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- 671: The Cold War
- The Cold War The Cold War was the time of struggle between the United States (U.S.) and its allies and the group of nations led by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] for power and influence that began at the end of World War II. The Cold War was not a war of military conflict but instead was an ideological war between the two world superpowers. The two superpowers became rivals through conflicting governments (Communism and Capitalism) and ...
- 672: Germany And Its Abuse Of Chemi
- ... projectiles whose sole purpose was the diffusion of asphyxiating or deleterious gases and did not cover gases released by cylinders. The Germans also stated that France broke the conventions first. Throughout the rest of the war, Germany used chemical warfare agents in many of its military operations. Chemical warfare agents are chemical substances designed to kill, seriously injure, or incapacitate humans and animals. Chemical agents can also deny or hinder the ... the body. Sternutators caused respiratory irritation, sneezing, nausea, and vomiting. Blister agents initially cause pain in the eyes, throats, and lungs, but later cause blisters on exposed skin. Germany used various chemical agents during the war, depending on the desired effect they wished to inflict on the Allies. The primary gases used in the Great War were chlorine, phosgene, a mix of chlorine and phosgene, and mustard. Chlorine is an asphyxiating gas that causes acute bronchitis with gradual suffocation and, "those who initially survived a considerable dose generally died from ...
- 673: Comparison: Treatment of War in "The Rank Stench of Those Bodies Haunts Me Still" and "The Soldier"
- Comparison: Treatment of War in "The Rank Stench of Those Bodies Haunts Me Still" and "The Soldier" "The rank stench of those bodies haunts me still" is written in alternating seven and six line stanzas. The lines are all ... to describe the indiscriminate slaughter they were part of also seems to imply that the author viewed the deaths as a waste and of no purpose. In the last stanza, the poem points out that war causes everyone involved pain and loss, and that each side is made up of people who all have the same kinds of feelings: "Then I remembered someone that I'd seen Dead in the squalid, miserable ditch, Heedless of the toiling feet that trod him down. He was a Prussian with a decent face Young, fresh and pleasant, so I dare to say. No doubt he loathed the war and longed for peace And cursed our souls because we'd killed his friends." "The Soldier" is written in a variation of the Petrarchan sonnet, whose form is usually abbaabba cdcdcd. However, "The Soldier" ...
- 674: Atomic Bomb
- The atomic bomb ended a war of massive death and destruction, but began an age exercising the same principles: the Atomic Age. At the time of the disasters in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the bomb appeared as a promise of peace to the entire world. It had ended a costly and gruesome war, beginning a time of pacification and repose. Compared to the technology of 1945, the atomic bomb looked too powerful and unethical ever to be used again. It was seen as the weapon that would put an end to war. However as the atomic bomb ended war, it began a new age, creating new philosophies on human existence, technology and society. The destruction of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki expanded far ...
- 675: Causes Of World War 1
- Causes for World War I Many things led up to the start of World War I. There was much tension between the countries of Europe for more than fifty years. There were immediate causes, and long-term causes. Some immediate causes were the assassination of the heir of Austria-Hungry, Germany declaring war on Russia, Germany declaring war on France, and Great Britain declaring war on Germany. Some long-term causes or basic causes were imperialism, nationalism, and the arms race. The assassination of Archduke Frances Ferdinand, ...
- 676: The Wonderful War On Drugs
- By: Wes Hunt E-mail: hunt_wes@hotmail.com The Wonderful War On Drugs In recent years the so-called war on drugs has taken over the streets and back alleys of suburban America. It has caused a problem that mirrors the prohibition days of the 1920s and early 30s. Politicians trying to play ... only contributing to more violence. Their laws have created an underground drug-trade, in which modern drug-dealers have taken the place of the bootleggers of old. The real question is whether or not this war is working. Most people would like to believe that it is, and there are a few statistics that show it has. But just watch any news program, and you will see this war has ...
- 677: All Quiet on the Western Front
- All Quiet on the Western Front All Quiet on the Western Front is a book written by Erich Maria Remarkque. It was a book written to reflect the human cost of war. It shows us how war has a hidden face that most people do not see until it is too late. In the novel, he describes a group of young men who at first think war is glorious. But as the war drags on, the group discovers how war is not all it is set out to be. As the war went on, they saw their friends either die or ...
- 678: The Threat of Nuclear War
- The Threat of Nuclear War The threat of nuclear war puts enough stress on people that an accidental nuclear war could be the result. With more and more of the superpowers defences being controlled by complex computers, the chance of a malfunction increases as well. Add this to normal human error and governmental mistakes ...
- 679: The Anti-Vietnam Movement
- ... the most significant movement of its kind in the nation's history. The United States first became directly involved in Vietnam in 1950 when President Harry Truman started to underwrite the costs of France's war against the Viet Minh. Later, the presidencies of Dwight Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy increased the US's political, economic, and military commitments steadily throughout the fifties and early sixties in the Indochina region. Prominent ... to American demands (VN History and Politics). The antiwar movement would have emerged alone by the bombings, and the growing cost of American lives coming home in body bags only intensified public opposition to the war (VN H. and P.). This movement against the Northern bombings, and domestic critics in general, played a role in the decision to announce a bombing pause from May 12 to the 17, of 1965. Antiwar ... the national teach-in, contributed to the resignations of many government officials, including the resignation of McGeorge Bundy in early 1966. This well-publicized debate made the antiwar effort more respectable. As supporters of the war found themselves more popular, they were driven increasingly to rely on equating their position with "support for our boys in Vietnam." (Brown, 34). The antiwar movement spread directly among the combat troops in Vietnam, ...
- 680: All Quiet On The Western Front
- Erich Remarque s All Quiet on the Western Front is not about men, but of German soldiers and their hardships during World War I and how their attitudes changed throughout the war. We believe in such things no longer, we believe in the war (p.88). This novel portrays the overwhelming effects and power war has to deteriorate the human spirit, scar physically, and scar mentally. You start out leaving you re home and family proud and ready ...
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