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- 731: Animal
- By: Anonymous ANIMAL FARM by George Orwell George Orwell's novel Animal Farm does an excellent job of drawing parallels from the situation leading up to the Russian Revolution of 1917. Animal Farm is a satire that uses its characters to symbolize leaders of the Russian Revolution. The animals of "Manor Farm", the setting of this novel, which symbolizes Russia, overthrow their human master after years of mistreatment. Led by the pigs, the farm animals continue to do their work, only with ... the future. He is the main animal who got the rebellion started even though he died before it actually began. Old Major's role compares to Lenin and Marx whose ideas would spark the communist revolution. Lenin became the leader and teacher of the working class in Russia, and their determination to struggle against capitalism. Like Old Major, Lenin and Marx wrote essays and gave speeches to the working class ...
- 732: The Use of Planes and Tanks in WWI
- ... battles called dogfights. However the airplanes were primarily used for observing troop movements and for dropping explosives. The first air-to-air victim was claimed by a machine gun fired through the propeller. The famous French stunt flier Roland Garros had a machine gun mounted on the fuselage of his Morane-Saulniern. In front of the cockpit, the gun that shot forward was mounted. All Roland had to do was point ... fired for the destruction of observation balloons. From the late summer of 1915 until the appearance of productions models of Srad VII in the fall of 1916. The nieuports made up the bulk of the French fighter or scout forces. In fact, Nieuport fighters were in French Escadrilles until the summer of 1917 were preferred by some of the French aces including Nungeseri to the more powerful spad. The Nieuport line designed by Gustave Delage began with two seater Nieuport which ...
- 733: Henry VII
- ... My hair is auburn and I have the beginnings of a red beard. I tower over others, which helps with authority. I am clean-shaven, and my hair is combed short and straight in the French fashion. I have a round face. I keep myself trim at the moment with exercise. I enjoy shooting, singing, dancing, wrestling, casting of the bar, playing the recorder, flute and virginals, setting of songs, making ... war had to be, as France has failed to keep up payments in English pensions and there are maritime disputes between our countries. Also, there is great struggle is Scotland between pro-English and pro-French factions. I hope to cross the Channel to recover the crown of France when we defeat France DATE: July 19th, 1545 The French, of more than 200 ships, have gathered at the Le Harve. Their aim is to attack Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight. They wish to win back control of the English Channel. We are ...
- 734: From Stalinism To Leninism
- ... the time. One of Stalin's main focuses was on the concept of "socialism in one country" - that is, the focus on the betterment exclusively of his own country rather than on the international communist revolution. "Socialism in one country" began with Lenin. In 1918 Lenin signed the Treaty of Brest-Livtosk, which pulled Russia out of WW1 and surrendered much of the Ukraine to Austria-Hungarian forces ("How Lenin Led ... this time, there was a revolutionary movement in the Ukraine composed of peasants and workers known as the Makhnovist movement. This group needed only the support of Lenin and Russia to launch their own socialist revolution. However, they were not given this support ("How Lenin Led to Stalin"). Clearly, Lenin's focus was on the well-being of Russia rather than the International Communist Movement. He was focused on Socialism in ... necessary to defend his actions. He published an article in April of 1918 in which he stated that "Unquestioning submission to a single will is absolutely necessary for the success of the labor process...the revolution demands, in the interests of socialism, that the masses unquestioningly obey the single will of the leaders of the labor process" ("How Lenin Led to Stalin"). In addition to demonstrating the Leninist ideal of ...
- 735: The Life of Mao Zedong
- ... was a official in the Sung Dynasty (960-1127), an impartial judge. 31 Finally, he applauds the Hunan peasant association for restoring order, which was to be a theme echoed by Mao during the Cultural Revolution when Mao relied on the military to restore order. Mao's belief in the ability of peasants to organize and rule was at the heart of the Communist success in attaining power. In 1927, the ... upon a campaign that would solidify his power, and further strengthen his role, the Rectification Campaign (1942-1943). The Rectification Campaign was a harbinger of the purges that Mao would initiate again during the Cultural Revolution; it was a symbol of Mao's belief in harmony and order. This campaign aimed at purging the party of Stalinist supporters. 35 Purging of dissident elements within the party created unity according to Mao ... in the Communist Party. It quickly transformed itself into an all- out attack on figures of authority which Mao promoted under the slogan, "to rebel is justified." 57 This marked the era of the Cultural Revolution. From 1964 to 1969, Chinese society was turned upside down, like the turning over of a giant hourglass. 58 A state of chaos reigned: universities and school were shut down, widespread purges of "rightist ...
