Essays On War

Considered one of the most hostile environments on the planet, the Sahara Desert takes away all meaning and identity and covers it with sand. Amalsy, the so-called English Patient and one of the central characters of our story, thrusts himself into this empty land to dispose of the idea of nations. In this way the […]

John Smith and William Bradford are both explorers that came to the New World in hopes of a better life. There are many comparisons and contrasts to be made between the two. You can elict from their writing styles that in both writers’ works, their purpose is to inform and persuade. Both of their stories […]

Introduction Should historians of the twenty-fifth century try to select a couple of events of great moment in the twentieth century, they would probably narrow the choice to include the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and man’s landing on the moon. Should chroniclers want to determine which of the two events was more important, they would […]

The Gallic wars are a collection of essays written by Julius Ceasar as a chronicle of his military engagements with Britain, Gaul and Germany between 58-51B.C. The book offers expository facts for readers who are not acquainted with the Gallic lands and societies encountered during his expeditions. The book begins with a short account of […]

United States railroad track total cover increased steadily and was at its peak at the end of the civil war. At the onset of the First World War railroads employed a significant number of Americans but were marred with bitter labor disputes. The most famous strikes of this era involved the railroad. The railroads built […]

The Massacre at Goliad occurred in March of 1836 by the command of General Santa Anna who was making the attempts to put down the Texas rebellion by a show of force and he had no intention of showing mercy to any of the prisoners held in Goliad (Barnard, 38). In fact, he ordered his […]

Assia Djebar is a celebrated Nigerian author who has written her work in French but has a more steeped critical and creative vision in the Berber and non-standard local Arabic cultures of her ancestry. According to her book “Fantasia: An Algerian Cavalcade” Assia is coming out as a strong feminist whose work made women open […]

The novels “Slaughterhouse Five” by Kurt Vonnegut and “Catch-22” by Joseph Heller share a common theme centered around the archetypal nature of war. Both books present the grim realities of World War II in a literary style that allows readers to easily grasp the grave and horrifying experiences of the war period. “Catch-22” utilizes satire […]

‘That Only a Mother’ is a science fiction short story, written by Judith Merril, as a response to the increased infanticide, occurring after World War II. The story creates an illusion that people in the world are killing babies. The author shows that fathers are committing infanticide. As a result of military actions, so many […]

The movie, Gran Torino, is about an old war veteran who has just lost his wife. He is alienated from his family and lives alone with his dog. He suffers from a terminal illness but doesn’t tell anyone. When one of his neighbors, Tao, is pressured into trying to steal Walt’s Gran Torino he gets […]

The social, economic, and political institutions of the Spaniards were transplanted to the Philippine archipelago. The native Filipinos were required by the colonial masters to pledge their loyalty to the Spanish monarch, which was different from their previous system of village chieftains called “datus”. They were also required to adopt a new religion, as they […]

The Columbus Letter and The Narrative of Cabeza de Vaca differ in many ways. The main dissimilarity is in the motivations of each of these great explorers. Both accounts are about the New World and its inhabitants but each tells a vastly different story. Columbus’s wrote his letter to gain further support for exploration of […]

“The Destruction of Sennacherib” is an example of Romantic philosophy in both its revolutionary subject matter and in how Byron uses vivid details and descriptive language. “The Destruction of Sennacherib” retells an ancient story that is firmly rooted in nineteenth-century Romanticism. Byron believed strongly in a revolution of ideas, not only how poets should write […]

Peasant’s revolts DBQ In 1517, Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses on a Church in Germany and began a change Europe. Many people second guessed how the Catholic Church was practicing religious teachings and this grew in Germany. After years of battling for religious reforms, a new religion was formed named Lutheranism. Between 1524 and […]

Adolf Hitler rose through the ranks quickly to gain absolute power but in the end lost it all. He rose to power through the Nazi party and once he gained power he soon started World War II. Throughout the war Hitler made many decisions that led to him gaining even more support and power. As […]

FBLA SPEECH The great Eleanor Roosevelt once said “You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along. ” Confidence is something many teens […]

Billy the Kid William H. Bonney(born William Henry McCarty, Jr. ) Est. November 23, 1859—C. July 14, 1881, better known as Billy the Kid but also known as Henry Antrim, was a 19th-century American gunman who participated in the Lincoln county war and became a frontier outlaw on the west. According to legend he killed […]

Historians and laymen agree that there are multiple reasons why Jose Rizal is regarded as the national hero of the Philippines. Rizal is often praised for his nobility and dignity, which set him apart from others. What sets him further apart is his choice to use the power of writing instead of violence. By adopting […]

Executive Summary H100: War, Society, and the Structure of Military Revolution General: This article explains the necessity for a culture to develop their way of war and describes how the western way of war’s evolution was instrumental to the successful rise of the West consisting of Europe and the former European colonies in the Americas. […]

The Prospects of War The Revolution gave white northerners and southerners their first real chance to learn what they had in common, and they soon developed mutual admiration. In July 1776, the thirteen colonies had declared independence out of desperation and joined together in a loosely knit confederation of states. Only as a result of […]

Question 1: Discuss the socio-historic context of the work Cry. In the early 17th Century, European settlers in North America chose African slaves instead of indentured servants because they were cheaper and more readily available. The journey began in Jamestown, Virginia, when a Dutch ship arrived in 1619 with 20 African individuals on board. This […]

During the Second World War, the United States Marine Corps recognized the importance of maintaining secrecy in order to achieve victory. Both coding messages and deciphering enemy codes played a crucial role in gaining military advantages. To ensure secure communication, the U.S. Marine Corps employed the Navajo language, an indigenous language of the American population. […]