War Reports Samples For Students

This is a report about America history in the year between 1800 and 1880. This report was compiled after a visit to the National Museum. At the National Museum of America, various documents were discovered. These documents narrated historical events that took place in the United States since 1600. For this report, however, the historical events between 1800 and 1880 will be captured.

1800-1830: In the middle of 1800, Washington DC became the capital of the United States after Philadelphia. In December, Jefferson and Aaron Burr tie in elections for the presidency. Repeated run-offs saw Jefferson emerge the winner in February ...

Quindlen (218) narrates about the battle on poverty, describing it as the battle that has not yet been won. She starts the narration by indicating that Lyndon B. Johnson declared the war on poverty in 1964, arguing that America was capable of overcoming the problem. True to this, the people acted and the poverty levels were decreased by significant levels. This was attributed to the statement that the 1 out of 5 Americans was living in poor conditions. However, in the following years, the egocentricity of the people took over and the ratio of the poor people rose again. ...

It has remarked by president Obama that the Great Recession (2008-10) is the greatest economic recession since the Great Depression. It is fascinating to use marginal tax rate for different regimes in order to explain what happened in each of these periods. From the table on the highest marginal tax rates, the top marginal rates for the four-year period prior to the Great Depression was relatively low with a highest of 25 percent in 1932. The major cause of the depression is attributable to the fiscal policies employed by the federal government. After keeping the interest rates artificially low in ...

In her writing, Sandra Cisneros (204) pays much attention to the issue of discrimination against women. In her article entitled ‘Only Daughter’, the author dwells heavily on the issue of women being seen as second class people after men, with even parents seeing the girl child not as valuable as the male child. To illustrate this, the author takes the reader back to her younger years where the reader learns that she was brought up in a family of a Mexican father and a Mexican-American mother. Discrimination was evident in that the girl could not play with her brothers since they ...

The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier does not but tells us a story of a teenage boy, who dares to fight and withstand cruelty and humiliation at school, caused by the school gang, The Vigils. Jerry Renault, a freshman at Trinity High School, finds strength to give a dare to the established system at school, stirring up a rebellion against cruelty. Undoubtedly, this very book is always timely, as it proves that each and every person can at least try to break the system, try to break the wall of humiliation and mockery in order not to lose honour and dignity.
The Vigils ...

Human Security Spring 2014

(Name of country) – Country report 4 – Freedom from fear

Abstract

Sudan existed in ancient times and was known under the name Kush. The present name Sudan comes from the Aramaic language “Bilaad-el-sud” and means “Country of the blacks”. Christianity was accepted and spread through the northern part of the country. Later, about 700 AD, many Arabs invaded Sudan and spread Islam as a religion. The second Islamic wave in 1820 initiated inhumanity and cruelty in the country. The Sudanese people were turned into slaves by the Arabs who called them “Black gold”. Finally troops were sent by Egypt and Great Britain ...

Local china authorities blamed a slashing riot that killed 29 people and injured 130 at the train station in southern China to be a terrorist attack. The violence exploded about 9 p.m. in the city of Kunming. The attack was planned by a group of criminals, armed with machetes and knives, who attacked civilians in China on March 1st. Authorities accused Muslim separatists from the northwestern province of Xinjiang in organizing the attack.
A group of unidentified people, dressed in black and same cloth, armed with knives at-tacked people at the station in Kunming and began to stab people randomly.
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Abstract

The objective of this research paper is to discuss background of oil well fire occurred in Kuwait and how the fire causes serious impacts on the environment. During the Gulf War around 725 Kuwait’s oil wells were burned by the Iraq. The fire occurred due to burning of oil wells not only impacted the environment of the Kuwait but global environment in very negative manner. Fire increased pollution level significantly high and people started witnessing black rain. Days were turned into the dark nights due to smoke. The balance of ecological system was completely lost due to significant ...