- 736: Examination Of Music History
- ... sequential patterns, and imitation. Out of this developed the motet, originally in Latin on a sacred text. Unlike the organum, the text was sung in the upper voices as well as the tenor. Bilingual motets (French-Latin, English-Latin) arose, and secular texts or combinations of sacred and secular texts were used. Tenors were sometimes chosen from French popular songs instead of from plainchant. Instruments played lower parts, making the motet an accompanied solo song. The period culminated in the works of Guillaume de Machaut. He left 23 motets, more than 100 secular songs, and a mass. They are characterized by excellent craftsmanship with colorful melodic and harmonic inflections and constantly shifting rhythms. The later fourteenth century was a period during which the French style dominated secular composition throughout Europe. It modified to reflect local tastes in Italy and England, but remained largely French in inspiration for some decades. However, Italian composers continued to develop a more native ...
- 737: The Louisiana Purchase
- By: joe The Louisiana Purchase was the purchase of the French province of Louisiana by the United States in 1803. The province stretched from the Mississippi River westward to the Rocky Mountains and from the Gulf of Mexico northward to Canada, covering an area equal to ... 000 for an area of 828,000 square miles (2,145,000 km) - less than 3 cents an acre. In 1800, Napoleon Bonaparte got Spain to return it by a secret treaty. Napoleon planned a French empire in the New World, with its center at New Orleans. President Jefferson was alert to the dangers of a powerful nation controlling the mouth of the Mississippi. He instructed the American minister to France, Robert R. Livingston, to open negotiations to buy New Orleans and some territory east of the city. A treaty would have to satisfy the financial claims that some United States citizens had against the French government. Finally the French continued to claim that the province still belonged to Spain. Jefferson sent James Monroe to help with the negotiations, and authorized him to spend no more than $10,000,000. ...
- 738: The War in Vietnam
- ... country of the Japanese and then, after 1945, to prevent France from reestablishing its former colonial mastery over Vietnam and the rest of Indochina. Harry S. Truman and other American leaders, having no sympathy for French colonialism, favored Vietnamese independence. But expanding communist control of Eastern Europe and the triumph of the communists in China's civil was made France's war against Ho seem an anticommunist rather than a colonialist effort. When France agreed to a quansi- independent Vietnam under Emperor Bao Dai as an alternative to Ho's DRV, the United States decided to support the French position. The American conception of Vietnam as a cold war battleground largely ignored the struggle for social justice and national sovereignty occurring within the country. American attention focused primarily on Europe and on Asia beyond Vietnam. Aid to France in Indochina was a quid pro quo for French cooperation with America's plans for the defense of Europe through the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. After China became a communist state in 1949, the stability of Japan became of paramount importance to Washington, ...
- 739: Animal Farm By George Orwell
- Animal Farm By George Orwell George Orwell's novel Animal Farm does an excellent job of drawing parallels from the situation leading up to the Russian Revolution of 1917. Animal Farm is a satire that uses its characters to symbolize leaders of the Russian Revolution. The animals of "Manor Farm", the setting of this novel, which symbolizes Russia, overthrow their human master after years of mistreatment. Led by the pigs, the farm animals continue to do their work, only with ... the future. He is the main animal who got the rebellion started even though he died before it actually began. Old Major's role compares to Lenin and Marx whose ideas would spark the communist revolution. Lenin became the leader and teacher of the working class in Russia, and their determination to struggle against capitalism. Like Old Major, Lenin and Marx wrote essays and gave speeches to the working class ...
- 740: Joan of Arc Was A Saint
- Joan of Arc Was A Saint They addressed her as Jeanne la Pucelle, fille de Dieu Joan the Maid, daughter of God (Beevers 23). Who was this young girl, who at seventeen led the French army to a victorious battle at Orlιans, ultimately causing the French to win the Hundred Years War? Why was she canonized and pronounced a saint after her death? Her life and death have been the subject of controversy and debate ever since they occurred (Matterer 1 ... was a witch, a harlot, a crazy girl who heard voices, but this is all far from the truth. Not purposelessly was Joan of Arc hallowed, and not without reason is she regarded as a French heroine, revered, and admired. Joan of Arc was truly a saint. Joan of Arc insisted that she saw visions and heard voices of Archangel Michael, St. Catherine, and St. Margaret. She said these figures ...
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