Although not directly stated, the United States can be seen to use the same techniques outlined in Sun Tzu's book, The Art of War, to deceive, manipulate and ultimately defeat their opponents in the Revolutionary War, Civil War, and both World Wars. ... His ideas influenced the actions taken by patriots to gain independence from the British, and gave them the they needed to win the Revolutionary War. ... Post Revolutionary War, the United States realized the necessity for intelligence and created two other agencies. ... First, these connections can be drawn from the decisions made by Ge...

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At school, Shelley became interested in the revolutionary political and philosophical ideas of Thomas Paine and William Godwin, radical political writers. ... He realized that he was a part of a revolutionary struggle to reshape the world of convention and authority. ... From our point of views, the poem which best reflects his revolutionary attitude and his political and philosophical view is "The Mask of Anarchy-. The Mask of Anarchy Compared to his contemporary poets, Shelley was the most revolutionary and political. ... In early 19th century, England contained a privileged class which w...

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At this time Stalin had already left behind his religious beliefs and called himself an atheist, just as was required for his revolutionary status and persona. ... Stalin was very involved in revolutionary movement at this point in his life, which made it difficult for his wife to see him often. He referred to himself as a revolutionary but in reality he was just someone who organized ways to get money for their movement, and was more of a fund-raiser8. ... In 1908 Koba was arrested and exiled to Siberia for his revolutionary activity. ... She was sixteen years old when Stalin returned from ex...

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Soon, though, there was muttering about not being true enough to the Revolutionary ideologies. ... A precedent was set at this time: No President of Mexico lasts unless he's head of the Revolutionary Family and ruler. He had to unite and rule both the Revolutionary Family and Mexico - all-or-nothing power. ... The three non-Revolutionaries who require and arranged his deposition were General Victoriano Huerta, General Felix Diaz, and U.S. ... A civil war began in Mexico when General Venustiano Carranza, a follower of Madera, opposed Huerta. ...

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Spain's attempt to keep religious and political unity within her empire led to a long war in the Netherlands, a war that pulled England over to the side of the Protestant Dutch. ... The First War (1562-1563) The first religious war was provoked by the massacre at Vassy in 1562. ... This provoked the second war, which was much a repeat of the first. ... The Third War (1568-1570) It was destined to be short-lived. ... They instead escaped to La Rochelle and raised an army to begin the third war. ...

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This incident began the first of three Anglo-Burmese Wars. ... After a brief period, he co-founded the People's Revolutionary Party. After the Second World War, this party was named as the Socialist Party. ... However, this time the Thirty Comrades which were the first batch of young revolutionaries accompanied him during his journey to Japan. ... This group was aligned with Japan during World War II. ...

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In 1795 he saved the revolutionary government by dispersing an insurgent mob in Paris. ... STRATEGY AND TACTICS BY NAPOLEON In each battles and campaign he always applied key element of war. ... From this main strategic manoeuvre he derived and applied a number of wars principal. NAPOLEON PRINCIPLES OF WAR Before embarking in determining the limitations of Napoleon's strategy on war, one should understand the principles of war that he applies in various battle and campaigns. ... He always concerned and emphasized the security aspect in his war. ...

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The French Revolution was a dramatic change in all of European history. The revolution was necessary in the fact that it changed the lifestyles of all humans in France during this time. The revolution was a gateway to new discoveries up until this day. It allowed women to gain some privileges and changed the ways of governing. The French Revolution could have been avoided, but it would have delayed the development of the world that we know. ...

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History raves about the heroics of men in war...but few instances are mentioned in which female courage was displayed. ... Soon after this the Revolutionary War began. ... Deborah thought often about this because growing up her family was influenced by war. "Deborah in a sense was born to war. ... This was laughed at because Deborah was a female and the woman's place was not in war but at home. ...

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With the Revolutionary war going on at the time the was a shortage of basic building materials so in his forge he created nails with scrap metal thus creating a huge profit for him and his family. ... Soon after the Revolutionary war ended he started to sell hatpins and men's walking sticks, which turned an even greater profit. ... In 1792, Eli Whitney visited the plantation of Catherine Greene, the wife of Revolutionary War general, Nathaniel Greene, near Savannah Georgia. ... This continuation of slavery by the South led to a ripple effect that can be seen as a driving force behind t...

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Over the next several hundred years, rivalry with the Champa led to an almost constant state of war between the two countries. ... Until the last years of the Vietnam War, more than eighty percent of the Vietnamese people lived on the land. ...

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AMARICA IN THE 1960"S The sixties were an exciting, revolutionary, turbulent time of great social and technological change: assassination, unforgettable fashion, new musical styles, "Camelot", civil rights, women's liberation, a controversial and decisive war in Vietnam, the antiwar protest to go along with the war, space exploration and the space race, peace marches, flower power, great TV and film and sexual freedom, and of course the great baby boomers. ... In the sixties the "Cold War" was heating up. ... Many feel that because of Kenn...