1) Causes of the Gulf War date back almost a decade before the very Gulf War began. It was namely in the 1980s that the basis of the conflict originated. An array of political, economic and strategic interests of a number of states (both Gulf ones, like Iraq, Iran and Kuwait and non-Gulf ones, like those, who participated in the UN mission) intertwined in the region which led to the outburst of the developments as we know them.
Chronologically one of the first reasons were political developments during the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988). The thing is that Kuwait accorded a huge loan ...

The character of Kiowa was the most decent and dignified characters in the book “The Things They Carried”. The character Kiowa was deeply religious by nature and was a devout Baptist. He was a Native American Indian. He always carried an illustrated New Testament, gifted to him by his father, who was a teacher at Sunday school in Oklahoma City. The way he carried his New Testament always and the way he felt Ted Lavender’s death was unchristian and his beliefs in the stories of New Testament confirm that he was a highly religious person. He would roll the New Testament and ...

Individual report

Introduction
The task of the following individual report is to discuss critically two questions using economic models and objectives. The first question is “The recent price wars in the supermarket and mobile phone industries have been beneficial to both consumers and their respective industries. The discussion of that topic is about the recent price wars between the UK supermarkets – the monopolists Tesco, Morrison, Sainsbury and Asda and the German supermarkets Aldi and Lidl. German supermarket gain the half of the British market by low prices for their goods and it lay the beginning of the price war. The ...

On June 28, 1914, World War I started between Serbia and Austria-Hungary with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. As time went on, many other countries joined the war. Three years after the start of the Great War, the United States entered World War I due to the Zimmermann telegram, the sinking of the Lusitania, the sinking of other ships by the German U-boats, and the Russian revolution as well as for financial reasons. On April 16, 1917, the United States declared war and sided with the Allies. In 1918, the war that changed the world forever had ended.
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Russian Constructivism was founded by VladmirTatlin as a new interdisciplinary movement. Its name was coined from Tatlin’s construction of abstract sculptures (Fleming, 2009). The movement entailed the Russian Avant-garde and was in action from 1913 to the 1940’s. It came in as an artistic and architectural philosophy, a diversion from the idea of autonomous art. It favored art as a practice for social purposes and had a great impact on modern art movements of the 20th century, where great movements such as Bauhaus and De Stijl have borrowed a great deal from it (Cracarft, 2003). Its effect was omnipresent with great impacts ...

Introduction

The Vietnam War can be considered to be one of the most complex wars that America has ever involved itself in. The premise of this assertion stems from the fact that it was never in actual sense declared a “war." On the out-front, it is signified a unified resistance by South Vietnamese and American forces against an extremist North that aimed to introduce communism into the nation. The Vietnam War encompassed a combination of various planning tools of war with the most prominent of these being logistics, tactics and strategies. Each person involved in the war had an orientation to one of ...

Book report: Fields of Fire

It is said that experience is the best knowledge which can be shared with others. James Henry Webb a former representative from Virginia in the United States’ Congress and a combat veteran of the War in Vietnam expressed personal experience in his book ‘Fields of War’ which came out in 1978 describing the events of the year 1969 during the Vietnam War.
Having served as a Commander of a Platoon for four years, he retired in the rank of the first lieutenant with exceptional awards such as the Silver Star, two Purple Hearts and a Navy Cross, being the second decoration in the ...

Book report: Gates of Fire

Reconstructing the details of the battles, which took place long-long time ago, not even in the new era is not an easy thing for historians, not to mention authors who struggle to describe the course of events both authentically and vividly. However, Steven Pressfield managed to create a novel, seen through the eyes of the only survivor Xeones in the battle of Thermopylae in the year 480 B.C. In other words, the book to be presented here is ‘Gates of Fire’ written in 1998 in the genre of the historical fiction.
The name ‘Gates of Fire’ or as some ...

Literature

My men are my hero is a book giving a graphic description of war from the perspective of the American marines who are usually on the front line. The book was written by sergeant major Brad Kasal. It documents his life and an experience in the military. It especially focuses on the war in Iraq and especially the battle for Fallujah. This is a tale of heroism and sacrifice told first hand by the people on the front line.
The motivation for the book was a picture taken of brad Kasal in Fallujah. The picture is graphic to say the least. In ...

