Is War Necessary? ... The American Civil war was also a necessary evil. ... The movie Gettysburg is an epic retelling of personal and historical events surrounding the decisive battle of the Civil War (Gettysburg). ... The South felt these views were not important. ... The event widely accepted, as the trigger event is the assassination of the Archduke Francis Ferdinand; heir to the Austrian throne, by Serb nationalists on 28th June 1914....

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At that time Americans had enormous pride and confidence in going to war. ... Men were put on watches and snipers fired on the battalion's positions about nine or ten at night, as the Vietnam War became a nocturnal event. ... At the beginning of the Vietnam War, the atmosphere was like Kipling's colonial wars. ... Lieutenant Bradley called Vietnam the "splendid little war." ... The men in the military along with Caputo were drawn to war (71). ...

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Most of these articles were a necessity in which they needed in order to endure the war. ... They were his escape from the war. In these letters, he wouldn't think of the day's events or his future in Vietnam, he thought of Martha and only Martha. ... For Kiowa, it was important for him to carry this bible because it was a reminder of his faith and what he believed in. ... For Kiowa, the bible served an important purpose. ...

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The most important thing we are leaving behind is faith. ... The most powerful event that got across his message was near the end of the book. ... An important part of A Prayer for Owen Meany is set in the time period of the Vietnam War. ... This inner war in Owen is a reflection of a war between two interest groups in the USA, which are the supporters of the war and those who protest the war. ... Nearly every significant event and character had some religious affiliation. ...

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Pacelli saw the conditions that Germany was in after the First World War. ... The L"Osservatore Romano was flown and air dropped over German and Soviet occupied territories, so that the occupants could be aware of the events of the war. ... The Vatican Radio was used to broadcast the events of the war to the world. ... The communication with prisoners of war was another of its important services (Chao 8)." ... Yes, Pius XII did not handle the war in the way that many others would. ...

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Pacelli saw the conditions that Germany was in after the First World War. ... The L"Osservatore Romano was flown and air dropped over German and Soviet occupied territories, so that the occupants could be aware of the events of the war. ... The Vatican Radio was used to broadcast the events of the war to the world. ... The communication with prisoners of war was another of its important services (Chao 8)." ... Yes, Pius XII did not handle the war in the way that many others would. ...

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He grew up exploring the hills, forest and lake near his father's estate where he acquired that play so important a role in his fiction and non-fiction. ... In the novel this thematic problem is slow in development--in fact, we are hardly aware of it until mid-point--and even as it comes into the cutting edge of action toward the end, it is silenced by Cooper at the very time that it becomes the most immediate encouragement for the hair-raising events that bring the novel to its close. ... When the force of progress challenged the condition of "place", the following event too often...

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With reference to, the conclusion of the Second World War. ... Simply put, Jerry planed for Peter to kill him, which in an odd turn of events is counted as suicide, at least to an existentialist. ... They are in all probability waiting for God, as religion has not done what science and technology done, let them down, this is represented by the bleak, war-torn back drop that they wait amongst. ... The playwrights and the actor are just as important as one another at telling the story. ...

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These two events changed not only the course of English history, but also changed the minds of a country in regards to gender roles and the crown. ... With Rufus's reign came the precursor to events that would happen 52 years latter. ... In a way, the death of William was the cause of the civil war. Had William survived, neither Stephen nor Matilda would have had a claim to the throne, thus preventing a civil war from ever taking place. ...

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The states of Eastern Europe in the post-war period had been forced to adhere to the Moscow line. ... It was this event that sealed East Germany's fate as the USSR realised that in a united Germany, the Communists would lose control. ... Another important factor which this essay will discuss is that of the influence of the West on the Eastern bloc. The Eastern bloc was already aware of Western capitalist success as they were allies during the war. ... This conflict eventually led to the Cold War. ...

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The states of Eastern Europe in the post-war period had been forced to adhere to the Moscow line. ... It was this event that sealed East Germany's fate as the USSR realised that in a united Germany, the Communists would lose control. ... Another important factor which this essay will discuss is that of the influence of the West on the Eastern bloc. The Eastern bloc was already aware of Western capitalist success as they were allies during the war. ... This conflict eventually led to the Cold War. ...

