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- 4061: The Balance of Power Theory
- ... they must build up power and form alliances. Throughout history we can see the B.O.P. concept in action. The clearest example of the B.O.P. concept can be found in the Cold War. In the Cold War the two superpowers the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. held a stable world balance between them. Both states sought to deter domination by the other through a build up of arms and through the creation of strong alliance systems. Under the B.O.P. theory the logic of the Cold War stratagies and alliances seems apparent, with the best method of security being strength. In an ideal system of B.O.P. all states would 1. act in relatively the same fashion and 2. would ...
- 4062: Was the French Revolution Preventable?
- ... XIV caused this once great nation to fall into a deep period of debt and economic problems. In the long term, the liberation of the economy from royal controls, and the development of a uniform civil law code helped pave the way for the future. But the effects of war on the French economy offset the positive effects of these changes because the economy in general was probably set back a generation.
- 4063: The Longest Day, By: Cornelius Ryan, Simon & Shuster, 1959
- The Longest Day, By: Cornelius Ryan, Simon & Shuster, 1959 Cornelius Ryan, the author of the novel The Longest Day, the classic epic of D-Day, was among one of the preeminent war correspondents of his time. He flew fourteen bombing missions with the Eighth and Ninth U.S airforces, and covered the D-Day landings and the advance of General Pattons Third Army across France and ... through the experience of the men who fought it. It is the definitive account of the day that is now considered by some to be the most important in modern history. Through personal letters, captured war diaries and bales of other military documents, Ryan unearthed facts that were unknown before his novel was published. He discloses, for example, that Rommel actually was never informed by his chief of staff, Maj. Gen ... several weeks. The second part of The Longest Day is devoted to the Allied landing and fighting on Normandy and the German resistance to believing that it was to be the definitive battle of World War II. A major virtue of the novel is Ryans complete objectivity. His Germans are not mutinous villains, but regular people just like the Americans fighting and dying for their country and what they ...
- 4064: America And The Normandy Invasion
- The year was 1944, and the United States had now been an active participant in the war against Nazi Germany for almost three and a half years. During this time, numerous battles had occurred which were fought with determination and intensity on both sides. Amongst the many invasions of World War II, there is one day which stands out more in the minds of many American soldiers than the others. That day was June 6, 1944, more commonly known as D Day, part of the invasion ... did not like the idea of having to attack Omaha, but he knew it had to be done. Rommel took full advantage of what he learned from defending frontal infantry assaults during the First World War. He heavily mined the coastline, and the shore. He placed extensive amounts of barbed wire leading up to the hills. He placed machine guns at angles to have better shots at all points of ...
- 4065: Atomic Bomb
- Atomic Bomb On August 2, 1939 Albert Einstein wrote to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. This was right before the start of World War 2. In this letter Einstein and several other scientists told Roosevelt of the efforts Hitler was making to purify U-235 in which he hoped to make an atomic bomb. This is when the United ... to make these formulas. At the end of the six years and after spending $2 billion they had what they thought was a working bomb or a very expensive dud. At 5:29:45 (Mountain War Time) on July the 16th, 1945 the "Gadget", the code name for the bomb, was tested in the Jemez Mountains in northern New Mexico. This was the first atomic bomb ever detonated. The Gadget caused ... and a half, but it still killed 39,000 people and injured 25,000 people. It destroyed over half the city. The Little Boy (left) and Fat Man (right) were the only bombs used in war. They caused many deaths. The Little Boy caused 200,000 people to die because of its affects. The Fat Man Caused 70,000 people to die. With this many number of deaths it is ...
- 4066: Anthrax: Chemical Warfare
- Anthrax: Chemical Warfare Having the threat of Anthrax falling in to the hands of terrorist or paramilitary groups strikes fear in our way of chemical warfare. During the Gulf War, Iraq had large stores of anthrax, which were later destroyed during the war. U.S. military experts say that, Saddam has the capabilities of launching Scud missiles toward Israel with anthrax warheads, but he never did. This is why the U.S. military needs to supply and have ... Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California. (Seattletimes.com: Anthrax: a poor mans nucl
) Anthrax can be prevented in humans by taking vaccines. As a result of Saddams threat to use anthrax in the Persian Gulf War, the U.S. Army inoculating all of its military personnel. Vaccines can also be taken after you have been infected with anthrax. Another person cannot infect another person with anthrax, according to David Huxsoll ...
- 4067: Drugs
- ... dangerous and even more addictive. During the 70's heroin reemerged as a powerful drug but many were afraid to use it. Throughout the 80's strong anti-drug campaigns seemed to be winning the war on drugs. But, in 1996 people have become alert to the increase in Heroin addiction. Heroin use has doubled every year since 1992. What caused the use of heroin to increase? The growth of heroin ... not wrong. It's been proven that parents are one of the biggest contributors to a child's value system. "Parents who do drugs have children who do drugs." reads a major slogan on the war on drugs. Teenagers see their parents values on certain drugs and contribute those values to harder drugs like heroin. In addition, parents do not spend enough time telling their children what heroin and other hard drugs can do to their child's body or future. During the 80's there was a huge war against drugs. Many parents thought that the government was doing a good enough job of informing children of the risks about drugs and let their guard down. Obviously, the government did not do a ...
- 4068: Assassination of JFK: Conspiracy or Single-Gunman?
- Assassination of JFK: Conspiracy or Single-Gunman? Adolf Hitler, the Nazi dictator of Germany during World War II, once said, "The bigger the lie, the more people will believe it.". Although this may sound ludicrous, we can see many example of this in the world's history. One example would have to ... one on the Zapruder film.) Lastly, one has to consider what the biggest motives would be to kill the President. One motive has to deal with President Kennedy trying to get out of Vietnam. This war was the biggest business in America at the time. It brought in over eighty billion dollars a year. Thus, since the President was trying to get out of the war, he would have been costing business men a lot of money. Also, vice-president Johnson would have profited a lot because he was the next to become president. Thus, people, including the vice-president, ...
- 4069: Violence In Religions Such As Islam, Christianity, and Hinduism
- ... authority, Christians became terrified of their presence, resulting in widespread animosity and aversion. Mohammed, the prophet of Islam, was a great warrior. This invariably lead defeated peoples to believe that he begot a cult of war and violence. Over the centuries, it also has developed the ability to instill a sense of holy purpose onto its believers and soldiers, where they go into a battle of certain death for their faith in the jihad, or holy war. Even today, the jihad is still a potent source of conflict and aversion, as the many of the problems in the Middle East center around the issue of Islamic Fundamentalism and the jihads. A non ... with ties to violence is Hinduism. While that may perhaps be a startling revelation, history proves that it has had many violent incidents and tendencies. It was originally a product of the early Aryans, a war-like people who stormed into South Asia, sacking cities and eventually covering virtually all traces of the early culture of the Indus Valley. These Aryans transmuted their beliefs onto the now helpless people of ...
- 4070: Legalize It!
- Legalize It! Many feel today we are loosing the war on drugs. When a battle goes to the point where there is no winner there needs to be a re-evaluation of how to solve the problem. In the case of the war against drugs, years of fighting have caused increased crime, overcrowding of prisons and the wasted use of money and resources with no results. It is now time to look at alternative methods to solving the ... therefore crime would be reduced. By keeping the addict separate from the criminal then violent, jealous, possessive crime(Friedman 16). Granted, the overall cost of drug use would not decrease; however, supporters of the continued war on drug and the further illegalization of these drugs say that legalization would cost more both socially and economically. They say that legalization would result in increased use and eventually will mean an increase ...
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