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  • The Major Battles of the Civil War

    The Major Battles of the Civil War

    The Major Battles of the Civil War No other war seems to hold our focus like the Civil War. Scholars have chosen to make it their life's work, authors have written reams about it, and we all feel some kind of connection to the Civil War. This paper was created to highlight some of the major battles that took place during that conflict. Major battles usually marked a drastic change in the momentum from one

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    Submitted: January 23, 2010 By: Mike
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Communication Conflicts Within the Home After Returning from War.

    Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Communication Conflicts Within the Home After Returning from War.

    Prepared by: Patrick Ferguson, Adriana Gavrau and Shannon Marshall. INTRODUCTION Many soldiers, returning home from their years of service in the military, have fond memories of things they have experiences and friendships they had acquired. For most soldiers, the time they spent in the armed services was a transition point in their life from high school graduation, into adulthood. However, there is a vast majority of these soldiers that are left with unpleasant reminders of

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    Submitted: January 23, 2010 By: Anna
  • Student Agitation over Vietnam War

    Student Agitation over Vietnam War

    Lyndon Johnson’s War better known as the Vietnam War made a significant impact on student views on life not only about the United States of America and its leaders, but also started many social groups that fought for social and political independence in a country ran by white high class men. The most noted groups recognized were racial and social activists. These groups fought for equality not only for their race, but for their gender

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    Submitted: January 23, 2010 By: Victor
  • Wasteland: War and Wilfred Owen’s Poetry

    Wasteland: War and Wilfred Owen’s Poetry

    Wasteland: War and Wilfred Owen’s Poetry Poetry, by its definition, is a type of language that unites beauty, the deep sense of the value of life, with truth, the realization and awakening to the meaning of life. Poetry is also a type of language that expresses more and expresses it more intensely than ordinary language. It can also unite the three uses of language: literary, hortatory, and practical. Poetry can be written on a very

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    Submitted: January 23, 2010 By: Tasha
  • What Does the United States Have to Gain from a War with Iraq?

    What Does the United States Have to Gain from a War with Iraq?

    What does the United States have to gain from a war with Iraq? Supporters of a war with Iraq say it will help prevent the risk of an attack by a weapons of mass destruction developed by Iraq. Critics of a military action that say nothing will be gained, and the U.S. just wants to obtain the oil that Iraq controls. They claim that casualties will be too costly for America to afford. Nonetheless, America

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    Submitted: January 24, 2010 By: Jon
  • Disadvantage of German in World War II

    Disadvantage of German in World War II

    Disadvantage of German in World War II World War II was a worldwide military conflict which lasted from the late 1930s to 1945. World War II was the amalgamation of two conflicts, one starting in Asia, 1937, as the Second Sino-Japanese War and the other beginning in Europe, 1939, with the invasion of Poland. At the beginning of the war, German got a big advantage in military affairs. They occupied France, Belgium, Austria and other

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    Submitted: January 24, 2010 By: Artur
  • A Separate Peace

    A Separate Peace

    Through a Simpler Mind Finny’s ignorance shields him from the chaotic madness surrounding him in the novel A Separate Peace. In this novel by John Knowles, Finny’s playful nature and pure perception of the worldeven in the midst of an ongoing world warstands as a testimony to the ignorance within his character. Throughout this riveting tale of redemption and friendship, Finny acts as a beacon of innocence as a result of his character. Ignorant to

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    Submitted: January 24, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Emma Sansom - Civil War Heroine

    Emma Sansom - Civil War Heroine

    Emma Sansom - Civil War Heroine During Col. A. D. Streight's cavalry raid across north Alabama (April 19-May 3, 1863), he was pursued by a Confederate force half the size of his Union company. Led by Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, the Confederates had several advantages. They were riding horses; the Union troops were riding mules (except for a small contingent of cavalry composed of north Alabama Unionists who were showing Streight the way). Horses were

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    Submitted: January 24, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Events That Lead to the End of the Civil War

    Events That Lead to the End of the Civil War

    The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the events surrounding the end of the American Civil War. This war was a war of epic proportion. Never before and not since have so many Americans died in battle. The American Civil War was truly tragic in terms of human life. In this document, I will speak mainly around those involved on the battlefield in the closing days of the conflict. Also, reference will be made

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    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: Mike
  • Which Factor Was the Most Important in Causing the End of the Second World War?

    Which Factor Was the Most Important in Causing the End of the Second World War?

    Historians have questioned the factors leading to the end of the Second World War. The allies had greater resources compared to the Axis power, but Germany was dominating even before the World War had begun. Though material comparison was convincing, it was the naive form of analysing the factors. Strategically, Hitler and the rest of the World made mistakes, but some of the strategies prevailed. Evidently through the events of the Second World War, strategy

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    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Fighting the War on Medical Marijuana

    Fighting the War on Medical Marijuana

    Justin Marine English 101 15 March 2008 Fighting The War On Medical Marijuana The war on medical marijuana is a very broad topic because they’re many different reason why people would pro on medical marijuana and then they’re are people that don’t feel that patients should be prescribed medical marijuana. Reasons for patients getting prescribed this drug is because patients feel its relieves some of their problems due to certain diseases or illness’s. There was

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    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: Max
  • Was the Cold War Chiefly a Clash of National Interests, with Ideology only Secondary?

    Was the Cold War Chiefly a Clash of National Interests, with Ideology only Secondary?

    Yes, I feel the Cold War was a clash of national interests. It was a clash between the capitalists and the communists, who were the Soviet Union, ran by Joseph Stalin and the United States ran by Franklin D. Roosevelt. Neither country was worried about the countries' ideology as much as they were worried about how to run the country. The United States wants to run its country the capitalist way and the Soviet Union

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    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: July
  • War -- What Is It Good For?

