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- 3621: What To Do About Ethnic Cleans
- ... less severe form. This time, instead of being killed, the Kosovars were driven out of their homes and neighborhoods. This time, United States and NATO forces immediately confronted the problem by launching a substantial air war on the area. Clearly, the doctrine for ethnic cleansing is widely varied, and merits further discussion. Ethnic cleansing is a phrase for an attempt to purge an area of an unwanted ethnic group. It can ... allow the country to deal with its own problems? Or, if we decide to take action, do we merely send medical aid or help militarily? Should we send in the army? Or is an air war the only acceptable option? It all comes down to an ethical issue, with one group insisting that preventing the loss of lives is paramount. The other side states that ethnic cleansing is caused by a ... country, it went through the ethnic cleansing of Blacks, Indians, and Mexicans without needing assistance or interference from other nations. Although this side is partly motivated by economic reasons (saving money by not going to war), they are mostly motivated by their laissez-faire ethics. The second side is those who believe the world powers should intervene. This side is driven almost entirely by ethics, saying that saving lives is ...
- 3622: Alexander Hamilton
- ... of them had began to abandon the idea. Hamilton said that with the backing of Washington and “men of property” the constitution had great potential. He believed that with out it there would be a civil war. When Hamilton signed the constitution he was the only name next New York. That was a sign of trouble to come for Hamilton. By the time that Hamilton had gotten back to New York there ...
- 3623: Fahrenheit 451
- ... roar with accusation and shake down a fine dust guilt that was sucked in their nostrils as they plunged about."(37). Ray Bradbury's novel Fahrenheit 451 takes place in a futuristic city while a war is taking place. Oddly enough the city has its own problems. The protagonist , Guy Montag, goes against society and steals books to read at home, meets a friend to help him in his brave stand ... reason, reading books. This group hopes to preserve knowledge for future generations by memorizing passages from books. They do this so they cannot be caught and it also improves their thinking. All the while a war is going on and all of a sudden planes came swooping down and bombed the city. "The city rolled over and fell down dead. The sound of death came after" (160). Montag and his group ... we'll win out in the long run. And someday we'll remember so much that we'll build the biggest goddamn steamshovel in history and dig the biggest grave of all time and shove war in and cover it up."(164) In conclusion Montag, rebels against society with the help of Faber, gets discovered and kills Captain Beatty, and then escapes the mechanical hound to join a group of ...
- 3624: Compare And Cantrast Web Du Bois & Booker T Washington
- ... Negro: Preparatory Volume appeared in 1945. Du Bois's twilight years in Ghana where devoted mainly to this task. Du Bois placed his stress on culture and liberty, urging higher education, and full political and civil rights for all. He had become interested in the problems of Africa as well as Afro-Americans. Du Bois wanted Black Africa independent from colonial rule and united within. In 1961 he accepted the invitation ... a foreign principal" concerning his work as chairman of the Peace Information Center. The charge was absurd and Du Bois was acquitted, but not before he had suffered deep humiliation from this example of Cold War political persecution. During 1958 and 1959 he spent most of his time in the Soviet Union and China, and in 1961, at the age of ninety-three, he joined the Communist Party of the United ...
- 3625: Jay Gatsby And Dick Diver
- ... a great deal, and his love is what drives him. For many, ‘The Great Gatsby’ can be seen as a tragic love story. However, when Gatsby imagines his life with Daisy he knew before the war. Since then, both Gatsby and Daisy have changed, and in Gatsby’s mind, Daisy has been transformed into an ideal woman, an ideal which, through no fault of her own, cannot live up to. However ... assurance, she still looks East toward Europe for approval. This is symbolized by the shirts that Gatsby has imported, and his Rolls Royce, both of which are seen as symbols of quality and wealth. Post-war America cannot remove the influence that Europe has, and create her own society. Europe features even more strongly in ‘Tender is the Night’. The Divers live in Switzerland and France, and whilst it is hard ... of life. It is also interesting to note that many psychiatric patients come to Europe to be cured, a sign that America still looks to Europe for reassurance and care, despite military success in the war. Although America may be bigger and stronger that Europe, Europe is still seen as more mature and refined, and the movement of American culture to Europe only brings chaos and disorder. A strong feature ...
