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  • Why the North Won the Civil War

    Why the North Won the Civil War

    Why the North Won the American Civil War Union officer William Tecumseh Sherman observed to a Southern friend that, "In all history, no nation of mere agriculturists ever made successful war against a nation of mechanics. . . .You are bound to fail.” While Sherman’s statement proved to be correct, its flaw is in its assumption of a decided victory for the North and failure to account for the long years of difficult fighting it

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    Submitted: December 28, 2009 By: Fonta
  • The Korean War

    The Korean War

    The Forgotten War “The wrong war, at the wrong place, at the wrong time, and with the wrong enemy” (Bradley, 1951) The Korean War was the civil and military struggle that was fought on the Korean Peninsula and reached its height between 1950 and 1953. It originated in the division of Korea after the Second World War. The rivalry between the two Koreas drew third party countries into political and ideological disputes, such as the

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    Submitted: December 28, 2009 By: Andrew
  • Iraq & Vietnam Two Wars Same Results So Far

    Iraq & Vietnam Two Wars Same Results So Far

    Iraq &Vietnam two wars same results so far. Vietnam and Iraq war. These two wars are very similar but they took place in very different time periods. The war of Vietnam was a war that took place in Vietnam and was considered one of the worst wars the U.S. has ever been involved in ever. Today we are at war in a place called Iraq. This county is located in the middle eastern area of

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    Submitted: December 28, 2009 By: Mike
  • World War II

    World War II

    World War II Over 68 years ago there was a war that came to be known as World War II. It was not only one of the greatest wars in history but one of the most destructive. On September 1, 1939 this war started out and didn’t end until 6 long and bloody years of total war in 1945. The war started 6 years after the Weimer Republic ended. This war was between Germany, Italy

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    Submitted: December 28, 2009 By: Jessica
  • Banana Wars: European Globalization and the Effect on the Caribbean

    Banana Wars: European Globalization and the Effect on the Caribbean

    The world today is continually becoming more and more advanced through the development of new technology and scientific data. This incremental process has sped up dramatically in the last two decades as technological advances make it easier for people to travel, communicate, and do business internationally. Thus, Europe has been a leader in this advancement and has contributed greatly to the process the world calls globalization. “Globalization is an objective, empirical process of increasing economic

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    Submitted: December 28, 2009 By: Max
  • Civil War

    Civil War

    For immigrants and new citizens, there are several important events, people, and ideas that should be learned. The Puritan colony in Massachusetts Bay, the conflict in the colony that led to the establishment of Rhode Island, the French and Indian War, the move west, and the Civil war are all key things and should be understood by all American residents. Puritans The Puritans held strong beliefs concerning their faith as well as their purpose in

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    Submitted: December 28, 2009 By: regina
  • Star Wars

    Star Wars

    Star Wars One of the most important functions of film music is to create a mood or atmosphere so as to create an aural frame of reference for viewing visual images. As movies and television plays a major role in today’s society, film composers have become fascinated in creating meaningful musical film score by experimenting different elements of music in order to enrich, enhance, develop and dramatise movie action. One of the most popular and

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    Submitted: December 28, 2009 By: Mikki
  • War of 1812

    War of 1812

    War of 1812 When we look at world history, the war that broke out in North America in 1812 was greatly overshadowed by the war between France and Britain in Europe. It was a small war but Canadians remember it as one of the most important times in their history. The young provinces of Upper Canada, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island had scarcely established themselves before there were signs of serious trouble in store

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    Submitted: December 29, 2009 By: Mike
  • Vietnam War

    Vietnam War

    The Vietnam War Bullets cut through the air with blazing speed. Cutting skin as it sped through the air. Piercing cries of pain followed. It seemed like the terror and violence wouldn’t end. What could men do against such reckless hate ? So what was the Vietnam war all about, and why did the United States feel they had to get involved ? President Harry Truman established a foreign policy doctrine commonly known as “Containment”.

