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The Vietnam War
Number of pages: 10 | Number of words: 2695.... to a newly unified communist country while the United Stated soldiers returned to be called "baby killers", and were often spat upon. With the complexities of war already long overdrawn because of the length of the war it is no wonder the returning solders often left home confused and returned home insane. Through an examination of , in particular an event know as the My Lai Massacre, and the people involved with both, it can be proven that when the threshold for violence of a person is met or exceeded, the resulting psychological scarring becomes the most prominent rea .....
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American Push For Independence
Number of pages: 10 | Number of words: 2478.... as an economic venture to reap the land of its resources for the mother nation. It started very slowly due to the lack of preparedness of the colonists and investors. It took sometime before the colony took off. Its first years were filled with death and famine. George Percy worte,
“The fourth day of September, there died Thomas Jacob, sergeant. The fifth day, there died Benjamin Beast. Our men were destroyed with cruel diseases, [such] as swellings, fluxes, burning fevers, and by wars, and some departed suddenly, but for the most part they died of mere famine .....
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Lenin And Problems After The October Revolution
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 756.... Germany. Lenin managed to end the
war that had for so long depressed Russia's resources and morale. He succeeded
in focusing on the severe internal problems of the new government, and in “
saving the socialist republic” . One of the largest problems that Russia faced
prior to the October Revolution was finally ended, though its effects were still
to be felt.
Almost immediately afterwards, in 1918, Civil War begins. The battling
White Army divided amongst different leaders and interests left the Red Army,
led by Trotsky victorious. Lenin does succeed in eliminating oppos .....
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Description Dominance Of Greco-Roman Culture
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 966.... regard
that as a sign of weakness in us, whereas your
hatred is evidence of our power...(Our subjects think)
that those who still preserve their independence do
so because they are strong, and that if we fail to
attack them it is because we are afraid.
The Athenian people were not directly threatened by the Melians and therefore had no practical reason to attack them. Their primary motivation was, obviously, to assert their dominance, their excellence, upon the Melian people. In his "Funeral Oration", Pericles declares the excellence of the Athenian people, "Taking .....
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Imigration And Discrimination In The 1920s
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 536.... America's political, economic, and social institutions. Palmer exasperated this fear in Americans and then presented himself as the country's savior, combatting the evils of Communism. He mainly centered his attack on Russian immigrants. During the infamous Palmer raids thousands of aliens were deported and even more were arrested on little or no evidence. Their civil liberties were violated, they were not told the reasons for their arrests, denied counsel, and not given fair trials. What followed was an investigation of Palmer led by Louis Post which overturned many of Pa .....
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Latin Literature In History
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1213.... Pacuvius and Accius, would write tragedies that built on previously used Greek themes, but individualized them enough to call the works their own.
More is understood of early Roman comedy than of its drama, due to the amount of its existing copies. Two playwrights in particular dominated early Roman comedy, and those are Plautus and Terence. While Plautus thrived on a rough, slapstick, rowdy, crowd oriented style, Terence’s comedy was more refined and domestic. It was Terence’s works that most immediately affected the comedic posterity, forming a basis for much humor foun .....
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Hiroshima, Account Of Father K
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 650.... When that did not help much, he returned to his house, where he was treated by one of the doctors. While he was back at Hiroshima, he turned one woman to catholic religion. But still he was feeling worse and worse with time.
Long years have passed since “Little Boy” tore up Hiroshima. Father Kleinsorge was feeling very bad, but not bad enough to keep him away from God. He taught religion to kids and adults while suffering from a high fever, diarrhea, and a variety of other disorders. About 35 years after the explosion, Father Wilhelm died. But his family goes on telling th .....
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Israeli Palestinian Conflict
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1252.... were not just a
religious or ethnic group but were a nation of people who should have their own
state. Today Zionism is the term for Jewish nationalism.
Not all Jews agree upon what Zionism is, but to a point there is
agreement, it is upon three things: there should be a Jewish state; it should be
permanent, independent, and secure; and Jews who are threatened anywhere in the
world should be able to go there to be safe. All other issues--the boundaries of
the state, the nature of government, relations with the Palestinians, relations
with American Jews, religious law--are i .....
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