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  • The Causes of the First World War

    The Causes of the First World War

    The Causes of the First World War There are many reasons why the World went to war in 1914. These are some of the more important reasons. Britain and Germany were competing to have the most powerful navy in the world. This caused tension in Europe. The Scramble for Africa (when European countries had tried to get as many colonies as they could) had led to many small conflicts around the world. This meant that

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    Submitted: March 17, 2010 By: Jessica
  • What Role Did Personalities Play in the War in Iraq?

    What Role Did Personalities Play in the War in Iraq?

    What role did personalities play in the War in Iraq? The “players” in Iraq decision making, the neo cons of this administration including Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, and Wolfowitz all share certain personal characteristics that can be described by the individual levels of analysis. They all lived through Vietnam; it was their generation who “suffered” the defeat of the US. They draw a distinction between Iraq and Vietnam and are unwilling to allow the US forces

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    Submitted: March 17, 2010 By: Top
  • Germon Economy Between the Wars

    Germon Economy Between the Wars

    The Treaty of Versailles gives the terms to which Germany officially surrendered. Part VIII of the Treaty in particular is important, dealing specifically with reparations from WWI Due to the fact that determing the exact amount of reparation was nearly impossible, Article 233 simply set a deadline. The amount was to be determined by an Inter-Allied Commission. Article 231 states that, Germany accepts the responsibility of Germany and her allies for causing all the loss

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    Submitted: March 18, 2010 By: Mikki
  • Alliances During World War 1

    Alliances During World War 1

    Alliances During World War 1 Although there were many underlying reasons for the European nations to break out in war, the early days of the fighting between Serbia and Austria caused the expansion of the war, along with the alliances which failed to remain peace and actually contributed to the war. Also, the possibility of remaining neutral and prepared is always another alternative, rather than forming allies that may require the nation to enter

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    Submitted: March 18, 2010 By: Mike
  • Us and the Vietnam War

    Us and the Vietnam War

    Direct U.S. military participation in The Vietnam War, the nation’s longest, cost fifty-eight thousand American lives. Only the Civil War and the two world wars were deadlier for Americans. During the decade of Vietnam beginning in 1964, the U.S Treasury spent over $140 billion on the war, enough money to fund urban renewal projects in every major American city. Despite these enormous costs and their accompanying public and private trauma for the American people, the

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    Submitted: March 19, 2010 By: Mike
  • Gcse History: Assignment one - First World War

    Gcse History: Assignment one - First World War

    GCSE History: Assignment One - First World War There are many different reasons for the First World War ending in 1918. The three main factors I'm going to examine are the entry of the USA into the war on the Allies side, the failure of the Ludendorff Offensive and the discontent in Germany. I will explain if each of these factors were equally important in bringing the First World War to an end. However there

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    Submitted: March 19, 2010 By: Steve
  • Reconstruction of the Civil War

    Reconstruction of the Civil War

    There were 4 major factors that led up to the end of reconstruction. The first major factor was the Jim Crow Laws. Jim Crow was used as another word for African Americans back then. The Jim Crow laws made segregation. Because of these laws, the US Supreme Court declared that segregation was lawful as long as facilities for black and whites were equal, a policy known as “supreme but equal”. The second major factor

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    Submitted: March 19, 2010 By: Jon
  • Rwandan Civil War

    Rwandan Civil War

    English Argumentative/Persuasive Essay Rwandan Civil War On July 16, 1994, the world watched the Rwandan Civil War finally end, 800, 000 lives later and after devastating a nation socially, economically and politically. It seemed as if the whole world watched, yet did nothing. Many Rwandans lives are very thankful to the UN's efforts but it wasn't nearly enough. Canada, among many other countries, should have been involved in the Rwandan Civil war. Canada should have

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    Submitted: March 19, 2010 By: Jessica
  • War on Cancer