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    Submitted: December 29, 2009 By: regina
  • How Do Sources A, B and C Show Support for the War in Vietnam?

    How Do Sources A, B and C Show Support for the War in Vietnam?

    How do sources A, B and C show support for the war in Vietnam? Source A is an extract taken from a speech made by President Johnson outlining the reasons why America became involved in the Vietnam war. He is president and his job is to control his actions of Americas role in the Vietnam war. The video clip begins with a news reporter stating how the U.S were determined to prevent the spread of

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    Submitted: December 29, 2009 By: Janna
  • The World Wars

    The World Wars

    The World Wars World War one began in 1914 and lasted for four years. The reasons for the war beginning aren’t very clear cut and neither are the reasons for the United States involvement in this war. Some say it’s a case of one thing led to another and created a domino effect, while others think it was looming on the horizon for many years whatever the reasons are the facts are the world went

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    Submitted: December 29, 2009 By: Mike
  • War Is Hell

    War Is Hell

    War is Hell A review of chapter 2, 'The Crime of War' in Michael Walzer's book, "Just and Unjust Wars: A moral argument with historical illustrations." Allen Lane 1997. In this chapter, Walzer discusses the cruelty of war and whether there can be any justification for such cruelty. He begins by distinguishing between the justice of war (jus ad bellum) and the justice in war (jus in bello). "War is always judged twice, first with

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    Submitted: December 29, 2009 By: Vika
  • Federal Gov’t During Civil War

    Federal Gov’t During Civil War

    America’s republican form of representative government was premised upon the idea of three co-equal branches of government: Executive, Legislative, and Judicial. The three branches, in theory, operate independent of one another and serve as check upon one another. It is this structure of this government, the founders believed, that would retard any establishment of monarchial government that the American Revolution was fought upon. However the civil war, and more specifically the Reconstruction period following

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    Submitted: December 29, 2009 By: Monika
  • When War Becomes an Evil Necessity

    When War Becomes an Evil Necessity

    When War Becomes an Evil Necessity No one can deny the fact that war can be gruesome and bloody. It can cause tremendous amounts of human suffering, death, and destruction. Images of the bodies of men torn apart from a battle will make you cringe. Although these more tangible repercussions of war trouble distress most people, it is short sighted to condemn war based solely on its bloody consequences. Death and destruction are not the

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    Submitted: December 29, 2009 By: Mike
  • Cause of World War

    Cause of World War

    Cause of World War I Unlike World War II, the causes of World War I are not as clear cut. Historians say the war had been building up for some time prior to 1914. The "Great War" was not caused by megalomaniacs hungry for power as in the case of Mussolini and Hitler during World War II. The origins are more complex. First one is the alliance Systems The causes can be explained, more in

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    Submitted: December 29, 2009 By: Mike
  • World War I - Affect on Usa

    World War I - Affect on Usa

    At first the encounter seemed remote, but its economic and political effects were swift and deep. By 1915 U.S. industry, which had been mildly depressed, was prospering again with munitions orders from the Western Allies. Both sides used propaganda to arouse the public passions of Americans -- a third of whom were either foreign-born or had one or two foreign-born parents. Moreover, Britain and Germany both acted against U.S. shipping on the high seas, bringing

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    Submitted: December 29, 2009 By: regina
  • The Civil War to the Modern Day

    The Civil War to the Modern Day

    The Civil War to the Modern Day The Civil War was the bloodiest war in American History. Even though the war was a tragedy because of the life lost, it helped to better the United States to this day. One might wonder how the Civil War has affected different aspects of the United States over the years. If one were to examine events that took place after 1865, they would be able to find similarities

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    Submitted: December 30, 2009 By: Mikki
  • World War I

    World War I

    World War I was a military conflict that lasted from 1914 to 1918. It was a usual war with airplanes, machine guns, and tanks. However, the commanders often fought World War I like it was a 19th Century war. They would march their troops across open land into the face of machine guns and often slaughter. A result of this, was the invention of the strategy known as trench warfare. The most recent use of

