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- 1501: Nicholas Romanov
- ... all his actions . In the early years of the twentieth century the Russian economy entered a depression, this aroused extensive urban and rural unrest, partly due to this unrest the government led Russia into a war with Japan . The feat of Russian forces led to the onset of revolutionary events which reached to 1907. The real starting point of revolutionary activities was the January 9 1905 protest which became known as ... intelligentsia and professional sections of Russian society. He tried to meet the peoples demands by introducing the October Manifesto of 1905 . The main aspects of which were to ‘provide to the population unshakeable foundations of civil liberty on the principles of true inviolability of person, freedom of conscience, speech, assembly and association’ .and a state Duma that would be elected on an indirect vote from certain sections of the population. It ... lives forced him to make chaotic decisions. For most of their marriage her political interest was minimal, but near the end of their reign she was in charge Russia as Nicholas had gone to the war front to assist his generals. She was sacking ministers and advisors on Rasputin’s behalf. With Nicholas away from St Petersburg rumours of scandals within the royal family were running through the public arena. ...
- 1502: A Duty Dance With Exploring De
- ... timeless surrogate, Tralfamadore" (Riley and Harte 452), Slaughterhouse Five shows a "sympathetic and compassionate evaluation of Billy's response to the cruelty of life" (Bryfonski and Senick 614). This cruelty stems from death, time, renewal, war, and the lack of compassion for human life; all large themes "inextricably bound up" (Bryfonski and Mendelson 529) in this cyclically natured novel that tries to solve the great mystery of death for us, once ... Bryfonski and Senick 615). These feelings stayed with Billy throughout the strange occurrences of his life. When still a baby in the eyes of many people, Billy was sent off to death's symbiotic partner war, fighting World War II in Europe. Here he is a depressed soldier who has seen too much death and destruction in order to function like a human being and wants to die, but like many other incidents ...
- 1503: Kosovo 3
- ... plan maestro del dictador yugoslavo, con respecto a la provincia étnicamente albanesa. La estrategia yugoslava se basaba en el cercamiento de Kosovo con tropas por el norte, noreste y noroeste, para forzar a la población civil a dejar la provincia. A esos efectos se establecieron rutas estratégicas que permitieron el flujo de refugiados hacia Macedonia y Albania. Coincidiendo con la acción de la OTAN, las fuerzas serbias, incluyendo paramilitares, se embarcaron ... Serbia, en un momento en que la mayoría de los residentes en la provincia tenían ambiciones políticas más modestas. Este ejército no es una organización militar unificada subordinada a un partido político o una autoridad civil, sino que más bien funciona como un movimiento de guerrilla. Se estima que las fuerzas del ELK han aumentado de 500 efectivos en 1998, a cerca de 12.000 hombres en el presente año. Por ... la situación de los refugiados albano – kosovares al regresar a sus hogares. Principalmente, considerando la fragilidad de sus relaciones con los serbios, la “vuelta a casa” podría estar seguida por el estallido de una guerra civil. Para evitar posteriores conflictos, existen – al menos teóricamente - una serie de opciones para llegar a una solución permanente y así prevenir una catástrofe como la sucedida: § Status Quo § Mejoramiento de la situación de los ...
- 1504: Modernization of Air Warfare
- Modernization of Air Warfare Thesis: Military aircraft has become more sophisticated in variety, effectiveness in war situations, and special maneuvering techniques in recent years. Military aircraft has become more sophisticated in variety, effectiveness in war situations, and special maneuvering techniques in recent years. With the advance of stealth technology, many new and very effective aircraft have been developed. The F-117A was used during Operation Dessert Storm and every plane came back without a scratch. The very expensive B-2 stealth bomber has never been used in actual war, but during testing it was a success. The Advanced Tactical Fighter program was started to make an aircraft that could supercruise, the ability to cruise at supersonic speeds, and didn't cost very much. ...
- 1505: A Farewell To Arms
- ... timeless surrogate, Tralfamadore" (Riley and Harte 452), Slaughterhouse Five shows a "sympathetic and compassionate evaluation of Billy's response to the cruelty of life" (Bryfonski and Senick 614). This cruelty stems from death, time, renewal, war, and the lack of compassion for human life; all large themes "inextricably bound up" (Bryfonski and Mendelson 529) in this cyclically natured novel that tries to solve the great mystery of death for us, once ... Bryfonski and Senick 615). These feelings stayed with Billy throughout the strange occurrences of his life. When still a baby in the eyes of many people, Billy was sent off to death's symbiotic partner war, fighting World War II in Europe. Here he is a depressed soldier who has seen too much death and destruction in order to function like a human being and wants to die, but like many other incidents ...
