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The Chinese Opium Wars
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Jack Beeching's The Chinese Opium Wars (published in 1975 by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Publishers in New York) is a historical account of the Opium Wars between the Chinese and the British due to an unprecedented dispute over trade relations of the mentioned nations.... The book.... ... ... By reading through the Table of Contents, it can be said that the book is arranged thematically while retaining its chronological It is the thematic titles per chapter that is very catching about the book....
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The War in Iraq and The Hurt Locker
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The paper "The war in Iraq and The Hurt Locker" tells us about film based on an apolitical perspective with respect to the Iraq war.... The Hurt Locker has been regarded as one of the best war time movies made in a long time.... 16 April Assignment "The rush of battle is a potent and often lethal addiction, for war is a drug.... Chris Hedges In the recent past, one of Hollywood's greatest achievements has been The Hurt Locker; a film based on an apolitical perspective with respect to the Iraq war....
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What Caused the 1991 Gulf War
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"What Caused the 1991 Gulf war" paper digs deep into the events that triggered the gulf war of 1991, and briefly sheds light on the consequences of that war.... It is very important to look at the causes of war rather than look for ways to bring peace after a war has already happened.... WHAT CAUSED THE 1991 GULF war?... Number November 26, Introduction The questions that cross everyone's mind the moment there is a war are such as, why do wars occur when the decisions that were made were very rational and were also made carefully?...
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The United States in World War 2
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"The United States in World war 2" paper explains the role of the United States during the war and describes its different policies like war administration policies, economic policies, intelligence policies, and many others to create a clear understanding of the US' position in WW 2.... United States in World war 2 ... ackground of World war 2 3 ... S entry into World war 2 4 ... efense policy and strategic planning of US during war period 6 ...
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U.S Efforts to Win the Cold War
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Cold war refers to the continued period characterized by political and military strain.... Efforts to Win the Cold war ... oth camps demonstrated concerted efforts to win the cold war by use different leadership, military, economic, and collaborative techniques with the aim of outwitting the others in the cold war.... Efforts to Win the Cold war The cold war is believed to have started in late 1940s and ended in 1980s....
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American Civil War and American History
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The author of the paper "American Civil war and American History" will begin with the statement that from the quote on the American civil war, the historian Shelby Foote wanted to convey that any understanding of the American nation has to be based on the study of the civil war of America.... The historian who took twenty years to write a book on the American civil war claimed that the civil war laid the foundation of the nation and provided the platform based on which the nation could build its self-existence....
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Is the U.S. Winning the Drug War in Latin America
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winning the drug war in Latin America?... PRO: Yes, the US is winning the drug war in Latin America 1.... Columbian president wish of criminalizing coca farming is a major boost to war against drugs.... CON: No, the US is not winning the drug war in Latin America 1.... US anti-drug operations in some nations like Guatemala and Mexico are accused of victimization in their war on drugs 4.... Latin America has marked a huge rise in coca production over the past few years despite the US efforts of discouraging its production Amidst the narcotics decriminalizing calls by some leading Latin American leaders, Janet Napolitano, the US Homeland Security Secretary defended the drug war strategy of the US....
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Jus in Bello or the Doctrine of Just War
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The paper "Jus in Bello or the Doctrine of Just war" highlights that in present times, the principles of jus in Bello could not be followed- changing war strategies as well as technological advancement and development of war weapons are to be blamed.... US IN BELLO Introduction Jus in bello or the docrine of just- war has originated from ‘Christian Realism', the cornerstone of morals and ethics.... The jus in bello supports the rational justifications of waging a war if some wrong deed is done on a rival's part....
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American Patriotism During World War One
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The author of the "American Patriotism During World war One" paper argues that America's involvement in world war one led to a drastic change among the nations.... This is proclaimed by his words during World war 1' Give me Liberty or give me death' according to Alexander (2004).... American Patriotism during World war One al Affiliation: American Patriotism during World war One After the US entered the World war 1 in 1917, the federal government took an unprecedented task in stimulating patriotism....
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Sylvias Bar
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It is to recommend that Sylvia's should enter into the price war with them as it can damage the old brand image which it has but it should concentrate on the customer relationship to attract more younger and retain back the previous clients because customer relation always help a company to retain its customer and to compete with other players in a particular market. ...
