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- 771: Warfare Technology
- In today’s world war plays a very important role in people’s lives. Some of these wars date as far back as the Roman Empire and Alexander the Great, while others are just being born and brought to the doorstep of the world. In 1939 this world was introduced to World War II. Although this war was based in Europe, it would touch the lives of people in every continent across the world, and have a massive impact on governments and civilians alike. It was also during this time that ...
- 772: Hemingway's Soldier's Home: Hemingway's Personal Experiences
- Hemingway's Soldier's Home: Hemingway's Personal Experiences In Ernest Hemingway’s short story, “Soldier’s Home,” Hemingway’s personal experiences from the war are evident. Hemingway’s life and the life of the main character, Krebs, are very similar. When Hemingway is describing Krebs life it is almost like he is describing his own life. Krebs was a soldier in the war and Hemingway was and ambulance driver. Hemingway did and saw many things during the war that changed him after the war was over. The short story “Soldier’s Home” is more like a biography of that time in Hemingway’s life than it is a short story. After graduation ...
- 773: The Advancement of War
- The Advancement of War The industrial revolution and the great inventions that were growing out of it were to make possible the rapid deployment of huge armies over great areas. Modern total war was first presaged, not by dramatic technical advances, but by the revival of what is now called the ideological element of conflict. This came with the French Revolution and the wars it generated. The history of war then marked time for most of the 19th century. Despite the wartime propaganda that colored postwar studies, World War I was probably not a war over basic ideological issues. Nevertheless, it was fought as ...
- 774: Propaganda In Film
- ... its existence to the world. Examples of literary propaganda include the histories of the French author Voltaire, the pamphlets of the religious reformer Martin Luther, and the works of Karl Marx. During the First World War, the meaning of the word "Propaganda" and its neutrality changed. With the technological advances with respect to warfare, the traditional methods of recruiting men for the military was not sufficient. For governments public opinion became ... to address the public. Consequently, propaganda came to be associated with censorship and misinformation because it was used more and more in the form of psychological warfare against the enemy. From the beginning of the war, both the Germans and British tried to gain the support of the United States. Once it had entered the war, the United States organized the Committee on Public Information, an official propaganda agency, to help get the public behind the war. Propaganda used opinion for the purpose of influencing the actions or attitudes of ...
- 775: All Quiet On The Western Front
- The Sorrows of War and the Glorious Lies Is it really worth it? Is the simple order by a superior officer enough for someone to spill the blood of innocent soldiers? In All Quiet on the Western Front, a novel by Erich Maria Remarque, a group of soldiers learn the hard way about the realities of war. They encounter trench warfare and hand-to-hand combat and slowly see how horrible the war is. Using the book, the author expresses his hatred towards war and how only evil comes from it. The emotions and actions of the soldiers represent the realities of war where brotherhoods are formed, ...
- 776: The Spanish American War and Its Causes
- The Spanish American War and Its Causes The Spanish-American War started off with no conflict between US and Spain. Cuba and Spain were were arguing because Cuba thought that it should be it's own country and Spain didn't. Spain was basically using harsh ... the people should be able to decide who rules them. America gradually came into the picture when Pulitzer and Hearst published exaggerated stories about the conflict in the Yellow Press. More and more Americans demanded war. The Yellow Press wanted the war so that they could sell more newspapers. The straw that broke the camel's back was when the Yellow Press published the de Lome letter; which was a ...
- 777: WW
- By: ahabeger Causes of World War 1 World War I was the result of leaders' aggression towards other countries which was supported by the rising nationalism of the European nations. Economic and imperial competition and fear of war prompted military alliances and an arms race, which further escalated the tension contributing to the outbreak of war. For Twenty years, the nations of Europe had been making alliances. It was thought the alliances ...
- 778: A Separte Peace Essay
- ... play an important role in a person s life. Many times people can drastically have a change of opinion over night. In A Separate Peace, the whole atmosphere at the Devon School changed as World War II progressed. The boys either eagerly awaited draft, preferred to enlist in the area of war they wanted, or did not want to go at all. The students at the school were forced to create activities for enjoyment since old ones could not be played because of lack of materials. When a friend returns from the war, the boys at Devon got a real sense of what the war was like. The boys learned that going to war was not all fun and games like they had anticipated. The influence World ...
- 779: A Separate Peace - Symbols
- ... Separate Peace, symbols are used to develop and advance the themes of the novel. One theme is the lack of an awareness of the real world among the students who attend the Devon Academy. The war is a symbol of the "real world", from which the boys exclude themselves. It is as if the boys are in their own little world or bubble secluded from the outside world and everyone else. Along with their friends, Gene and Finny play games and joke about the war instead of taking it seriously and preparing for it. Finny organizes the Winter Carnival, invents the game of Blitz Ball, and encourages his friends to have a snowball fight. When Gene looks back on that ... to grow up when he realizes that he is living in a world of hate, crime, and disappointment. He is getting older and closer to his eighteenth birthday when he will be drafted into the war, and he finally begins to prepare. At the conclusion of the novel, after Phineas is gone, Gene says, "I was ready for the war, now that I no longer had any hatred to contribute ...
- 780: Contrast In Do Not Weep, Maide
- Contrast in "Do Not Weep, Maiden, for War Is Kind" In the poem "Do Not Weep, Maiden, for War Is Kind" by Stephen Crane, contrast is used to make a statement about the war. The poem shows the different view points of the war, how different people involved in the war, took the war. The first, third, and last stanza talks about loved ones of the soldiers, and ...
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