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Richard Nixon and 1960s' Counterculture

bringing the country back into some semblance of order. It was these very movements that helped Nixons administration withdraw fro...

Vietnam and a Possible Peaceful Settlement

Or, in more general terms, how could the violence been ended in Vietnam? To speculate on how the violence could have ended or to...

Administration of President George W. Bush

key issues of concern to the community certainly would not hurt them and could even reap modest gains by taking advantage of stron...

The Impacts of World War I and World War II on American Society

I resulted from a variety of causes. The most prominent of these was the rise of nationalism. People of common geographic origin...

Analyzing the Gulf War Leadership of President George H.W. Bush

prices, cut the legs off of this machine. Iraq claimed that Kuwait had to be drilling diagonally across the border and tapping the...

Octavio Paz/Diego Rivera

portrays him "wearing the local costume of the Cuernavaca region and carrying a sugarcane=cutters machete ("Agrarian Leader Zapata...

Aspects of U.S. History - Vietnam and the Civil Rights Movement

well as the case that finally struck down the concept of "separate but equal" in terms of education, and mandating that all school...

Theodore Roosevelt: Philosophy And Programs

president, he had as much of an ardent following as he did a collection of adversaries; however, this diverse constituency reflect...

Causes of War

causes were paramount in the instigation of World War I, but these factors alone would not have been sufficient to cause a war wit...

Stoessinger on Vietnam

(Kissinger 684). Rather than commit virtual genocide and lose the "soul of the United States," Johnson was finally forced to withd...

War on Terrorism and the African American's Loyalty Paradox Response

was California Congresswoman, Barbara Lee who received death threats after she had the unmitigated courage to cast the only vote a...

In Favor Of The Aristide Government

p. 15). Financial backing is one of the most critical components of such an objective. The U.S. Agency for International Develop...

"Sorrow Of War," "Perfume Dreams" And "In Country" - Review

one can readily argue how the expectations of such a first-hand experience lend themselves to the overlapping of uncontrolled chao...

W.E.B. Du Bois/Double Consciousness

of measuring ones soul by the tape of a world that looks on in amused contempt and pity" (Du Bois ch. 1, para. 3). In other words,...

Causes and Results of the First and Second World Wars

In the socio and political environment that resulted after World War I ended, there was probably even less chance of global...

Compare and Contrast: The Two World Wars

suppress anti-Habsburg activities, organizations, and propaganda and that Habsburg officials be permitted to join in the Serbian i...

The U.S. Civil War: Causes and Implications

deal of power because their populations were growing so much. At the same time, Southern States were losing power and they began t...

The Emotion of Art During Times of War

light - or enlightened. The evil part of humanity - the executioners, are beyond the light - in the literal and spiritual dark. F...

Grand Illusion of President Ronald Reagan's Star Wars Program

which the media quickly nicknamed Star Wars. Reagans grand plan for protecting the United States from Armageddon was heavily prom...

The Future of American Healthcare

In this seven-page paper, the problems with the American healthcare system are portrayed. The essay also outlines President Obama'...

Thematic Comparison of Gilgamesh with Current Events

of evil. Bush pursued his quest for immortality by invading the Middle East, first in Iraq in March of 2003, and then established...

The American Presidency

of both the despotism that can be imposed by a monarch, as well as the "tyranny of a fixed popular majority" (Foner and Garraty). ...

Behind the Attack on Pearl Harbor

proposes that World War I and World War II were not separate conflicts but one long struggle with a cease-fire in the middle. This...

Dwight Eisenhower's and Lyndon Johnson's Domestic Programs

In three pages the domestic policies of these two U.S. Presidents are examined in terms of the insights they provide into the ever...

Questions on the United States Defense Budge for Fiscal Year 2001

Since the mid-1980s peaceful years, the US Army and the Air Force have been reduced by 45 percent, the Navy by 35 percent and the ...

Pro Gore Position in U.S. Presidential Election of 2000

In five pages this paper argues that Al Gore should be declared the winner in the state of Florida and become U.S. President with ...

Abigail Adams' 'Remember the Ladies!'

can produce, she would begin her correspondence to her husband, "Dearest Friend," and sign them "Portia" (http://www.masshist.org/...

1945 to 1952 Cold War America and Harry S. Truman

In five pages this period in American history under the leadership of President Harry S. Truman is discussed. Five sources are ci...

American Presidents Who Were the Most Influential

In five pages this paper explains why Theodore Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, and Ronald Reagan were the most influential of the twen...

Misdirection By Clinton

President Bill Clinton used a variety of tactics and ruses to distract the American public from his ongoing sex scandal, argues th...