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- 321: The Marshall Plan
- The Marshall Plan During the winter of 1946-47, the worst in memory, Europe seemed on the verge of collapse. For the victors in World War II, there were no spoils. In London, coal shortages left only enough fuel to heat and light homes for a few hours a day. In Berlin, the vanquished were freezing and starving to death. On ... million cubic yards of it in Germany alone. Bridges were broken, canals were choked, rails were twisted. Across the Continent, darkness was rising. Americans, for the most part, were not paying much attention. Having won World War II, "most Americans just wanted to go to the movies and drink Coca-Cola," said Averell Harriman, who had been FDR's special envoy to London and Moscow during the second world war. ...
- 322: Candide - A Contrast To Optimism
- ... and Durant 724). In Candide, Voltaire sought to point out the fallacy of Gottfried William von Leibniz's theory of optimism and the hardships brought on by the resulting inaction toward the evils of the world. Voltaire's use of satire, and its techniques of exaggeration and contrast highlight the evil and brutality of war and the world in general when men are meekly accepting of their fate. Leibniz, a German philosopher and mathematician of Voltaire's time, developed the idea that the world they were living in at that time was " ...
- 323: Candide - A Contrast To Optimi
- ... and Durant 724). In Candide, Voltaire sought to point out the fallacy of Gottfried William von Leibniz's theory of optimism and the hardships brought on by the resulting inaction toward the evils of the world. Voltaire's use of satire, and its techniques of exaggeration and contrast highlight the evil and brutality of war and the world in general when men are meekly accepting of their fate. Leibniz, a German philosopher and mathematician of Voltaire's time, developed the idea that the world they were living in at that time was " ...
- 324: 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 ...
- 325: Analysis of the Red Scare
- Analysis of the Red Scare "The tumult and the shouting dies, The captains and the kings depart." -Kipling, The Recessional Mr. Kipling was wrong. War does not always end with the last cry on the battlefield. World War I certainly did not. After the war formally ended on November 18, 1918, there was an ideological war still going on in the US. An ideological war which prompted mass paranoia and caused, among ...
- 326: Purposes of the Concentration and Death Camps In Europe During World War II
- Purposes of the Concentration and Death Camps In Europe During World War II During World War II there were two different types of Nazi camps, the concentration camps and death camps. Concentration camps are places of detention for civilians considered political enemies, imprisonment usually takes place without trial. On ...
- 327: Japanese Canadians during World War II
- Japanese Canadians during World War II During the World War II, there was more than 6 millions of Jews killed by Nazi, most of them killed in the concentration camp A place where selected groups of people confined, usually for political reasons. Concentration ...
- 328: A Comparison Of Two Poems About Soldiers Leaving Britain To
- ... and "The Send Off" by Wilfred Owen. " Joining The Colours" is about a regiment of soldiers leaving Dublin in August 1914 to go to France to fight. This was at the beginning of the First World War and all the soldiers were happy because it was an opportunity for them to show their girlfriends and their families that they were brave. "The Send Off" is about a regiment of young soldiers who are departing later in the war. This poem was written a few years after "Joining The Colours". The mood of each occasion is different because "Joining The Colours" was written when the soldiers and their relative's thought that the ...
- 329: First Stand
- First Stand Many issues plague the world today. Questions arrive about how people should live, who should control the most power, and many other questions that Americans have spent all their lives trying to answer. This isnt an essay where I try to answer all those questions, but how I stand on certain issues like war, wealth, social status, education and finally technology. All those issues get even larger where even more questions arise. Those 3 sections are Political, Social, and Economical. War covers many issues of wars being prevented and how wars should be dealt with. Wealth is all about people who earn the money and people who just inherit it while social status is all ...
- 330: Nostradamus and a Grim Future
- ... effects of the laser/nuclear/radioactive weapon 3. Earthquake triggering weapon 4. Radio wave weapon 5. Eugenics project IV. The Times of Troubles A. Missile scare leading to the Times of Trouble B. A crazed world leader's gain of an atomic bomb 1. European and western countries intervene 2. Crazed leader bombs Europe 3. The stage for the Antichrist is set C. The wargame mishap D. Alien crash resulting in plagues V. World War III A. Nuclear confrontation in the Middle East 1. Radioactive fallout and its effect 2. Political boundaries redrawn B. Current president's involvement in War C. New York bombing 1. U.S. spots a ...
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