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  • Intelligence in World War II

    Intelligence in World War II

    Intelligence agencies of the United States have made vast strides since their inception in the early twentieth century. However, during their early days, there were many gaps in technology and the abilities of the agents, but intelligence agencies also had some major successes. Intelligence was especially key during World War II. Frequently, operational failures during World War II were due to either a lack of or error in intelligence, a failure to funnel the information

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    Submitted: January 14, 2010 By: Kevin
  • Kenyan Peace Talks

    Kenyan Peace Talks

    Kenyan Peace Talks In Nairobi, Kenya, a new deal has given hope for reconciliation in the country, where there has been increasing violence and deaths as a result of allegations of a manipulated presidential election in December 2007. President Mwai Kabiki of the PNU (Party of National Unity), the incumbent, beat Ralia Odinga of the ODM (Orange Democratic Movement) by only about 200,000 votes and was sworn in subsequently, but evidence of electoral manipulation upset

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    Submitted: January 14, 2010 By: Tasha
  • Labor Day Campaign Kickoff Touches on War, Economy

    Labor Day Campaign Kickoff Touches on War, Economy

    Labor Day Campaign Kickoff Touches on War, Economy I read the article "Labor Day Campaign Kickoff Touches on War, Economy," and I believed that the idea of politics is confusing because I do not pay much attention to today's news. To me, current politics are meaningless because Bush is too war loving, Kerry changes his mind too often and has a not so impressive war history, and politics overall tells people what they want to

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    Submitted: January 14, 2010 By: Jessica
  • War with Iraq

    War with Iraq

    The war with Iraq began about fifteen years ago. Still to this day people are torn between going to war and trying to keep peace with Iraq. Back when the United States first had a problem with Iraq was when they invaded Kuwait in 1990, and refused to leave. Their were three main causes that made Iraq invade Kuwait. The Iraqi leaders have always considered Kuwait to be part of Iraq because of the way

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    Submitted: January 14, 2010 By: David
  • Economic Justice Between Classes

    Economic Justice Between Classes

    Economic Justice Between Classes We live in a country today misrepresented by its own peoples' perception. The consensus that we live in the greatest nation in the world is not so much a feeling of nationalism as it is a forgone conclusion in the minds of millions of Americans. What a great many of these millions do not realize is that they are the victims of a government set up by our founding fathers to

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    Submitted: January 14, 2010 By: Mike
  • Economics in Elizabethan Times

    Economics in Elizabethan Times

    Economics in Elizabethan Times London was Europe's most dynamic city at the end of the 16th century. It had grown from approximately 120,000 people in 1550 to 200,000 in 1600. (In comparison, Paris had only 70,000 people in 1600.) And London's growth had paralleled that of England, which had doubled in population between the 1520s and the 1640s. The English economy grew even more rapidly: agriculture prospered because of the significant increase in demand for

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    Submitted: January 15, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Declaration of War Austria-Hungary on Serbia, & Hostilities Between Allied & Cpcont

    Declaration of War Austria-Hungary on Serbia, & Hostilities Between Allied & Cpcont

    WW IJuly28,1914, declarationofwar Austria-Hungary on Serbia,&hostilities between Allied & CPcont untl the signg of the armistice on November11,1918. Casualties land force amoun +37 mil close 10 mil death amng the civilan pop. were caused indirectly by the war. Despite worldwide hopes that the settlements arrived at after the war would restore world peace on a permanent basis, WW I actually providd the basis for even more devstting conflt. defeated Cp declared their aceptce of Pres

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    Submitted: January 15, 2010 By: regina
  • The Fall of Germany in World War I

    The Fall of Germany in World War I

    The Fall Of Germany In World War I None of the European power wanted World War I, but they feared Germany. Germany was newly unified, and was beating the European powers in population and Industry. France wanted to recover the Alsace-Lorraine. Britain was a country used to being on the ocean, so they felt threatened by Germany's colonial expansion and William II's insisting on a large navy. Russia and Austria feared pressure on their unstable

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    Submitted: January 15, 2010 By: Jack
  • World War 1

