It is the night before they set out to sea. ... Eventually in the distance we approach a man, who approaches the car from the shore. The car has to swerve to avoid hitting the man. ... The car backs up, sheds the drunken man and continues on. ... vouch "It's not like the old gang. ...
This began when he assumed the name Stalin "man of steel" and it was this vision of him that drove him to lead the revolution that was to change the face of the Soviet Union forever. ... The Sea Canal and the Moscow underground were also built during this period of expansion.iii As a result of this massive increase in industry, there was a need for more technical expertise and so another stage of his revolution followed. ... Social activities for young people were also organised by Soviet Union officials through pioneer organisations aimed at seven to thirteen year olds and through Komsomol f...
One cannot help but feel fortunate to live in a country such as Canada; its richness and prosperity go relatively unequaled in the world. Canadians, to an extent, have lived a life of sheltered ignorance when compared to the lives experienced by those in other nations. The problems that the greater ...
If one were to discuss life after the Second World War, if they were not a historian would perhaps not talk much about Harry S. Truman as a major factor. Truman is ranked seventh among forty one presidents ranging from Washington to Clinton . Truman succeeded Roosevelt, after his death, and the da...
"2 His words were a far cry from a "Lincolnian" rhetoric depicting America as "the last best hope of man on earth.... Interestingly the first scholarly mention of the term American exceptionalism actually comes from a man called Max Lerner in his book titled "America as a Civilization".13 He mentions that one of the main institutions that is singled out as the root of American exceptionalism, is the constitution. ... In George Washington's farewell address he said that the Constitution "has a just claim to [our] confidence and respect," because it is "the o...
