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  • Characteristics of War in the Iliad

    Characteristics of War in the Iliad

    Wars are often complex in nature and are fought for diverse reasons. In the Iliad, powerful gods, great nations, and heroic people all fight for different reasons. Each has private motivations to fight the war. These private motivations are of special interest, because they help define the consequences and outcomes of the war. The universal war of the gods, social war of the Greeks and Trojans, and the war for Achilles' honor are private motivations

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    Essay Length: 678 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 14, 2009 By: Kevin
  • Gulf War Vs. Today

    Gulf War Vs. Today

    In the early nineties, the United States’ effort during the Gulf war was primarily centered on regaining and maintaining stability in Kuwait. When Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait, the United States realized that the best stance for our country to take was with Kuwait’s best interest at hand. Step one in the quest to regain stability within the region began with ousting Saddam Hussein’s Army from the area, and was followed by a barrage of

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    Essay Length: 1,005 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 14, 2009 By: Artur
  • Jacksonian Democracy and the Bank War

    Jacksonian Democracy and the Bank War

    Jacksonian Democracy and the Bank War One of the things that made Andrew Jackson unique and contributed to the style and tone of the new political age was his commitment to the idea of democracy. By democracy, Jackson meant majoritarian rule. “The people are the government”, he said, “administering it by their agents; they are the Government, the sovereign power”. In his message to Congress he announced his creed: “The majority is to govern,” he

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    Essay Length: 606 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 14, 2009 By: Kevin
  • Iraq War: Opinion

    Iraq War: Opinion

    The Iraq War, also known as the Second Gulf War, commenced on the 20th of March, in the year of 2003. It's still going on today. This war is a military engagement encompassing the invasion and occupation of Iraq by a U.S.-led coalition as well as an asymmetrical war between an insurgency and coalition troops as well as the New Iraqi Army. There are some good and bad results from the invasion of Iraq. Controversies

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    Essay Length: 722 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 15, 2009 By: Anna
  • Trojan War

    Trojan War

    "There is no historical basis for the Trojan War, the location of Troy is debatable and therefore there is little conclusive evidence to support the Iliad" For years the ancient story of Troy and the epic Trojan War has sparked dispute among archaeologists. Did it really happen? Was there a troy like the one Homer describes? What caused it? Historians are today still trying to prove the existence of troy and the Trojan War. Our

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    Essay Length: 438 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 15, 2009 By: July
  • War

    War

    The ground that was once the place of many crucifixions is once again being covered in blood. In Jerusalem, the year is 637AD, and the world is about to witness the beginning of its own corruption. Jerusalem is the most holy of all cities in the world; it is where the Christians believe Jesus was crucified then buried and the place where Muslims believe Muhammad, the founder of Islam, ascended to heaven in company of

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    Essay Length: 1,813 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: November 15, 2009 By: Victor
  • The War Years and the Publication of the Prophet

    The War Years and the Publication of the Prophet

    The War Years and The Publication of The Prophet (1914-1923) During one of Gibran's art exhibitions in 1914, an American architect, Albert Pinkam Ryder, paid an unexpected visit to the exhibition, leaving an impression on Gibran who decided to write an English poem in his honor. The poem, which was first edited by Mary, became Gibran’s first English publication, when it went out into print in January 1915. Meanwhile, Gibran became more actively involved in

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    Essay Length: 395 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 15, 2009 By: Fonta
  • The Philippine War

    The Philippine War

    The Philippine War I don’t believe the Philippine War was justified. There are more ways than war to solve the annexation of the Philippines. I agree on some of the policies, but not all of the policies, that were in place during that time period. I believe the war was not justified for a number of reasons. The ratio of dead to wounded was higher than it was in the civil war which is considered

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    Essay Length: 599 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 15, 2009 By: David
  • Events Influencing the Cold War

    Events Influencing the Cold War

    During World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union were allies. After the war the two countries emerged as the two most powerful countries in the world. Although the world war ended, it was not a clean ending. Iron-willed Stalin wanted a postwar settlement that would guarantee the Soviet Union’s security and future. He wanted parts of Poland and Finland and the Baltic states. With Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union would have a

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    Essay Length: 1,071 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 15, 2009 By: Fatih
  • The Self-Contained Hell That Is War

    The Self-Contained Hell That Is War

    The Self-Contained Hell That Is War Laughing in the face of war and death, literally, is one of the things that make the novel Catch-22 by Joseph Heller such an intriguing and original story. It was written in 1961, a time when, due to the fighting of the Second World War, all war novels were written with a dark and dreary tone, while still trying to continue the pre-conceived romantic notions about war. However, Joseph

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    Essay Length: 1,781 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: November 15, 2009 By: Steve
  • To What Extent Were the Consequences of World War 1 the Causes of World War 2

    To What Extent Were the Consequences of World War 1 the Causes of World War 2

    To what extent were the consequences of WWI the causes for WWII At the end of World War One, Europe was left in a devastating state, four major empires disappeared and the economy was profoundly damaged. The first global war had taken place and fear of a second one was strongly felt across the continent. In order to bring political order to European politics and to prevent such a catastrophe from ever happening again, the

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    Essay Length: 1,660 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: November 16, 2009 By: Mike
  • The War at Its Core

    The War at Its Core

    The War at Its Core “World War I was not the product of a failed foreign policy. Foreign policy was not a cause but rather an effect. The true cause of the war lay in domestic politics and problems. Bismarck’s narrow social synthesis left many Germans out in the cold and produced a virulent class conflict. It was this class-conflict that pushed the German elite into the decision of war.” False. To narrowly blame Bismarck

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    Essay Length: 895 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 16, 2009 By: Mike
  • Difference Between Today’s Media Coverage on the War and Past Media

