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

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...

a Buddhist monk, Venerable Thich Nhah Hanh, "whether he would rather have peace under a communist regime that would mean the end o...

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..." (...

past twenty years, the benefit of which was first truly realized with the likes of teen idol lunch boxes; since the advent of the ...

progress of the revolution was not so much the rejection of one set of political and social values and the generation of another, ...

troops in the field; it "provided additional firepower to troops engaged on the ground," it extracted troops from engagements when...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

recognize that United States, being a newly formed country simply did not initially have the capital and credit markets in place w...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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