    War on Cancer

    The fight towards winning the war on cancer is a national priority. Cancer is now the number two killer in the United States, and takes nearly 550,000 lives each year. In the article, “Losing the War on Cancer,” from the Cancer Prevention Coalition, by Ralph W. Moss, the efforts made since 1971 when President Nixon launched America’s war on cancer is discussed at length. Nixon allocated billons of dollars towards funding resources to find a

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    Submitted: March 19, 2010 By: Vika
  • The World After the War: Prohibition

    The World After the War: Prohibition

    The World After the War: Prohibition America, after the First World War, is often labeled the "Roaring Twenties". It is a time that is famous for the historic flight of Charles Lindbergh, flappers, and the golden era of baseball. It is an era in which America developed into a stable, cultured society, abounding in industrial and economic growth. This decade also has a much darker side, though, that is often overlooked. This darker side is

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    Submitted: March 20, 2010 By: Kevin
  • War World 2

    War World 2

    The Austro-Hungarian officials sent an ultimatum to the Serbian Government on July 26, 1914. It was past the time limit on the ultimatum so Austro-Hungarian declared war on Serbia. Germany took sides with Austro-Hungarian and Russia took sides with Serbia. Then because Russia took sides with Serbia Germany declared war with Russia on August 1, 1914. Russia was also an ally with France so Germany was fighting war with France to on August 3, 1914.

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    Submitted: March 20, 2010 By: Anna
  • The Effects of 9/11 and Terrorism on Human Resource Management

    The Effects of 9/11 and Terrorism on Human Resource Management

    September 11, 2001 was a day that will forever reside in the collective memory of the world. On that fateful morning, 19 terrorists who were in affiliation with Osama Bin Laden's al-Qaeda terror organization hijacked four planes. The hijackers crashed two American Airlines jets into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, A third plane into the Pentagon in Washington, D.C and a fourth crash landed in Pennsylvania as passengers

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    Submitted: March 21, 2010 By: regina
  • More Minerva Than Mars: The French Women's Rights Campaign and The First World War

    More Minerva Than Mars: The French Women's Rights Campaign and The First World War

    More Minerva than Mars: The French Women's Rights Campaign and the First World War This essay examines the role of French women during and after the First World War based on Steven Hause's article "More Minerva than Mars: The French Women's Rights Campaign and the First World War". He claims that the World War I in many ways set back the French Women's Right Campaign. During the First World War, many French feminist leaders believed

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    Submitted: March 21, 2010 By: Jon
  • Revolutionary War

    Revolutionary War

    Perhaps most often, the word 'revolution' is employed to denote a socio-political change in the socio-political institutions.[1][2][3] Jeff Goodwin gives two definitions of a revolution. A broad one, where revolution is "any and all instances in which a state or a political regime is overthrown and thereby transformed by a popular movement in an irregular, extraconstitutional and/or violent fashion"; and a narrow one, in which "revolutions entail not only mass mobilization and regime change, but

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    Submitted: March 21, 2010 By: Anna
  • In the Shadow of War

    In the Shadow of War

    In the Shadow of War War is a state that leaves a scar on the human race forever. It is not only a physical battle but an emotional one as well. In the short story, In the Shadow of War, the author Ben Okri, conveys the tale of a young boy and how his father tries to protect his innocence amidst the chaos going on around them. The story was set during what seemed to

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    Submitted: March 21, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • An Avoidable Civil War

    An Avoidable Civil War

    An Avoidable Civil War The explosion of the American Civil War was caused by a vast number of conflicting principles and prejudices, fueled by sectional differences, and set afire by a very unfortunate set of political events. Undoubtedly, the central theme of almost all of the events that led up to the Civil War was one way or another, related to the dispute of slavery. Throughout the nineteenth century, slavery-related tensions brewed to such an

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    Submitted: March 21, 2010 By: Top
  • Examining the Cival War

    Examining the Cival War

    A war that seemed to divide a nation, in the end marked the beginning of a truly United States. The Civil war was a necessary misfortune that finally put to rest the increasing sectionalism that divided the North, the South, and the newly colonized West. At the root were the issues of slavery in the South, and the attempt of the Southern states to withdraw from the Union. Although hundreds of thousands of lives were

