Essays on War Effort

Introduction

Foremost, in the years leading to the American Revolutionary War, patriotic societies in the thirteen colonies no longer relied on the Mother Country; in fact, they sought self-governance because the period allowed the same. After the Seven Years’ War and the signing of the Treaty of Paris, the English Monarch emerged victoriously and removed the threats posed by the Spanish and French forces. Hence, “ambitious colonial leaders were no longer threatened” and could claim more control (Zinn, 2005, p.59). At the same time, the “colonists contributed soldiers and economic resources” to aid in the war effort and as a ...

Introduction

This essay will use sources from six key films, and written text in order to describe, discuss, and analyze how society picks on people with less power over time. The sources used in this essay, depict a narrative where there is an underdog, and a person in a position of authority over them. They highlight the underdog’s struggle to align themselves with the values of society, and to be recognized as equal members within it. Each of the narratives discussed in this essay depicts people who are used, and discarded by society. These underdogs are seen as outcasts ...

It has been determined throughout history, education should be viewed as a fundamentally moral and political enterprise, where the cultivation of moral agency is central to the educational aims. The idea of education following moral and political enterprise should make it clear history should be void of fallacies, but in reality it is quite clear this is not the case, and that history is told from the perspective or viewpoint of the victor. “The Wars” written by Timothy Findley was originally published in 1977, and since then, it has been translated into nine different languages. This paper will compare ...

The case of the von Braun team of German rocket scientists who came to the United States at the end of World War II illuminates the idea of administrative evil. It is incredible that half of the team were individuals who were Nazis in Germany. Individual who were at the core of the United States space missions in the 1960s had ties to the evil Nazi regime. One of the core members of the von Braun team was a key decision maker at the Mittel Dora slave labor concentration camp. The text notes that about a dozen of individuals ...

America in the 1920s: Radical Social Change as a Result of Technological Innovation

Important periods in American history are remembered with nostalgia and awe by the subsequent generations. The 1920s are mainly remembered in American culture for the changing attitudes of the youth, who embraced modern ideas and embraced the technological and ideological changes at the level of the society. Thus, America faced changes of an unprecedented scale in the 1920s (Palmer, 2006). The nation’s economic social and cultural identity underwent profound transformations during this time (Palmer, 2006). Americans enjoyed economic growth, political stability, and an unprecedented transformation due to the technological advancements. Novel technologies and inventions allowed people to spend ...

Military Victory. Tet Offensive. Tet offensive that took place in February of 1968 was a turning point of the Vietnam War. American leading political and military figures of the time expressed different assessments of the consequences of the Tet offensive, but they all agreed that it had dramatically changed the course of the war in Vietnam. Prior to the February 1968 attacks, the general consensus was that of an imminent American victory. General public was led to believe that the American forces and the South Vietnamese forces are superior to the Communist enemy. After the offensive, the attitude has ...

When browsing World War II posters, it is apparent that there is a vast collection that represents several issues and the government's effort through illustration, and photographs. The purpose behind was to keep the American people together and maintain high morale. At the same time, they also reveal the prejudice artists who aimed to motivate support for total victory against a clearly identified enemy. Throughout World War Two, photographs and posters were used as a means to control and influence the audiences. Often those photographs were manipulated to give inaccurate representations of the truth as states by (Collins 2). ...