The book The forgotten Soldier by Guy Soldier is an autobiography of Guy Sager, a member of the Red Troops, who served in the World War II, and was written in 1965. The book reveals the real life experiences of the German soldiers in the Eastern War front. Although most people have read from historical books about the Germans experience during the WWII, Sager’s personal account reveals the traumatizing incidences that enable the readers to conclude that it was a mistake for the Germans to engage in the war, because they did not have any chance to overcome the enemy ...

The historic fiction written by Jeff Shaara, The Glorious Cause is set in America when it was a new country and tracks the Revolutionary War. It uses the literary device of telling the story from the viewpoints of all the commanding generals of both sides. In this manner, one chapter might be titled “Washington“and tell the story from his prospective. The chapter entitled “Cornwallis” would give not just the facts about how he participated but also how he saw them. Because of this there is no traditional “main character” as the protagonist. Instead there is a steadily shifting almost bird’ ...

The history of the cold war is dated back in the 1945 immediately after the World War II. There were differences between superpower countries and their dominance in Asia, western and Eastern Europe. The United States was a major player in the cold war with its dominance power against the other superpower nations. After the World War II, the participating nations including the United States, China, and the USSR had learned the adverse effects of engaging in a hot war. As a result of massive destruction of properties and loss of lives of individuals from the participating nations, there was a consensus to ...

The era following the Victorian time was the Edwardian time. This was an era within the UK when Edward VII was in power. The duration encompassed the historic Titanic sinking, the beginning of World War I in 1914, and the stop of World War I in 1918. This period was marked with great attention in travel and art within continental Europe and was possibly because of Edward VII love of tour. The era brought about an innovative form of art that was known as Art Nouveau. The artistic expression was coupled with highly-stylized, curvilinear designs, flowing frequently incorporating floral ...

Civil War

A civil war is a conflict that occurs between groups of people from the same country. It is usually characterized by armed fighters or rebellions who oppose the government in a particular country. Throughout the history of the world, there have been innumerable civil wars. According to studies on civil wars in different countries, there have been factors that have attributed as the main causes for wars. These include; ethnic diversity, poverty and the presence of a dictatorial regime. This report will seek to give an overview of some of these causes and analyze the hypothesis surrounding the causes of civil wars. ...

(College/University)
Milk Price War This case brings out the issue of price war among the milk retailers and the farmers. The concern is that some retailers feel comfortable to reduce the price of milk without considering the effect of the same to their profit and their suppliers. Many farmers are on the view that they should stop daily Farming simply because it does not bring value to their lives as an investment. However, some milk retailers and the top in the industry say Coles believe that reducing the price of milk will help them chase more consumers relative ...

Detroit Institute of Art

The Attic Panathenaic Amphora
This ceramic vase, Attic Panathenaic Amphora is more particular to me in style distinction, in-depth detail, structure design, and the color and suits my passion for the ancient Greek mythology and sophistication. This vase in particular has the orange-red color with a mix of brown that portray it as warm and excites one inner-self and drive.
The vase captures one imagination of how vibrant and exquisite an object looks even in its thousands of years given its less flashy look but so attractive to the eye. The goddess of war is symbolized by the ...

How is the reader presented with an unresolved issue Analysis?

“A Mystery of Heroism” by the author Stephen Crane is a story based on the soldiers at war. The story highlights Fred Collins, a soldier, during one of the civil wars in Europe who goes to look out for water so as to save his fellow soldiers in the middle of the war taking place; his colleague soldiers think his act as being stupid and foolish but Collins thinks it will be a heroic act to get to the well amid the battle and fetch water (Crane, 2010). He feels that since he does intimidated by any fear, passing through the battlefield ...

Political Science.

Sample: (no writing needs to be added, just colors of the fonts for 1-6, ignore 7.
If a war fulfills ALL of the 6 criteria, then color the name of the war green, if not color it red. The below war does not fulfill all criteria (3 is not fulfilled) and its name "Second Bosnian Civil War" is therefore coded red.

