Essays On Politics

The movie Thirteen Days directed by Roger Donaldson is about the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. It is often referred to as a docudrama as it is very entertainment oriented but still remains close to the roots of what actually happened. Since it was produced at a later date than many other films portraying the […]

The Iranian Hostage Crisis occurred in 1979 when students in Tehran, Iran seized the American Embassy, holding 52 American diplomats, intelligence officers, and Marines hostage for 444 days. To fully understand the importance of this event, it is essential to consider the events of 1953, around thirty years earlier. At that time, the United States […]

Throughout the history of the United States, her ideas of expansion were altered. According to certain views, expansionism did not change in the late nineteenth-century to the early twentieth-century while others viewed expansionism to have stayed the same. Foreign countries continued to broaden their horizons and colonize other places, and as the United States grew […]

In my essay I will shed light of the period of Cambodian history from 1970 to 1975. The essay will bear a retrospective character in order to narrate the detailed story of overthrowing monarchy, five years of civil war and establishing the regime of the Khmer Rouge who shared communist ideology. Also, the paper will […]

The Cold War was a period of military tension, economic competition, and political conflict between the western world powers (led by the Americans) and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R) and its satellite states. Rather than directly confronting each other, these nations expressed their differences through proxy wars, technological rivalry, military alliances, and a […]

According to an article at www. evrything2. com, the Canton System was a system of trade between China and Britain. Canton is the westernized name for the city of Guangzhou which was the city through which all (legal) transactions were made. The British East India Company, which had a monopoly on trade from Britain, wanted […]

Poverty and political instability are endemic to much of the world.  Unfortunately for many people around the world poverty is a feature of daily life.  Political instability – meaning dictatorship, political violence and coup d’etat, – is also prevalent in many regions of the world.  Seeking to address the linkages between poverty and political instability, […]

The idea, concepts, administration and management of the Exclusive Economic Zone is considered to be a crucial and the most intricate aspect of the Convention on the Law of Seas which was established in the year 1982. As such, a lot of decisions, ideas and issues solved regarding the Exclusive Economic Zone became a part […]

Julius Nyerere was born in 1922 in Butiama, Taganyika, where the population was living in conditions of poverty and tension between the tribes such as the Masai, the Sukuma, the Bantu, the Nyamwezi and the Chagga. Following the Berlin Conference in 1884-1885, Tanganyika was awarded to Germany. The Germans brutalized the population and created division. […]

This is the story of Manfred Von Ritchofen a German 24 year old man, which in 1916 goes to war like many thousands of young men. He was a fight pilot that really fasts becomes famous because his victories. He and his friends, had their own code of honor characterized by an athletic ambition, an […]

Condoleezza Rice was born in 1954 in the racially segregated south in Birmingham Alabama. Her father was a pastor and her mother a teacher. Because of the segregation, she was homeschooled in order to ensure a better schooling and a chance for college. Her community pulled together and educated the children with nearly every adult […]

The media and scholars of history never fail to capture, through images, symbolism, or words, the unspeakable capability of war to turn human beings into animals of violence. War involves the deaths and killing of so many innocent people and soldiers from opposing parties, which fundamentally renders any war, even the just ones, unjust. Politicians […]

This chapter gives us short overview of history of diplomacy, how it developed, what was at the core beginning and what influenced it most. Firstly there were assumptions that foundations of foreign policy were based on changeless national and imperial characteristics, that it is special and beyond understanding of ordinary man, so everyone tried to […]

To what extent was the process of decolonization in Southeast Asia a violent struggle? The process of decolonization in Southeast Asia was not totally a violent struggle due to the divers natures of the process of decolonization and the fight for independence in the various Southeast Asian nations. Furthermore, although the struggle for the withdrawal […]

The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is a global humanitarian movement with approximately 97 million volunteers, members, and staff worldwide[2]. Its purpose is to safeguard human life and health while promoting equal respect for all individuals. The movement aims to alleviate human suffering without any bias based on nationality, race, gender identity, religious […]

With the Communist organization here estimated to still have more than forty thousand duly registered members by March 1951, the government went on with its sustained campaign to cope with the worsening peace and order problem. The 1951 budget included the use of a residue fund for the land resettlement program in favor of the […]

India has consistently worked towards promoting peace after gaining independence. The country firmly believes in the power of peaceful conditions to improve mankind’s state and resolve different issues. Upon gaining independence, India clearly declared its priority for peace and commitment to actively promote international peace, security, and cooperation. India has a strong belief in peace, […]

Lal Kurti, also known as “red shirt,” is a residential area in Firozpur Cantonment, Punjab, India. It has a rich history dating back to the British colonial era and is situated within Firozpur Cantonment, famous for its role in the Anglo-Sikh War or Battle of Sara Garhi. This locality accommodates approximately 2,000 residents, mostly Punjabi […]

The general assembly adopted the resolution 1803 (XVII) on the permanent sovereignty over natural resource, on the 14 of December 1962 by 87 votes in favour to 2 against, with 12 abstentions. The general assembly also established the united commission on permanent sovereignty over natural resources on 12 December 1958 under resolution 1314 (XIII). In […]

Malayan Union is a federation that brings a lot of protest among the Malayan citizens that be form on January 1948. The purpose of this federation is to simply the administration and as it unifies Malaya Peninsula under one government, it make easier for the British to rule. This idea was first brought by British […]

The history of Vietnam has been characterized by a strong struggle and conflict. The Vietnamese people have had to forcibly transform their society in order to achieve their freedom and independence. Notable events such as the Battle of Bach Dang in 939 and the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954 demonstrate how conflict theory […]

In 1924, a grateful Congress voted to give a bonus to World War I veterans, $1.25 for each day served overseas, and $1.00 for each day served in the States. (Bartlett) However the payment would not be made until 1945. Unfortunately, by 1932 the nation had become engulfed into the Depression and the unemployed veterans […]