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- 1651: On the Games of War
- On the Games of War war (wôr) --n. 1. a major armed conflict between nations or between organized parties within a state. 2. the science, art, or profession of military operations. game (gam) --n. 1. an amusement or pastime 2. a ...
- 1652: The Chocolate War: Comparison Between Book and Movie
- The Chocolate War: Comparison Between Book and Movie Although Brother Leon is an adult and Archie is just a teenager, they both have many common qualities. Archie and Brother Leon are both leaders in there own way. Brother ... I liked the movie better than the book. It was better because Jerry got even with Archie for once. And that in my opinion, is a better way to end a movie like the Chocolate War. I just feel that movies are more helpful. And in this case I just feel that it was much better. The book just lacked many unexplainable qualities, that the movie had.
- 1653: End of the Cold War
- End of the Cold War Overview The events of the late 1980’s greatly altered the political and economical landscape of Europe. They brought dramatic changes as well as revealing much uncomfortable continuity from the past. The decade threw up ... The peaceful revolutions of Eastern Europe and the two Germanys joining together had implications for the EC. Germany would be getting stronger and needed to be controlled by a equally strong EC. Also the GULF war and the Yugoslav crisis prompted for change in security measures. This led to a review of both the methods and members of the EC.
- 1654: Agencies of the United States
- Agencies of the United States When World War II in Europe finally came to an end on May 7, 1945, a new war was just beginning. The Cold War: denoting the open yet restricted rivalry that developed between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, a war fought on political, economic, and propaganda fronts, with limited recourse to weapons, ...
- 1655: Opium Wars
- The Opium War, also called the Anglo-Chinese War, was the most humiliating defeat China ever suffered. In European history, it is perhaps the most sordid, base, and vicious event in European history, possibly, just possibly, overshadowed by the excesses of the Third Reich ... tragedy. In an effort to stem the tragedy, the imperial government made opium illegal in 1836 and began to aggressively close down the opium dens. Lin Tse-hsü The key player in the prelude to war was a brilliant and highly moral official named Lin Tse-hsü. Deeply concerned about the opium menace, he maneuverd himself into being appointed Imperial Commissioner at Canton. His express purpose was to cut off ...
- 1656: Manuel Noriega
- ... of the Central American country of Panama, rose to power through the art of destruction deception and detail. Manuel Noriega was able to profit and flourish as Panama s new leader because of the Cold War environment. Due to the Cold War, its geographical positioning, and financial liberties, Noriega was able to manipulate all parties involved while making him very wealthy, powerful, a political asset, and finally a threat to the United States National Security. Manuel Noriega ... would ultimately give him his start to gaining contacts, friends, and most importantly American connections. To understand Noriega s rise to power first you must understand the environment in which he did so. After World War II a communist movement began to slowly spread throughout the world. This went against America s belief in democracy and created a riff between the Soviet Union and The United States creating the Cold ...
- 1657: The Ss
- ... the factual evidence and knowledge of the SS with the least amount of biases and strict factual evidence. The first general consultant of the information, was Col. John R. Elting, a retired veteran of World War II. He was a former associate professor at West Point and wrote twenty other books about World War II. The other general consultant was George H. Stein who was a distinguished teaching professor of history at the State University of New York at Binghamton, and received his Ph.D. in history from Columbia ... was divided into two main parts, the Kommandostab Reichsfuhrung-SS and the Personlicher Stab Reichsfuhrung-SS. The Kommandostab Reichsfuhrung-SS was an executive administrative staff which was located at Himmler's personal headquarters. During the War, the Kommandostab Reichsfuhrung-SS acted on a mobile basis under the title Feldkommadostelle Reichsfuhrung-SS and was setup like a military headquarters. As such, it acted as the Waffen SS High Command, in the ...
- 1658: Apocalypse
- ... At the end of January, President Clinton will launch a massive strike against Iraq, and Saddam will be killed. This will anger the Russians because Iraq still owes them money from the cost of the war in 1990. As Russia is still having a hard time financially since the collapse of the Soviet Union, America's reaction to Saddam will be seen as inconsiderate of Russia's financial woes. France will ... intense that the discussion of it will be cut off and a silent hatred will smolder for awhile. 3. In September 1997, even after a warning from the pope about the consequences of another world war, Russia will suddenly invade Western Europe, starting WWIII. As a Russian naval fleet from Murmansk positions itself along the French coast, Paris will be demolished overnight by the Russian Air Force. American troops will be ... sent to counter the invading Russian and Moslem forces, and battles will take place all over southern France. After fleeing from the invasion of Italy, the pope dies at Lyon on December 13th. 4. The war will last three years and seven months, ending in March 2001, immediately after the rapture. (Daniel 12:7) Fortunately for Americans, the fighting will be most heavily concentrated on the European continent as Russia ...
- 1659: Harry Elmer Barnes
- In 1952, Harry Elmer Barnes wrote a timely article, "How 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' Trends Threaten American Peace, Freedom, and Prosperity" as the final chapter of the classic revisionist anthology, Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace. Barnes analyzed George Orwell's classic novel as a work of prophecy and sounded the alarm to reverse the "1984" trends prevalent in the America of his day. Barnes argued that propagandists ... of a more complete collection of historical facts, a more calm political atmosphere, and a more objective attitude." (2) Barnes had discovered that a more nearly accurate version of the history of the First World War was only possible after the fighting had ended and the emotional excesses had lessened. He was unable to predict that similar corrections of Allied propaganda and popularized conceptions of the methods of warfare in the Second World War would meet even sterner resistance. Today - half a century after the conclusion of the Second World War - it would be fair to expect a less emotional environment, one in which historians, researchers and writers ...
- 1660: Should A Superpower Establish
- ... be established. Is it really to protect your neighboring nations for the evil of "capitalism" or "communism," no. A sphere of influence is a cushion to soften the blow if the enemy is attacking. Nuclear war would destroy everyone nothing a sphere of influence can alter, but a conventional war, time would still be the main factor. For example, if the Americans attacked Russia and there were no spheres of influence surrounding Russia the Americans could penetrate Russian soil on the same day they attacked ... uncertainty, so close to my own nation. One would be unintelligent to ignore such a problem. The first example of the importance of a sphere of influence, are the Soviets nearing the end of world war two. Stalin s main objectives were acquiring the eastern bloc nations. During the Potsdam and Yalta conferences, the allied members were trying to set up rules so that no nation could gain any territory ...
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