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does discuss the difficulties with reporting history as generally speaking, history is not exciting. It is not sensational as are ...

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

could have been avoided had cooler heads been leading Austria-Hungary at the time of the assassination of their heir to the throne...

but a few."2 On the home front, during World War I, it was considered imperative to ensure that a system of "elite decision-making...

to shift his ground until he agreed with the allies (McCollum, 2003). Germany would be made to pay. "Unfortunately, rather than ...

They also vote on issues pertinent to liberty. For the colonists both issues loomed large. There is much argument as to what cau...

alive during the time period are still alive. And, perhaps through further research women can begin to be seen more diversely as i...

rise of nationalism. People of common geographic origin, language, and history began to see themselves as members of large cultur...

the action was the straw that broke the Camels back. In fact, not only was it a turning point for the Vietnam conflict, but if one...

There were also conflicts between the Australian Imperial Force and the militia troops, who had hastily been drafted when it becam...

of those were Americans. The passenger ship, the Sussex met a similar fate (Kunhardt, 1999). Still, Wilson refused to budge, hon...

had no voice at all. Jefferson Davis accused the North of wanting "an unjust system of legislation to promote the industry of the...

Democracy, say Communist opposition, is necessary for China to modernize, inasmuch as the fundamental essence of modernization is ...

success in World War II. While both had their strengths, both also had their weaknesses. It was the combined effort that finally...

was integral to getting rid of Hitler and rendering what he did something that will likely never happen again. And while there wer...

from east to west and the number of states was growing with that expansion (Foner and Garraty, 1991). Among the more precipitory ...

tyranny, with scarcely anyone considering independence (Burns, 1969). It escalated into the birth of a nation, but the primary thr...

1950 (Gaddis, 1982). What is the NSC-68 exactly? It seems that this report would outline national security strategy during a time...

a shrew mouse" (Remarque, 1987, p. 10). He observes that much of the misery in the world is caused by little men (not an original...

noble. Socrates was doing the right thing. Today, as people wrestle with unjust rules and laws, there are some who simply follow ...

considerably. Two world leaders, in particular, stand out when we are considering these events from a U.S. perspective. These two...

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

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...

can imagine that carrying letters around are testaments to the fact that he has a life at home. Vietnam provides a backdrop of cha...

moved to the cities (War and prosperity, p. 231). "By 1950, 64 percent of the countrys total population lived in urban areas..." (...

deliberation," much like Nestor had cautioned "Agamemnon against hasty judgment" (Gore on War). In both cases, despite any heeding...

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...

new technology. With these elements in mind, the following paper examines railroads, weaponry, and ironclads as it relates to the ...