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    Submitted: March 21, 2010 By: Janna
  • Imperialists Climate After the Civil War

    Imperialists Climate After the Civil War

    At the end of the nineteenth century, the United States emerged as a world power. Although Congress was reluctant to endorse expansionist schemes, during the end of the nineteenth century many others had become convinced that the United States had to adopt a more aggressive and forceful foreign policy. Some believed expansion would be good for American business. Others felt America had a duty to spread its way of life to less fortunate countries. Behind

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    Submitted: March 22, 2010 By: Jon
  • What If the South Won the Civil War

    What If the South Won the Civil War

    What if the South Won the Civil War “The flap of a butterfly's wings can cause a typhoon half way around the world.” This of coarse comes from the chaos theory or what I have come to know it as the Butterfly Effect. It means that something so small and so insignificannot can ripple its way to cause something so big that it could potentially change the world. Now let us turn back the clock

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    Submitted: March 22, 2010 By: Kevin
  • French & American War and the Revolution

    French & American War and the Revolution

    By the 1700s, it was clear that the New World had begun to differentiate between its regions. Even though the colonists shared England as their common origin, they were extremely diverse in their social and family structures, economy, and governmental policies. In addition, ssince one of the primary reasons for the colonists coming to the New World was religious freedom, it is not difficult to see that most all of their differences revolved around religion

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    Submitted: March 22, 2010 By: Anna
  • Life Choices -Captain Mack & Billy Mack's War by James

    Life Choices -Captain Mack & Billy Mack's War by James

    Captain Mack and Billy Mack’s War by James Roy are both “heart warming and thought provoking” (Reading Time) insights into the tangles of childhood and early adolescence. Published by University of Queensland Press (UQP) in 1999 and 2004 respectively, both explore the theme of how choices define who we are and what we become. Both of these books explore unlikely friendships, with two central characters in completely different settings, they are intriguingly written in a

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    Submitted: March 22, 2010 By: Mike
  • World War I

    World War I

    DBQ Essay World War I was the result of leaders' aggression towards other countries which was supported by the rising nationalism of the European nations. Economic and imperial competition and fear of war prompted military alliances and an arms race, which further escalated the tension contributing to the outbreak of war. One cause of the World War was militarism, which is a policy in which military preparedness is of primary significance to a situation. Another

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    Submitted: March 22, 2010 By: Yan
  • War World 2

    War World 2

    Throughout the course of history, humankind has endured a myriad of wars. Wars have consumed millions of innocent lives, from mass genocides to massive battles. One can question the virtues of the human race by their inhuman acts in wartime. Adolf Hitler's "Final Solution" systematically wiped out millions of people off the face of the earth. Furthermore, The My Lai Massacre that occurred in the mists of the Vietnam War displays the poor moral fiber

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    Submitted: March 23, 2010 By: Wendy
  • Constitution and the Civil War

    Constitution and the Civil War

    The states of the South and those of the North were waging political war against one another on the battleground of Washington, D.C. Eventually this political war turned military with the Confederate bombardment of Fort Sumter. The Constitution of the United States was a contributing factor in sparking this war along with other regional and sectional issues. There is no doubt that the Constitution helped to usher in the outbreak of the Civil War. By

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    Submitted: March 23, 2010 By: Victor
  • Terrorism Awareness

    Terrorism Awareness

    Terrorism Terrorism is not a new military tactic. Back in 50 B.C Julius Caesar encouraged taking hostages to ensure the obedience of conquered tribes. During the French revolution terrorism was put into unrestricted use. Throughout the Reign of Terror, more then 300,000 people were swiftly arrested and another 17,000 were terminated without a fair trial or no trial at all. As sporadic as Terrorism is, it still remains a serious and dangerous problem to society.

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    Submitted: March 23, 2010 By: Fonta

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