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Finding Peace in a Culture of War

individual is exposed to any type of experience there is the potential for that individual to be desensitized to any experiences t...

The Tides of War by Steven Pressfield

dropping bombs from 30,000 feet or sitting in a headquarters building and pushing a button to annihilate soldiers thousands of mil...

US-China Trade 2008

Chinas "Exports to the U.S. rose 9.9 percent in the first seven months of 2008 from a year earlier after gaining 8.9 percent in th...

China's Role in the International Steel Industry

and put them to sound business use meant to be the only ones doing so. Business people did not recognize the value of competition...

International Relations and Economics

United States was not always at the center of this development, particularly in the beginning. It came to be at the center, howev...

Germany and the Effects of the Second World War's Outcome

expansion into Southeast Asia, had attacked the U.S. Pacific fleet (moored in Pearl Harbor in Hawaii) the previous day (December 7...

Star Wars' Mythical Power

First, it should be noted that the Star Wars myth is also exemplified in other films like K-Pax where an alien who is from the pla...

Did the War of 1812 Need to be Fought?

peace time, but because of t his, American trade was dependent on the goodwill of the Royal Navy (Drew and Snow). When the Napol...

Kurt Lohbeck's Holy War, Unholy Victory Eyewitness To The CIA's Secret War In Afghanistan

In seven pages this paper reviews Lohbeck's text in an emphasis upon the roles of Islam and the CIA in the author's Afghan reality...

War Concept and the 'Language of War'

Language. Orwell explains that in his time at least, political speech and writing were primarily done to defend the indefensible (...

Comparative Analysis of Posters During World War I and World War II

armed forces volunteer recruitment, and raising much-needed funds for the Red Cross (Inge 1989). Although World War I is believed...

Revolutionary War's Political Implications

In five pages this paper discusses the political policy aspects of the American Revolution. Seven sources are cited in the biblio...

Vietnam War's Tet Offensive and Press Coverage

The New York Times coverage of the Tet Offensive in articles from January 31 to February 7, 1968 is analyzed in seven pages. Nin...

1991 Gulf War's Process of Decision Making

In five pages this paper discusses the Gulf War of 1991 in terms of major players and how generals make decisions. Nine sources a...

Vietnam War's Gulf of Tonkin Incident

In fifteen pages this paper discusses how the Vietnam War was affected by the early Gulf of Tonkin battle. Ten sources are cited ...

Second World War's Battle of Okinawa

In eight pages the naval battle plans associated with the Second World War battle of Okinawa are examined in this military overvie...

Contextual Approach to Media Criticism in 'Star Wars' and 'Jaws'

This is an historical research paper of 8 pages that discusses the impact these films had on popular culture, economics, technolog...

Second World War's Personal Impacts

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

War's Effects in Texts of Pat Barker and Sebastian Faulks

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

Jill Lepore's The Name of War and King Philip's War

the war with King Philip are addressed as well as the Native Americans view of the outcome of the war. Both the Prologue and the E...

American Life Prior to the First World War and Following the Second World War

citizens (DeLong, 1997). "The projects and politics of militarism and imperialism, of racial and cultural rivalries, of monopolie...

War's Realities and Poetry

be born of patriotism and love for their country, as there are few things that would inspire the soldiers to put up with such bad ...

New Technology and the 'Audio Wars'

give up something so familiar for untried technology. Additionally, those consumers who are willing to delve into the brave new di...

Films on the Vietnam War and the War Itself

This paper considers how the Vietnam War was depicted in the 1987 film Full Metal Jacket and the 1988 film Good Morning, Vietnam i...

Cold War's 'End' Political Essay

In two pages this paper argues that despite its reputed end the Cold War endures in the hearts and minds of those who survived tha...

Thomas Hobbes on War's Inevitability

This topic is discussed within the context of the book Of the First and Second Natural Laws, and of Contracts by Thomas Hobbes in...

Revolutionary War's Radicalism

progress of the revolution was not so much the rejection of one set of political and social values and the generation of another, ...

Technological Differences Between Vietnam War and the Gulf War

troops in the field; it "provided additional firepower to troops engaged on the ground," it extracted troops from engagements when...

Crossover Development and George Lucas' 'Star Wars'

past twenty years, the benefit of which was first truly realized with the likes of teen idol lunch boxes; since the advent of the ...

Five Key Events in One of the Most Horrendous Wars in History, The Vietnam War

French were greatly outnumbered and they were trapped. This is when they appealed to the United States for help (Vietnam War: Summ...