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- 1021: Napoleon I
- ... the stronghold at Mantua after a long siege, and was heading toward Venice with little resistance when the Austrians surrendered, and Napoleon negotiated the treaty of Campo Formio, which ended what is now called the war of the first coalition. While in Italy, Napoleon took large amounts of money and art to bring to France. When Napoleon returned from Italy, it was suggested that he invade England. Instead, he decided to ... the British navy, Napoleon landed in Egypt, and quickly carried out the occupation. While Napoleon as inland, the British destroyed the French fleet, leaving Napoleon stuck in Egypt. In early 1799, the Ottoman empire declared war on France. To stop the Ottoman's from invading Egypt, Napoleon invaded Syria, but was turned back by Turkish troops. By mid-1799, the second coalition (formed by the Ottoman's and Austrians) were defeating ... created a new government called the consulate, of which Napoleon became the first consul. As consul, Napoleon made many good changes in France. He created the Napoleonic code, which set up a complex code of civil law in the nation. He worked with the Pope to reestablish the Roman Catholic faith in France. He also stabilized the French economy, balancing the budget, established a national bank, and restored the value ...
- 1022: Andrew Jackson
- ... After the fighting halted, both Andrew Jackson and his brother Robert (who had also joined the American army by now) went back home to the Crawfords. Even though official battles had been temporarily stopped, the "civil war" raged on as Patriots fought Tories in the towns of South Carolina, catching young Andrew Jackson in the midst of the fight. In one bloody encounter, Jackson and his brother were taken prisoner by British dragoons. A British officer ordered Andrew to clean his boots. The boy refused, claiming his right as a prisoner of war not to be treated like a servant. The furious officer whipped out his sword and slashed at the boy's head. Luckily for Jackson, his stealth saved him from certain death, but leaving him ...
- 1023: Kosovo Crisis
- As this paper is being written, across the Atlantic Ocean, in Kosovo, there are missiles being fired, houses burning, and people dying. But to understand this senseless war, one must look at how it started. As was seen in the U.S.S.R and Checkoslovakia, due to different nationalities, regions of countries demand sovereignty and independence. This was how it all started ... actions received immediate opposition from a few non-NATO member countries, headed by Russia. Russia, taking the role of a peacekeeper, vowed not to fight to defend Serbia, relieving many of the fear of World War 3. The very involvement of NATO in Yugoslavia raises some ethical, moral and political issues. What business does this organization have in entering a civil war in an independent country? NATO violated the UN Charter of prohibition against the use of force against a member state of the UN. Taking a much-criticized tactic of bombing selective targets in ...
- 1024: Caesar And Naopoleon
- ... himself after, he wanted to be as great, if not greater than Caesar. Looking to the past, Napoleon knew what steps to take in order to achieve success Napoleon devoured books on the art of war. Volume after volume of military theory was read, analyzed and criticized. He studied the campaigns of history's most famous commanders; Alexander the Great, Hannibal, Frederick the Great and his favorite and most influential, Julius ... the strong leader for the Romans who changed the course of history of the Greco - Roman world decisively and irreversibly. Caesar was able to create the Roman Empire because of his strength and his strong war strategies (Duggan 117). Julius Caesar was to become one of the greatest generals, conquering the whole of Gaul. In 58 BC, Caesar became governor and military commander of Gaul, which included modern France, Belgium, and ... 96). However, in the states he created, Napoleon granted constitutions, introduced law codes, abolished feudalism, created efficient governments and fostered education, science, literature and the arts (Castelot 97). Emperor Napoleon proved to be a superb civil administrator. One of his greatest achievements was his supervision of the revision and collection of French law into codes. The new law codes, seven in number, incorporated some of the freedoms gained by the ...
- 1025: Michael Collins
- ... Valera, Collins returned in 1921 with an agreement that left the country in its current state of partition into an independent south and a unionist north. De Valera and his followers refused to accept and civil war broke out. The following year Collins was ambushed and murdered by extremist republicans. Collins's life and death are apt metaphors for the long, ongoing tragedy of Irish nationalism: a tale of incandescent love of ... tragic portrait of one of the most charismatic leaders of the 20th century. Michael Collins, who was assassinated on Aug. 12, 1922, founded the Irish Republican Army and, from 1919 to 1921, led a guerrilla war campaign against repressive English rule. Collins' exploits from his participation as a foot soldier in the failed Easter Uprising of 1916, through his violent campaign against the English, past his treaty negotiations, and into ...
- 1026: Charley Skedaddle
- Charley Skedaddle Charley Skeddaddle is a story that takes place during the Civil War (1861-1865) in the North. The main character is Charley Stephen Quinn. He was a young boy growing up in New York City without parents. Charleys older brother Johnny died at the Battle of ... who he really was. Charley leaves with the understanding that he will be back someday and plans to keep in touch. This story is fictional but it makes you think it could happen in any war at any time. Charley was a young boy not much older than myself. I dont know if I would have been that brave to join the army. He was brave but not motivated ...
- 1027: The Micmac V.S. The Iroquois
- ... rights followed the female line of descent. The elder women were the heads of the families. The women had orators representing them at council meetings, or they spoke directly through a chief. In times of war, women were peace makes by right and duty. A distinction existed between Iroquois leaders in times of peace and during wars. A sachem could not participate in a battle in his official capacity. Constitution specified that each sachem have a war chief and a runner to bring tidings; in war, the sachem was to step down and be replaced by the war chief until hostilities ended. The war chief acted as an advisor to his sachem in peace, his words carry considerable weight. The ...
- 1028: Korean War 3
- Post WWII the cold war began and many problems came about. U.S. officials, concerned over Soviet pressures against Iran and Turkey, interpreted a 1946 speech by Stalin as declaring ideological war against the West. In 1947 the president proposed the Truman Doctrine, which had two objectives: to send U.S. aid to anticommunist forces in Greece and Turkey, and to create a public consensus so Americ8ans would be willing to fight the cold war. He achieved both goals. That same year, journalist Walter Lippmann popularized the term cold war in a book of the same name. In Congress there was a series of highly publicized inquiries into pro- ...
- 1029: Fallen Angels
- In the book Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers, we read about the hardships and troubles of the main character, Richard Perry, during the Vietnam war. We learn a lot about Perry throughout the book, and by the end of the book we feel like we know exactly how Perry feels, and we have a understanding of some of the hardships ... In this book, Perry kills a Vietnamese man in a hut he was supposed to check out, and from this point on he does a lot of thinking about why he is fighting in the war. From experiences like this Perry changes both physically and mentally. Also he does a lot of thinking about himself, and he asks himself what kind of person he is. Then Perry looks deep inside and ... Harlem streets, and the find the man I would be. In the beginning of the book Perry is very different than he is at the end. In the beginningof the book Perry goes into the war a little scared, because he doesnt know what to expect. After Perry is wounded and sent back to war he becomes horrified by the thought of going back to war, and throws up. ...
- 1030: ... no prejudices or biased opinions. He also avoided writing lead characters in any one of his novels. This did not permit the reader to identify with the person and accept anything offered. (Aldiss Trillion 120) War of the Worlds was first published in 1897. It is the story of Martian invaders that landed on earth. It is told by an Englishman who observes the invaders moving in on London, while the ... almost useless in our denser air. In a group round the mouth were sixteen slender, almost whip-like tentacles, arranged in two bunches of eight each." (Wells 111) Wells used three standards to produce The War of the Worlds. He writes about the present day. While the reader recognizes the time as his own, he is being trained to except the far fetched appearance of what follows. (Aldiss Trillion 122) This ...
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