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Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War
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In the essay 'Abraham Lincoln and the Civil war' the author examines the American civil war, which is a critical landmark in the history of America.... The civil war marked an era of conflicts especially between the southern and the northern states.... The author states that various historians have postulated different causes of the war and the role played by the civil war leaders.... The civil war resolved two issues that the American Revolution failed to solve....
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How the News Media Active in Propagating the War on Terror
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This dissertation "How the News Media Active in Propagating the war on Terror" revolves around the main point that how the war on Terror emerged as a social principle that was transmitted through the US press, policy documents, and presidential speeches.... In addition, the practice of any war in its military and political dimension would not be possible without the accompanying language or discourse.... The United Nations Convention Against torture 'leaves no space for exceptional circumstances, whatsoever, such a state of war or a threat of war, internal political instability or any other public emergency which may be invoked as a justification of torture and warns that 'such behaviors are illegal, can never be justified, and the perpetrators should be identified, arrested and punished to the fullest extent'....
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Use of Marketing Techniques to Create Positive Perception: BlackBerry
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"Use of Marketing Techniques to Create Positive perception: BlackBerry" paper identifies how marketing techniques have been successfully used to create positive perceptions of a star product.... BlackBerry Use of Marketing Techniques to Create Positive perception Contents Contents 1....
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The South During the Civil War
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The focus of this source is the civil war that pitted the confederates from the south.... It gives more emphasis to the reasons for the civil war and what both sides fought four.... Reasons to why the north won and the south lost are given in this source as well as post-war alignment.... The focus of this source is the civil war that pitted the confederates from the south and the union forces.... It gives more emphasis to the reasons for the civil war and what both sides fought four....
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The true cause of World War I
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World war I was not the product of a failed foreign policy.... The true cause of the war lay in domestic politics and problems.... It was this class-conflict that pushed the German elite into the decision for war.... The royal murder at the hands of the Black Hand, a Serbian nationalist secret society, gave rise to an impulsive series of political happenings and fuelled the already existent conflict between Austria and Serbia that unexpectedly culminated into a global war....
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Hemingway - War in His Short Stories
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This paper stresses that Hemingway miniaturizes the concept of war in In Our Time.... Barloon believes that Hemingway thinks that war cannot be faced directly or projected directly in a narrative.... Instead, it can only be understood from its bits and pieces, since the sum of war is hard to grasp.... This paper highlights that Hemingway sees the war story as a fragmented effort.... No one can fully understand the war and its effects on different people and groups....
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Major Events during World War II
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Professor Date Major Events during World war II World war II began in 1941.... The great depression, which hit United State and other parts of the world in 1930, was one of the major causes of World war II.... Japan, Germany, and Italy, after the World war I was so anxious to recuperate their powers, this led to dictatorship and the need to expand boundaries without considering their neighbors.... The League of Nations faced a lot of difficulty to stop the second Sino-Japanese war, which was witnessed in 1931 because of its weakness leading to violation of treaties and agreement....
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Hitlers Influence on World War II
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According to the study, Hitler's Influence on World war II, Hitler advocated for a radical, racially motivated world order.... His desire to amass large tracts of territory and states for himself created much tension in Europe that eventually culminated into a world war.... His desire to amass large tracts of territory and states for himself created much tension in Europe that eventually culminated into a world war.... World war II began in 1939 and lasted until 1945....
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Adding, and organize
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Hill asserts that the Gulf war that took place between 1990 and 1991 was because of Saddam Hussein accusing Kuwait and United Arab Emirates of contributing significantly to the flooding of the world oil market.... The United States involvement in the gulf war a rapid and an.... The gulf war of 1990 served to make and unite the people of America and the military, and it helped to amend the wounds that were created by the war on Vietnam. ...
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The Concept of Failed State, New War and New Terrorism
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The author in the essay tries to determine the extent to which 'new war' and 'new terrorism' are responsible for state failure or 'failed states', and to do this a clear definition and understanding of all the three terms is essential.... ... ...
