History Essays

As a child, I remember watching most movies that were war-related. One perfect example was Rambo: First Blood II  in which the starring (Sylvester Stallone) was a war veteran sent to a country called Vietnam while there he leaves other army officers behind who are then captured and the guilt forces him to go back to rescue the remaining Prisoners of War (POW).

The Second Industrial Revolution (1860 - 1914) or the Technological Revolution took place in the latter half of the 19th century and constituted as the larger portion of the Industrial Revolution. The inventions of the second industrial revolution were based more on science unlike the first industrial revolution which was more of a mechanical nature.

This essay discusses the role of castles that has a great significance during King Stephen’s time leading to the new kind of siege warfare in the Medieval Period. With the struggle for power in the political spheres, the country was greatly devastated contributing to the menace of the peasants and nobles. The battle for the castles consequently created social, political and economic disruption to the country.

In the march towards been globalized, many companies have acquired great advantages by outsourcing skills and technology which is better in other countries (Ghemawat, 2011). A common practice these days is to have separated units of a company’s operation, where the designing, production and assembling are all done in different locations or in different countries, and then brought to the prime location (Click & Duening, 2005).

States and boundaries were existent, but nations did not utilize them to their benefit. France was the first to utilize the phenomenon of nationalism. According to Mill, as quoted in Smith (2010, p.9) “Nationalism is a necessary condition of free institutions that the boundaries of government should coincide in the main with those of nationality.

The company ended up dealing mostly with the Northern-west frontier region, Indian mainland as well as Balochistan. The British East India firm dealt mostly in silk, indigo dye, cotton, salt, opium, tea and saltpeter (Bowen, Margarette & Nigel, 2003). In 1600, Queen Elizabeth contracted a Royal Charter to the company, thereby, rendering it the oldest amidst some similarly fashioned European Eastern India Firms.

2. The need to build stability in the region is overriding, considering the high threat of terrorism in the modern world. 3. To maintain the vital role played by Syria in the Middle East politics 4. It is a major step towards building a peaceful world 5. It is the duty of all nations to safeguard human rights, despite no matter where they are being violated.

To better appreciate the international approaches taken by countries in the third and second worlds, the author analyzes the various international relations theories that exist. In the constructivist’s view, the world is basically a ‘social construct’, which is supported by an in-depth comprehension of international structure.

The history of modern philosophy essentially dates back to the 17th century which was mainly driven and determined by forces such as Renaissance, metaphysics, rationalism, empiricism, idealism and pragmatism.

As such, most Britons inducted free-market virtues which were directly championed her. According to polls conducted in Britain, it is estimated that 52 percent of the people support the fact that some businesses that are not competitive should be shut down. However, 27 percent believe that subsidies should be enacted to protect jobs.

One size does not fit all societies. Each governing body has its own perception of law and justice. Considerations of ‘Righteous’ Civil Disobedience should take into account the Culture, Popular Religion, and Societal Laws as well as the norms of a country. Traditional notions of liberal ideals on issues of Civil Disobedience often misinterpret the methods and rationales of foreign policy.

The country was seen to swiftly adopt various measures and policies that helped it nationalize its oil industry. However, Iran had ignored to take a close objective look at the possible consequences it stood to face as a result of nationalizing its oil industry.

The Persian cuisine and dining ritual also known as the Iranian cuisine has its traditional modes passed to the modern Iranians. Interestingly, the culinary of the Iranians is unique within the Middle East. However, these cuisines have over time with influence from the neighboring communities.

Bleeding Kansas and its impact on the Civil War Introduction Bleeding Kansas was a relatively short-lived, yet bloody series of battles and oppositions that occurred in what had been the Kansas Territory (prior to being admitted to the Union) and neighboring Missouri (already a state in the Union).

Of huge importance is this conflict that leaders of the major world economies have been for many years trying to see to it that a conclusive solution is found once and for all. But to date peace amongst these two neighbors seems elusive even though there are frequent attempts to bring the warring parties to a round table for negotiations.

Though the raid was not of any significance to the military, it sent quite a shock to Japan and its citizens. In addition, it exposed Japan’s weaknesses on its own territory, thus, exposing it to more attacks by the Americans. This meant that for Japan to be at peace, it must humiliate and eliminate America and end the threat completely.