    Difference Between Today’s Media Coverage on the War and Past Media

    Over different wars, media has progressed in its technology to show viewers more coverage. It has given us a chance to see a war thousands of miles a way on their living room television. It shows us things that are going on around the world, that at one time took months and know only take seconds. Coverage has changed a great deal sense our previous wars. In today’s war, we can turn on our television

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    Essay Length: 401 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 16, 2009 By: Mike
  • World War 1 - the Great War

    World War 1 - the Great War

    World War 1 World War 1 was called “The Great War”, “The war to end all wars”, and “The first modern war”. It had many causes and a few repercussions and I will describe them in detail. The most widely known reason for the start of World War1 was the assassination of the Arch Duke Ferdinad of Austria-Hungary in the Serbian capital of Sarajevo. The ArchDuke was there to talk to the Serbian leaders about

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    Essay Length: 441 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 16, 2009 By: Artur
  • A Secret War Instills a Secret Behavior

    A Secret War Instills a Secret Behavior

    A Secret War Instills a Secret Behavior Head high, shoulders back, chests protruding and leading the way, these bodies strut confidently down the road. These people hold a face of high value. Others -- who carry an invisible rock on their shoulders and have eyes glued to the pavement -- either pace quickly to avoid anyone catching a glimpse, or saunter meticulously sluggish in hopes of going unnoticed. The blur of a fast-walker or the

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    Essay Length: 861 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 16, 2009 By: Victor
  • Dear America - When Will This Cruel War Be Over?

    Dear America - When Will This Cruel War Be Over?

    DEAR AMERICA When Will This Cruel War Be Over?  Report by: Jennifer Osei Book by: Barry Denenberg Pd .4 Characters Emma Simpson- She is the main character in this story . The whole concept of the book is about her diary . In her diary she talks about the stress and anxiety the war has brought upon her family .Emma to me is a static character. She still to me doesn’t mature as much

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    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: Top
  • Waste of Tax Money on Drug War

    Waste of Tax Money on Drug War

    The "Waste of Tax Money" on Drugs This country spends millions, and millions of dollars on the "War on Drugs". Is this "War" really necessary? I've done a lot of research and I was very surprised to see the facts on how these laws came into place. The first drug law I could find was an 18 San Francisco ordinance that outlawed the smoking of opium in opium dens. This law was passed out of

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    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: Jon
  • World War II in Europe - Divergence of German States

    World War II in Europe - Divergence of German States

    Background After the end of World War II in Europe, what territorially remained of pre-1945 Germany had been divided into four occupation zones (thanks to the Yalta Conference), each one controlled by one of the four occupying Allied powers: the Americans, British, French and Soviets. The old capital of of the Allied Control Council, was itself similarly subdivided into four zones. Although the intent was for the occupying powers to govern Germany together inside the

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    Essay Length: 263 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Systematic Rationalization of Thucydides’ Peloponnesian War

    Systematic Rationalization of Thucydides’ Peloponnesian War

    Systematic Rationalization of Thucydides' Peloponnesian War The Peloponnesian War, being one of the earliest wars with a good historical record, sets an important precedent for those interested in international relations. The information related by Thucydides in his writings on the war allows comparisons to be drawn with modern wars and conclusions to be drawn. One of the most important of these conclusions that may be drawn is that, like in modern times, the balance of

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    Essay Length: 1,233 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: Jack
  • Justifying the War in Afghanistan

    Justifying the War in Afghanistan

    Justifying the War in Afghanistan Before arguing whether or not the war in Afghanistan was a just or unjust war, I am going to give some history about what was happening before 911 or talks of war even began. The Taliban was the government in Afghanistan from 1996 until 2001. The Taliban means “Students of Islamic Knowledge Movement”. They came into power during the civil war in Afghanistan, and were detested from the world community

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    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: Anna
  • 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: 1,516 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: Monika
  • War of the Roses

    War of the Roses

    The Wars of the Roses has finally come to an end, with the establishment of the Tudor dynasty being ruled by Henry VII. This war had erupted among the two rival houses of Lancaster and York, over the dispute for the crown of England. The Wars Of The Roses has been given this distinct name because the badges of the Lancaster and York house are a red rose and a white rose (Robinson para:2) One

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    Essay Length: 400 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: Steve
  • How to Tell a True War Story by Tim O’brien and a Soldier’s Home by Ernest Hemingway

    How to Tell a True War Story by Tim O’brien and a Soldier’s Home by Ernest Hemingway

    How To Tell a True War Story” by Tim O’Brien and “A Soldier’s Home” by Ernest Hemingway, the protagonists live life and tell their stories according to how war has affected them which is demonstrated by the modifications in O’Brien’s war stories and the protagonist’s social isolation in Hemingway’s short story In both selections, the protagonists have been somehow traumatized by their military service. “How To Tell a True War Story” is O’Brien’s personal “recollection”

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    Essay Length: 539 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Steve
  • The American Government Effectively Uses the Media to Promote a War Time Effort

    The American Government Effectively Uses the Media to Promote a War Time Effort

    Thesis: The American government effectively uses the media to promote a war time effort. Throughout American history the media has played a key part in the perseverance through great struggles. The endorsement of the people that make up a nation helps to ensure the smooth flow of operations. America is no different from any other nation when it comes to this. A failure to keep popular opinion inline with the ways of the government stalls

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    Essay Length: 1,514 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Steve
  • World War 2 Profile

    World War 2 Profile

    Thought there have been movies and documentaries made about the events of World War II the story of the common man has been underrepresented. Movies like Pearl Harbor glamorize the hero and his epic love story. Untold are the graphic accounts and emotional stresses that were experienced by the common soldier. Henry Wedman was born December 10th 1922, in the small town of Arkansas City, Kansas. Spending most of his time working on the family

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    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Mikki

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