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Was Thatcher Able to Manage Parliament Effectively during the Falklands War Conflict
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"Was Thatcher Able to Manage Parliament Effectively during the Falklands war Conflict" paper discusses the immediate origin of the conflict before embarking on the diplomacy that was initiated to bring the war to a halt and the contribution of Margaret Thatcher through the influence of parliament.... The study will also focus on both the economic and political aims of the parties that were involved in the war and how the war proved a victorious means for each side (Lowell 177)....
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Churchill Hitler and the Unnecessary War
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The paper 'Churchill Hitler and the Unnecessary war' presents the author Pat Buchanan who takes the 'Unnecessary war' quote of Sir Winston Churchill, the Prime Minister of England during Second World war, and extrapolates it to lay the blame of Second World war.... To understand the reason behind the book, it is necessary to move back in time to when the 'unnecessary war comment was made, and what he really meant in it....
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War and Its Influences Progress of Civilization
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The author of the following paper under the title 'war and Its Influences Progress of Civilization' gives detailed information about the common beliefs that war is the source of evils, a sign of punishment from gods and that war has the only adverse impact.... It has been proven that war has a bunch of positive effects on society and a country that vary depending on the cause and where the war occurred, although these effects are not easily pointed out....
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Catholic Church: Responses to War and Peace
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"Catholic Church: Responses to war and Peace" paper examines the two distinct views on the matters of war and ease: the pacifist or non-violent view and the 'just war theory.... By contrast, the just-war theory justified violence under certain circumstances.... These two perspectives on war and peace have a long and exceptionally complex history that covers the period from the Sermon on the Mount to the recent statements of Popes and bishops on the matters of war and peace (Gremillion 1976)....
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What Caused the World War II
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The paper "What Caused the World war II" highlights that the American veterans were happy to be home again, and they were rewarded for their good services to the country during the war.... Benito Mussolini of Italy, Francisco Franco of Spain, Emperor Hirohito of Japan, and Adolf Hitler of Germany were the greatest tyrants who wanted to destroy capitalism and democracy during the Second World war (Adams).... The understanding of what caused the war and how different countries entered into the war has been complicated, Adams....
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The Salvadoran During The Civil War
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The essay "The Salvadoran During The Civil war" shows us the Central American country, El Salvador, whose borders are linked with the Pacific Ocean, Guatemala, and Honduras, has had a history of tensions amongst the ruling classes and the ruled.... Once the commission conducted its research and published the report the National Guard and other governmental military bodies were found to be guilty of indulging in war crimes.... THE SALVADORAN DURING THE CIVIL war ...
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Soviet and American cold war polices
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The Soviet and American Cold war Policies At the end of World war II, The Soviet Union and the United States became divided allies.... Their partnership during the war against a common enemy came to an end because of the differing world ideologies that each of the country's leaders believed the world should follow.... The day that Germany was divided between the east and the west, the cold war policies of both nations began to take shape with the United States advocating democracy and the curtailment of communism while Russia continued to advocate communism and its spread across the world....
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Chemical Warfare in World War 1
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In the paper 'Chemical Warfare in World war 1' the author discusses sophisticated weapons in World war I.... The author states that prior to the World war I, several European countries including Germany, France and Britain had signed a treaty known as the Hague Convention on war on land in 1907 which forbid the use of poisonous gas in war.... Chemical Warfare in World war 1 ... ach war comes up with new weapons, as those countries at war use their every available resource to influence the outcome of the war....
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Asian American History
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he Global Cold war and Hot Wars of Southeast Asia ... he end of World war II marked a new beginning of Asian migrations in the US.... The global cold war between the oviet Union and the US intensified after the end of World war II and Asia became a battle ground in a process to leave an imprint on many underdeveloped and poor Asian countries by the two diametrically opposite economic and political ideologies – namely the USSR and the US....
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The Civil War in American History
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The paper "The Civil war in American History" highlights that La Follette questioned the alliance of the U.... entry into the war.... The civil war ... World war 1 ... The civil war ... war between the confederates and the Union ... bout 187, 858 native Germans helped the Union win the war by serving in the army ... he end of the civil war was a great victory for the United States ...
