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  • Angela's Ashes Essay

    Angela's Ashes Essay

    Angela’s Ashes is a story of a boy named Frank who lived a troublesome life. Frank’s mother Angela is married to a man named Malachy, his father. The Family is always struggling to survive because Malachy spends all of his money to buy liquor. The family decides to move to Ireland for hope of a better way of life, but it doesn’t happen. Even though Frank’s father Malachy alcohol addiction causes the family to be

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    Submitted: November 27, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Persion Gulf War

    Persion Gulf War

    St. Augustine's Just War Theory and the Persion Gulf War On August 2nd, 1990 the first Iraqi tanks crossed into Kuwait, as part of an invasion that marked the start of a six-month conflict between the United States and Iraq. These tanks were ordered to invade Kuwait by Saddam Hussein, the ruthless dictator of Iraq. The Iraqi troops looted Kuwaiti businesses and brutalized Kuwaiti civilians. Saudi Arabia began to fear that they may be invaded

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    Submitted: November 27, 2009 By: regina
  • The Relationship Between Modernity and the First World War

    The Relationship Between Modernity and the First World War

    The First World War, also known as the Great War of 1914-1918, is not an event that manifested overnight; it was the result of ever growing tension among European nations. This conflict was brought about by factors such as, nationalism, militarism, and the Alliance system. An upheaval such as the First World War was witness to the emergence of the glorification of war, struggle, despair, destruction and immense loss of life. The First World War

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    Submitted: November 27, 2009 By: Jon
  • Americas Involvement in World War Two

    Americas Involvement in World War Two

    Americas involvement in World War Two When war broke out , there was no way the world could possibly know the severity of this guerre. Fortunately one country saw and understood that Germany and its allies would have to be stopped. America's Involvement in World War two not only contributed in the eventual downfall of the insane Adolph Hitler and his Third Reich, but also came at the precise time and moment. Had the united

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    Essay Length: 590 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 28, 2009 By: July
  • War with Iraq

    War with Iraq

    Although severe consequences come with the decision of war with Iraq, most blinded United States of America citizens are still yet persuaded to support such a war. The Bush Administration has covered their schemes of war with lies to gain support. While weapons of mass destruction is supposedly the reason why the United States launched military action to begin with, all the clearly ignored consequences will haunt their final decision of war, and will remind

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    Submitted: November 28, 2009 By: Mike
  • Assess the Extent That Malcolm X Achieved His Goals in the Civil Rights Movement’ in America

    Assess the Extent That Malcolm X Achieved His Goals in the Civil Rights Movement’ in America

    Essay Question: Assess the extent that Malcolm X achieved his goals in "The Civil Rights Movement' in America. (Consider the legacy Malcolm X left behind) Malcolm X aspired for justice and liberalisation for all African-American people during the late 1950's and early 1960's. He was a dynamic spokesperson and used religious concepts from the Nation of Islam to appeal to many African-Americans. Malcolm X was an activist for Black Nationalism and separation as solutions to

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    Submitted: November 28, 2009 By: Jack
  • Corruption Vs. Civilization in Lord of the Flies

    Corruption Vs. Civilization in Lord of the Flies

    Corruption vs. Civilization in Lord of the Flies Every now and then, one finds themselves taking a deeper look inside of their soul, often times resulting in the discovery of an inner being. This inner being is perfectly depicted through the lord of the flies. Contrary to the boys’ beliefs, the lord of the flies, or in the novel the symbol of the “beast”, is not “something you could hunt and kill” (164), but rather

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    Submitted: November 28, 2009 By: Artur
  • Korean War

    Korean War

    Throughout the history of mankind there has always been war. Nations have always had disagreements with one another and the result is the death of many young soldiers. Although many men die in war, not as many men die if the war was fought to win and not only to stop the enemy. However, the wars that have not been fought to win, but only to stop a force, have had much greater a loss

