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- 1281: Walt Whitman
- Walt Whitman Walt Whitman wasn't a very big fan of war. He thought everything about it was negative. We can see this in his poetry. In Beat! Beat! Drums!, he expresses his feelings toward war using symbolism. The drums and the bugles are examples of two symbols. He is using these objects as representing war. Whitman starts off each stanza with the same line every time. Beat! Beat! drums! - blow! bugles! blow! He uses this symbolism of war to show the effects it has on the world. The drums ...
- 1282: Kurds - A People Without A Sta
- ... now look at. The history of Kurds in the area actually began during ancient times. However, the desire for a Kurdish homeland did not begin until the early 1900's, around the time of World War I. In his Fourteen Points, President Woodrow Wilson promised the Kurds a sovereign state (Hitchens, p. 54, 1992). The formation of a Kurdish state was supposed to have been accomplished through the Treaty of Sevres ... use of the Kurdish language in public places. Another group of people to consider is the Kurds living in Iraq. Major conflict between the Kurds and Iraqis did not really begin until 1961, when a war broke out that lasted until 1970. Around this time, Saddam Hussein came to power in Iraq. In 1975, Hussein adopted a policy of eradicating the Kurds from his country. Over the next fifteen years, the ... the Kurds is solved, it will be difficult for them to deal with the Turks and Iraqis. Recent History and the Current Situation In 1991, after the defeat of his country in the Persian Gulf War, Saddam Hussein had the Iraqi army attack the Kurds again. As a result, the United States and its allies launched Operation Provide Comfort in April 1991 that created a safe haven for the Kurds ...
- 1283: Lbj
- ... in 1934. In 1935, he spent one year at Georgetown Law School, and in August, and became Texas administrator of the National Youth Administration. He served in the navy as a lieutenant commander during World War II, and he had six terms in the House. Later he became a Senator gaining a nickname "Landslide Lyndon" because he got tremendously many votes from Texas, which is his homestate. He was asked to ... to vote. Because he felt the poverty while he was growing up in Texas, he focused on making a better world with money. The most important parts of the Great Society were Medicare and the War on Poverty and the right to vote. The Medicare program, which Congress approved in 1965, was a first step toward creating the system of national health insurance that liberals had been advocating since World War II. It provided federal funding for many of the medical costs of older Americans; and it overcame the bitter resistance tot he idea of "socialized medicine" by making its benefits available to everyone over ...
- 1284: how Important Was The Role Of
- How important was the role of women during world war 1 The early rush of volunteers and later the conscription of men led to a shortage of manpower on the home front. Women, already working in munitions factories were encouraged to take on jobs normally done by men. This was the start of major social change. Before the war, women had been content to stay at home to bring up the family and do domestic work. It was considered unbecoming for a woman to work. During the war it was considered unpatriotic not to. Many changes came about as shown by the quote from A. J. P Taylor English History Women became more independent. Women paid for their round at the pub. ...
- 1285: China In The 20th Century
- ... economy to a type of market economy as well as the economic fluctuations throughout this period. In 1949 Oct 1, the People s Republic of China was established. Before 1949, there was a period of civil war soon after the world war two. The confrontation was between the Nationalist Komintang led by Chiang Kai Shek and peasant-based Communist party led by Mao-Zedong, ended with Chiang s defeat. Mao became the leader of China, and ...
- 1286: Joel Poinsett
- ... waited for the initial attack to be made by the Mexicans and then struck back. Polk claimed that American blood had been spilled on American soil, thus garnering enough public and congressional support to declare war on Mexico safe from domestic unrest. Norman Graebner states that, " Polk was too astute a politician to favor any cause until public opinion had crystallized "1 Although the war decleration contained no reference to the territorial conquest, Polk's persaonal diary conveys his clandestine intentions of acquiring the much coveted California as well as New Mexico. The intentions of the President to occupy Mexico undoubtedly took into consideration public opinion, but the most prominent reason for the decleration of war was Polk's belief that california was a strong economic and militarily strategic addition to the U.S. Secretary of Navy George Bancraft noted that the acquisition of California was among Polk's top ...
- 1287: English And French Relations I
- English and French Relations in the 20th Century In the 20th Century, the relationship between English and French in Canada has deteriorated. French-English relations were already suffering and continued to do so before World War I. The two world wars and the depression years strained relations greatly. In the post-war years, the Quebecois began to organize, and in some cases, rebelled. The product of these events is a country, threatened with division. Relations before the turn of the century were already strained, and suffered more before World War I. On the heels of the Louis Riel execution, and Ottawa's harsh treatment of the Metis, many francophones were suspicious and even fearful of the looming English majority. As the turn of the ...
- 1288: The Atomic Bomb and the Manhattan Project
- ... either sunk or severely damaged eight battle ships and at least thirteen other naval ships that were docked on the shore. This spark is what involved the United States the forest fire known as World War II. My paper is not on the war itself, but is on the atomic bomb, and what was known as the Manhattan project. In my report I will talk about the many reasons, the atomic bomb had to be created and used. The ... had stumbled upon, his close friend Alexander Sachs helped him realize the possibilities. Two years later in November Roosevelt appointed a committee to advise him on nuclear fission and the capabilities of the concept in war. At the head of this committee was Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson. About a month later, an event happened that would change the history books forever. The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii at ...
- 1289: Black Rain
- ... greatly such as his constant wanderings looking for coal for his community. If you were depended on would you help your community? I think so. The theme that is very meaningful to me is that war hurts two different parts of a country. The first is the military, which was not really talked about, and then there are the civilians. The civilians must ration food so that the military can eat ... dropped was not meant for any military base but to destroy and kill a city. The theme is clear in meaning that it hurts the civilians much more than it hurts the military and that war is very, very cruel. The people that were rationing had very little to eat and that amount became smaller as the war continued. People were forced to grow carp in small, and search for mussels in ponds in order to get any type of meat. By the end of the war, there were no mussels left ...
- 1290: Reason's For Japan's Aggression
- ... imperialism, this is false. Instead, Japan's aggression can be attributed to its feeling of superiority to other nations and to its lack of natural resources. During this period of unjustified aggression, Japan committed horrible war crimes against its enemies. An example is the horrible atrocities committed in POW camps or the gutless and coward-like barbarity of such events as the Death March of Bataan. In response to Japan's wrongful assaults and brutalities, Western powers dealt justly with these Japanese criminals. By doing what was necessary and unavoidable, the U.S. ended this destructive war, saving thousands of lives. Among the many reasons for Japan's aggression are its ancient culture and its lack of natural resources. Japan's geography, which lacks many vital natural resources, has forced Japan to ... superiority inspired the Japanese to take over its "inferior and barbaric" neighbors. Japanese animosity towards its surrounding countries should not be credited to Western imperialism, but only to its own internal problems. Did Japan commit war crimes and break international rules against its enemies? Yes, Japan undeniably, committed horrible war crimes repeatedly and unabashedly. Among these crimes are the uses of forced labor, civilian extermination, and monstrous cruelty shown towards ...
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