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War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity
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The author of the paper "war Crimes and Crimes against Humanity" argues in a well-organized manner that war crimes are torture, rape, slavery, political, and racial abuse, religious persecutions, extermination, killings, and indignities heaped on the vanquished by the victor during the war.... It has never happened in history that a nation that has won a war has been held accountable for atrocities committed to preparing for and waging that war....
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The War Prayer by Mark Twain
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The paper "The war Prayer by Mark Twain" discusses that war brings more disgrace than honor, more disasters than benefit, betrayal to life than true patriotism.... Mark Twain, the of the literary piece, “The war Prayer”, captures an extra-ordinary inner-strength to voice out his humanistic analysis about war and patriotism, such that challenges distorted non-humanist perspective about being a patriot.... Mark Twain, as an author, despite of being an American, showed his criticisms about war and patriotism that many people might be trying to pursue....
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Exception to the Right to Refuse Treatment
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This essay "Exception to the Right to Refuse Treatment" shows that Every person has an inherent moral right to refuse treatment.... These are moral rights that help ensure that a patient's right to self-determination and autonomy are respected by the health caregivers and medical professionals.... ...
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How do you think the media influences the public's perception of the criminal justice system
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But things have changed in the 21st century and not for the How Do I Think the Media Influences the Publics perception of the Criminal Justice System?... With “justice” oriented programs like Nancy Grace and Jane Velez gracing out TV screens, I believe that the theory of Beales and Lowndes (2007) carry the proper information and weight for me to understand that the media has influenced our perception of the criminal justice system and not in a good way.... That was how the media used to influence the public perception when it came to our criminal justice system....
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Nation Building, Wars, and Evangelistic Campaign
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This essay "Nation Building, Wars, and Evangelistic Campaign" focuses on the process of attaining proper nationalism in Korea took different turns, especially during the rule of the Syngman Rhee.... At that time of birth of the country, a visionary leader was highly needed to foster the development....
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Civil Disobedience in the Age of Dotcoms: From Confrontations to Campaigns
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Just as the vietnam war and the Gulf War brought thousands to the streets to disrupt the flow of normal business and governance - acting upon the physical infrastructure - future interventionist wars will be protested by the clogging or actual rupture of fiber optic cables and ISDN lines - acting on the electronic and communications infrastructure.... he first Gulf War brought into the living rooms what people had not witnessed during the vietnam war.... Unlike in Thoreau's time, when the telegraph had barely gotten off the ground, and even unlike during the tumultuous 1960s, when the vietnam war was televised - but when computers were still monster-sized machines off limits to most people - we, today, live in the age of the personal computer....
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The Causes of World War One
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The paper "The Causes of World war One" tells that Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassination by Gavrilo Princip of a Serbian terrorist group called Black Hand in Sarajevo sparked the Great war.... The war was fought in 1914 - 1918 and involved all European nations through numerous alliances.... New highly destructive weapons such as; submarines, tanks, and poison gas were made, worsening the war.... The readiness for war culminated into alliances....
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The Civil War Produced More Radical Changes in America than the Revolutionary War
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This essay "The Civil war Produced More Radical Changes in America than the Revolutionary war" discusses war as an armed confrontation with the enemy or a prolonged conflict between two countries, states, or two parties which usually put negative impacts on society.... Civil war and Revolutionary war, both left some impacts on society.... Here in this essay, I would discuss whether the civil war produced more radical changes in America or the Revolutionary war....
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Are eating disorders directly connected to the media
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einforce their child's perception of themselves by unconsciously or consciously expecting them to be less active and less intelligent than their peers, again judging the child by their looks.... The media plays the most active role in constructing this social standard and therefore the perception of self for many people.... Girls who enter school without an already chubby figure start to think of themselves as being overweight, a perception that becomes increasingly cemented into their minds as their peers also start making these same associations....
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Analysis of the Soviet Intervention in Afghanistan
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The same point can be made for the vietnam war, where the United States and France approached the conflict with conventional tactics that favored the Vietcong18. ... lthough Americans and the French do not like to admit it, the vietnam war was another massive military failure necessitated by employing the wrong form of warfare.... war is an unpredictable affair, but the uncertainty can always be moderated by adopting a retrospective approach to conflicts....