Second Bosnian Civil War:

1. Bosnian factions tried to challenge the Ottoman state
2. No data

3. As per above

4. Criterion fulfilled as er number 2.
5. No backdown oir backing out
6. Ctierion fulfilled, no uprising or similar conflict within next ...

Bathsheba by Rembrandt

Finally we have one of Rembrandt’s most famous paintings which is Bathsheba where the feminine form is most certainly idealized in more ways than one. Again the aesthetic qualities of the subject are clearly idealized here with emphasis on the nudity of the woman and her plump beauty in this respect which comes to the fore especially with the dark background and intrinsic subject matter.
One of his famous paintings is Bathsheba at her bath that was completed in 1654. The painting captures a moment from the Old Testament narrative in which King David sights Bathsheba having a bath. ...

The two projects that will be compared are the articles entitled “The Day I Escaped by a Whisker” (Project 1) and “Interview on War Heroes” (Project 2) and. These two articles are different in that Project 1 is a narrative and Project 2 is an exposition. Project 1 is a narration of how the writer was able to escape a violent attack in his school. Unlike Project 2, it has a plot, a setting, characters, a climax and an ending. The events of the story were narrated chronologically. Unlike Project 2 which is an exposition, Project 1 is contains a description of the emotions felt by the ...

- Technologically: Industrial Revolution (1880-1920), Economically: Great Depression (1929), Politically: Rise of Communism (1917)Globally: World War I (1914-1918), Socially: Civil Rights Movement (1954-1968),
Technologically: Industrial Revolution (1880-1920), The Industrial Revolution impacted the world’s understanding and use of technology. This renewed interest in progress was also relevant in their art. The late realism period was also influenced by the Industrial Revolution, however instead of taking a more imaginative approach; Realists depicted the Industrial Revolution with all its flaws. Art depicted the lives of people at this time including the struggles they faced.
Economically: Great Depression (1929), The ...

This essay will compare the views of former Vice-President Dick Cheney and Vice-President Joe Biden on several important issues that affect America. The issues that will be tackled are the war on terrorism, foreign policy and domestic policy.

Views on how to pursue suspected terrorists

For Vice-President Cheney, he believes that suspected terrorists should be subjected to harsh interrogations, like water boarding and warrantless electronic surveillance because these are essential moves to prevent more attacks such as the 9/11 attack. Vice President Cheney thinks that the problem of terrorism should not be treated as if it is a law enforcement problem because it is actually a military problem . ...

Report on Jeff Shaara’s Rise to Rebellion

This novel describes the events in North America and Britain in 1770-76 that led up to the Revolution and the Declaration of Independence. Its plot is divided into three sections (The Right and the Power, Lions and Lambs, and The Flag Unfurled), beginning on the day of the Boston Massacre in March 1770, and continuing with the Boston Tea Party, the Intolerable Acts of 1774, the battles of Lexington and Concord in 1775 and the meeting of the Continental Congress in Philadelphia to debate the pros and cons of independence. All of the major historical characters are portrayed in ...

Machiavelli was a master of political philosophy. Although born in 1469, for hundreds of years after writing his most famous work “The Prince”, Machiavelli’s works are still relevant to current political issues (Machiavelli). Some feel that his works illustrate the evils of dictatorship. The acquisition of power and the substantiation of power are the focus of his writings.
“The Prince” was one of the first works to distinguish between dictatorships as a constitutional institution of the republic. Absolute monarchies are generally not regarded as dictatorships, since power exists in traditional legitimacy. Yet whenever an absolute monarchy violated the customary ...

Vicksburg was built on a high hills but “it was also located on a severe bend in the Mississippi River”, which Grant attempted to isolate by digging canals. His forces also destroyed the levees above and below Vicksburg in order to flood the area and then bring up more troops and supplies to besiege the city. Gen. John Pemberton, the Confederate commander, never had “enough men at his disposal to adequately defend his department”, while his immediate superior Joseph Johnston had a hostile relationship with Jefferson Davis (Wynne 96). Pemberton received conflicting orders from both, and since he was Northern-born with two ...