    World War 1

    On June 28 1914 a spark was set off in Sarajevo, which would become an explosion throughout the world. The event that led to World War One was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne. A Serbian nationalist secret society, also known as the Black Hand, was who was responsible for Ferdinand’s death. Before United States entered the war, they exported hundred of millions of dollars to Great Britain. Almost a

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    Submitted: January 15, 2010 By: Jon
  • Economic System

    Economic System

    Economic System A country’s economic system consists of the structure and processes that it uses to allocate it’s resources and conduct it’s commercial activities. Types of Economic Systems - Centrally planned economy - Mixed economy - Market economy Centrally planned economy System in which a nation’s resources are owned by the government. Origins: the ideology that the welfare of the group is more important than individual well being. (Karl Marx). Decline: In the 80’s nations

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    Submitted: January 15, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Economics

    Economics

    An amazing fact: "It was the night of April 15, 1987. Seven million American children suddenly disappeared." (25) It turns out that the requirement to fill in the social security number of each reported child when claiming a deduction on the parent's income tax form led to a reduction of seven million children. The corresponding increase in income tax revenue is estimated at $3 billion a year (a huge sum, enough to finance about ten

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    Submitted: January 15, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • What Are Free Trade Zones/economic Processing Zones?

    What Are Free Trade Zones/economic Processing Zones?

    What are Free Trade Zones/Economic Processing Zones? A free trade zone (FTZ)Clothing Export Promotion Zone or Export processing zone (EPZ) is one or more areas of a country where tariffs and quotas are eliminated and bureaucratic requirements are lowered in order to attract companies by raising the incentives for doing business there. Free trade zones can be defined as labor intensive manufacturing centers that involve the import of raw materials or components and the export

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    Submitted: January 15, 2010 By: David
  • War & Humanity: Where Do We Go from Here?

    War & Humanity: Where Do We Go from Here?

    WAR AND HUMANITY: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?. There is an average of twenty ongoing wars in the world at any given time. Some are internal civil wars, others are between nations. But the purpose of this thesis is not to report warfare, but the act of it. This includes the evolution of conventional and nuclear warfare, the potential effect of a nuclear war and why it is necessary for nations to fight war.

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    Submitted: January 16, 2010 By: Kevin
  • Gift and Novelty Economics Forecast

    Gift and Novelty Economics Forecast

    Economic Forecasts The retail consumer market must take into consideration many indicator forecasts that help estimate what the economic market will be like for the future. The following information contains two or more forecasts based on our teams six pre-selected indicators. This team will provide reconciliation between both forecasts and will apply economic theory in deciding which one may be the most relevant to the gift and novelty industry. GDP Information retrieved from the Economist

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    Submitted: January 16, 2010 By: Artur
  • Marshall Plan Impact on the Cold War

    Marshall Plan Impact on the Cold War

    The Marshall Plan was America’s principal plan for rebuilding and creating a stronger foundation for the allied countries of Europe, and repelling communism after WWII. The Marshall Plan became a four year program that would cost the American people approximately $13 billion dollars before it ended in 1952. Although it’s impact on the Western countries was a promising one, its impact on the relationship between the two former allies the Unities States and the Soviet

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    Submitted: January 16, 2010 By: July
  • Us - Iraq War

    Us - Iraq War

    The US-Iraq War, a military action led by the United States against the regime of Saddam Hussein, the authoritarian leader of Iraq. US president George W. Bush, who announced the beginning of the war in March 2003, explained that the goals were to disarm Iraq and to free its people. For months, President Bush had threatened war, arguing that Saddam Hussein's regime posed a grave threat to US security and peace in the region because

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    Submitted: January 16, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Mathew B. Brady: Civil War Photographer

    Mathew B. Brady: Civil War Photographer

    Mathew B. Brady: Civil War Photographer Mathew B. Brady: Civil War Photographer was written by Elizabeth Van Steenwyk. Elizabeth Van Steenwyk has written many good books for young people including: Saddlebag Salesmen, The California Missions, Frederic Remington, The California Gold Rush: West with the Forty-Niners, and Ida B. Wells-Barnett: Woman of Courage. Elizabeth now lives in San Marino, California with her husband. Mathew B. Brady was born somewhere between 1823 and 1824. His early life

