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The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara

The turning point for the American Civil War was the Battle of Gettysburg, one conflict of many that stood out as instrumental in ...

Vietnam The Necessary War by Michael Lind

to preserve the military and diplomatic credibility of the United States in the Cold War, but when its costs grew excessive the wa...

War and the Human Psyche Impact According to Ernest Hemingway

In five pages this paper considers how many of Hemingway's works are rooted in his own wartime experiences and observations as a c...

US Civil War's Purpose

In six pages this paper assesses the Civil War's purpose within the context of Abraham Lincoln's observation 'I claim not to have ...

Justification of War

and sets things straight in the world politically, war can also prevent future devastation. Sometimes measures have to be taken to...

Sovereignty: What It Means In Today's Global Society

in world politics illustrates how such groups form out of a need to "right" perceived wrongs. Since they believe their duty is to...

Comparative Analysis of Georege Orwell's 1984 and Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

In four pages this paper of two parts compares Orwell's Winston Smith and Kesey's Randall McMurphy and in the second part 'the boo...

Mary Pipher/Another Country

age that are frequently expressed within Western society evolve, at least partially, from the changes in social status that occur ...

The English Patient/Theme of Nationalism

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

W.B. Yeats/An Irish Airman Foresees His Death

people of Kiltaran, there is not likely end to the war that will affect them deeply one way or the other. Furthermore, it was not ...

Australia and the Effects of World War I

them with a spirit of determination and adventure. During the first few weeks, an excess of 20,000 men volunteered to serve and u...

Tokyo Story as a Reflection of Conditions in Post World War II Japan

such a level of significance which allows it to be seen as a representation of the issues which are applicable to the society, and...

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, ...

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," ...

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...

Isaac Rosenberg's and Wilfred Owen's First World War Poetry

poem continues and discusses how life was once perhaps simple for these soldiers, but all innocence is past: "Their flowers the te...

Russia and Tsarism's Collapse

the country based on more equality, not further separation (Lewin, 2002). Russia at this times was quite literally in "the thro...

1930s' Decline of Great Britain

Imperial rule of the colonies was being demonstrated, perhaps over confidence following the 1857 mutiny which had been put down, w...

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...

Postwar Success of Japan

Emperor was stripped of his rank and power, most would say that he and the nation of Japan lost much face because of it. In Japane...

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...

The U.S. in the Progressive Era

there was a genuine concern in America at the time over the abuses and injustices ordinary people suffered at the hands of the wea...

The Injustices of World War II: Japanese American Internment and Atomic Bombs

hatred and prejudice was not the result of anything they had done but rather the result of the physical and cultural differences b...

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...

Henri and Julia and World War I

much in love, and neither of them is going to stray from the marriage during their separation. Well also imagine that at the time ...

American Policy in Japan, 1948-1952

pictured Japanese soldiers as monkeys in military garb and machine guns, swinging through the trees (Dower 183). Likewise, the Jap...

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,...

The United Nations: Overview

easing poverty and supporting economic development; agricultural development and fisheries; education; family planning; emergency ...