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Throughout history, economics have changed drastically. The Roaring 20’s and Great Depression defined our country, The United States, and impacted everyone differently. The Roaring 20’s, otherwise known as the Age of Intolerance, was an age of social and political change. It was only the beginning of many inventions that sent American into the modern age. … Read more
It was the beginning of one of the most significant battles on the Pacific Front of World War II. The Battle of the Guadalcanal took place on August 7th of 1942, when the United States Marines landed on the Guadalcanal. The landing at the Guadalcanal was unchallenged and it took Americans six months to defeat … Read more
Markus Zusak is an Australian author best known for writing The Book Thief. The Book Thief is narrated by Death and is the story of Liesel Meminger, a nine year old German girl who goes to live with her foster parents, Rosa and Hans Hubermann in Molching. The Book Thief takes place in 1939, right … Read more
“A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him” General Douglas MacArthur, a five-star general, proved his own statement to be true. By the end of his career Douglas Macarthur was the most successful general of that time, the upbringing, personality and life events Douglas MacArthur … Read more
Abraham Lincoln once said, “My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth”(Lincoln qtd. in “Abraham”). It is not too late to achieve this dream. The Constitution clearly states in the preamble that the sole purpose of the U. S. government … Read more
Imperialism is a system where one powerful nation controls one or more colonies. They have control over other colonies mostly because they forcibly took it through war or political strategies. A military order is often present in that colony to maintain order and suppress revolution and protest of any kind. Before WW1 British had the … Read more
World War II was not a small battle with little loss, it was a complex war that consisted of many separate smaller battles and almost every country was involved. The battle I chose, that contributed to World War II, is the Battle of Guadalcanal. I chose this battle, due to my family connections to Guadalcanal. … Read more
The federal government as a system of governance tends to divide power between two parties, that is, the national government that is stronger and the local government which is smaller in size. The two states administered their authority directly through their officials and laws as well. It had a part to play in the domestic … Read more
Karnig Panian’s memoir is a touching story of the tragedies faced as a child, during the Great War (WWI). Recalling his path during the genocide of Armenian Christians. After a spiraling journey, Karnig overcame the obstacles he faced. Karnig’s continuous faith and survival help allowed him to keep his Arminian identity. Panian’s peaceful life as … Read more
Intro The Confederates actively sought European support throughout the war. Many Southerners believed that foreign dependence on cotton imports would force world leaders to join the fight against the North. Union leaders wanted to avoid foreign intervention and attempted to make the southern government appear illegitimate. Under General Winfield Scott’s Anaconda Plan, the Union formed … Read more
The types of individuals who take part of the United States’ (U. S. ) larger political narrative is all encompassing. Namely, who has a voice in the political discussion is continuously changing and individuals who would initially have the smallest voices would soon have the opportunity to begin movements. However, this does not mean that … Read more
“I have conquered an empire but I have not been able to conquer myself”(quotezine). Peter the Great built the foundation Russia stands on today, and enabled Russia to become the world power that we know today. Some may credit Peter with inciting westernization in Russia, but westernization started prior to when he was born. After … Read more
Did you know that Okinawa was the deadliest battle of the Pacific in World War II? Have you ever wondered how this battle got so gruesome and what the intent could possibly be? Maybe you’ve wondered how this battle was significant to both sides of the war. In this paper we will discuss why the … Read more
Today, these men are recognized as the famous Navajo Code Talkers, who exemplify the unequaled bravery and patriotism of the Navajo people. These Navajo men were selected to create codes and serve on the front line to overcome and deceive those on the other side of the battlefield (Discover Navajo). However, “unknown to many, the … Read more
“How strange or odd some’er | bear myself As I perchance hereafter shall think meet To put an antic disposition onThat you, at such times seeing me, never shall, With arms encumber’d thus, or this head-shake… That you know aught of me: this not to do, So grace and mercy at your most need help … Read more
Author’s Purpose: Marcus Luttrell’s purpose in writing this book was to tell the heroic story of the Navy SEALs that died in Operation Redwing. He wanted to describe, in detail, what it takes to become a Navy SEAL and what it takes to survive at war. In addition, Luttrell’s purpose was to remember his lost … Read more
The Cold War was a time of heightened fear in the United States because there was the looming threat of a Communist takeover. People lived in a constant state of paranoia because anyone could have been a Communist, from their neighbor to their doctor, no one knew. One of the ways Americans believed Communism made … Read more