    War -- What Is It Good For?

    Is war really ever justified? All different kinds of people, in all different corners of the world have different opinions on this controversial issue. Many people think that war is never justified, many think that war is always justified, and there are some people who think that it completely depends on the situation of the battle. This situation is not a new one, it has not become easier to understand over time, and will never

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    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: Bred
  • Women's Rights Before the Civil War

    Women's Rights Before the Civil War

    Women's Rights Before the Civil War To me, the sun in the heavens at noonday is not more visible than is the right of women, equally with man, to participate in all that concerns human welfare . . . These words were penned in 1866 by Frederick Douglass, a former slave and avid rallier for abolition and women's rights. This was no small task. Women's struggle for equality was and is a long and hard

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    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: Monika
  • Cold War

    Cold War

    There are two boys at school who really hate each other. One just can't stand the other's existence. The odd thing is that they don't know why they hate each other. Another odd thing is that they have never fought. They have come pretty close, standing toe-to-toe; staring at each other, but one of them always backs off. Whenever they face off, each of them has his own squad of cronies, ready to jump in

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    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: Jack
  • Declaring the “undeclared” War

    Declaring the “undeclared” War

    Declaring the “Undeclared” War Susan Faludi speaks of war. She speaks of the victims being chained against achieving dreams of freedom. She speaks of a silent war that brews beneath the surface of society; that slowly erodes the will to overcome. In her excerpt “The Undeclared War on Women”, Faludi declares the thus far “undeclared”; that women have strived for equality, but have only achieved it at a meager level as a result of

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    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: Mike
  • War

    War

    1.) Critically Evaluate Hedge's account for the reasons for War. Does his account have limited applicability or should it be regarded as a general theory for war? Chris Hedges gives many reasons for war; but I will start at the top and work my way down. He states that we as a people ennoble war, that we turn it into entertainment. In all we forget what war is really about and the effects that it

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    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: David
  • War of 1812 Information

    War of 1812 Information

    John Marshall was Chief Justice in many early cases that would help get the Supreme Court up to the level of power and equal amount of say as the other branches. His ruling in the first few important cases helped bring the Courts uses of Judicial Review up to balance the powers. John Q. Adams, son of John Adams and he was the leader behind the signing of the treaty of Ghent. Daniel Webster

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    Submitted: January 26, 2010 By: Anna
  • The War on Terror

    The War on Terror

    When President Bush called Americans to enlist in his "war on terror," very few citizens could have grasped the all-encompassing consequences of the proposition. The terrifying events of 9/11 were like a blinding flash, benumbing the country with a sudden knowledge of unimagined dangers. Strong action was recommended, skeptics were silenced and a shallow sense of unity emerged from the shared vulnerabilities. Nearly three years later, the enormity of Bush's summons to open-ended "war" is

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    Submitted: January 26, 2010 By: Andrew
  • War on Drugs

    War on Drugs

    Have you ever heard the expression “War on drugs”?. That was first used in 1972 when Richard Nixon described a series of govern-mental programs intended to suppress the consumption of certain recreational drugs. Marijuana was one of them. However the first attack on Marijuana occurred not in 1972 but in1937 when the Marijuana TaxAct was passed. According to Legalizationofmarijuna.com Harry Anslinger (bureau of narcotics commissioner) testified in hearings on The subject that the hemp

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    Submitted: January 26, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Vietnam War

    Vietnam War

    Vietnam War The Vietnam War was truly one of the most uncommon wars ever fought. This conflict was so hostile and ironic, that the official beginning and end could never be identified, or pinpointed. Likewise, the enemies and the allies looked exactly alike. This turmoil made everyone in the war confused, because “anyone” could be a friend by day, and foe by night. Additionally, what made the war so difficult was the tactics used by

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    Submitted: January 26, 2010 By: Artur
  • Philip Caputo's a Rumor of War

    Philip Caputo's a Rumor of War

    Philip Caputo's A Rumor of War, is a very realistic and harrowing account of the Vietnam War from a soldiers perspective. Caputo's approach to depicting the Vietnam War is very intriguing, because you see the war as he saw it. The reader grows with the author as he changes from a young starry-eyed soldier, dreaming of "bayonet charges, and desperate battles against impossible odds." (Caputo, p. 14) To a weathered warrior fighting not only an

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    Submitted: January 26, 2010 By: Jon
  • Strides Towards Peace in the Basque Region

    Strides Towards Peace in the Basque Region

    When one speaks of what is being done to resolve the ethnic conflict in the Basque region of Spain one might have to look at the covert aspects rather than the overt. The ethnic conflict has been occurring for decades and for some might finally be reaching a conclusion. Although, to others there is no true end in site and no real solution. So what is presently being done and what has previously been attempted

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    Submitted: January 26, 2010 By: Andrew
  • World War II

    World War II

    A Violation The Treaty of Versailles was a violation of Wilson's ideals. The Treaty is one of the most important agreements (or disagreements) that shaped 20th century Europe socially and physically. Woodrow Wilson on January 22, 1917 in an address to the United States Senate called for a peace without victors, but the Treaty signed by the participating nations was everything but that. The blame for the war was placed on Germany and justified the

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    Submitted: January 26, 2010 By: regina
  • World War I and World War II

    World War I and World War II

    World War I and World War II: A comparison of the weapons, Technological advances and the tactics involved. World War I and World War II both changed the political world and forever alter the war we thought about warfare. Not only did it change the world in those ways, it also drastically changed the way war was waged. Numerous technological advancements allowed for war to be waged further away from your enemy, with greater accuracy,

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    Submitted: January 26, 2010 By: Tommy