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- 631: Woodrow Wilson and The Presidency
- ... Wilson's fourteen points was a brilliant set of ideas to help both the Allies and the Central Powers. Wilson was never out to hurt any country, unlike Britain and France who wanted revenge on Germany. Wilson knew that if they punished Germany for World War I, that it would only come back to haunt them. He was right. But many people did not listen to him. Wilson decided to go to Paris in person to fight for ...
- 632: Nationalism And Patriotism
- ... 1789 strengthened nationalism by uniting the masses of the people in the common cause of winning freedom at home and defending their nation against foreign enemies. As a result of growing nationalism, strong leaders in Germany, Italy, and other nations were able to mold their people into independent, unified countries. In my opinion during the 1900's extreme nationalism in such countries as Germany and Japan resulted in racial persecution and aggression against other nations and races such as the Jewish. However, after World War II, nationalism played a large part in independence movements in Africa and Asia. Many ...
- 633: Red Sails To Capri
- ... out, with only one hostage killed, but he is killed before they had gotten there. The first mission helps them organize themselves and fix a few holes in their planning. The second mission is in Germany. An international trader is taken hostage in his mansion/castle. This mission goes well too, thanks to the snipers. No hostage deaths, but all the terrorists are killed. After this mission is over they realize ... Popov, the ex-KGB agent now freelance is hired by an American. Popov is hired to get people to do the job in Switzerland, the bank taking, and the taking of the international trader in Germany. The person that has hired him is the president of a multi-national pharmaceutical company, that has access to and deals with extremely deadly viruses, he is extremely wealthy. Lets call him the Boss (sorry ...
- 634: Movie: The Caine Mutiny - Evaluating the Performance of a Government
- ... see countries establishing new governments. They can be either at an advantage or disadvantage to their country, depending upon the change. An example of one that has had positive results would be that of East Germany. Before their change, they were holding a communist government, but presently with West Germany they now hold a federal republic government. This has helped begin the diminishing of the communist governments and a definite advantage. Also in Russia, although they aren't completely non- communist, they are becoming more ...
- 635: "All I Know Is What I Read In The Papers" - Will Rogers
- ... others through the media, as the quotation may suggest, but politicians have used the media to influence, change, or even confuse peoples' views on issues of state. This trend goes as far back as Nazi Germany when the streets of Germany were littered with propaganda posters and literature condemning other countries and their ideologies, for instance: (found below a poster of a massive skeletal Bolshevik soldier) "Only one man can save us from the monster of ...
- 636: Apocalypse Now and Heart of Darkness
- ... to them. This overwhelming cultural interaction caused some Puritans to go mad and try to purge themselves of a perceived evil. This came to be known as the Salem witch trials. During World War II, Germany made an attempt to overrun Europe. What happened when the Nazis came into power and persecuted the Jews in Germany, Austria and Poland is well known as the Holocaust. Here, humanνs evil side provides one of the scariest occurrences of this century. Adolf Hitler and his Nazi counterparts conducted raids of the ghettos to locate ...
- 637: Napoleon Bonaparte
- ... the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris. Austria and Great Britain were the two greatest enemies of France. They declare war on France in 1803. Napoleon first met the Austrians in battle. Near Ulm in Germany., he demolished their army in 1805. The enemy he hated even more was Great Britain. He wanted to destroy their navy, but their navy is too strong. On October 21, 1805, the British s fleet ... France in a matter of months. Therefore Napoleon conscripting 350,000 new soldiers from within his empire. His new recruits had no military experience. Many were barely sixteen years old. Napoleon marched his troops into Germany in the spring of 1813 to meet the enemy head on. His inexperience army managed to defeat the allies in three battles. Napoleon s military genius and the bravery of his young soldiers made them ...
- 638: Woodrow Wilson
- ... to declare a president disabled from such a history? If Woodrow Wilson's brain had suffered no further damage, the history of the following decades could have been very different. For Wilson in 1916 wanted Germany defeated but not crushed; he wanted Germany to be a viable member of the proposed League of Nations. He was convinced that a dictated peace Uwould be accepted in humiliation, under duress, at an intolerable sacrifice, and that would leave a sting ...
- 639: To Kill A Mockingbird 3
- ... asks Scout, What do you think [democracy] means? (pg. 248). Scout s answer is, Equal rights for all, special privileges for none (pg. 248). Miss Gates describes to Scout that ...The difference between America and Germany [is that]. We are a democracy and Germany is a dictatorship... Over here we don t believe in persecuting anybody. Persecution comes from people who are prejudiced (pg. 248). The act that was ironic about her lesson on democracy was that she says ...
- 640: JFK
- ... the border between East and West Berlin. West Berlin had been under the control of the United States, France, and Britain since the end of World War II, although the city lay deep inside East Germany, a state that was an ally of the USSR. Kennedy and other Western leaders protested, but the wall was built. Kennedy had already asked for more military spending and had called up reserve troops for duty in Europe. When East German soldiers began blocking the Allied route through East Germany into Berlin, Kennedy sent a force of 1500 soldiers marching along the route into West Berlin. The troops went uncontested. Communist interference stopped, allowing Allied forces travel to and from Berlin . Amongst other problems President ...
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