The Guns of August In her novel, The Guns of August, Barbara Tuchman reviews the strategic planning, misfortune, and pure luck that shaped the opening days of World War I. ... From this it is easy to see why Barbara Tuchman would name her book The Guns of August. ... So the Russian mobilization was one of the major things that happened in August. ... France's involvement was another major thing that happened in August to fuel the war. Britain was the last major European power to get involved in the war in August. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Many children suffer landmine injuries and lose limbs and sometimes many even have to wait years before receiving a prosthetic, artificial limb (Barbara). ... Children lose the opportunity for education and social skills (Barbara). ... Some children receive care from other adults or are taken to an orphanage, but some are unaccompanied children (Barbara). ... Also, the study showed that more than one third of the children showed scores in the diagnostic range for major depressive disorder (MDD) and two thirds showed behavioral and emotional problems. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Most of the characters have been dismembered in some way by it (Fred Mensch, Barbara Nixon, Greg Nixon, p.2-3). ... His reaction of his "disillusionment with nations warring against nations" (Fred Mensch, Barbara Nixon, Greg Nixon, p.2) is like suicide (p.242), symbolizing how easily he gets upset by the news that there will soon be a war. ... She also feels that "Everyone she loves dies - her love consumes"(Fred Mensch, Barbara Nixon, Greg Nixon, p.2-3). ... And it is this passion and emotion that shapes their characters and has a major impact on the understanding of the novel and its themes....

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• Grade Level: High School

Throughout history, a great deal of things evolve and revolutionize due to changing factors in our environment. Fashion is just one of the many things that change through time. The many factors, like our current world standing in war or more importantly the current economic situation, shape how im...

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Chapter One The narrator assures us that the book we are about to read is true, more or less. The parts dealing with World War II are most closely associated with actual events. Twenty-three years have passed since the end of the war, and for much of that time the narrator has been trying to write ...

• Word Count: 7795
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• Grade Level: High School