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    Essay Length: 2,168 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: November 28, 2009 By: Jon
  • Dell War and Conflict Revolution

    Dell War and Conflict Revolution

    War and Conflict There are various factors that contribute to the stem of war and conflict. With the shit of interstate to intrastate and the capacity of non-state actors of mega-violence modern militaries have rebuild their capacities to adapt to the formation of new threats. Some examples are non-state radicals, traditional criminal elements, and rouge states that are characterized by asymmetric warfare in this new era of conflict. Dell has created a theory of conflict

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    Submitted: November 28, 2009 By: Tasha
  • Warfare of the Great War

    Warfare of the Great War

    Most of the fighting during World War I was carried out by land armies in Europe. Naval forces were used primarily to prevent food and supplies from reaching their destinations. Airplanes were also used in a major military campaign for the first time during World War I, although they played a small role in the war’s outcome. A Land Warfare Most of the decisive land campaigns of World War I occurred on the continent of

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    Essay Length: 1,025 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 28, 2009 By: Edward
  • War

    War

    Many have pondered the question "What is war?" with very few ever reaching a consensus. If a consensus is reached, it is categorically remarked with criticism. Virtually every interpretation of the term "war" has had its meaning argued. The nature of the beliefs of war is intricate and this dissertation try’s to ascertain an extensive understanding of its landscape and the relations that are common to any philosophical investigation of the topic. War' defined by

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    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Cold War

    Cold War

    12/18/2005 Cont. World Cold War The cold war is best defined as a struggle of power between the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) who were communists and the USA who were democratic. The cold war never lead to any fighting. The cold war was mainly a lack of trust, suspicion, and misunderstandings on both sides and their allies. The cold war began in 1945, after WWII, and ended in late 1989. The cold war

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    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Drug War

    Drug War

    Drug war Every weekend night on Cops, we see “drug crazed” criminals being escorted to the back of police cruisers to be place under arrest. There is neither name nor story behind the person, they are just labeled as criminals and portrayed as bad people. America has the highest percentages of incarceration rates in the world. This was on drugs has slowly become a war on lower class and has placed many people behind

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    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Cold War/eisenhower

    Cold War/eisenhower

    With the end of World War 2 came the Cold war with many controversies even between former allies. Communist Russia forced control over their section that was gained in the Potsdam conference. They set up many barriers around their portion of East Berlin and eventually around East Germany. America had dropped the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima and a new technology been revealed as a massive, deadly weapon that could wipe out thousands instantly, it was

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    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: Top
  • War in Iraq and Just War Theory

    War in Iraq and Just War Theory

    • Just cause: In my opinion, the United States had no right to go into Iraq based solely on a theory that Saddam had weapons of mass destruction. According to the Just War Theory, war is permissible only to confront “a real and certain danger," to protect innocent life, to preserve conditions necessary for decent human existence and to secure basic human rights. • Competent authority: Just War Theory states that “War must be declared

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    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: Janna
  • Cause and Effect the Indian-Pakistani Conflict and the Prospect of Nuclear War.

    Cause and Effect the Indian-Pakistani Conflict and the Prospect of Nuclear War.

    Nuclear war is something that we have all heard about. It seems to be overdramatized in movies. But perhaps the movies are right. Maybe we are on the brink of a chasm so dark and ominous that it drowns out all faith and light. A nuclear holocaust occurring would wipe out all of civilization as we know it. We would be essentially thrown into a dark age. Never in the history of the world has

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    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: Artur
  • The War on Terrorism

    The War on Terrorism

    The War On Terrorism Every morning, millions of people around the world begin their day by reading the newspaper. News topics are constantly discussed in everyday life and remain the dominant topic of conversation between friends, family, and even strangers. It is our responsibility as a modern society to recognize all events that impact our lives and make others aware of them, and newspapers as well as the general media allow us this opportunity. The

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    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: Top
  • A Day in the Life of a Medieval Peasant Western Civilization

    A Day in the Life of a Medieval Peasant Western Civilization

    Holly Miller November 2, 2005 A Day in the Life of A Medieval Peasant Western Civilization Daily life for us peasants is generally pretty hard. I get up each morning at dawn, eat a quick breakfast of homemade bread and ale and then I'm off to the fields for a full day of work. We have to plant, tend, and harvest at least one good crop a year or we will starve in the winter.

