World War II was part of Ralph Vaughan William's inspiration for his tuba concerto. One of the residual outcomes of World War II was the Cold War, another major historical event that had a great amount of influence over Europe and the rest of the world during Vaughan Williams' composing of his tuba concerto. After World War II was resolved, two countries had emerged as the world's dominant military powers: The United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. ... This is once again a metaphor for World War II, which flipped the world on its side and plunged ...

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America tried to avoid becoming part of World War II, but their involvement was destined to happen. ... On a more positive note, America's economy was on the rise during WWII. ... It had also produced the world's first two atomic bombs adding more money into the economy than America could have ever dreamed. ... World War II largely effected American's of all kinds. ... World War II allowed America to get back on their feet. ...

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While global anxiety rises over the recent Charlie Hebdo terrorist attacks, it is also useful to note what is unlikely to happen. ... Thus, I believe that the world is a safer place today than it was last century. ... Since World War II, no UN members have been forcibly removed from the map. Territorial disputes, which was the most common cause of wars in the 20th century, have declined dramatically, especially among major world powers, and international borders have stabilized. ... The world is living in an age of peace and security, even if it may not seem so in certain parts of the worl...

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WAR FROM THE COLD WAR TO PRESENT The end of World War II was the spawn of a new war that would continue for over fifty years: The Cold War. Technically this war was not a fifty-year physical confrontation between two countries but more of a political confrontation between the world's two remaining super-powers. ... After Japan and Germany were defeated in World War II, a solutions to prevent the future event of a third world war were taken by the establishment of the United Nations to outlaw all private wars. ... The atom bomb, which was mentioned earlier as the "problem solver"...

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When five U.S. vessels had been sunk by April, Wilson asked Congress for a declaration of war. ... In the start of world war I the United States declared herself neutral. ... The United States was sending war supplies and materials to Great Britain in the early years of the war. ... Germany was very uneasy about American reaction and with a formal note to the American government that all neutral ships will not be shot if they head to a warning of not retreating or resistance. ... A league in wich nations could come together and create a council and keep peace throughout the world. ...

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How effective a war-time leader was Hitler? ... How effective a war-time leader was Stalin? ... How big a disaster was the Winter War? ... Soviet women in the Red Army or the Nazi regime's attitude toward women in the war effort the relationship between the Holocaust and World War II 10. The rape of German women by the Red Army in the conquest of Berlin NOTE: If past incarnations of this class are any indication, several of you will seriously consider writing a paper on war-time propaganda. ...

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Pope Urban II had called the Christians to join him in a Holy War to reclaim the Holy Lands as an act of Christianity, but there were many activities that took place that weren't characteristics of Christianity. ... The Crusades were the idea of Pope Urban II, a wise Frenchman. On November 18, 1095 AD, Pope Urban II opened the Council of Clermont. ... The Crusaders justified their slaughtering to themselves and the world and often the battle cry that was heard was "Deus lo Volt!"... It left many people hopeless and starving, and it took World War II to pull us out of it. ...

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(Proof: France's army doubled in size in 1870) This is why the war was a World War. ... b ii) Germany and Britian were involved in the "naval race" mentioned in the cartoon. b iii) A short-term cause of World War 1 was the Franco Prussian War. ... That is how World War 1 began. ... (Note: When Germany was unified in 1871, Europe was already on guard and motivated herself for war.) ...

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The Division of Korea (1945) As World War II was concluded, the Soviets and Americans made an agreement to divide Japanese occupied Korea into two regions: North and South. ... The U.S sent 5,720,000 troops to aid South Korea in the war. ... In the famous "Truman Doctrine", Truman committed the United States to a policy of supporting countries around the world working towards ending communism. ... He promised to end the Korean War and did exactly that. ... The conflicts in Korea helped to establish the U.S as a world power and gave the U.S huge advantages....

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In this essay I will look at what is understood by the term the "Cold War-, how it came about, what happened in Germany, Europe and the rest of the world as this war continued and how it finally came to an end. ... I would define the Cold War as a struggle for power between communism and capitalism which concluded in a stand-off between East and West, not only in Europe but throughout the world. ... It has also been described as "the shifting struggle for power and prestige between the western powers and the communist bloc from the end of the World War II until 1989-3. ... But these two po...

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Keep in mind the Japanese empire's complete disregard for Secretary of State Hull's note, calling for a peaceful agreement to leave Indochina and China within two years and to guarantee China's sovereignty. ... This pact ensures that, should one of the three governments go to war against the United States, the other governments will also declare war. ... In effect, Germany will declare war, thereby officially combining these wars into the second World War. ... For Japan, the time for war is now. ... A war in Asia, although irritating, could be highly beneficial. ...

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We will then examine the United States' entry into both World Wars and also how the United States dealt with the USSR in the Cold War. ... As Kaufman notes, "if the United States became embroiled in the French Revolution, the young nation would become perilously vulnerable to France's British and Spanish enemies sitting athwart its vital flanks " (Kaufman 8). ... As Kaufman notes, the isolationist strategy embraced by Washington was contingent on Great Britain remaining the great balancer of power in Europe during this time. During this period and up until the outbreak of World War I...

