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  • Is the War on Iraq Legitimate?

    Is the War on Iraq Legitimate?

    Is the war on Iraq Legitimate? The war in Iraq is a very touchy subject among most Americans these days. Americans wonder if they have been lied too and taken advantage of by the government, especially the President. This sentiment among Americans has begun to bother me. I feel that it's time that for me to research this war and determine if the United States should have gotten involved. Nelson Mandela says that "Because

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    Submitted: February 15, 2011
  • What Might Have Happened in North America If the Confederacy Had Won the "war Between the States"?

    What Might Have Happened in North America If the Confederacy Had Won the "war Between the States"?

    What might have happened in North America if the confederacy had won the "War between the states"? Before I start revealing my thoughts on this point I would like to recollect some facts about the Civil War in the United States of America known also as the "War between the states". The Civil War took place on the territory of the USA from 1861 to 1865 as a result of sharp differences between the Southern

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    Submitted: February 15, 2011
  • Brief Timeline of Events Leading up to World War one

    Brief Timeline of Events Leading up to World War one

    Brief Timeline of Important Events 1820 March - The Missouri Compromise is negotiated allowing Maine to be admitted to the Union as a free state and Missouri as a slave state in 1821. This act will maintain a balance between free and slave states. The compromise establishes the 36 degree, 30' parallel of latitude as a dividing line between free and slave areas of the territories. 1827 The state of New York abolishes slavery. 1828

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    Submitted: February 15, 2011
  • The Hundred Years' War

    The Hundred Years' War

    When you think of knights you think of King Arthur, Castles, or even swordplay. As you might assume, in order to be a knight, you would be sworn in. This is correct but in order to be sworn in you must go through steps that can be rather ambitious for a young boy. Knights had a full life consisting of tournaments, swordplay, living in castles, and most of all wars. (The Medieval Castle 1-3) A

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    Submitted: February 15, 2011
  • War Is the Midwife of Revolution

    War Is the Midwife of Revolution

    "War is the midwife of revolution" It isnÐ'Ò't just an unlicky coincidence that both, the 1905 revolution and the 1917 revolution(s), took place slightly after the Russo-Japanese War in the first case, and during the Great War in the second one. Both cases prove that "war is the midwife of revolution" and that it is a direct cause for this uprisings. In 1904 Russia went to war with Japan. They were fighting for control of

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    Submitted: February 16, 2011
  • The Vietnam War

    The Vietnam War

    The Vietnam War 1. Introduction. I have chose to write about the Vietnam War because it is very exciting, and it have a lot of political and military questions that haven't been cleared out. I would like find out why the US wanted to join the war, and why did they lose the war, and what did the people in the US say about the war. 2. The story of Vietnam Within the war the

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    Submitted: February 16, 2011
  • Korean War

    Korean War

    The Korean War has often been referred to as the "forgotten war" because it came on the heels of World War II and was overshadowed by the Vietnam War. Korea like Vietnam, was part of the Cold War to stop the advancement of Communism in Southeast Asia. When the Communist troops of North Korea invaded the democratic Republic of South Korea, the United States became involved through a promise of support given to the president

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    Submitted: February 16, 2011
  • War in Iraq

    War in Iraq

    The Bush administration has listed a number of reasons for going to war with Iraq. The biggest and most common is that Saddam possesses weapons of mass destruction, including biological, chemical and nuclear weapons. Of course before his capture, Hussein has long claimed that Iraq did not have weapons of mass destruction (CNN, 2.8.03). We clearly can't take Iraq's word for it. In Bush's declaration of war speech, he changed the long-standing reference to "weapons

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  • Germany's Defeat in World War one

    Germany's Defeat in World War one

    Germany's defeat in World War One created political, economic and social instability in the Weimar Republic and led to the rise of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP) or Nazi party. The First World War placed increasingly heavy strains and sacrifices on the German people. The gap between the rich and poor widened and divisions between classes increased. It had direct effect on the workers' living standard as earnings fell and food shortages grew.

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    Submitted: February 16, 2011
  • How Ernest Hemingway's War Experience Influenced His Writing as Shown in a Farewell to Arms and the Sun Also Rises

    How Ernest Hemingway's War Experience Influenced His Writing as Shown in a Farewell to Arms and the Sun Also Rises

    Research Paper How Ernest Hemingway's war experience influenced his writing as shown in A Farewell to Arms and The Sun Also Rises English 102 John Thompson Mr. Teplitz Table of Contents Bibliography.....................................3-5 A Farewell to Arms.............................6-10 The Sun Also Rises............................11-15 Conclusion......................................16-17 Bibliography Ernest Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899 in Oak Park Illinois to Physician Ed Hemingway and pianist Grace Hemingway . Hemingway spent his childhood summers in upper Michigan , where he was

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    Submitted: February 16, 2011
  • War on Iraq

    War on Iraq

    As everyone knows, on September 11, 2001 terrorists from Iraq attacked our homeland. We have been over there now for, almost, four years and there have been mixed emotions from everyone about what is really happening over seas. Are we helping? Or are we only hurting ourselves even more? It has been said that the war in Iraq is supposed to be benefiting us, as well as them, but there are many factors that have

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    Submitted: February 16, 2011
  • Why Is Our Nation Still at War?

    Why Is Our Nation Still at War?