The Wartime Boom help shaped the history and growth in Oakland and the American history for that matter. This economic boom brought World War II the much-needed relief from the Great Depression of the 1930s. The Wartime Boom had a great impact the city of Oakland in particular: Oakland’s productive port, the largest seaport in … Read more
Maryland, Eisenhower became close to George S. Patton, Both Eisenhower and Patton distributed articles in 1920 pushing that the Army to improve utilization of tanks to keep a redundancy of the static and ruinous trench fighting of World War I. Be that as it may, Army experts considered Eisenhower resistant instead of visionary and undermined … Read more
Chaos: The New Order The will to defy order in society spurs chaos, but eventually, this chaos emerges as the new order. Chaos and order seem to contrast by definition. However, I hypothesize that chaos and order both reinforce each other after analyzing Like Water for Chocolate, by Laura Esquivel, and Oryx and Crake, by … Read more
Throughout the years our world has experienced a numerous amount of hardships and horrible events. Some of these events include the bombing of the World Trade Center, the Holocaust, the 1920s, the bombings in Paris recently, and global warming. Many of these came along with death, poverty, and depression, however, our world grew from these … Read more
Imagine the horror to find one day, due to your lack of conserving used cooking fats and bones, the country loses multiple soldiers and a war as well. During World War 1, the Bone and Fat Bucket advertisement was published to help produce more munitions for the war. As we go on in further years … Read more
History of the Bombing The atomic bombing in Hiroshima and Nagasaki occurred in August 1945 when the Second World War was at its final stage. An American B-29 bomber dropped the first atomic bomb on August 6, 1945 over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The explosion practically killed 80,000 people wiping out 90% of the … Read more
The second World war is understood as having been started and ended in various fashions. We know this to be true as there is copious amounts of literature analyzing, explaining, investigating, and theorizing “the Rise and Fall of the Third Reich”, or as some may prefer, “The Fall and Rise of the 3rd Reich”. From … Read more
To what extent was Japanese military mentality responsible for the Nanking massacres? The aggressive Japanese military mentality was the largest contributor towards the brutal nature of the 1937 Nanking massacre. Both long term Japanese military personalities formulated over the years combined with the short term circumstances such as the Battle of Shanghai and the First … Read more
Since nearly the last World War this world has witnessed, fiftyone countries around the globe joined together as a whole and created a stepping stone in world peace and unity. The United Nations is an intergovernmental organization to promote international co-operation. In addition, it is the only organization of its kind to exist. Together, this … Read more
Stories have over time being used to communicate important themes within the society. As a matter of fact, themes such as culture, love, war and change have been widely portrayed in stories. As a result, analysts have explored stories, drew comparisons and also used them as historical artifacts. The stories, “1944 the Year I Learned … Read more
The saying goes, “a picture is worth a thousand words. ” The possibilities are endless, and in this case, timeless. This picture can portray the heart of a nation’s culture, the exuberance of a historic moment, or even the embodiment of a people. The year: 1945, sailors and nurses litter the streets of New York … Read more
“A world free of nuclear weapons is a global public good of the highest order” (Ki-Moon). Ban Ki-Moon is the United Nations Secretary-General. Ki-Moon was born in South Korea, in the past, wars tore through South Korea and had received threats of nuclear destruction. Because of these tragic events, Ki-Moon feels very strongly that nuclear … Read more
“We could only solve our problems by cooperating with other countries … We needed to put an end to the Iron Curtain, to change the nature of international relations … and particularly to end the arms race. ” (Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev). Gorbachev was the former president of the Soviet Union and a former war leader. … Read more
Conflicts are often started by the utilization of labels. By labeling a certain person or calling them a name it is essentially grouping them into a larger idea or force. In the film Empire of the Sun directed by Steven Spielberg and the novel When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka the main characters … Read more
Similarly to Bread Givers’ Sara Smolinsky, Maya Lin is the daughter of immigrants who fled to the United States in 1948 before the 1949 Communist takeover of China. On the date of October 5, 1959, she was born in Athens, Ohio (Biography. com Editors). Lin’s parents were intellectuals who eventually became professors at Ohio University; … Read more
Carl Philipp Gottfried von Clausewitz was a Prussian soldier who later became a major military thinker of the 19th century. Antoine-Henri Jomini was a Swiss man that joined the French revolution and even joining Russia and would become the most popular thinker of his time. Both Jomini and Clausewitz share many similarities more than their … Read more
