign from other prior conflicts. One difference is that...
announces to all listeners that this warrior has the skill to battle the monster that has terrorizing Heorot. Beowulf battles Gren...
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...
to shift his ground until he agreed with the allies (McCollum, 2003). Germany would be made to pay. "Unfortunately, rather than ...
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 ...
considerably. Two world leaders, in particular, stand out when we are considering these events from a U.S. perspective. These two...
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...
French were greatly outnumbered and they were trapped. This is when they appealed to the United States for help (Vietnam War: Summ...
new technology. With these elements in mind, the following paper examines railroads, weaponry, and ironclads as it relates to the ...
There were also conflicts between the Australian Imperial Force and the militia troops, who had hastily been drafted when it becam...
of those were Americans. The passenger ship, the Sussex met a similar fate (Kunhardt, 1999). Still, Wilson refused to budge, hon...
had no voice at all. Jefferson Davis accused the North of wanting "an unjust system of legislation to promote the industry of the...
Democracy, say Communist opposition, is necessary for China to modernize, inasmuch as the fundamental essence of modernization is ...
However, there are many tribal and ethnic divisions within these and so, it is difficult for all of them to get together and form ...
could have been avoided had cooler heads been leading Austria-Hungary at the time of the assassination of their heir to the throne...
but a few."2 On the home front, during World War I, it was considered imperative to ensure that a system of "elite decision-making...
They also vote on issues pertinent to liberty. For the colonists both issues loomed large. There is much argument as to what cau...
alive during the time period are still alive. And, perhaps through further research women can begin to be seen more diversely as i...
rise of nationalism. People of common geographic origin, language, and history began to see themselves as members of large cultur...
from east to west and the number of states was growing with that expansion (Foner and Garraty, 1991). Among the more precipitory ...
tyranny, with scarcely anyone considering independence (Burns, 1969). It escalated into the birth of a nation, but the primary thr...
war because he already knew that once a troop commitment had been made - no matter how small - it would become difficult not to be...
First World War, and similarly beggared the ability of contemporaries to imagine its sweep, duration and consequences."5 For one...