Over the years various terrorist activities such as 9/11 are major proof of such impacts. The magnitudes of the attacks were such that it has left a permanent mark on the people and society of America. The attacks of 9/11 have made a major impact on America from various perspectives including personal, national, social as well as economic.

Her view, paved way for public discourse regarding women’s rights and once the book ‘Rights of Woman’ was published in 1792; she became the famous and infamous proto-feminist in European enlightenment; as well, in America her works received wide readership from both men and women in the period between1792 and 1891 (Wollstonecraft, n.d).

The aim of this study is to view Arab springs under the lens of realism and liberalism in order to have a good grasp of the real situation in Arab countries and their relationship with the outside world. The Middle East is of great importance to global stability due to its vast oil wealth and gas deposits and thus the world looks at it with a lot of interest.

The Main Arguments for and against Turkey's entry to the EU After nearly six decades of various attempts to unite the European states through a democratic process, the integration of a new state within the conglomerate has never been as difficult and disputable as is the case of Turkey.

Specifically, this branch of the government must be accountable to the parliament and thus the parliament have been given the responsibility of ensuring that the executive is accountable to the decisions and policies they make. The parliament should realize that accountability does not only call for the executive to explain the decisions that they have made, but they should also influence those decisions and policies.

A bigger number of issues that are handled in the multilateral context are environmental in nature and because these issues are so hard to be handled by just a single nation, the input of all nations is called for. Within the international platform, countries are grouped according to their strength and Australia happens to fall under the category of the middle power nations.

Why is the Oil Industry and Corruption so closely linked?. For many years now, Transnational Corporations (TNCs), the Multinational corporations and institutions which do work together with them have for many years been targeted for negative and anti- corporate campaigns mainly by the civil society actors which does includes the anti-corruption campaigners, anti-corporate campaigners, anti-globalist and anti-capitalists and academics in spite of their apparent contribution towards the development of the society.

This has meant that the US is the one constantly turned to by most of the world when military intervention is required and some of its activities have been controversial and unwelcome by the country they ventured into. As seen below the US war in Libya and drone strikes in Pakistan have generated a lot of controversy both within the country and in the country they invaded.

Political parties normally have three parts; government, organization, and party electorate. The normal people in the general population belong to this party electorate. These supporters or those who identify with a particular political party often show a strong tendency to vote for the candidate of that particular party.

Although this seemed like a battle set up from hell to many people, the party system would properly work since these opposing ideas would even one another resulting in a bizarrely moderate nation. Due to this supporting tug of war, America developed into a country, which was democratic and could adhere to people’s rights.

Based on this research through the book “Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954 – 1963”, the author clearly explicates the neutrality of civil rights and the disregard of racial prejudice or the sensitivity resulting from being a victimizer or the victim. The author is also showing the struggle of the Americans, as a pursuit to get freedom and access to jobs.

Josef Mengele was a German SS officer and a physician in the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz. He was also known as the Angel of Death (German: Todesengel). Mengele was born on March 16, 1911, in Günzburg, near Ulm, and was a German SS officer and a physician in the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz.

The Northern states of the country were for the abolition of slavery while the Southern states, where large tracts of land had been made into agricultural plantations, wanted to retain slavery. However, while it may be true that slavery was a major contention between the Northern and the Southern states, it was definitely not the basis for civil war.

The term credit has different meanings for different people. For the poor, credit is delaying payment not out of choice but of necessity. For the rich, credit is a means of delaying payment for an item simply because the opportunity exists to purchase several resources without the use of cash transactions.

The church was losing control over its congregation, and many think that the villagers shifted to witchcraft. The doctor William Griggs of Salem also researched the affected girls and could not come up with a scientific conclusion on the cause of the disease this meant that the disease was caused by a supernatural being, which was witchcraft.

Before going to discuss the article, let us get a brief understanding of what adultery actually is. Adultery is the act of illegal union of two people, usually belonging to the opposite genders. It is one of the biggest sex crimes, which not only violates the dignity and honor of women but also gives rise to many social issues, such as inciting murders and unwanted pregnancies.

