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  • Woodrow Wilson and World War I

    Woodrow Wilson and World War I

    What role did Woodrow Wilson have in World War I? Woodrow Wilson, our 23rd president, became involved in a war that he did not want any part of. Wilson wanted to remain neutral and have peace as in his first term of office. During World War I Wilson’s roles in the war became well known in all countries. Wilson wanted peace more than anything else. In seeking for peace Wilson asked Congress for the U.S.

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    Submitted: February 11, 2010 By: Edward
  • The Atomic Technology of War

    The Atomic Technology of War

    The Atomic Technology of War: The spread of atomic weapons. Scientists in several countries performed experiments in connection with nuclear reactors and fission weapons during World War II, but no country other than the United States carried its projects as far as separating uranium-235 or manufacturing plutonium-239. The Axis powers By the time the war began on Sept. 1, 1939, Germany had a special office for the military application of nuclear fission; chain-reaction experiments with

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    Submitted: February 11, 2010 By: Vika
  • The War of Worlad

    The War of Worlad

    Date: January 10, 2006 The War of the World Final Essay H.G Wells was a scientific thinker and social mystic. One of the most widely read writers of his times; he explored the area science fiction, fought for a new social order, and made about 44 novels. Steven Allan Spielberg is an film director and producer. Steven Spielberg is known for his horror movies. One consistent theme in his family friendly work is a childlike,

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    Submitted: February 11, 2010 By: Vika
  • Vietnam War

    Vietnam War

    The Vietnam War was a time of aggressive war against communist as well as trying to control the peace between countries. The United States was to aid this war yet, back home they were protesting this war. People were losing their brothers, husbands, dads, uncles and grandparents for a fight for what? When the draft came to compliance, many students began to have sit ins and rallies protesting this war. Many including celebrities went on

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    Submitted: February 11, 2010 By: Vika
  • King Arthur’s Reasons Concerning War

    King Arthur’s Reasons Concerning War

    Arthur’s Reasons Concerning War Since the beginning of time, the chaotic and barbaric fighting called war has been and will happen until the end of the world, that is, unless mankind smartens up. As T.H. White puts it on pages 631-632,“They were always saying that the present one (war) was to be the last, and afterwards there was to be a heaven. They were always to rebuild such a new world as never was seen.

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    Submitted: February 11, 2010 By: Mike
  • War Details According to Journey’s End

    War Details According to Journey’s End

    Journey’s End The conditions of war. • Wet, muddy and dirty trenches, usually infested with rats. • Shortage of food and water supplies, they have to be disinfected with pepper/alcohol. • Officers lived in poor conditions; in dugouts- they had no proper beds. • Officers rotated every six days between the trenches. • The soldiers need to be ready at all times since the war is ongoing, therefore they are always dressed in their uniforms.

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    Submitted: February 11, 2010 By: July
  • How Lincoln Won the War with Metaphors

    How Lincoln Won the War with Metaphors

    Abraham Lincoln’s ability to speak with eloquence and force is what won the Civil War; there can be no doubt about it. His role as a motivator and often an inspiring teacher to all had more of an effect on the troops and the American people than a loss or a victory of any battle ever did. Lincoln’s speeches are some of the most celebrated in history for many good reasons. He was always

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    Submitted: February 11, 2010 By: Artur
  • Let’s End the War on Drugs

    Let’s End the War on Drugs

    Let’s End the War on Drugs Abuse of illicit drugs has been rampant in the United States for close to fifty years. The use of non-medical drugs, now known as recreational drugs, became illegal in 1914 in a law known as The Harrison Act (Charles Whitebread 1). Although this act was implemented to eliminate or at least reduce illegal drug use, it has had the opposite effect. In the year 1970, the estimated arrest involving

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    Submitted: February 11, 2010 By: Jack
  • President Bush and the War