The federal system of the United States of America is very important in outlining the history of the United States of America. This country has undergone a lot of political changes from the date of the formation of the government (Lawrence 13). It should be noted that this form of government was formed with a lot of critics from the opposition side. However, the proposers of this system seemed to be more powerful to advocate for it. Even at the time of the civil war, the federal system still existed in the United States of America. The constitution of this country ...

Introduction

Gates of Fire is a book which tells the tale of the war between the Persians and the Greeks. The war occurred about 500 B.C. and the king of Persia at that time was Xerxes. Xerxes conquered most of the Asian territories and in the long run attacked Greece. At that time, Greece comprised of large number of city states but the most prominent were Sparta and Athens. At the time of the invasion by the Persians, the city of Athens was progressive and had philosophers, artists and hedonists. Sparta on the other hand boasted of fearsome warriors led by ...

Book report "Nimitz" by E. B. Potter

The book Nimitz by potter is a great book worthy of a great man. It was first published in the year 1976 and entails the definitive biography of one of the commander in chief in the Pacific fleet in the Second World War. This book has high respects from both the civilian and naval communities due to its rich content in naval heritage. The author of this book focuses on the story of one of the most prominent, respected and remembered navy officer in the history of the Second World War. After the capture of the American forces by the Japanese ...

The movie on Hannibal of Carthage starts with a description of a general who slaughters 75 thousand best trained roman soldiers. His quest is to conquer the Roman Empire.
The first battle is a draw but Carthage uses its military power to take over Spain. Hannibal witnesses his father, who was also a general, slaughter the Spanish. His father is assassinated but about 9 years later, he launches an attack on his long time enemy, the romans. He lacks a navy thus has to attack by land. He uses Spain as his base but the Romans learn of his attack and prepare to ...

The movie revolves around a famous commander and ruler in the Greek history named Alexander the great. The movie shows how the leader was ruthless in battling his enemies and his quest to expand his empire. In his battles, he was actively involved unlike other emperors who sent soldiers to the battle and remained behind. From a tender age of 25 years, he was muscular enough to fight in battles.
In the introductory part of the movie, he is depicted as a young determined soldier from the Greeks. He fought in many battles and expanded his territory. His only obstacle to ...

Season one episode four of battle of the Thermopylae revolves around two kings namely; king Leonidas and king Xerxes. King Leonidas led the fearless and famous three hundred Spartans soldiers while, Xerxes led his army which of comprised of over one million soldiers. This war lasted for three days. The Persians under the leadership of king Xerxes became the victors of this battle. The Spartans had shown a lot of courage going into this battle and although they were all killed; their courage inspired all the Greeks across all the Greece land.
Xerxes and his army sailed along the ...

The movie Ramses-Raging Chariots is one of the most interesting movies that can be viewed online. This movie tries to show what happened in the battle of Kadesh. By watching the introduction of the movie, one would get the perception that the rest of it would involve a series of fights and wars. The war that escalates in this movie is between the Hittite and the Egyptian Empires. According to the explanations given in the movie, the war between these two empires took place in a city called Kadesh. The attires worn by the soldiers indicate that the wars were in ...

Summarize events between the U.S. and at least one (1) of the countries you wrote about in the first paper since the end of the Cold War.
After the Cold War ended in Europe, Nicaragua became a country that was more collected and composed than during the Cold War. The U.S. kept having its influence and actions in Nicaragua, just as it did right before the end of the Cold War. One of the actions was the money given to Nicaragua to stimulate the civil factions that warred against each other in Nicaragua in 1987 (Robinson, 1987).
Around ...

Introduction

A lot of people think about what European Union really is. Majority of the people who speculate about this matter are Americans. On the one side, most of us would say that it is completely normal for us to be speculative about the matter but there are still those who do not believe studying or simple researching more about the European Union would be worthwhile. This paper will focus on a single topic which is the European Union. At some point, a comparison between the characteristics of the United States of America and the European Union could also be done to ...