- 1506: Gulf War
- The United States was just in sending military aid to Kuwait during the Persian Gulf War. Kuwait was invaded by Saddam Hussein and taken over in six short hours due to the lack of strength in Kuwait’s Army. Once Hussein took control he seized Kuwait City, airports, army barracks, and ... into the Persian Gulf because he couldn’t sell it due to embargoes. This was an immediate threat to the environment. Hussein alone is a very dangerous man and one of the missions of the war was to kill him. However, we were unsuccessful, and today he is a huge threat. Hussein’s control of Kuwait affected the U.S. economically. All of Kuwait’s oil was in Hussein’s power ... just in sending ground troops into Kuwait. Hussein’s actions were hurting the environment, and negatively affecting the U.S, and the defenseless people of Kuwait. Without the U.S. intervening in the Persian Gulf War there could have been horrible outcomes in the Middle East.
- 1507: Regeneration
- ... man at the institute whose life is rotting away because society believes that is the only just place for him. Burns experienced a very traumatic event when he was on the front line in the war. During his stay at Craiglockhart he had a hard time eating because of his experience. During his meals he would try to eat but just throws it all up. During the war a bomb exploded near him. The blast sent him flying in the air. When he landed, he came down face first in a dead man's carcass, with his mouth full of rotting entrails. One has to think to oneself, "How can putting him there at the institute with all other war stricken men help him." The point is, it can't help him. He spends his whole day reliving the war. He has to see people in uniform walking around. He constantly has a psychologist ...
- 1508: The Atomic Bomb and Japan
- ... is thought to have not been the reason Japan surrendered. Japan surrendered because of a combination of things (conventional air power, naval blockade, Soviet intervention). However, in 1945, dropping the bomb on Japan brought the war to an end more quickly and therefore was morally justifiable. Truman's decision to drop the bomb was a strictly military measure designed to force Japan's unconditional surrender. He did not mean to intimidate ... specifics of this "new weapon" as he showed no special interest in it. Stalin only said that "he was glad to hear it and hoped we would make good use of it against the Japanese." War is an inherently immoral activity. But, it is generally accepted that any decision to minimize the loss of life in war is morally correct. The decision to drop "Little Boy" and "Fat Man" (the uranium and plutonium atomic bombs) saved countless lives. Truman estimated that there would be 250, 000 Allied losses if there was ...
- 1509: Guaranteering Civil Rights
- ... that "seperate but equal" public facilities for blacks and whites did not violate the Constitution. This ruling set a pattern that forced Southern black Americans to live almost totally segregated from white society. A strong civil rights movement in the United States had developed by the 1950s, and ending segregation in public schools became one of its primary targets. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) won a ... of schools went slowly and met resistance by many whites. Ten years after the Brown decision, a vast majority of black students were still in segregated schools. It was not until the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that the federal government was given the power to push for school desegregatioin. Despite slow enforcement, the Brown decision inspired civil rights leaders to work against other segregation laws. Later legal decisions led to a clearer definition of the protections offered to all Americans by the 14th and 15th Amendments.
- 1510: Chester Wilmot
- ... not be helpful since he is from Australia. In The Struggle for Europe, Wilmot seeks to explain several points. First, he explores and explains how the western allies succeeded militarily but failed politically during World War II. He then elaborates on how and why the western allies crushed the Nazi regime; yet, they allowed the Soviet Union to overtake Eastern Europe and block the Atlantic Charter from taking effect in those ... Stalin's victory. Fourthly, he endeavors on a mission to explain how the Soviet Union replaced Germany as the dominant European power. Beginning with the Battle of Britain, the book takes the reader through the war up to the surrender of Germany. In this process Wilmot touches on Hitler's alliance with Mussolini, Hitler's conquest of France, the Lowlands, and the Balkans, and the Nazi dictator's collapse in the ... In order to give the Soviet leader his second front in Europe, FDR also put the Japanese problem in the Pacific aside. By providing the reader with first-hand quotes and writings from the Nazi war machine's hierarchy, Wilmot looks at the external and internal workings of the German Wehrmacht in meticulous detail. The U-boat campaign, the inadequacies of the Luftwaffe, and the shortcomings of the Panzer divisions ...
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