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as no one bothered to make sure that things would go well. In the end, the war was just stopped but there were no victories. Ther...
had no voice at all. Jefferson Davis accused the North of wanting "an unjust system of legislation to promote the industry of the...
of those were Americans. The passenger ship, the Sussex met a similar fate (Kunhardt, 1999). Still, Wilson refused to budge, hon...
Democracy, say Communist opposition, is necessary for China to modernize, inasmuch as the fundamental essence of modernization is ...
dumb show was left. Not the most dramatic passage in the book, but one of the most compelling, is Caputos description of the day ...
moved to the cities (War and prosperity, p. 231). "By 1950, 64 percent of the countrys total population lived in urban areas..." (...
broke down and even when they were working, "were not capable of performing on a real battlefield" (Tank history, 2004). French ...
things. Resulting in 200,000 deaths, "The Nanjing Massacre is one of the best documented of Japanese atrocities because independen...
process, Ho Chi Minh claims that more than two million Vietnamese died of starvation, a result not only of French preoccupation wi...
or hurt is as bad as joining with the abusers. A great deal of the damage thats done in society is done by those who only stand a...
success in World War II. While both had their strengths, both also had their weaknesses. It was the combined effort that finally...
immediate collapse of the Bao Dai government at the end of the war Ho Chi Minh took the reins in Vietnam. He headed up a coalitio...
considerably. Two world leaders, in particular, stand out when we are considering these events from a U.S. perspective. These two...
the Vietnam debacle, and, consequently overlook Johnsons achievements in Europe, which Schwartz feels "deserve consideration as on...
was integral to getting rid of Hitler and rendering what he did something that will likely never happen again. And while there wer...
deliberation," much like Nestor had cautioned "Agamemnon against hasty judgment" (Gore on War). In both cases, despite any heeding...
free press, and that dissent is a vital, healthy and necessary part of citizenship-even during wartime. Introduction We have...
it" (Zelnick, 2005). There was also some dissent at this time, but it didnt come from protestors, but from professional military p...
there are individuals who either remember it or have hand one reason or another to study it. Americans themselves, in fact, held ...
period between September 1, 1939 (the date of Germanys invasion of Poland) and September 2, 1945 (the date of the Japanese surrend...
the children to do. Families moved to the cities and the transition was difficult. Still, this larger change resulted in a reduced...
the first of the two great wars where Europe all but destroyed itself began in 1914. And in some sense one can begin to see the si...
First World War, and similarly beggared the ability of contemporaries to imagine its sweep, duration and consequences."5 For one...
been various "military revolutions"-new ways of thinking about warfare that have caused complete changes in the way combat is cond...
by the reality of war. Their psyches have been reduced to the common denominator that is dictated by whatever has to be done in or...
and dodged the most important matters, continually laying the blame for the killing of millions at the feet of others (Cockburn, 2...
Orend points out that the mere threat of war, or mutual dislike and disdain, are not necessarily indicators of war. "The conflict ...
that brought the political tensions to a head was the assassination of the heir to the Austrian throne; Archduke Francis Ferdinand...
and the public. Party slogans exemplify doublethink, as they proclaim that war is really peace, freedom is really slavery, etc. Wh...
hospitals. Under her wings, she took care of the soldiers while at the same time training other women to "nurse" them back to hea...