Book Review:

First to Fight: An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps is a book by U.S. Lt. Gen. Victor H. Krulak, a Marine commander who was conferred with several medals and honors for his pioneering strategies in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam (Goldstein). He was an exemplary Marine with years of service in the USMC, Lt. Gen. Krulak, who passed away in December 2008 at 95 years of age, graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy graduate and joined the 4th Marines in China from 1937 to 1939 (Goldstein). It is known fact that the Marine Corps are the most potent ...

World War I

First World War is one of the most important political events that affected the world significantly. The effects of the First World War were long-lasting and the war has changed the boundaries of the nations, affected the relations of the countries, old associations collapsed, new associations were made and the most importantly new powers were emerged on the international forum. The war witnessed the worst phase of the humanity as it caused the deaths of millions of people.
The First World War was declared commenced in July of the year 1914 and it ended officially in the November, ...

The period of enlightenment in the 16th century did not only spark the American Revolution but also led to political upheavals. Consequently, the battle of Cowpens is among the American historical civil wars. To emerge victorious, both the British and Americans had to gather enough military personnel, weapons and fighting tactics. Therefore, the next discussion gives a detailed description of the military personnel and intelligence applied during the battle.

The Americans gathered army personnel through acquiring volunteers.

In addition, each army group was aware of the military weapons acquired by their opponents. Due to competition, the army leaders had to acquire guns competitively and other military equipments like ...

Introduction

This document describes in detail the problems experienced by American soldiers and its implication on the soldiers. It shows that the war began without a proper army that could defend the nation from terrorism and any sort of ambush from the outside. This is seen where by the American soldiers collided against the British in the spring of 1775 which consisted partly trained Militia. One of the greatest problems that Militia organization had was that there was no regular training but instead when training was organized; they were only called to arms for a specific period of time. Due to lack ...

Background

The famine crisis in the Horn of Africa has caused suffering to the population of that region especially the Somali people. The famine has been facilitated by two factors; the rising number of refugees and the 20-year-old civil war in Somalia. War is the major cause of famine because it prevents any farming or business activities from taking place. Because of war, agricultural production in Somalia is low and food supply is poor resulting in severe famine.

Policy Considerations

The United States government should put in place short term and long term measures to curb famine in Somalia. The short term ...

Arthur Benaive (2008) like many concerned modern scientists in the American society consistently criticizes attempts by law markers in covering up the real deal of the drug trade claiming to have begun a “war on drugs.’ The author defines this situation “holy war’ comparing it to ones fought in Islamic nations for the purposes of religious freedom or acknowledgement of God. On the other hand, institutions set up to fight ‘war on drugs’ are actually means to building the business since there are benefits to be gained from sustaining it in the name of God classifying it ‘holy.’ From further ...

During the existence of the Napoleon's French Empire there emerged a couple of revolutionary war against the regime. These wars were perpetuated by organized coalitions that had the common ain of disbanding this French Empire. One of the reasons as to why these series of opposition wars became significant is because European nations at the time had began to develop their weapons using modern technology therefore resulting in massive and large scale destruction of the affected areas. After a long struggle between the Napoleon Empire and the opposing coalitions, there was growth of a nationalistic feeling between nations as they felt the ...

The book, “PT 105” written by the author Dick Keresey illustrates how beneficial the Pt boats were during the Second World War. Although the PT boats are described as susceptible and small, Dick implies that they were of vital use during the world war. Moreover crafts used by the marine soldiers were fast on deep water surface. This made it possible for the marine soldiers to sail for long distances. Dick Keresey the author of the book explains the manner in which the PT boats were of significant in the world war. Since the PT boats were small in ...

Introduction:

The father of history’ of history as called him, Herodotus was an ancient writer who was among the pioneers towards the approach of the reporting of history in skeptical and more logical way. He endeavored to identify myths and events as well as separate them and after identifying his sources, made points out of them by realizing his trust or not realizing. His article the ‘Histories’ is among the widely read accounts of ancient realities, legends and in particular, among the ancient Greece’s Persian invasion.

