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- 4181: Bangkok's Thammasat University Uprising
- ... gave the researcher its support, and covered the event extensively. Thao Suranaree is regarded as national heroine in Thailand. Apparently -- or so the official version goes -- she played a courageous role in the Siam-Laos war of 1826. Saphin rubbishes that account, saying Thao Suranaree's otherwise insignificant role in the war was played up by royal chroniclers more than 40 years after the event only to make the people of the Northeast region feel part of the then Bangkok kingdom. The move was aimed at stemming ...
- 4182: Bystanders are the Real Criminal
- ... do the wrong, in the aforementioned scenarios. One factor demonstrating the culpability of bystanders is that they do not act to make the situation better. Historic examples such as those from the Holocaust during World War II may aid in explaining the inaction of bystanders. The citizens of Germany during this period, many of whom did not support the Hitler regime, still refused to take in or hide Jews who could ... inability of most bystanders to rescue these innocent victims resulted in the unnecessary deaths of thousands of Jews and this shows the guilt of the bystander. Also, another instance showing bystanders guilt occurred during World War II, when German bystanders did not act by still supporting their leader Adolf Hitler - or acting as if they did in an attempt to protect themselves from the government they elected. They supported Hitler by ...
- 4183: Pablo Picasso
- ... Paris, where he progressed through various periods - including a Blue period from 1900 to 1904 and a Rose period in 1904 - before creating the Cubist movement that lasted until the beginning of the First World War. Picasso initiated Cubism at the age of twenty-six after he already had established himself as a successful painter. According to Souch re, Picasso led the evolution towards cubism in order to "escape the tyranny ... Harwood, Jeremy, ed. How to Draw & Paint Still Life. London: New Burlington Books, 1986. · Marrero, Vinvente. Picasso and the Bull. Translated by Anthony Kerrigan. Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1956. · Packard, Fred M. The Effects of War on the Works of Two Spanish Painters -- Goya and Picasso. Master's Thesis for Kent State University, 1961. · Picasso, Pablo. Bull's Skull, Fruit, Pitcher (Tete de Taurea, Fruit Pichet). Exhibited at the Cleveland Museum ...
- 4184: The Persian Wars
- ... was full. Meanwhile, the Athenian army was encamped in the foothills on the edge of the Marathon Plain. It became clear to the Athenians that their enemy did not intend to attack first, so a war council was held. Five generals, including Militiades, the leader, voted in favor of immediate attack; five other generals voted to attack after the arrival of Spartans. There was one general left, Callimachus. Then Militiades said ... upon the Greek city-states. The Persians, with 200,000 men, arrived at Thermopylae to find 10,000 soldiers of the Greek army already there. Themistocles, an Athenian general, believed the way to win the war was at sea. He had deduced this from the oracle at Delphi, who said the way beat the Persians was by a wooden wall. (By this, the oracle meant ships.) So the Greeks decided to ...
- 4185: Peter The Great 2
- ... lively and energetic boy compared to his other siblings who were sick and weak. From his early years he was interested in military games, fire, bombs and fireworks. He organized his own "play regiments" and war games by enlisting gentlemen's sons. He also had contact with foreigners and was fascinated with their way of life. His education started around the age of seven. One of his tutors was Nikita Zotov ... Numerous scholars as Miliukov, Kliuchevsky, Anderson agrees on the fact that the actual reform that Russia experienced during Peter the Great reign was one of militarization and mechanization. According to Miliukov, Kliuchevsky, Anderson and others "war and its effects central not merely to Peter's foreign policies but also to his domestic achievements and failures. Without a grasp of this fact no real understanding of his reign is possible." The demands ...
- 4186: 1984 Reading Journal
- ... Works at Ministry of truth. Ministry of truth is one of four government buildings in destroyed London, the main city of Airstrip One, a province of Oceania. Year is 1984 and three contries are at war, Oceania, Eurasia and Eastasia. Oceania is run by the party whose leader is Big Brother. Winston is sick of his life in the ruined city and decides to keep a diary. This is against the ... new world. Also we are shown how the computer age has taken over peoples minds. The language is easy to understand, it has not really changed much over time. Seems like nothing left after nuclear war, just ruins remaining. We are introduced to Tom Parsons which Winston is contrasted with. The city is very drab. Quotes "Big brother is watching you, the caption beneath it said" "Thoughtcrime was not a thing ...
- 4187: Queen Elizabeth
- ... of Scots. Finally, in 1586, Mary s part in these plots were proven and she was beheaded the following February. Mary s death was the final blow to the English- Spanish relations. Philip II declared war. In July 1588, a huge navy fleet, the Spanish Armada, set sail for England. The English navy led by Francis Drake and Martin Frobisher, rose to meet the armada in a nine- day battle. The ... lines and fled to open waters. Chased by the English the Spanish tried to sail north around the British Isles. However storm after storm pounded the armada and about half the fleet was lost. Their war continued for fifteen years. The Spaniards could not overcome the English. Elizabeth s reign after the defeat of the armada was beset by troubles. Her control over her country s religious, political, and economic problem ...
- 4188: The French Revolution
- ... most important people in French society but were not recognized as such because they belonged to the third estate. Financial crisis developed because the nation had gone deeply into debt to finance the Seven Years War (1756-1763) and the Revolutionary War (1775-1783)." (Burley, 22) The Parliament of Paris insisted that King Louis XVI could borrow more money or raise taxes only by calling a meeting of the States-General. The States-General was made up ...
- 4189: Remembering The Music Of George Gershwin
- ... musicals were political satires. Gershwin was not into politics, but he felt by doing a satire it would lift his work from being an ordinary musical comedy. Strike Up The Band was a cynical anti-war story trying to subside the national hysteria (Schwartz 177). America s national cheese proprietors are at war with Switzerland over the cost of importing Swiss cheese. It was a wonderful score with whimsical text. Of Thee I Sing was another satire which gave a very harsh look at American life during the ...
- 4190: Kosovo
- ... violence continued and the situation worsened with the killings in Racak on 16th January 1999 Many analysts, including the U.S. government, have warned that Kosovo is a potential "power keg", and may ignite a war spreading beyond its borders with consequnces far worse than those of the war in Bosnia. Thorough this paper I aim to state what is currently happening in Kosovo, by using extracts from a daily newspaper: The Daily Star. Also using information from the Internet specifically Yahoo News which ...
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