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- 251: Atomic Bomb
- ... a numerous amount of many more to this day are left unanswered. The horrific display of Hiroshima and Nagasaki still haunts and sickens people to this very day. Nonetheless, Hiroshima affected both United States and world history forever, and has made the change in military warfare uncanny. No doubt, August 6, 1945 began as any other day. Before it had ended, something dramatic occurred that would change the way nations dealt ... split second in which a blinding flash of light told the crew of its success, approximately seventy thousand souls, who until that fateful moment, had been going about their normal everyday lives, perished, and the world changed. The intense heat of the explosion horribly burned those not killed or vaporized immediately by the blast. Eyewitness accounts describe traumatized people wandering with their skin trailing from their bodies 'like wandering ghosts'. All ... second atomic bomb. Its target, Nagasaki- a port city in Southern Japan was thirty percent destroyed, and approximately forty thousand of its citizens were killed. On August 14, 1945 Japan surrendered-unconditionally, thus ending a world conflagration in which fifty million people died." The bombing of Hiroshima was one of the most controversial actions taken by the United States in the 20th century. There lie many arguments for and against ...
- 252: War Poetry
- War has occurred in several occasions throughout history. We ve had several important wars in the twentieth century, World War I and World War II, and Vietnam. Each and every war has had an effect on those who lived through it, and those who fought in it. Poets write about what effects, and inspires ...
- 253: Dynamic Change In The U.S.
- Dynamic Change In The U.S. There was much change brought about by the Civil War, and many people and companies played very big roles throughout this enormous growth of our country. The U.S. basically erupted economically during this time, and the tremendous augmentation of railways only instigated this bursting ... key individuals such as Gustavus Swift, Thomas Edison, Andrew Carnegie, John Davidson Rockefeller, and John Pierpont Morgan. Each of these men played exclusive roles during this extremely successful period of our country. Ensuing the Civil War, the economic growth in the nation was astounding. But this only came about after much hardship in certain areas. The war caused wide-scale economic destruction to the South. The Confederate states lost about two-thirds of their wealth during the war. The loss of slave property throughout emancipation accounted for a lot of this, ...
- 254: Kurt Vonnegut And Slaughter-Ho
- ... to produce Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children's Crusade, A Duty-Dance With Death. The book was worth the wait. Released to an American society struggling to come to grips with its involvement in another war - in a small Asian country called Vietnam - Vonnegut's magnum opus struck a nerve, especially with young people on college campuses across the country. Although its author termed the work a "failure," readers did not ... Nov. 22, 1913, Kurt Senior married Edith Lieber, the daughter of millionaire Indianapolis brewer Albert Lieber. The couple had three children, Bernard, born in 1914; Alice, in 1917; and, Kurt Jr., who came into the world on Nov. 11, 1922. Fourth-generation Germans, the Vonnegut children were raised with little, if any, knowledge about their German heritage - a legacy, Kurt believed, of the anti-German feelings vented during World War I. With America's entry into the Great War on the side of the Allies, anything associated with Germany became suspect. In Indianapolis, the city orchestra disbanded because its soprano soloist was German; ...
- 255: African Culture
- ... between "Black" and "White." Of course, we cannot consider race and color in America as absolutes, for within every group there is a natural variation of biology in people who have been exposed to the world. For instance, for the purposes of maintaining social power, "White" people were created in America. This grouping would have the cultural variation of many European ethnic groups-Irish, German, Slav, French, Spanish, Nordic, all subject ... paradigm of Black and White changed with modern events that altered its use and meaning. For example, Asian immigration to the United States came quickly in the 1970s and 1980s with refugees from the Korean War, and especially after the Vietnam War. Even the continued reign of the Communists in China stimulated the flow of immigrants to these shores. For example, in 1970 the U.S. Census counted 1,438,544 Asians, but by 1990, they ...
- 256: 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 ...
- 257: The Cold War
- The Cold War Introduction When World War II in Europe finally came to an end on May 7, 1945, a new war was just beginning. The Cold War: denoting the open yet restricted rivalry that developed between the United States and ...
- 258: The Cold War
- The Cold War When World War II in Europe finally came to an end on May 7, 1945, a new war was just beginning. The Cold War: denoting the open yet restricted rivalry that developed between the United States and ...
- 259: How Far Did The Policies Of Ol
- ... such as Elliott have been far more sympathetic. ‘…the first and the last ruler of Hapsburg Spain who had the breadth of vision to devise plans on a grand scale for the future of a world-wide monarchy: a statesman whose capacity for conceiving great designs was matched only by his consistent incapacity for carrying them through to a successful conclusion.’ Were Olivares’ policies a realistic way out of Spain’s ... propose to see how far Olivares pushed the reputación of the state before domestic crises forced him to seek peace. Among others the best areas to examine would be Olivares’ policies during the Thirty Years War from 1622; the Mantuan War 1628-31 and the great revolts of Catalonia and Portugal in 1640. As for domestic policy I will need to look at Olivares’ initial reforms of 1623, why they fell through and the effect ...
- 260: Laws of War
- Laws of War The term "laws of war" refers to the rules governing the actual conduct of armed conflict. This idea that there actually exists rules that govern war is a difficult concept to understand. The simple act of war in and of itself seems to be in violation of an almost universal law prohibiting one human being from killing another. But during ...
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