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    Submitted: December 30, 2009 By: Mike
  • The Trojan War

    The Trojan War

    The Trojan War has its roots in the marriage between Peleus and Thetis, a sea-goddess. Peleus and Thetis had not invited Eris, the goddess of discord, to their marriage and the outraged goddess stormed into the wedding banquet and threw a golden apple onto the table. The apple belonged to, Eris said, whomever was the fairest. Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite each reached for the apple. Zeus proclaimed that Paris, prince of Troy and thought to

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    Submitted: December 30, 2009 By: David
  • World War 1

    World War 1

    When people are talking of war, they seem to always want to know what started it. There are many things that can cause a war. For example, World War One was started because of many things: nationalism, building of arms, entangling of alliances, and imperialism. When the World War I broke out in 1914, with Austria-Hungary declaring war on Serbia. America’s first reaction was to stay out of the conflict. President Wilson, in his speech

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    Submitted: December 30, 2009 By: Andrew
  • Csr in War-Torn Africa: Benetton Leads the Way

    Csr in War-Torn Africa: Benetton Leads the Way

    CSR in war-torn Africa: Benetton leads the way Benetton chose Senegal's capital, Dakar, to launch its new global advertising campaign called 'Africa works'. It is centered around a micro-credit programme-Birima, spearheaded by Senegalese singer Youssan N' Dour. The 2 billion euro Italian fashion brand Benetton was making its brand socially relevant in a war-torn west African country last week. Social marketing is the new trend to look out for amongst brands. Grammy Award winning Senegalese

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    Submitted: December 30, 2009 By: Fatih
  • The Kingdom of Ahhiyawa and the Dispersed Kernels of Truth Which Have Cumulatively Been Recorded by Homer as the Trojan War

    The Kingdom of Ahhiyawa and the Dispersed Kernels of Truth Which Have Cumulatively Been Recorded by Homer as the Trojan War

    The Kingdom of Ahhiyawa and the Dispersed Kernels of Truth Which Have Cumulatively Been Recorded by Homer as the Trojan War Any historical or archaeological investigation of the Trojan War will most likely begin with a close reading of Homer's Iliad which unfortunately only records a few days of the colossal clash said to have lasted for ten years . This conflict involved a coalition of Greek states sailing to Asia Minor to lay siege

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    Submitted: December 30, 2009 By: Andrew
  • The Role of African Americans in the Revolutionary War

    The Role of African Americans in the Revolutionary War

    The Role of African Americans in the Revolutionary War An estimated 100,000 African Americans escaped, died or were killed during the American Revolution(Mount). Roughly 95% of African Americans in the United States were slaves, and because of their status, the use of them during the revolution was inevitable(Mount). This led many Americans, especially those from the North, to believe that the South's economy would collapse without slavery due to the use of slaves on the

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    Submitted: December 30, 2009 By: Mike
  • The Cause of the Civil War

    The Cause of the Civil War

    Will AP Essay Ever since its beginning, the debate over cause of the Civil War has created enormous controversy. To many people, the cause of this terrible conflict was the issue of slavery, and the failure of the North and South to solve this issue. To others, the war was caused by the North’s economic and political aggression towards the South. However, the war itself was caused by the failure of the democratic institution of

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    Submitted: December 30, 2009 By: Mike
  • Millвђ™s Power Elite Model on the War Profiteers:

    Millвђ™s Power Elite Model on the War Profiteers:

    Between the years of 2001 to present-day, the Power Elite Model has been put to the test within the War in Iraq. Filmmaker and political activist, Robert Greenwald, released a video in 2006 called “Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers.” This video exposed to the public as to what was truly happening between the government’s high powered officials and the large corporations and their control over them. These billion dollar corporations are mostly operated by

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    Submitted: December 31, 2009 By: Bred