    Why is our nation still at war? In recent times, nothing has changed the lives of Americans more than the war in Iraq. The events preceding and surrounding this military activity has captured the emotions and changed the lives of nearly every American. As a nation, Americans made a myriad of hasty and uninformed decisions to alter the socioeconomic future of several nations. The American people deserve to know the truth about the decisions made

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    Submitted: February 17, 2011
  • Why the American Civil War Lasted for Longer Than 90 Days

    Why the American Civil War Lasted for Longer Than 90 Days

    Why the American Civil War lasted for longer than 90 days The North had expected their war with the south to last for no more than 90 days. They not only had more men up in the north but they had more resources as well. Now why couldn't they defeat the south? I have to say it is due to the incompetence of the north's generals commanding the army, and the army itself. On April

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  • Persecution of Jews in Europe During World War 2

    Persecution of Jews in Europe During World War 2

    THE PERSECUTION OF JEWS IN EUROPE DURING THE 20TH CENTURY It is an indisputable fact that the Jewish people have been persecuted, oppressed and mistreated throughout the history of Judaism. But this persecution finally reached its peak during the 20th century when the Hitler's dictatorship of Germany and Stalin's rule over the Soviet Union caused the cruel and tragic deaths of millions of Jews. The main cause of this uncalled for persecution was the fanatic

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    Submitted: February 17, 2011
  • What Were the Causes of the Cold War, and the Most Disappointing Development of the Post-War Era?

    What Were the Causes of the Cold War, and the Most Disappointing Development of the Post-War Era?

    What were the causes of the Cold War, and the most disappointing development of the post-war era? There were many complex causes of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. The US and the USSR always had their differences, especially when it came to the role of the government and economic structure. In reality, the only reason why they were on the same side in the Second World War was not

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  • The End of the Cold War

    The End of the Cold War

    It's early morning. Everybody is waking up getting ready for work and kids are going to school. Today, one would usually hear casual chatter about how the day is going to be or something funny a child saw on television. Now, imagine waking up and being afraid, the same question running over and over through your head," Is my family going to perish in a nuclear explosion, are we going to war with America today?"

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  • Women in War

    Women in War

    WOMEN IN THE WAR In the present day Australian armed forces, women are trained to use high powered weapons, to drive trucks and tanks and aero planes, and to engage in combat. Women serve as officers and as ordinary soldiers, sailors and aircrew personnel. In 1914, however, a women's place was not considered to be on the battlefield, but in the home. No women at all served with the Anzacs, other than nurses, but nurses

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    Submitted: February 17, 2011
  • Canada's Involvement in the War with Iraq

    Canada's Involvement in the War with Iraq

    CANADA'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE WAR WITH IRAQ CANADA'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE WAR WITH IRAQ Since the attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001, U.S allies have been faced with many new decisions. Canada is one of the closest allies of the United States and has long shared the same goals, making the controversy surrounding the U.S. war with Iraq one of importance for the Canadian parliament and its citizens. Questions of justification and

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  • The War in Iraq

    The War in Iraq

    I do not approve of the job the Bush administration is doing with the war on terrorism, and the war in Iraq. While I believe that Saddam Hussein was a tyrant who killed his people, it was a good idea to remove him from power; I don't think Iraq is the problem. When the Twin Towers fell it was the most heinous crime to ever befall America. The Bush Administration swore to fight back

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  • Cold War

    Cold War

    12/18/2005 Cont. World Cold War The cold war is best defined as a struggle of power between the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) who were communists and the USA who were democratic. The cold war never lead to any fighting. The cold war was mainly a lack of trust, suspicion, and misunderstandings on both sides and their allies. The cold war began in 1945, after WWII, and ended in late 1989. The cold war

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  • That War

    That War

    On February 19, 1942, soon after the beginning of World War II, Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. This was an evacuation order that commenced the round-up of Americans of Japanese heritage. These people were transported to one of ten internment camps in California, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Wyoming, Colorado, and Arkansas. They lost all of their possessions. My grandfather, Henry Ebihara, was one of these Japanese Americans, relocated to Topaz, Utah. Roosevelt's executive order

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  • Great Battles and Leaders of 2nd World War

    Great Battles and Leaders of 2nd World War

    Great Battles and Leaders of the Second World War Just who is Winston Churchill? Sir Winston Churchill was one of the most influential leaders of the World War II time period. He was the prime minister of England, a Nobel Prize winner, and an amazing writer. He is a man of many gifts, however of all of his amazing talents, his greatest asset was his way of using words. With his words and writings he

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  • Opium War

    Opium War

    Opium War The Anglo-Chinese war, known as the Opium War that took place between 1839 and 1842 was an amazing disturbance to China. The use of Opium had a crippling effect on the people and economy in China, thus the Qing Court made an attempt to end BritainÐ'ÐŽÐ'Їs trade of opium with China. This was the first time since the origin of Chinese society that China had a major conflict with a foreign nation. This

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  • The First World War

    The First World War

    The Battle of the Somme (1916), which was a strategic Allied forces attempt to infiltrate through German lines along the Somme river of Northern France. It is considered to be one of the most, if not the most gruesome battles waged in the First World War. The reason behind this was that the Allied forces believed a tactical attack along this river would draw German forces from another heavily waged battle (Battle of Verdun), but

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  • Cola Wars: For Coca-Cola's Perspective

    Cola Wars: For Coca-Cola's Perspective

    Cola Wars: For Coca-Cola's Perspective Overview There is little doubt that the most spirited and intense competition in the beverage world is between Coca-Cola and Pepsi Co., the two main players in the carbonated soft drink (CSD) production market. The competition between the two giants has benefited not only the consumers but also the companies. By checking and challenging each other in the market, the competition has lead to improvement and diversification of products and

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    Submitted: February 18, 2011