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    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: Top
  • All Quiet on the Western Front: War and Authority Corruption

    All Quiet on the Western Front: War and Authority Corruption

    “All Quiet On The Western Front: War and Authority Corruption” It is always easier to say how you would respond to war while looking upon it as an outsider who has seen little outside of movies and pictures. We tell ourselves “I could never imagine doing that“, or “How could any human be so corrupt?” That is what we say, but I wonder what those same men said just prior to their war time experience.

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    Submitted: November 30, 2009 By: Andrew
  • Inter-War Italy: The Fascist Appeal and Socially Detrimental Effects in Ignazio Silone’s Fontamara

    Inter-War Italy: The Fascist Appeal and Socially Detrimental Effects in Ignazio Silone’s Fontamara

    Inter-war Italy: The Fascist Appeal and Socially Detrimental Effects in Ignazio Silone's Fontamara There are people in the world who base their knowledge of the past on what they read in novels. As media influences peoples' perception of history, we must analyze how authors depict landmark events to understand why some people have perverted interpretations of the past. While some texts distort history, Ignazio Silone's Fontamara is a fictional tale of a village in southern

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    Submitted: November 30, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Star Wars and Its Buzz Marketing Campaign

    Star Wars and Its Buzz Marketing Campaign

    I. Introduction Word-of-mouth advertising is often referred to as one of the most important sources of information for a consumer because it allows them to connect on a personal level instead of feeling pressured from a distant and calculated marketing pitch by an advertiser. Ironically, this form of "advertising" is not paid for, whereas advertisers usually pay for their advertisements. Word-of-mouth and buzz marketing can often be related in many ways because they are both

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    Essay Length: 2,854 Words / 12 Pages
    Submitted: November 30, 2009 By: Vika
  • The Civil Rights Movement

    The Civil Rights Movement

    The Civil Rights Movement When did the Civil Rights movement start to surface? What were the foundations of the Civil Rights movement? What were the successes and failures of a movement attempting to affect social change in the 1950's and 1960's America. The intent of this research is to describe the principal tenants of the Civil Rights movement, its success and failures, and to provide the foundation it was built upon. The war brought many

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    Submitted: November 30, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • World War 2

    World War 2

    World War 2 World War 2 was a conflict between the Allied Powers that consisted of United Kingdom, Soviet Union, United States, Republic of China, Poland, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Canada, Norway, Greece, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, India, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Egypt, Philippines, Brazil, and more. While the Axis Power which consisted of Germany, Japan, Italy, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Finland, Croatia, Slovakia, Thailand and others. There were many causes like the German taking over of

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    Submitted: November 30, 2009 By: Edward
  • The War of 1812

    The War of 1812

    The War of 1812 was fought between the United States and England. Ending in 1815 with the Treaty of Ghent, the war did not accomplish any of the issues it was being fought over. For the US, the War of 1812 seemed to just be one failure after another. Although the military suffered great failure during the war, these were the direct consequence of the failure of the citizens to unite for the causes of

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    Submitted: November 30, 2009 By: Mike
  • Psychological Effects of the Vietnam War on Gi’s

    Psychological Effects of the Vietnam War on Gi’s

    It is believed by the majority, that one of the chief downfalls of the American occupation in Vietnam was the underestimation of the resilience of the Communist Vietcong in the north. It was believed by most analysts, at the time, that the North Vietnamese could easily be brought to negotiate. President Johnson, along with most of his advisors, believed that once the North Vietnamese saw the enormous power of the U.S. military that they would

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    Submitted: November 30, 2009 By: Andrew