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- 671: Where Should the Line Be Drawn?
- ... Dawson Kurt Vonnegut, author of Mother Night, weaves an intriguing novel with his brilliant use of plot, theme, and character. This story is about a man, Howard W. Campbell, Jr., who becomes involved in the war as an American agent, and is on trial for committing war crimes. In the guise of a Nazi radio broadcaster,Campbell is secretly relaying important information back to the American government, but at the same time, his broadcasts incite Nazis to annihilate many more Jews(80 ... in several different countries. Howard spends most of his childhood in Schenectady, New York. When his father, an engineer for the General Electric Company, is reassigned, the family moves to move to Berlin, Germany. After World War II, Howard is secreted by the CIA back to New York to escape extradition for crimes committed while under cover. Howard eventually turns himself in and is sent to Israel to be tried ...
- 672: A Consise History Of Germany
- ... Germany. 1517 Martin Luther started the Protestant Reformation. 1555 The Peace of Augsburg recognized the right of princes to choose Lutheranism or Catholicism for their lands. 1648 The Peace of Westphalia ended the Thirty Years' War. 1740 Frederick the Great became king of Prussia and began building Prussia into a great power. 1806 The Holy Roman Empire came to an end with the establishment of the Confederation of the Rhine. 1815 ... Otto von Bismarck realized his dream of a united Germany as the German Empire was founded. 1918-1919 Germany was forced to accept harsh terms under the Treaty of Versailles that brought an end to World War I. The Weimar Republic was founded. 1933 Adolf Hitler and the Nazis assumed power. 1939 Germany invaded Poland, starting World War II. 1945 Allied armies occupied Germany and divided it into four zones of ...
- 673: John F. Kennedy
- ... States (1961-1963). He was the youngest person ever to be elected president. Also, He was the first Roman Catholic president and the first president to be born in the 20the century. He served in World War II on PT boat. He also helped to solve the Cuban Missile Crisis and started Peace of Corps to help 3rd world countries better them selves. Kennedy was assassinated before he completed his third year as president. Therefore, his achievements were limited. He was shot in the head and died within an hour. Kennedy was born ...
- 674: Political Policies Between The
- One can not effectively interpret world political policies of the 1970's without the inclusion of the relationship known as détente, and the breakdown there of. The breakdown of the 1970's détente can be attributed to many different issues and events. In researching these events the varying opinions from both world superpowers which would establish the failure of détente in history, as a breakdown in communication and talks between the United State's White House and the Soviet Union's Kremlin with the collapse of détente ... of the 1970's. During the 1976 presidential campaign, the tension between the objective of transformation and the importance of coexistence became crucial. Conservatives criticized détente for not moderating the Soviets involvement in the Third World transformation to communism. In the United States, many saw accumulative series of Soviet interventions which involved military means; Angola, Ethiopia, Kampuchea, Afghanistan, as a pattern of Soviet expansion, which was not consistent with détente. ...
- 675: Movie Review: Gone With The Wind and Glory
- Movie Review: Gone With The Wind and Glory The Civil War, a violent, bloody memory in the history of the United States, and in the minds of the countless number of people that it changed. Civil War, according to Webster’s Dictionary, is a time when a country, civilization or union-ship break apart due to political or other indifferences; or a time of civil un-arrest. Word’s seem so unable ... to reliving this dark time in American history is through movies. Movies such as Gone with the Wind and Glory, provide a realistic and historically accurate representation of events that took place during the Civil War and how the effected the people of the Untied States. Gone with the Wind takes place, in early 1861, just before the start of the civil war. The movie follows Scarlett O’Hara and ...
- 676: William Gibson and The Internet
- William Gibson and The Internet Introduction The words "Internet" and "world wide web" are becoming everyday use these days, it has exploded into the mass market of information and advertising. There are bad points about the "net" as well as good points, this relatively new medium ... form of communication was mainly populated by small groups of communities, but now that it is getting much easier to access the web these groups are growing. The word Cyberpunk is nothing new in the world of the "net" and to science fiction readers , and it is this term which names most of the online communities . Within the Cyberpunk cultures there are sub cultures such as hackers, phreaks ,ravers etc.. all ... addresses and to create voluntary standards for the network. The ARPANET was built between October and December 1969 by a US company called Bolt, Beranak and Newman (BBN), which is still big in the Internet world. It had won a contract from the US Government's Department of Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency , or ARPA, to build a network that would survive a nuclear attack. Only four government mainframe computers ...
- 677: Slaughterhouse - Five: Satire About War and Life
- Slaughterhouse - Five: Satire About War and Life Slaughterhouse - Five, by Kurt Vonnegut, is a novel about the senselessness of war, told through protagonist, Billy Pilgrim. Slaughterhouse - Five is a satire, which is a work that makes fun of something serious. In this case it is war. The plot of this novel is very scattered, and skips around a great deal. It goes from Billy’s experience of World war II as a soldier and POW, to Tralfamadore, the alien planet ...
- 678: Sports and Nationalism
- ... draw from a variety of different examples. Some of which are dated back as early as the late 1800's, during Napoleon's reign in France or Nazi Germany during the period of the Second World War. Some recent examples of nationalism may include the events that took place in Northern Ireland during the late 1980's or the events that are presently taking place in Yugoslavia. It is interesting to note ... of a "nation" are so influential; they provide the ideological foundations of that particular sport . This explains why there are so many different types of sports, and playing styles. A common practice in the athletic world is to characterize a particular playing style to a particular country . From this symbolic definition of sport, its function as a vehicle of nationalist sentiment begins to take form. Another important theme, which helps ...
- 679: Brave New World: Comparing Life In the World State With Life In the US Today
- Brave New World: Comparing Life In the World State With Life In the US Today By Aldous Huxley Prompt: Compare life as Huxley described it in the World State with life in the United States today. For more than half a century, science fiction writers have thrilled and challenged readers with visions of the future and future worlds. These authors offered an ...
- 680: Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau
- ... men govern themselves. With the passing of time, political views on the philosophy of government gradually changed. Despite their differences, Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau, all became three of the most influential political theorists in the world. Their ideas and philosophies spread all over the world influencing the creation of many new governments. These philosophers all recognize that people develop a social contract within their society, but have differing views on what exactly the social contract is and how it is ... case, the laws of the jungle would prevail where only the fittest survive. Man’s desires are insatiable. Since resources are scarce, humankind is naturally competitive, inevitably creating jealousy and hatred, which eventually leads to war. This constant state of war is what Hobbes’ believes to be man’s original state of nature. According to Hobbes, man cannot be trusted in the state of nature. Limits must be put on ...
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