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In World War II, the US Army had to send home nearly 400,000 soldiers for psychiatric problems. ... "The intensified destruction of twentieth-century wars may make combat trauma more pervasive than ever, especially since World War II" (Kulka 20). ... Even up through World War II many of the countries involved still had a very strict criteria in letting physiological trauma be an acceptable excuse to leave war. But for the United States in World War II the percent of soldiers sent home was a lot more lenient and quadrupled their psychiatric casualty rate (Horowitz 33). ... The Italian write...

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Experts debate constantly and vigorously on the reasons surrounding the Third Reich's downfall in World War II, placing blame on the German military, other Axis powers, or Hitler himself. However, the three biggest blunders made by Hitler, which ultimately led to him losing World War II and his downfall include invading the Soviet Union, declaring war on the United States, and sparing British and French forces at Dunkirk. ... Experts for some time have discussed and analyzed the true reasons behind this invasion, noting a wide range of things. ... All of which proved disastrous for Hit...

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Notes, 2002) and that since it is the state that is viewed as the player, the people ultimately go without a voice. ... War and Political Upheaval). ... "After World War I and II, the global economy faced major changes. ... Lecture Notes. 2002) is used in the Neo-Liberalist theory. ... Lecture Notes. 2002). ...

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Morison is a extraordinary masterpiece on the history of U.S navel operations in World War II. ... The United States involvement in World War II was key to the Allies' success in the war. ... Churchill stated that "shipping is the crunch of the whole war" and "the war would be decided in the Atlantic" and that "if Hitler cannot win there, he cannot win anywhere in the world at the end." ... Even though the band was interrupted in their song by Japanese planes, the crews did not move until the last note was sung. ... Since World War II the methods and systems of obtaining military intelli...

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World War II When World War II broke out, there was no way the world could possibly know the severity of it. ... America's involvement in World War II not only contributed to the eventual downfall of Adolph Hitler and his Third Reich, but also came at the precise time. ... Over the years, people have debated on whether America could have entered World War II earlier, thus saving many lives. ... Major Eisenhower, who was later Supreme commander of the Allied forces in World War II, complained that America was left with only a shell of military establishment. ... As Richard Overy notes...

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After World War II, America was exposed to mass economic growth. ... This post war population led to a revolution of new lifestyle. ... From the depression and wars, Americans didn't have the ability or funds to live the American dream ideals and families were put on hold. ... There was even a big movement of women still wanting to work after the war and a large amount of job opportunities for them because of the baby boom. ... It is also important to note at this time women's rights were not yet a major theme in society. ...

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Involvement in World War I and II Only about two hundred years old, the United States had developed into a major world power by the beginning of the 20th Century. ... The United States involvement in both World War I and II was not immediate but crucial. ... This message was known as the "Zimmerman note" ("World War I", www.aolsvc. worldbook.aol.com). The note revealed the Germans were planning to make an alliance with Mexico. ... The terms mainly included arms reductions and settlement of disputed territorial claims ("World War II", www.historychannel. com/pert/print___book.pi? ...

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However, Heller himself claimed that his novel was less about World War II, or war at all, than it was an allegory for the Cold War and the materialistic "Establishment- attitudes of the Eisenhower era. ... Catch-22 follows the experiences of Yossarian, a bombardier stationed near Italy during World War II. ... It is important to note that these attitudes applied far more readily to the 1950's than to World War II. Catch-22 is set in World War II; in many ways, it serves as an outlet for Heller's own experiences in the war. ... The Cathcarts and the Korns of this world need not domin...

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Worth noting is the fact that after the World War II, there are various factors that offered a comprehensive platform that enhanced entry of immigrants into the United States. One of the most comprehensive factors that enhanced entry into the United States is the policies that were set after that Second World War. The 1965 Immigration Act of the United States occurs as one of the most comprehensive policies enacted after the World War II, which made it easy for immigrants to enter into the United States. ... Despite the fact that the above connoted act was in favour of immigrants displaced by ...

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I do believe that the United States government is using terrorist threats as propaganda to start a war much like they used propaganda in World War II. ... The United States believed that bin Laden and his organization, al-Qaeda, had been involved in other terrorist attacks against the United States, including the bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993 and the bombing of two U.S. embassies in Africa in 1998. ... Now that Bin Laden has gone into hiding and can't be found anywhere Bush decided to go in a different direction to fight the war on terrorism by setting his sights on Saddam Hu...

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The Conqueror's by Michael Beschloss World War II is one of the most intensively studied conflicts in history and nearly sixty years after its end, new information is still emerging. The Conquerors describes the politics surrounding the war. ... As allied forces fought Germany in public eye, Roosevelt and later Truman fought Churchill and Stalin in private on the best way to ensure that Germany can never threaten the world again. ... To prove his point he quotes from the December 17, 1942 Allied Declaration on war crimes noting that FDR speaks of the "mass executions" of many of "hun...

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It deals with the struggles of a young girl and her family that occur during World War II. ... The Newberry Companion stated that Lowry had a dear friend named Annelise, who grew up in Denmark during World War II. ... Horn Book said in the Children's Catalog, "The appended author's note details the historical incidents upon which Lowry bases her plot The whole work is seamless, compelling, and memorable." (492) The precision of the historical details was incorporated into the setting, but it is a topic all its own. ... After reading the book, I had learned a great deal about how...

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