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U.S. Civil War and Conscription

In five pages this paper discusses the U.S. Civil War in a consideration of the history of conscription or the draft and its decli...

Why the US Fought in the Vietnam War

Bien Phu ended French control of Indochina. (Anonymous PG). Ironically, French General Henri Navarre had wanted this batt...

A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

In five pages this paper examines how war's realities and intrusions have cemented contemporary society's philosophical foundation...

United States Economy and Persian Gulf War Effects

In five pages the Persian Gulf War's impact upon the economy of the United States in terms of residual effects is discussed. Seve...

Consequences of the American Civil War

This research report looks at the consequences of this very famous war that once divided a nation. What changes were brought about...

Irrevocable Consequences and Nuclear Destruction

In five pages this report discusses a nuclear war's result regarding radiation contamination and its ecological and biological con...

February 13 through 16 1862 Fall of Ft. Donelson During the Civil War

In seven pages this paper examines the fall of Ft. Donelson, Tennessee in this consideration of the Civil War and how this along w...

American Revolution and New Jersey

In three pages this paper examines the Revolutionary War role of New Jersey and its crucial war 'turning point' involvement. Ther...

Weapons and Their History

in time between release of the hammer and the subsequent explosion, which resulted in inaccuracy (Reid 167). After a number of exp...

The Conflicts Between Israelis and Arabs

In five pages the third and fourth of the wars between the Israelis and Arabs better known as the Six Day and Yom Kippur wars are ...

America's Longest War by George C. Herring

nature of international politics is that they are often relatively impracticable because of the size, scope and number of players ...

Tragedy of the My Lai Massacre

In sixteen pages the Vietnam War's My Lai massacre is discussed. Six sources are cited in the bibliography....

Difficulties Associated with Fighting the Vietnam War

Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon - worked to make the institutions of a "free society" available to that half of the nation to which ci...

A Fictional Young Mexican Living in Texas During the 19th Century

me the story of my birth even though he wasnt home for the blessed event of his first child and only son. He had joined a local m...

Immoral Actions and Henry Kissinger

there has been real "tension between Americas much-vaulted ethical and legal principles and its practical policy interests" (2000,...

The Vietnam War and the Attitudes That Drove the Conflict

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

Brazil and Civil Wars

Barrios de Chamorro transform her country into a peaceful nation, but she also abandoned the dictatorship that had heretofore oppr...

Cold World Impacts Documented in Underworld by Don Delillo

mind is obviously occupied with more important matters than baseball yet the stadium is coming unseated all around him and indeed,...

'War on Drugs' and its Negative Societal Impact

that the crime that goes with it is only relevant because drugs are illegal. If drug use was decriminalized, then there would be n...

The 9 Years War of 1688 to 1697 and Policies of Great Britain and Fance

PG), the Nine Years War was the result of significant - and many say unwanted - change. King William III and Queen Mary held cour...

The Cold War and Aldrich Ames

Aldrich Ames worked. According to one Western intelligence official, the commitment of Ames to his task was absolute, he acted ...

Vietnam and the Stance of Martin Luther King Jr.

In fifteen pages this research paper examines the reasons behind Martin Luther King's opposition to the war in Vietnam in a chrono...

Oliver Stone's Films

In 5 pages this paper examines Vietnam War vet Oliver Stone's films about the war Platoon and Born on the 4th of July. There are ...

Overview of the Battle of New Orleans

troops and frontier riflemen under Jackson had inflicted "appalling casualties on the British line," killing or wounding over two ...

Welfare System Since the Vietnam War

The welfare system and war handling by the United States and the changes that resulted from the Vietnam War are discussed in 5 pag...

Terrorism and War

war on terrorism, people were at first agreeable and like most other "wars" on anything, the cause lost its fervor after awhile. P...

A Civil War Personal Account

of Benjamin Franklin Ferris, 2002). In August of 1861 Ferris signed up to join Captain H. Cook who was recruiting soldiers to go ...

A Vietnam War Overview

supported by Russia (1991). The political climate became quite complex and the U.S. wanted to help Europe. It was a time of bomb s...

A Civil War History of Devil's Den Action

Online 2002, PG). Of the nine principles of war that were used in this particular battle, the one most used was that of objective...

History of U.S. Army Aviation

1909, the Wright brothers built the first "heavier than air flying machine" based on Army Aviation specifications. During World Wa...