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- 791: Hiroshima 5
- When the atomic bomb went off over Hiroshima on Aug. 6th, 1945, 70,000 lives were ended in a flash. To the American people who were weary from the long and brutal war, such a drastic measure seemed a necessary, even righteous way to end the madness that was World War II. However, the madness had just begun. That August morning was the day that heralded the dawn of the nuclear age, and with it came more than just the loss of lives. According to Archibald ... of the triumphs of modern science to the human purposes of man had been explicitly defined." The entire globe was now to live with the fear of total annihilation, the fear that drove the cold war, the fear that has forever changed world politics. The fear is real, more real today than ever, for the ease at which a nuclear bomb is achieved in this day and age sparks fear ...
- 792: All Quiet On the Western Front: Themes
- All Quiet On the Western Front: Themes All Quiet on the Western Front is a graphic depiction of the horrors of war. In the short note before Chapter One, Remarque lets the reader know exactly what themes he intends. War is a savage and gratuitous evil, war is unnatural, and war is responsible for the destruction of an entire generation. Remarque is very clear on the strength of his themes, and uses graphic imagery to convey to the reader the physical ...
- 793: The Vietnam War and Hollywood Movies
- The Vietnam War and Hollywood Movies "Vietnam was the longest war in American history." It lasted more than ten years and killed hundreds of lives. The media was a big part of the war. Back at home in the U.S., televisions, radios, newspapers, and especially Hollywood movies portrayed the war in Vietnam. During the late 60’s to late 80’s, Vietnam movies from Hollywood changed their ...
- 794: Effects of the WWII Atomic Bombs
- ... WWII Atomic Bombs When the atomic bomb went off over Hiroshima on Aug. 6th, 1945, 70,000 lives were ended in a flash. To the American people who were weary from the long and brutal war, such a drastic measure seemed a necessary, even righteous way to end the madness that was World War II. However, the madness had just begun. That August morning was the day that heralded the dawn of the nuclear age, and with it came more than just the loss of lives. According to Archibald ... of the triumphs of modern science to the human purposes of man had been explicitly defined." The entire globe was now to live with the fear of total annihilation, the fear that drove the cold war, the fear that has forever changed world politics. The fear is real, more real today than ever, for the ease at which a nuclear bomb is achieved in this day and age sparks fear ...
- 795: The Life of Jackie Robinson
- ... UCLA early before getting his degree, with high hopes of earning a living by playing sports. To his dismay, one year later he was drafted into the army to serve from 1942-1944. During World War II, he went to officer candidate school and became a second Lieutenant. During the time that Jackie was a Lt. in the army, he was court marshalled for refusing to vacate a seat in the ... Springarn Award for merit service to black Americans. He also served as Chairman for the Freedom Fund Drive. This organization sought to raise one million dollars for the Legal Defense Fund.(Jackie Robinson and the Civil Rights) By 1957, Jackie had had enough of President Eisenhower's reluctance to enforce civil rights laws, especially Brown vs. Board of Education Supreme Court decision mandating integration. Jackie decided to write a letter to President Eisenhower to encourage him to take action against Arkansas Governor Orbal Faubus, whom ...
- 796: Hitler 2
- Njpa t,rAdolf Hitler, (1889-1945), Was a German political and government leader and one of the 20th century's most powerful dictators, who converted Germany into a fully militarized society and launched World War II in 1939. Making anti-Semitism a keystone of his propaganda and policies, he built the Nazi party into a mass movement. For a time he dominated most of Europe and North Africa. He caused ... lack of talent. Staying in Vienna until 1913, he lived first on an orphan's pension, later on small earnings from pictures he drew. He read voraciously, developing anti-Jewish and antidemocratic convictions. In World War I (1914-1918), Hitler, by then in Munich, volunteered for service in the Bavarian army. He proved a dedicated, courageous soldier, but was never promoted beyond private first class because his superiors thought him lacking ... right to dominate all nations they subjected. The increasingly ruthless persecution of the Jews was to inure the Germans to this task. Hitler successfully appealed to a Germany that was humiliated by defeat in World War I and the Treaty of Versailles of 1919. Many Germans, and even other Europeans, believed that the terms of the treaty were too harsh, and Hitler was successful in defying some of them. His ...
- 797: Civil Rights
- Civil Rights The 1960's were the great civil rights era, but what has happened since then? Have things improved, and if not who is to blame? The book The Aims of Argument gives us two authors with contrasting views on racism and discrimination ... racism. Some evidence of this is: "opposition to school busing, open housing laws, affirmative action, and the failure to vote for a black candidate for public office." He is comparing this opposition to the cold war, instead of the Russians the blacks are now the enemy. Killian's ideas on how to improve the situation are to create new taxes and to distribute the wealth of the country more equally. ...
- 798: Abe Lincoln
- ... but his time Abe stayed behind. He was 21 now, and ready to live his own life, so he moved to New Salem in Illinois where he lived for six years. When the Black Hawk war broke out in 1832, Lincoln enlisted. He was elected leader of his rifle company, and this honor pleased him though he knew very little about military life. Just before the war, Abe had decided to run for the Illinois Legislature, which he continued to strive for after the war had ended. He did not win and in the process lost his store in New Salem, leaving him out of work. After a year of toilsome work, Abe was elected Illinois General Assembly in ...
- 799: Cutting the National Debt
- ... or 21 cents per capita, in 1840. That was the lowest point ever reached by the public debt of the U.S. After 1840 it rose to a peak, in the last year of the Civil War, of almost $2.68 billion and a per capita figure of $75.01. The only justification for debt of any significant amount was a war. By 1900 this had been reduced to under $1 Billion. By 1919, the end of World War I, the debt had climbed to $25.5 Billion. In each of the following years the debt ...
- 800: Catch 22: Satire on WWII
- Catch 22: Satire on WWII Joseph Heller who is perhaps one of the most famous writers of the 20th century writes on some emotional issues such as war. He does not deal with these issues in the normal fashion instead he criticizes them and the institutions that help carry these things out. Heller in fact goes beyond criticizing he satirizes. Throughout his two ... Good as Gold he satirizes almost all of America's respectful institutions. To truly understand these novels you must recognize that they are satires and why they are. Catch-22 is a satire on World War II. This novel takes place on the small island of Pianosa in the Mediterranean sea late in the war when Germany is no longer a threat. It is the struggle of one man, Yossarian, to survive the war. Throughout this novel Yossarian is trying to escape the war, and in order to do ...
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