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The Next War Essays and Term Papers
The Invasion Of PanamaThe U.S. invasion of Panama on December 20, 1989 was a mark of
excellence on the behalf of the U.S. armed forces ability to effectively use the
principles of war. The years leading up to the invasion set the climate for
conflict; drug trafficking became a major problem between Panama and the U.S. ...
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Jimi HendrixOn November 27, 1942, was born as John Allen Hendrix in Washington at Seattle General Hospital. His childhood was not a privileged one, however, he did indulge himself in one particular way: Jimi loved to play the guitar. At first he played an old acoustic, and later a cheap Silvertone ...
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The Petersburg CampaignThe Siege of Petersburg began on June 12th, 1864 and ended on April 3rd 1865, lasting a total of 292 days. To put the siege into perspective, I have included brief summaries of the Overland Campaign, the Shenandoah Campaign, and the Appomattox Campaign.
The struggle for Petersburg has no equal in ...
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Taxation & Democracyby Sven Steinmo "The politics of taxation is one of the most important policy concerns in the modern industrial state; yet we know very little about it," author Sven Steinmo states at the opening of , a publication detailing the politics and development of tax systems of the United States, Great ...
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Lyndon B JohnsonJohnson was born on Aug. 27, 1908, near Johnson City, Tex., the eldest son of Sam Ealy Johnson, Jr., and Rebekah Baines Johnson. His father, a struggling farmer and cattle speculator in the hill country of Texas, provided only an uncertain income for his family. Politically active, Sam Johnson ...
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The Cuban Missile Crisiswas the closest the world ever came to thermonuclear war. "Nuclear catastrophe was hanging by a thread…and we weren't counting by days or hours, but minutes." 1 The United States was at its highest readiness state ever and the Soviets were ready to use nuclear weapons on the battlefield to ...
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Native AmericansThe first people to inhabit the Americas were the Indians. Their settlements ranged across the Western Hemisphere and were built on many of the sites where modern cities now rise. They hunted deer, buffalo, and other game and cultivated land where today crops are still grown. Their hunters, ...
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With Malice Toward NoneStephen B. Oates is a professor of history at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and the author of eight other books, including The Fires of Jubilee and To Purge This Land with Blood. His task in this biography was to perpetuate Lincoln as he was in the days he lived. His purpose of this ...
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A Marine Diary: My Experiences on Guadalcanalhttp://www.gnt.net/~jrube/index.html
A Marine Diary: My Experiences on Guadalcanal
An Eyewitness Account of the Battle of Guadalcanal.
"Before Guadalcanal the enemy advanced at his pleasure -- after Guadalcanal he retreated at ours." - Admiral "Bull" Halsey
My name is James R. ...
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South Africa Under ApartheidIntroduction
I chose South Africa under apartheid as the topic of my project.
My research question was divided into two parts:
• First, how did apartheid affect the international relationship between the Israeli and South African governments?
• Secondly, did apartheid affect the Jewish ...
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The Cuban Missile CrisisThe Cuban Missile Crisis: Looking Down the Gun Barrel
Merin Cook Junior Division Research Paper
The Cuban Missile Crisis is one of the most documented events in history, so why has history gotten it so wrong? Titles like Maximum Danger and On the Brink of Doom represent common attitudes ...
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The OddesseyThe Odyssey tells of the adventures of Odysseus. After fighting ten years in the Trojan War, the story tells it took Odysseus ten more years to reach home, in Ithaca, and his wife, Penelope.
The Odyssey begins describing the current circumstances. The Trojan War is over, and all of the survivors ...
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Perfect Day For A BananafishThe images of war remain imbedded in an individual's mind, making it difficult for anyone who has faced the horrors of war to reassimilate themselves within society. People who have never faced the horrible images lack the understanding and compassion needed for a war veteran to reestablish ...
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Labor And Unions In AmericaThe Industrial Revolution was dawning in the United States. At Lowell, Massachusetts, the construction of a big cotton mill began in 1821. It was the first of several that would be built there in the next 10 years. The machinery to spin and weave cotton into cloth would be driven by water power. ...
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Lyndon B. JohnsonEarly Life. -----------
Johnson was born on Aug. 27, 1908, near Johnson City, Tex., the eldest
son of Sam Ealy Johnson, Jr., and Rebekah Baines Johnson. His father, a
struggling farmer and cattle speculator in the hill country of Texas,
provided only an uncertain income for his family. ...
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Dwight David EisenhowerThe taste of victory was fresh and sweet to John Fitzgerald Kennedy.
Just about a year ago, he sat in the drawing room of his Georgetown home
and spoke breezily about the office he would assume. "Sure it's a big job,"
he said. "But I don't know anybody who can do it any better than I can. ...
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"The Baltics: Nationalities And Other Problems"The Baltics area is fraught with cross ethnic mergings, conquerings by
different groups, and control by both small groups like the Teutonic and
Livonian knights and by larger entities like the nations of Sweden, Poland,
and Russia during the roughly eight centuries of Baltic history. There is
no ...
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The Nation Takes ShapeCritical Book Review III:
In his book, , Marcus Cunliffe outlines what he calls a half a century of immense progress. He focuses in on the period of time from after the Constitution is drafted to the end of Andrew Jackson’s presidency. (1789-1837). In his book he outlines the major events ...
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