I can’t come to school or go to work without listening the international news. Every morning, rather than getting something to eat for breakfast I turn on the TV and flip through the channels between CNN, BBC or Aljazeera to watch the news about Syrian civil war. The Syrian civil war is an ongoing conflict … Read more
What is America? Well, it’s a place where all of your fantasies can come true. You can come to this country with just the clothes on your back and hope in your heart. Then after settling here you will have a closet full of clothes, a big house to live in, and a bountiful supply … Read more
War is not only causes physical injuries, but emotional ones as well. Throughout history, soldiers returning from war have acquired emotional damage after enduring to the harsh conditions of combat. They suffer from illnesses such as PTSD or Post Traumatic Stress disorder, a disorder in which traumatizing experiences from the past still affect an individual … Read more
Attributes that pertain to all stories are things such as beginning, middle, and end, characters, a plot, an author, and an intended purpose. So, why are some stories better than others? If every story consists of these components, why are we not moved by every novel we read? There are many things that distinguish bad, … Read more
James Dickey once said that, “A poet is someone who stands outside in the rain hoping to be struck by lightning” (“James Dickey,” 2015). Thus, one would be lead to believe that James Dickey must not like poets or poetry. Contrary to this belief, James Dickey is a renowned American poet himself and is praised … Read more
For several years, World War II had been raging in Europe. In 1945, German soldiers surrounded Russia and tried to choke off the train of supplies entering the country. Leningrad, Russia remained under constant bombing by German aircraft. Leningrad was a key location for Russia’s war efforts due to its manufacturing facilities and needed to … Read more
Introduction “War is partly madness, mostly insanity and the rest is schizophrenia. “- Don McCullin. (BBC Imagine 2013 McCullin) Capturing the decisive moments of these wars have not just created a genre of photography called war photography but also enhanced public awareness. Both Donald McCullin and Eddie Adams, being photojournalists recognized for their war photography, … Read more
During World War II in the Pacific, there were pilots of the Japanese Imperial Army and Navy who made suicide attacks, driving their planes to deliberately crash into carriers and battle- ships of the Allied forces. These were the pilots known as the Kamikaze pilots. Because right-wing organizations have used the Kamikaze pilots as a … Read more
During World War II the Allies were determined that both Hitler and the men around him should be punished for starting World War II and the crimes they had committed while they were waging it. These crimes included the extermination of the Jewish people of Europe known as the Holocaust or the Shoah. After some … Read more
At daybreak on the first day of September, 1939, the residents of Poland awakened to grave news. A juggernaut force of tanks, guns, and countless grey-clad soldiers from nearby Germany had torn across the countryside and were making a total invasion of the Poles homelands. Germanys actions on that fateful morning ignited a conflict that … Read more
The Treaty of Versailles faltered to heal the bitter mess that formed between countries in World War I. It left Germany in a terrible position and gave them a desire for dictatorship. Germany had been ordered to disarm its military and put strict rules on when and how the Germans could rearm. In 1931, Adolf … Read more
When the atomic bomb went off over Hiroshima on Aug. 6th, 1945, 70,000 lives were ended in a flash. To the American people who were weary from the long and brutal war, such a drastic measure seemed a necessary, even righteous way to end the madness that was World War II. However, the madness had … Read more
At daybreak on the first day of September, 1939, the residents of Poland awakened to grave news. A juggernaut force of tanks, guns, and countless grey-clad soldiers from nearby Germany had torn across the countryside and were making a total invasion of the Poles homelands. Germanys actions on that fateful morning ignited a conflict that … Read more
I am doing this report on the M1 Garand for Mr. Walker 182’s History Class. The Garand is a fascinating World War II semi-automatic rifle. In the sub-sections below I will describe the developement history of the gun, the service history, and info on different versions. I wanted to add diagrams of the M1 rifle … Read more
The recent terrorist attacks on September 11th in Washington and New York City caused the greatest loss of life in a domestic incident of war since Pearl Harbor. Many Americans felt the September 11th events were similar to the surprise attack by the Japanese in 1941 on the United States on Pearl Harbor. The United … Read more
The Treaty of Versailles was a violation of Wilsons 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 … Read more
The book, Farewell to Manzanar was the story of a young Japanese girl coming of age in the interment camp located in Owens Valley, California. Less than two months after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which stated that the War Department had the right to declare which people were … Read more