- 3626: Fidal Castro
- ... dissension. After waiting to see if Batista would be seriously opposed, Washington recognized his government. Batista had already broken ties with the Soviet Union and became an ally to the U.S. throughout the cold war. He was continually friendly and helpful to American business interest. But he failed to bring democracy to Cuba or secure the broad popular support that might have legitimized his rape of the 1940 Constitution. As ... his sycophants bitterly and sweepingly attacked the relations of the United States government with Batista and his regime". He accused us of supplying arms to Batista to help overthrow Castro's revolution and of harboring war criminals for a resurgence effort against him. For the most part these were not true: the U.S. put a trade embargo on Batista in 1957 stopping the U.S. shipment of arms to Cuba ... to achieve its goal in Cuba provided the catalyst for Russia to seek an advantage and install nuclear missiles in Cuba. The resulting "missile crisis" in 1962 was the closest we have been to thermonuclear war. America's gain may have been America's loss. A successful Bay of Pigs may have brought the United States one advantage. The strain on American political and military assets resulting from the need ...
- 3627: Jean Toomer
- ... his maternal grandparents were born of a caucasian father. But a "speck of Black makes you Black." Thus, Toomer's grandfather, Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback, was a free born black, a Union officer in the Civil War and was elected to the office of Lieutenant Governor and later Acting Governor of Louisiana during Reconstruction. The Pinchback's retired north and settled in the Negro community of the capitol. Thus, Toomer was born ...
- 3628: American Transcendentalism
- ... influential of Emerson's immediate disciples is Henry David Thoreau, noted for his book Walden; or Life in the Woods, which has been regarded as a nature study, spiritual autobiography, and philosophical abstract, for his "Civil Disobedience", a seminal essay outlining peaceful social protest. Among American Transcendentalism's other key figures was Margaret Fuller, editor of the leading Transcendentalist periodical, The Dial, and author of Woman in the Nineteenth Century, considered ... record of Thoreau's two year experiment of living at Walden Pond. Thoreau's main emphasis is on the simplifications and enjoyment of life now. Thoreau's other noted work includes the essay "Resistance to Civil government" also known as "Civil Disobedience". Thoreau was sent to jail for not paying taxes, and this famous and influential essay is the result of that gesture. Its message is simple and daring, he advocates "actions through principles". If ...
- 3629: Aztec
- ... devoted to their children, but their children usually inherit the profession of their parents. When a newborn was about to come this would be a special occasion. In the birth process the midwife would shout war cries to honor the mother for having fought a good battle. Then the umbilical cord of the male would be buried on a distant battlefield. In the female case, her umbilical cord would be buried ... some of the most intelligent children of the lower class would intend in Calmecac. The other school called the Telpochacalli (youth's house) would be for the warriors, which they would take their place in civil life. The Aztec's society was divided into three classes. One class was the slaves, the slaves could buy their freedom or if they escape their masters and reach the royal palace without being caught ...
- 3630: Facism
- Facism Fascism is a form of counter-revolutionary politics that first arose in the early part of the twentieth-century in Europe. It was a response to the rapid social upheaval, the devastation of World War I, and the Bolshevik Revolution. Fascism is a philosophy or a system of government the advocates or exercises a dictatorship of the extreme right, typically through the merging of state and business leadership, together with ... The idea of the "overman" or superman which symbolized man at his most creative and highest intellectual capacity was brought about by Nietzsche as well. Hegal believed people should sacrifice for the community. He thought war was also necessary to unify the state, with peace bring nothing but a weak society. Hegal also sustained that laws should be made by the corporate organization of the state. Fascism values human nature in ... illiberal and anti-liberal" (Nazi Fascism and the Modern Totalitarian State) this statement can be easily recognized in the steps that Mussolini took to gain control of Italy. In 1919 Mussolini and his followers, mostly war veterans, were organized along paramilitary lines and wore black shirts as uniforms. After defeats at the polls Mussolini used his new financial backing friends to clothe a gang of thugs who would attack other ...
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