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Dower's Embracing Defeat

noted that the emperor had announced defeat, which meant surrender (Dower, 2001). Yet, the woman who Dower notes on the first pag...

Visual Imagery in 2 German Films

red interior, which contrasts with the white exterior of the car. Like the car, Ripley has a seemingly "spotless" exterior, but hi...

Ozu/Tokyo Story

film taking on certain aspects of each others roles (Davis 80). Norika offers Tomi and Shukichi the respect that filial tradition ...

Salvage Law and Government Property in US Waters

is agreeable to turning the plane over to the Navy but only if he is at least reimbursed the money that he has been out recovering...

Reorganization Of National Security, Post-WWII

took the lead to coordinate at least their own departments in an effort to decide what diplomatic activities and what military act...

The English Patient/Theme of Nationalism

blank slate for the imaginings of those around him, particularly Hana. Myth "crosses international boundaries and offers apparentl...

World War II Artists & Posters

is one of Americas best loved artists. Arguably, no other artist succeed so completely at reflecting the homespun nature of Americ...

World War II Artists & Posters

A 6 page research paper that discusses 3 posters form the World War II era. The artists profiled in this paper are Martha Sawyers,...

Freud And Malaparte

stronger than that instinct. He believed that if there were no checks and reins required by civilization that humans would just te...

AMERICAN HISTORY: AN OVERVIEW

having to serve it. These days, of course, television is very much ensconced in the fabric of our lives, with most homes having at...

Reitz’s Heimat and World War II

mayor. Lucie begins to fulfill her ambitious dreams. Episode 4, "The New Road, 1938" and Episode 5, "Up and Away and Back, 1939," ...

Truman Proclamation/Continental Shelf

over activities off its shores," which pertain to the utilization of these resources (Truman). Having laid out the rationale for...

An Overview of the Battle of Dunkirk

had all the emotional attributes of a film where the audience is cheering for victory. Indeed, the operation did much for morale, ...

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...

The Future of China

economy on the planet" (p. 313). Observations like these are troubling for those in the west. Some even fear a Russian-Chinese all...

Hiroshima and Nagasaki Unnecessary Victims of the Cold War

Conclusion Introduction When the United States dropped the atomic bomb on Japan in August, 1945, it brought a swift end to the S...

Evolution of the Russian Family Institition

however, in the 1930s to 1950s when the Bolshevik state worked actively towards disbanding the traditional family unit and transfo...

Justifications for the Use of Atomic Bombs in World War II

is to argue that while we might have been misguided in our decision to utilize the newly devised atomic weaponry against Japan, ou...

EUROPE, POST WORLD WAR II AND TODAY

and East Germans shot for trying to take the route west. In Germany, at least, the post-war years well into the 1970s and 1980s co...

Intelligence Agencies in World War II

split; the Nazis "created a separate intelligence organization, the Sicherheitsdienst, or Security Service, headed by Reinhard Hey...

"MONUMENTS MEN" AND UNDERSTANDING CULTURE

artists from 13 nations to "save as much of the culture of Europe as they could during combat" (Edesel, 2009, 50). Basically, the ...

1865 to 1945 American Economy

Today, people know when they put their money in the bank, it is insured by the government, at least up to a certain amount of mone...

Mobilizing the United States Home Front for World War II

was still mired in the Depression in 1940 when Roosevelt made the speech, and almost overnight things turned around (Faragher et a...

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...

Ineffective Alliance Between Germany and France

Today the world is a different place, the EU is performing its tasks and biding countries together to war is unlikely. The global ...

The Embracing Defeat of John Dower

more familiar, suggesting that the people are not in control and the dictatorships is military style. In other words, force is use...

Ancient Rome to Post Second World War Infrastructural Development and Military Strategy

strategies of Romes Julius Caesar and Claudius, the author emphasizes the role infrastructural development played in wartime strat...

C. Raymond Calhoun's Service During World War II

heroism and bravery, there is no feeling that he is bragging or presenting the Sterett crew of entirely composed of heroes. Rather...

Asian Immigrants to the U.S. After World War II

been prohibited from becoming citizens in the U.S. thanks to age-old biases and prejudices (Asian American History, 2004). Howeve...

US Foreign Policy Since World War II

creating the United Nations, one of the most powerful organizations that involves itself in promoting the security of all nations ...