Dubbed as the ‘father of scientific history’, Thucydides, a Greek historian author is also a ...

Political Science

Univeristy
1 Severity of Civil Wars: A quantitative analysis report
1.0 Introduction
Civil wars are brutal and cruel wars: but other than those two realities not enough is known about internal conflicts on many levels. The characteristic length of duration for a civil war is about six years (Fearon and Laitin, 2003). Black (2003) and Fortna (2004) explained that the children under the age often suffers the highest mortality rates
Lacina (2006) asked the question why the number of deaths is higher in some civil wars than others. Lacina (2006) used data from the years 1946 to 2000 to ...

One of the most important milestones for American intervention in the First World War was at the Second Battle of the Marne, which ran from July 15, 1918 to August 6, 1918. Following the collapse of the Great Offensive, American troops took part in a massive defense of the Marne, in an attempt to keep the German army from being able to cross Chateau-Thierry and make it into Paris. While the Allies were largely made up of weary French and British commanders and soldiers, the Second Battle of the Marne represented the first major battle for the American forces during a ...

For those readers who are not acquainted with the books of German writer Erich Maria Remarque, the title of the novel All Quite on the Western Front will not stir any predictions of emotional and even depressive reading. The first thought of it is that this novel will tell its reader about ordinary and if not peaceful, but stable life. After the book has been read, there is absolutely different attitude to it. The language of the novel is very simple and the book is written as if it is not the book at all. The readers catch themselves ...

For those who are not acquainted with the books of German writer Erich Maria Remarque, the title of the novel All Quite on the Western Front does not promise emotional reading. The first thought of it is that this book will tell its reader about ordinary, if not peaceful, but stable life. After the book has been read, there is an absolutely different attitude to it. The language of the novel is very simple and the readers catch themselves thinking that by chance they have an opportunity to read some notes in the diary of a young German soldier ...

The battles of the two coalitions during World War II deployed on the space of the four basis theaters of war: the Pacific, the Mediterranean, the West European and the Eastern ones, with the Pacific playing the role of the primary battleground that witnessed the great sea battles between the Japanese and Allies. Apart from Nazi Germany, Military Japan also had expansionist plans in its strategy during WWII. As long as in 1931 it made an attempt to occupy Manchuria and North China, as well as the invasion into the depth of China in 1937 (Japanese Conquest). The expansion ...

Economic Impacts of European Union Membership to the United Kingdom

Since the UK joined the European Union in 1973, many things have changed and mostly it is on the economic situation of the UK. As it is well known, a good thing comes with advantages and disadvantages; if the advantages outweigh the disadvantages then it is worth the risk. Being an active member of the European Union, the UK has had to encounter both positive and negative economic impacts. In a general perspective, the positive economic impacts that the European Union membership has on UK’s economy are more compared to the negative impacts.
Looking at the overall economy ...

Blitzkrieg is the theory of conducting brief war, according to which victory is achieved in the period calculated in days, weeks or even months, before the enemy will be able to mobilize and deploy its main military forces.
During the World War II, European military theater have seen a lot of successful and not blitzkrieg acts and plans. For the first time in practice, the German military strategists at the beginning of the Second World War when capturing Poland successfully carried out blitzkrieg. The campaign in Poland was the first demonstration and successful implementation of the theory of "quick ...

The United States has prospered for many years now with the evolution of international trade. The reason that the United States has been forced to engage in international trade is that our fine nation does not have every resource available for an affordable price. Due to the population increase, the United States and other countries have been forced to look beyond their borders for viable resources. This is what has caused the globalizing world that we live in today. One of the major factors that has aided all of this is the Internet making so many different international companies ...

Background

American veterans are an honourable example of a dedicated lot in America and across the globe. They are brave people who are fully committed to their country by preserving its ideals. They are a good depiction of a committed team who through thick and thin strive to save their country in war. In 2011, close to 21.5 million (9.2 %) civilians in the United States were veterans of current and past conflicts or those who that have served during periods of peace. Today this number has risen and they are estimated be to over 23.2 million. Female veterans are close to 1.8 million ...