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    Submitted: January 17, 2010 By: Top
  • Flaning in a Price War

    Flaning in a Price War

    Flanking in a Price War Article Main Points Summary The article begins by giving a brief analysis of a study that was conducted in Quebec in the early 1980's involving the grocery industry. It discusses a point of time before the leader in market share, Steinberg, Inc., initiated a price war. One of the authors of the article, Roger J Calantone, was involved in an experiment with one of the smaller grocery chains, IGA. The

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    Submitted: January 17, 2010 By: regina
  • War Crimes - What the Publis Should Know

    War Crimes - What the Publis Should Know

    Crimes of War: What the Public Should Know The term war crime brings to mind a combination of horrific images, concentration camps, ethnic cleansing, execution of prisoners, rape, and bombardment of cities. These images correspond in many ways to the legal definitions of the term, but international law draws lines that do not in all ways match our sense of the most awful behavior. War crimes are those violations of the laws of war, or

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    Submitted: January 17, 2010 By: Anna
  • Special Operations in American Wars

    Special Operations in American Wars

    Running Head: SPECIAL OPERATIONS Special Operations in American Wars Michael Qualls James Madison University United States Special Forces have been used in �covert’ operations since the beginning of the US Military. From Vietnam to Iraq, they have played a major role in battle, and continue to as technological knowledge increases. What are Special Forces? The Department of Defense defines Special Forces as, “organized, trained, and equipped to conduct special operations with an emphasis on unconventional

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    Submitted: January 17, 2010 By: Fatih
  • How Did World War one Change American Society?

    How Did World War one Change American Society?

    Introduction In 1917 America entered World War one. By doing this America played a grave role in conquering Germany and ushering peace to Europe. However, the Great War also meant that the US would change dramatically through historical issues and changes which resulted in American society. Industries had started to realise that it was not as simple as it was before to abstract the immigrants. As the country developed and became more successful it

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    Submitted: January 17, 2010 By: Mike
  • The Civil War

    The Civil War

    The Civil War was one of our nation’s greatest and saddest events. Many elements came into play in causing the war. The debates of the annexation of Texas, new land acquired from the Mexican War, all of the debates of the 1850’s, the rise of the Republican party and their presidential nomination, Abraham Lincoln were major factors. Slavery was not the only problem, everything dealing with the expansion of our western borders. In the 1830’s,

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    Submitted: January 17, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Indonesia’s Foreign Policy and the War on Terror

    Indonesia’s Foreign Policy and the War on Terror

    I. Introduction Indonesia’s foreign policy is actually a part of overall government policy aimed at achieving national interests. In carrying out its foreign policy, the Indonesian government firmly holds on to the principles of free and active (prinsip bebas aktif) based on Pancasila and Undang-undang Dasar 1945, of which ideas are dedicated to the country’s national interests. In other words, Indonesia’s foreign policy is virtually a component of national political policy inseparable from the actual

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    Submitted: January 17, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Causes of the War of 1812

    Causes of the War of 1812

    Causes of the War of 1812 The War of 1812 was fought between the United States and Great Britain from June 1812 to the spring of 1815 (Findling, 15). When the war began, it was being fought by the Americans to address their grievances toward the British, though toward the end, the issues eventually were unjustified and reasons manipulated. There is no single cause for the War of 1812 but instead, several related causes, such

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    Submitted: January 17, 2010 By: Fatih
  • War in Iraq

    War in Iraq

    War in Iraq Picture this, you, in a 3rd world country, no friends no family for thousands of miles, hungry, not feeling so well, tired, exhausted and being forced to fight thousands of people who want you out of there country? Fun? I wouldn’t think so… This is a reality for thousands of American Soldiers stationed in Iraq and maybe your reality if the draft is reinstated. Now, picture this. You’re watching the news, they

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    Submitted: January 17, 2010 By: Anna