    President Bush and the War

    President Bush has gotten his congressional mandate to launch a war on Iraq. People around the world see the United States using a swift hand in the justification of war. War wreaks havoc on societies, destabilizes fragile balances of power, provokes others to join the violence and sears itself into the memory of those who survive. The War of Iraq (2003) was the war in the Middle East country of Iraq, which resulted from the

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    Submitted: February 12, 2010 By: Edward
  • Post World War II Germany

    Post World War II Germany

    Introduction After The surrender of 1945, Germany was a country in shame, her once proud people, Prussian to Bavarian, were let down. The Third Reich was over, and the series of nations that would rise from the ashes would have much more in store for them. It would be another 40 years or so before she would be once again united, and encounter the taste of prosperity. Part 1, A Divided Germany I. Occupied Germany

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    Submitted: February 12, 2010 By: Jack
  • Vietnam War

    Vietnam War

    Choices Tim O’Brien was drafted to the Vietnam War. He didn’t want to go to the war. So he went to the northern woods in the northern Minnesota. He had to make a choice whether to go to the war or not to go to the war. After spending six days with guy Elroy he decides to go. Tim O’Brien went to the war for the wrong reasons. He didn’t even think that there should

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    Submitted: February 12, 2010 By: regina
  • War and Feminism

    War and Feminism

    War is a part of the human life that truly is horrific no matter how it is analyzed. It impacts the lives of people everywhere, no matter what their gender, race, age, or any other characteristic is. However in most cases it is women, young children and seniors that experience the largest impact of war. The very essence of war itself is purely competitive and aggressive, this kind of attitude stems in men, generally speaking.

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    Submitted: February 12, 2010 By: Mike
  • The Civil Rights Movement

    The Civil Rights Movement

    The Civil Rights Movement in the United States was a political, legal, and social struggle by black Americans to gain full citizenship rights and to achieve racial equality. The Civil Rights movement was first and foremost a challenge to segregation. During the Civil Rights Movement, individuals and organizations challenged segregation and discrimination with a variety of activities, including protest marches, boycotts, and refusal to abide by segregation laws. Many believed that the movement began with

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    Submitted: February 13, 2010 By: regina
  • World War one Causes

    World War one Causes

    Historians since 1918 have frequently sought for a rational but simplistic explanation for the beginning of World War One, in their attempt to rationalize history. As such, many historians have advanced the argument that it was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914 that provided the impetus for the war. However, whilst this assassination may have led to the formal declaration of war, a more thorough examination of the years leading up to 1914

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    Submitted: February 13, 2010 By: regina
  • Rosa Parks: The Mother of Modern-Day Civil Rights Movement

    Rosa Parks: The Mother of Modern-Day Civil Rights Movement

    Rosa Parks: The Mother of Modern Civil Rights Rosa Louise McCauley Parks is nationally recognized as the mother of the modern-day civil rights movement in America. She was not trying to start a movement. She was simply tired of the social injustice and did not think that a woman should be forced to stand so that a man could sit down. By refusing to surrender her seat to a white male passenger on a Montgomery,

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    Submitted: February 13, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Battles of World War 2

    Battles of World War 2

    Normandy Invasion, D-Day In December 1943, the chiefs of staff of the Allies chose American General Dwight D. Eisenhower as supreme commander for the Allies in Europe. British General, Sir Frederick Morgan, developed a number of plans for the Allies, most extraordinary was Operation Overlord, a full-scale invasion of France across the English Channel. This was the code name for the most secret command in the war. The invasion force was to cross the English

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    Submitted: February 14, 2010 By: Monika
  • The War of 1812

    The War of 1812

    The War of 1812, also known as the second American war for independence (Bailey pg. 233) was fought between the meager forces of the American government and the supreme power of Great Britain. The war ended in 1815 with the treaty of Ghent, this treaty wasn’t really a treaty but an armistice or surrender of arms. The American military suffered from defeat after defeat during the beginning of the war, these loses could be contributed

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    Submitted: February 14, 2010 By: Mike
  • Civilization and Freedom

    Civilization and Freedom

    Section - 1 INTRODUCTION Definition of Civilization Civilization occurs when a society moves to an advanced state of social development with complex legal, political and religious organizations. There are several definitions for civilization, for instance, "the people slowly progressed from barbarism to civilization"; "the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste"; "a man of intellectual refinement"; "humans living together in an organized way". Freud defines, "civilization is a process in the service of

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    Submitted: February 14, 2010 By: regina
  • Would Francisco Pizzaro Be Considered a War Criminal Today?