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The states of Eastern Europe in the post-war period had been forced to adhere to the Moscow line. ... It was this event that sealed East Germany's fate as the USSR realised that in a united Germany, the Communists would lose control. ... Another important factor which this essay will discuss is that of the influence of the West on the Eastern bloc. The Eastern bloc was already aware of Western capitalist success as they were allies during the war. ... This conflict eventually led to the Cold War. ...

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Throughout those years many people have grown to love the game of football, and even more importantly the Bears. ... This is the reason why it is so important to play a game in your own stadium. ... It is a great opportunity to be able to see a live sporting event. ... With each victory, Jake achieves great satisfaction as if he had personally taken part in the war. ... The most important thing to Jake is living life one day at a time. ...

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Out of these flames of war arose several huge Political systems that bestrode the globe. ... Eric grew up with a deep distrust of colonialism due to these facts, as his father played a small, but important role in the two defeats of china in the 19th century, that of keeping the opium dens very, very well supplied. ... After seeing their struggles, he began to take an active political part, and when the Spanish Civil War he joined Ernet Hemingway and others in going to Spain to take part. ... There he wrote the book, Homage to Catalonia, describing his experiences in the war and his reactio...

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This tragic event marked the beginning of the youngest Presidency in U.S. history. ... were shaken by the onset of civil war. War between the North and South erupted was declared on April 12, 1861. The Civil War, or War of Northern Aggression, (depending on what side of the Mason-Dixon line you were raised), brought discourse in the Roosevelt home. ... In the summer of 1870, Theodore Sr. sat his son down and gave him an important piece of advice. ...

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People began to see, in detail, the life-shaping events that in the past, they had only heard about. ... It was a very important strategy for the success of the movement because viewers could not place the blame on the activists. ... The use of picture also had a large impact on the declining support for the Vietnam War. ... Coverage of the Vietnam War showed brutal examples of the needless deaths of hundreds of American soldiers. ... In these aspects, television was an important mechanism in getting Americans to challenge society and the things that it allows. ...

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With that, almost every woman in town is accused of being a witch, and the cycle continues.43 Another important example of hysterical paranoia from the Puritan era is The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. ...

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In the world of hip hop, Tupac Shakur's name is laid among the most infamous to have ever lay their hands on a microphone. Tupac lived a life that was covered in controversy and overshadowed in the gangster lifestyle. Simply, Tupac was the epitome of a gangster rapper. He lived by the gun and h...

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The forces of production (technology, capital, the infrastructure of society, etc.) are important for the simple fact of who ever controls them controls the society. ... Using history, logic and the dynamic nature of humankind as guidelines, Carl Marx attempts to map out a sequence of events which will eventually lead to utopia (anarchy). ... "the 'rise of the gentry' ... ideas concerning resistance to rulers ... nor even the narrowing financial base of the Tudor and Stuart monarchy ... determined the outbreak of the Civil War ... ... Having failed, the King traveled nort...

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For the next two years, until the war ended, he and his mother lived with his father's parents in Clearwater, in a house that was a safe, warm growing-up environment. ... Morrison, returned following the end of the war, he and his family began a typical military lifestyle (Hopkins, p.33). ... In the summer of 1966, Jim met the most important person in his life, Pamela Courson. ... The audience is just a witness to the event taking place on stage (Hopkins, p.86)." ...

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He is a bum like Estragon, but retains a memory of most events. ... Vladimir is friends with Estragon because Estragon provides him with the chance to remember past events. ... His appearance is not as important as a belief in him. ... This belief serves the most important function: it gives purpose to their lives. ...

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Woo credits his distinctive style to various events early in his life, these factors have influenced the theme and focus of those films that we most closely associate with the Woo technique. ... Of course, not the stuff about gangster wars; actually, I don't know much about gangsters. ... A scene like this could only take place in Hong Kong, and this is very important to Woo. ...

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Henry David Thoreau Henry David Thoreau was a man who expressed his beliefs of society, government, and mankind while living under his own self-criticism. He drew off his own life experiences to write his works, but with those experiences were his transcendentalist points of view he was trying to...

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