Generally, the recent overthrow of President Saddam Hussein of Iraq might have turned the whole issue of ‘regime change’ into a present-day or contemporary catchphrase, but it has been a strategy of the foreign policy of the United States of America for a period of more than one hundred and ten years.

This period limited the development of the entire society because most individuals had little knowledge of what happened beyond their boundaries with poorly developed communication methods. Production of materials had been at a reduced pace with inadequate skills and technological knowledge to boost overall services applied in agriculture.

The most important contribution of the ancient Chinese is the invention of paper, which revolutionized the world. Ancient Chinese contributions continue to influence every aspect of contemporary life.

For this reason, the authors of the two articles return to the foundation of political science and environment (Mary Ti?en and Michael Mortimore, 1994, Thomas Jandl, 1998), and its effect in all aspects of people’s lives. While some of main powers behind information and technology are common, their influence in any given society will be unique, with respect to the economic structure, people constitution and responses.

In September 1764, when these new duties were to be imposed upon the people, a petition was sent to King George III by the Massachusetts House of Representatives demanding a change in the amount of tax to be levied, and the same to be done so after asking representatives of the people, directly, or those that would be affected by the change.

One of the ways that Europe changed was that, before the advent of the printing press, the church disseminated information, and society was based upon the church’s teachings. However, as Fussel (2005) notes, after the printing press, new ideas were able to flourish, and old ideals were also readily disseminated.

Sojourner uses repetition of the rhetorical question “ain’t I a woman?” several times in her speech. This shows her resentment for the way she was being treated. This question aims at making the people believe that she deserved equal treatment like other women. White women received better treatment than black women.

This crisis required policies that would prevent the occurrence of such a crisis. This would entail the country diversifying its economy from industrial activities (Christina 1992, p. 770). Additionally, they had to ensure that employees receive better wages to boost consumption. The inequality gap resulted in economic imbalance, which was one of the key triggers of the crisis.

Among these mistakes there was the fact that Cornwallis abandoned many posts that he had and this opened up a way for the allies to attack, using these abandoned redoubts. Moreover, Cornwallis was outnumbered by the allies, two to one. Soon, the small village of Yorktown was under siege.

Globalization has taken the centre stage in national affairs around the world in the past twenty years. This has been characterized by the fast growth in cross-border communication and travel, harmonization of standards, stronger international treaties and the growth in the number of multinational organisations and entities.

The country is having a major infrastructure development with roads being developed with the partnership of donor countries. One of the projects by the Kenyan government is the northern corridor which is meant to link the Southern Africa to the Northern part of Africa through road and rail and already the project is well underway expected to be completed by 2017.

The writing techniques of the author easily enable readers to understand her main focus and hence maintain the interest of the reader throughout the article (Habal, 2007). The author presents the historical data in a narrative form that helps in describing the plights of numerous statuses of the Filipinos in the USA.

The subject matter is another topic where these two pieces of art greatly defer from one another. Whereas in P. Gauguin’s Ia Orana Maria, the subject is based on religion shown by the depiction of the son of God and his holy mother, the Astro boy art is mainly based on the future and progressing technology shown by the depiction of a flying robotic boy.

The article presented in the Jerusalem post on the Israel approval to join NATO has led to lot of rejection by the Turkish. The Israel official announced the approval publicly though, the Turkish viewed this as an enticement due to the recent request it made to NATO to install patriot missile at Syria border.

These nations included the Oneida, Cayuga, Mohawk, Oondaga, and Seneca. Later in 1722, they were joined by the Tuscarora and henceforth recognized as the six nations by the English. The residents of the six villages referred to themselves as “people of the longhouse.” Furthermore, the Iroquois Confederacy was united by race since they were drawn from the Indian tribes.

They ideally want their mission to be fulfilled after they have made their cause known to everyone within the society. Moving ahead with the definition, these interest groups have a definite objective attached to their entirety. They need to have a control mechanism that is helped in terms of influence with the public policy which has already been developed for a state or a country.

They also require sentimental support from the broader global community (Gunter, p.125). The problems faced by Kurds are in the global domain though more can still be done to increase international pressure for their recognition by the host countries. Turkey is a country with a sizeable Kurdish community.