    Would Francisco Pizzaro Be Considered a War Criminal Today?

    Would Francisco Pizarro be considered a war criminal today? Francisco Pizarro, born c. 1471-1478 in Trujillo, Spain, was a Spanish conquistador. He is known as the conqueror of the Inca Empire, and founder of Lima, the capital of Peru. Not only did he participate in the Vasco Nunez de Balboa expedition to Panama that discovered the Pacific Ocean, but he also claimed most of South America for Spain and opened the way for Spanish culture

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    Submitted: February 14, 2010 By: Top
  • War on Terrorism

    War on Terrorism

    SUMMARY:- Potential U.S. allies in counterinsurgencies linked to al-Qa'ida frequently suffer from four categories of structural problems: illegitimate (and often repressive) regimes; civil-military tension manifested by fears of a coup; economic backwardness; and discriminatory societies. Because of these problems, allies often stray far from the counterinsurgency (COIN) ideal, both militarily and politically. Their security service culture often is characterized by poor intelligence; a lack of initiative; little integration of forces across units; soldiers who do

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    Submitted: February 14, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Vietnam War

    Vietnam War

    Vietnam War The U.S. involvement in the Cold War and the worldwide spread of Communism sparked an interest in Vietnam in the early fifties. When the Vietnamese fought the French empire of Indochina for complete control in 1946, the U.S. provided military equipment to France because Communist Russia backed the Vietnamese rebellion. The fighting ended in 1954 with the split of Vietnam into a Communist controlled north and a non-Communist controlled south. The Korean War

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    Submitted: February 14, 2010 By: Vika
  • French and Indian War

    French and Indian War

    The time period of 14-1763 eventually led the American colonists to realize that they did not need the British any longer. The colonists felt that they themselves, were not Englishmen but members of their own society within the American colonies. By winning the French and Indian war the British were entitled to the land east of the Mississippi River to the Appalachian Mountains. As the Americans began to move westward thinking that if they fought

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    Submitted: February 16, 2010 By: Mike
  • How to Tell a True War Story Vs.Soldier’s Home

    How to Tell a True War Story Vs.Soldier’s Home

    Many authors have written war stories and about the effects of war on a person. Two of these writers are Tim O’Brian and Ernest Hemingway. O’Brian wrote “How to Tell a True War Story”; and Hemingway wrote a short story called “Soldier’s Home”. Both of these stories illustrate to the reader just what war can do to an average person and what, during war, made the person change. The stories are alike in many respects

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    Submitted: February 16, 2010 By: Top
  • The Crimean War 1854-1856

    The Crimean War 1854-1856

    The Crimean War 1854-1856 The Crimean War which lasted from 1853 to 1856 was fought between Russia, the Ottoman Empire, Great Britain, France, and Sardinia. The war was fought along the Black Sea. This war was a bitter war filled with stories to be told for centuries to come. The casualties of this war were approximately 22,000 British, a minimum 80,000 French, possibly 10,000 Turks, 2,000 Sardinians and more than 100,000 Russians. Many may ponder

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    Submitted: February 17, 2010 By: July
  • Review of Dower’s War Without Mercy

    Review of Dower’s War Without Mercy

    Dower, John W. War Without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War. Pantheon Books, New York, 1986. In this seminal work on the Pacific war John Dower, Professor of History at the Michigan Institute of Technology and Pulitzer Prize winning author, discusses the effect had in the Allied war with Japan. It is the author's opinion that racism and prejudiced attitudes played a role in the development of atrocious behaviors seen in the Pacific

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    Submitted: February 17, 2010 By: Jack

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