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The Cold War Superiority of the United States

as it was during what was deemed the cold war. II. The Cold War The expression "cold war" was used for the first time by...

America's Civil War, Literature, and Art

North and the more rural, ante-bellum Old South. Most historians agree that, in addition to the concept of slavery, vast d...

U.S. Culture and Societal Impacts of the Cold War

II. RELIVING THE PAST TO UNDERSTAND THE FUTURE It has been argued that the end of the Cold War has made "obsolete...

Just War and Operation Enduring Freedom

in World War II. Not only did Japan attack American soil, and its people, but the United States could no longer ignore the debauch...

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 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...

Impact of the Dred Scott Decision of 1857

contention was that the black slave lived in a state of oblivion to his position of being owned as property and was almost complet...

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 ...

Military Draft and War With Iraq For and Against

any number of problems with Saudi Arabia and Iran (Thomas, 2003). Even so, King Fahd of Saudi Arabia, said at that time that Sadda...

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...

Australia and Great Britain and Critical Events

be a most applicable means by which to render attack on the enemy; however, what ensued was not so much of a protecting agent as o...

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,...

Brazil and Civil Wars

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

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...

The 1950s

with the wall in the 1990s. Communism, the panacea of the cold war, was something that never materialized as Marx intended. Instea...

The Peloponnesian War and Cold War Parallels

argued that insecurity has been "one fundamental factor affecting Soviet policy" (Diplomatic Telegrams) since the beginnings of th...

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). ...

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...

Exploring the Civil War's Causes

determining the direction that this country would ultimately take (McPherson, 1988). There were many individuals in the yea...

African Americans and the Civil War's Effects

Lincoln, and Northerners in general, are popularly seen as advocates for the black race. However, what is less well-known is that ...

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...

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...

Terrorism War's Cost and the Dilemma of George W. Bush

Quaeda is not dependent on the continued existence of its leader. Even if allied forces were able to capture bin Laden tomorrow, ...

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...

US Civil War's Turning Points

argues that "Common sense, the necessities of the war, to say nothing of the dictation of justice and humanity have at last prevai...

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...

Before the American Revolution, King Philip's War

time things were peaceful. The general attitude on the part of the colonists was that they felt sorry for the natives and their p...

Just War Concept of Thomas Aquinas and the Vietnam War

the United States holding the political bag. Ho Chi Minh determined that this was the perfect time to try and reunite North and So...