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Essay on Civil Wars vs. Terrorism
Civil wars occur a lot more than most may think, and with as much media coverage that there is nowadays, it doesn’t seem rare anymore to have a terrorist attack. These are two very sad events. A civil war is defined as “a war in which the main participants are within the same state, such…
American Civil War
The Psychological Effects of War
Applying the psychological critical reading strategy from ‘Soldier’s Home” and ‘Redeployment’ I will convey the detrimental effects war has on a veteran, which leads to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a mental health condition that is triggered by a terrifying event, through either experiencing it or witnessing it (Mayo Clinic 2018). This chronic condition is often followed…
Veterans,
War
Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline
Imagine this, a kid has lost both parents and is sent on a train, to be shipped off to a new family. The kid is sent to a farm where he gets harshly beaten and is starving to death. This kid is not the only one suffering, during 1854 to 1929, kids faced this every…
Book Review,
Great Depression,
What Caused The Great Depression
U.S. History: Great Depression
The fall of the Stock Market in 1920 started a string of developments that drove the United State towards its innermost and prolonged financial catastrophe known to man. It would be easy to say that the stock market fall was the main cause that led to the Great Depression. If there had been a strong…
Franklin D Roosevelt,
Great Depression,
What Caused The Great Depression
Essay War : What Is It Good For? Absolutely Nothing
“All war is a symptom of man’s failure as a thinking animals”. The atrocities committed in warfare are commonly justified by the nationalistic drive of many authority figures whose views are obviously adopted by soldiers. These soldiers believe that whatever they do is for the good of their country and that they are the last…
Vietnam War
The War Between The Classes Book Analysis
In the book The War Between The Classes, the theme of the book was to teach the reader through the characters the ways to overcome the prejudices of society. Through the characters the author showed that people could still unite despite their ethnic background or class. It showed how males and females are treated differently…
Culture,
Politics,
Prejudice,
Social Issues,
War
Just War Theory
.. the customary norms employed by Grotius to define the just war.(45) This recognition occurred as a result of attempts to resolve the so-called Caroline Incident.(46) The Caroline Incident occurred when the British attempted to prevent supplies from reaching Canadian rebels.(47) In their attempts to restrict the flow of material to the rebels, the British…
Justice,
Law,
War
“America In The Great War” by Ronald Schaffers
The book gave historical accounts about the war that other books negated to included. The thesis that Schaffer tries to prove that the Great War was the start of the American welfare state and the beginning of “big” government. America in the Great War was structured in chronological order of the war, from Americas mobilization…
America,
US History,
War,
World War 1
Sandro Botticelli
Portrait of a Young Man in a Red Cap Sandro Botticelli, real name Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi, was one of the greatest painters of the Florentine Renaissance. His work, Portrait of a Young Man in a Red Cap, captures his highly personalized style. He is known for his execution and precise use of lines to…
Art,
Culture,
Painting,
Renaissance
Frank Lloyd Wright: Biography and Philosophy of Architecture
Yes, I intend to be the greatest architect of all time.” – Frank Lloyd Wright 1867-1959 It appears that from the very beginning, Frank Lloyd Wright was destined by fate or determination to be one of the most celebrated architects of the twentieth century. Not only did Wright possess genius skills in the spatial cognition,…
American Culture,
American History,
Architecture