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Intelligence Gathering by U.S. Agencies during World War II and Beyond

better known as G-2 (Warner, COI came first, 2000). At times, the information went all the way up to the White House, but short of...

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...

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...

A Veteran of the Vietnam War's Perspectives

In five pages this tutorial considers the experiences of a veteran of the Vietnam War. Three sources are cited in the bibliography...

Vietnam War's Historiography

In eight pages the historical documentation of the Vietnam War is examined. Fifteen sources are cited in the bibliography....

The So-Called Ongoing Gulf War and U.S. Involvement

a part of Iraq, yet Kuwait had systematically encroached on Iraqi territory, while also deliberately stealing Iraqi oil from the R...

Client Wars And Surrogate Armies

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...

The Street by Ann Petry

financially running a vegetable store. Lutie ponder their situation, "Who would have thought that this old Italian couple...would ...

Modern Gladiator Days

pankration matches were held in a confined arena space with a referee presiding or few rules beyond the prohibition of eye gouging...

Benefits Of Profiling In Fighting Terrorism

to become terrorists also share certain characteristics, traits, and backgrounds. One of the challenges in arguing for the pract...

Lance Armstrong and the notion 'Its Not About the Bike'

on Armstrongs body but the real heroics are attributable to the man and to the body itself! Armstrong was diagnosed with te...

Contrasting and Comparing Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Beowulf

Gawain is presented with similar atrocities and the same type of need for retribution, though his choice of actions and his determ...

1916 Battle of Verdun II

(Anonymous verdun.html): the destruction of a city or township simply because it could be accomplished. The soldiers fighti...

Autonomy and the Basques

In twenty five pages this paper examines how the war to achieve autonomy is still being fought by the Basques. Twenty sources are...

Langemarck and the First Military Example of Chemical Warfare

rest of time. The horrors of gas warfare had never been seen on a battlefield until 1915. The Germans were the first to use gas bu...

Civil War Battle Of Fredericksburg

their way at a fast clip. The first men to arrive at the designated site took two days in their approach to Stafford Heights. Ge...

Daily Life during the Seven Years War in North America

going in different directions. I suspect we brought much of the prejudice with us from England. But there is no denying that the "...

Changes in Military Operations

been bombarded. In effect, the equipment was more refined, the weapons more powerful with airplanes added to the mix, but it was s...

Drug Supply/Demand Reduction, an Overview

This paper pertains to Supply Reduction and Demand Reduction as policies in fighting the War on Drugs. Three pages in length, two ...

Women and the Lure of Work During the Second World War

In 7 pages this paper examines the government's campaign propaganda designed to get women into the workplace during the Second Wor...

An Examination of the Cold War and Why It Did Not Result in a Major War

first stage of escalation sees the parties to the conflict shift from the use of light strategies towards heavy tactics. Light tac...

A Look at Civil War Black Soldiers and Sailors

slaves played a role during the Civil War in eventually seeing freedom is as follows: "By running from masters to become contraban...

The Importance of Vaccines

defense response in an attempt to eradicate them. The defense response staged by our immune system includes the productio...

Possible Solutions to the Problems Associated with the 'War on Drugs'

the displacement and abuse of the impoverished in the world. Turnipseed (2000) notes that in order to help many of the people in f...

Militarism Policy of the United States

no one would call it aggressive. While many suggest that nations need a strong defense, like the U.S. and Israel, one could ask ju...

First World War Battles Fought Beyond the European Continent

name suggests--would affect the entire world. II. World War One World War I begins when the Archduke Ferdinand, who is heir ...

The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw

in eight categories: ordinary people; home front; heroes; women in uniform and out; shame; love, marriage and commitment; famous p...

Women in the Canadian Military Forces

this aspect. Before 1939, the Canadian military women would serve as nurses during the Northwest Rebellion in 1885 as well as in t...

The United Nations: Overview

easing poverty and supporting economic development; agricultural development and fisheries; education; family planning; emergency ...

'War on Drugs' and its Political Benefits

the creation of organizations. NORML (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws) is perhaps the best known group that...