The Atrocities Of The Vietnam War
.... that took place, because of the need for a high body count, are among the most atrocious the eyes of the world have ever seen.
During the Vietnam War, the body count was the most important statistic to the U.S. Military command. The efforts to quantify the complexities of the war into simple numbers pervaded every aspect of U.S. military presence in Vietnam. Secretary of Defense from 1962-1967, Robert McNamara, did a lot to persuade high-level policymakers that a "win" in Vietnam was just a .....
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Exploration Of The New World
.... The French and the Dutch stuck to the primary objectives of new riches and the discovery of the Northwest Passage. England, spurred by growing national rivalries with France and especially Spain, explored the New World for the purpose of harassing the Spanish and also in the hopes that it would not get left behind in the exploration race. Spain became the only country whose original intentions for exploring the New World translated into its final motivation for colonization. The Spanish rigo .....
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The French Revolution
.... XIV's wars began decreasing the royal finances dramatically. This worsened during the eighteenth century. The use of the money by Louis XIV angered the people and they wanted a new system of government. The writings of the philosophes such as Voltaire and Diderot, were critical of the government. They said that not one official in power was corrupt, but that the whole system of government needed some change. Eventually, when the royal finances were expended in the 1780's, there began a time of greater c .....
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The Marshall Plan
.... view of America's role in the world. They suspected that in the Kremlin, Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin was waiting like a vulture. Only the United States, they believed, could save Europe from chaos and communism.
With sureness of purpose, some luck and a little convincing, these men persuaded Congress to help rescue Europe with $13.3 billion in economic assistance over three years. That sum--more than $100 billion in today's dollars, or about six times what America now spends annually on foreign aid--s .....
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The Conquest Of The Aztec Empire
.... topics of interest when studying history is conflict. We want to know what factors led to certain wars, how the winning side succeeded, and what the immediate and long term effects of the war were. The major difficulty in studying wars is the fact that their accounts are generally recorded by the victors. The losers are usually not in a position to challenge the victors' accounts or even to plead their case. This is the situation we face when we study the Spanish conquest of Mexico. The majori .....
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Mien Kempf: The Great Canadian Edition
.... to cross the border. We do not need to import expensive merchandise. We are one of the most highly educated countries in the world. We have the brain power and the manpower to build our own cars, chainsaws, computers, and military equipment. There are two words to prove it; The Arrow.
We are not a violent people but we will have to recognize that the rest of the world will want what we have. We can not let them take it. We may be the only country able to build nuclear weapons entirely with .....
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Florence, Italy
.... grammar, rhetoric, poetry, and history.
Many important people were involved during the Renaissance. Such as Lorenzo de’ Medici who was the ruler of Florance. He brought 200 ancient Greek works from Constantinople to Florance, some of which have never been seen before. Another man, Giovanni de’ Medici, organized the bank of Florance. Which helped finance much of the trading be done at this time. Niccolo Machiavelli wrote The Prince which was a handbook for the rulers of the city states. It told ruler .....
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The French Revolution
.... the government. They needed a new one and they didn’t plan their revolution good enough to build their new government, which is what their main purpose was, but they used their revolution for vengeance.service of the United States shall be divided or appropriated- of granting letters of marque and reprisal in times of peace- appointing courts for the trial of piracies and felonies committed on the high seas and establishing courts for receiving and determining finally appeals in all cases of captures, .....
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The Arab's Responsibility For The Arab-Israel Conflict
.... Jews and Arabs following the United Nations recommendation of Nov. 29, 1947, to partition Palestine, then still under British mandate, into an Arab state and a Jewish state. Fighting quickly spread as Arab guerrillas attacked Jewish settlements. Jewish forces prevented seizure of most settlements, but Arab guerrillas, supported by the Trans-jordanian Arab Legion under the command of British officers, besieged Jerusalem. By April, Haganah, the principal Jewish military group, seized the offensive, scoring v .....
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Reasons For The Fall Of Socialism/Communism In Russia
.... great suffering during the Stalin regime. Such suffering was magnified during an anti-war treaty that Stalin had signed with Hitler's Germany in an effort to avoid a confrontation with the Nazi military. However, Hitler violated this treaty in an effort to dominate all of Europe and was denied at the expense of millions of Soviet lives who fought for freedom against his tyranny. Not only did this lead to millions of deaths and a severe decrease in productivity. Stalin eventually passed away in 1953, a .....
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The New Imperialism
.... the said Royal Niger company have full power to mine, farm and build in any portion of our country."(Human record, pg.92) This type of exploitation was common throughout the new imperialism, but it was all done in a way that it seemed as beneficial for the colonized, as for them. Technological Advancements were very important in the development of the new imperialism. Inventions such as the maxim machine gun and the steamboats were key for the Europeans too reach their objectives in Asia and Africa. Stea .....
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Bystanders Are The Real Criminal
.... have posed little risk as long as those who were rescued did not talk about it. Doing so would be counterproductive to the cause of those who were rescued. The inability of most bystanders to rescue these innocent victims resulted in the unnecessary deaths of thousands of Jews and this shows the guilt of the bystander. Also, another instance showing bystanders’ guilt occurred during World War II, when German bystanders did not act by still supporting their leader Adolf Hitler - or acting as if they di .....
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The Treatment Of Prisoners By Nazis
.... Auschwitz II. This camp had four gas chambers and four crematoria within it. Soon after the construction of this camp, about 40 smaller, satellite camps were established. Altogether they were known as Auschwitz III. Inside the camp resembled jail. Auschwitz was in the general shape of a rectangle. The larger portion of the camp was designated for sleeping area. In all there were about 26 small rooms to house all the prisoners. Also in the camp was an eating area such as a cafeteria. It was a room equivale .....
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The Dropping Of The Atomic Bomb: Was It The Best Way To End The War?
.... Project". An enormous mount of money was invested in the project. The project started in 1942 and improved step by step. Finally, on July 16th in 1945, the members of the project team experimented with the atomic bomb for the first time, and they realized that they succeeded inventing the first atomic bomb. How was it a milestone? I will explain the mechanism and the power of the atomic bomb. Ronald Takaki explains the principle of it in his book. "There is an atom that releases two neutron at the same .....
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The Holocaust
.... upside down triangle
f. Jews: Star of David
In November of 1938 all synagogues in Germany were set on fire, windows were smashed and thousands of Jews were arrested. "Night of Broken Glass: was a signal to the Jews in Germany and Austria to leave as soon as possible.
World War II began on September 1939.
By September 1941 the Jews of German were forced to wear badges or armbands marked with a yellow star.
Concentration camps were one of the most tragic things about the Holocaust. Many .....
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