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Victors and Vanquished, The Interesting Narrative, and The Social Contract gave their readers a glimpse into what the world was like before it became modern. New resources and different cultures were being discovered by explorers that the Old World had never been aware of before. Slaves were a large...

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After completing 3 his architectural and engineering education in Paris, he came back to the U.S. and served as an engineer in the Union army during the American Civil War. After the war Jenney settled in Chicago, where he opened his own architectural office, where many members of the Chicago School served their architectural apprenticeships on his staff, including Louis Sullivan. ... Jenny's revolutionary method of building, termed curtain wall construction, remains the basic design for tall buildings, now known as skyscrapers. ...

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When George Washington was stationed in army camps during the war, she went and stayed with him. ... Even though that put Martha in the most danger, she remained the most composed, the most ready to accept unpleasant conditions, the most sympathetic to the soldiers throughout the war. " (Roberts (1), p.87) While Martha was not always pleased that George was in charge of the army, she did what she could to keep up morale and help the troops; so much so that she earned herself the affectionate title: "Lady Washington. " In all the camps that she was at, she was often visited by the local women...

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He would die before World War I. ... Stalin escaped but he lost his job and became a professional revolutionary. ... Armed uprisings broke out and grew into civil war. ... The Bolsheviks won the civil war in 1920. They then began to rebuild the war-torn country. ...

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Tripoli War (1801-05)- A conflict between the United States and Tripoli, incited by American refusal to continue payment of tribute to the piratical rulers of the North African Barbary States of Algiers, Tunis, Morocco, and Tripoli. ... It also prevented war with France, over the Mississippi River. ... He oversaw the Navy that blockaded Tripoli to win the Tripoli war and also forced the Algiers and Tunis to renounce attacks against Americans. ... In reaction, Jefferson did not declare war, because he knew Britain had a superior Navy. ... War may have been avoided, but by closing all American ...

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After Pearl Harbor, the United States declared war on Japan, and thus Germany and Italy with the signing of the Anti-Comintern Pact and latter the Tripartite Pact, and after was slingshot into the Cold War, and after the September 11 attack, concepts that may have been unthinkable before the attack are being considered such as torturing detainees and racial profiling and, arguably, security has been further fortified in airports and other public places. ... (Revolutionary) Simply put, the western empires and the Japanese empires crashed in the Pacific and Japan was the first to strike; the...

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The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, 1870-71, a conflict between France and Prussia that signaled the rise of German military power and imperialism. (Franco-Prussian War Encarta Encyclopedia 2001. ... War affects everybody. Guy de Maupassant is one of those authors that was affected greatly by the war of his time as we are affected by the war of our time. ... The Revolutionary War had been fought so that they could win their freedom from tyranny, but women had yet to be free. ...

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Both Westinghouse and general electric company wet down hill because of the war between them. ... Tesla's goals were to approximate the frequency of sunlight and created revolutionary brightness. ...

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He preached the imminent end of the world in a nuclear war; Ukiah was judged to be as safe as any when war broke out. ... Jones said the outside world had forced them to this extreme situation, and that "revolutionary suicide" had become their best option. ...

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As the country swirled around in the violent whirlpool of dishonesty, corruption, and the darker sides of Capitalism, enlightenment sparked a roaring bonfire in the souls of certain men who upset the political apple cart with their new and revolutionary ideas of Socialism. ...

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He was a child when the Second Sudanese Civil War erupted. After the war Emmanuel's mother was killed by soldiers that were soldiers for the government. his father Simon became a powerful commander in the Christian Sudanese Liberation Army, fighting for the freedom of Sudan, Jal was recruited into that army, one of ten thousand child soldiers. Taj fought through two separate wars over the past ten years. ... On his journey through countless miles of desert he saw the remains of adults and children that had become a casualty of war. ... These war weapons were very large and taj could har...

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On March, 1854, her plans were interrupted by England and France declaring war on Russia. Newspapers reported that death rates due to the war were high and only kept rising. ... She ended up making her way into the Crimean War. ... Florence Nightingale took a revolutionary step by being the first women to ever hold that position, and she took it happily. ... For once in their lives, these men were mean treated as human beings as opposed to war toys. ...

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Also, in both The Terminator and The Matrix, humanity is taken over in a Great War. A war that was predicted by the bible, Nostradamus, and a few others (though it must be said that this war was due about 3-4 years ago). ... It was even possible back during the cold war. So, it could also be a warning against war in general. ... And can be seen in many wars, especially World War Two, and Vietnam. ...

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