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Chemical Warfare in World War I
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The essay "Chemical Warfare in World war I" focuses on the critical analysis of the development and use of poisonous gas during World war I to exemplify the development of science and technology in the Nazi period.... Each war comes up with new weapons.... During the war, the intellectuals of a country usually play a very vital role in the discovery and development of weapons.... World war I saw the development of weapons, which were deadlier to a degree than had never before been expected....
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Traditions and Encounters: World War 1
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In the essay 'Traditions and Encounters: World war 1' the author looks at the World war 1, which began in Europe during 1914 and began to spread rapidly to the other parts of the globe in a span of four years.... They also referred to this war like the Great war.... The author states that a world war is any war that constitutes more than four superpower states and military operations in more than one continent....
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World War II and the Holocaust
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While Adolf Hitler along with rest of the Germans abhorred the hard line restrictions and conditions put upon them in the form of the indemnities and other penalties, the fact that Adolf Hitler considered Jews and the Austrians as the main agent and factor of brining about defeat to Germans in the First World war sow the seeds of evil and hatred within.... On the historic front, they were being held as the guilty party for having brought about shame and defeat upon the Germans in the First war, on the social and societal front, the Jews were being termed as the inferior race that with their presence brought about downfall upon the other tribes and societies....
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The Opium War Britain and China
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This essay "The Opium war Britain and China" discusses the war that lasted for three years from 1839 to 1842.... This action was the direct cause of the Opium war since Britain immediately declared war on China in retaliation for this gesture.... However, the war also led to an increase in crime and disorder in southeast China as opium pirates and bandits began to thrive and clashes erupted between different clans....
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Historical Topics in the 1900s and beyond
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Winston Churchill – He was a statesman, writer, leader, and orator who was Britain's leader during the Second World war.... ussolini – Born in 1883 in Italy, he later became involved in socialist politics and led Italy during the First World war.... He founded Fascism in Italy and allied Italy with Germany and Japan in the Second World war.... uftwaffe – This is the aerial military power of Germany in the Second World war....
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The D-Day and After: The Reminiscences of the War
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Course 8 July 2012 The D-Day and After: The Reminiscences of the war (From the Diary of a U.... My father, who served as a soldier under General Pershing's command in 1918, told me of the terrors that he faced in the Great war, but he would have scarcely understood the full horror of the modern, fully mechanized war that we find ourselves in the midst of.... The modern war is really a beast feasting on human misery.... In addition, I have recently become more and more obsessed with the questions pertaining to the nature and meaning of this war, unheard of in the global history....
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Cold War and Consumerists Mass Culture
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The essay "Cold war and Consumerists Mass Culture" explores the influence of consumerists mass culture on the economy of the United States in the post war period.... ou're s History and Political Science In what ways did consumerist mass culture unite with cold war politics and postwar economic policy to foster conformity in the postwar era?... The economic and social forces following the World war Two in America were marked by economic contingency foreclosure through a process of calculation and bureaucratic planning....
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Mystification in the Media from Ritual Murder to the War on Terrorism
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This article "Mystification in the Media from Ritual Murder to the war on Terrorism" illustrates the failure of modern media to play its role as an informative tool and instead it is being used as propaganda machinery.... A critical review of “Mystification in the media from ‘ritual murder' to the “war on terrorism' by John Theobald ... It does this by using the ‘the ritual murder case' of Vienna at the turn of the twentieth century and the ‘war on terrorism” at the beginning of this century....
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The Business Plan of Parks in Western Australia
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The third objective was to investigate if the public exercise stations enhance people's perception of the Local Council.... Installation of these equipments has not changed the perception of the people towards the local council.... Therefore, this provides the researcher with a good sample of respondents whereby the researcher can get a holistic view of the people's perception and attitude towards the public exercise stations in the park....
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John Stuart Mill's view of the Iraqi War
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This essay reveals that one of the greatest utilitarian philosophers John Stuart Mill and his main positions from his philosophical work 'On Liberty' have a discussion about the war in Iraq.... ohn Stuart Mill's view of the Iraqi war according to his book “On Liberty” ... our children when they fall in small war on the heels of small ... war-until the end of time to police the earth, a ghost orbiting ... hen we talk about ethical principles of war, it may seem weird, because the question arises if there is any ethics in killing some people in favor of other people?...
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