The Japanese community in British Columbia showed a great deal of support for victory bonds drives and the Red Cross (Ward 463). ... The two authors use a colorful array of language to present their case. ... The authors provide no further evidence to support their claim. ... The authors utilize this quote form an unpublished paper. ... In 1943, there were reports of Japanese activity in North American waters, which caused a great deal of panic (Johnson and Granatstein 119). ...

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The second causal factor offered by Joll is the Alliance System between the Great Powers. ... Every Great Power was "passing through a political and social crisis in 1914." ... Yet, despite obvious opposing aims, the Great Powers were able to expand while preserving peace. ... The author concluded his work admitting that, in a different time, a historian will see causes from a different perspective. ... The author agrees that the military were more influential than the politicians and points to a certain "spirit of fatalism" that made the Germans wait for the war. ...

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The author describes the geography of the coast as one that is "well-loved". ... America in the late 1960's was a time of adoration and appreciation of the natural and raw beauty of the great outdoors. ... With little to agree upon, America was losing its great sense of patriotism that it had established at the conclusion of the second world war. ... Within the article, the author states his asphyxiation with the Maine coastline. ... Had there been an absence in the influence of this bias, the author may have described Maine as a nice place to consider for a visit, and left it a...

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Nonetheless the author concludes by informing that after the chemical is scrutinized by Professor Calculus, he makes an antidote that aids the Thomson twins to recover from the effects of the chemical. ... Comic books are widely regarded as children's books and Brussels-born author Georges Remi, mostly known as Hergé, who did not have any children, enjoyed entertaining them through his writing skills. ... This portrays how unintentionally or intentionally the story is being influenced by the author's experience throughout the war. ... This might have been revealing the author&...

• Word Count: 1962
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In the article A Political Science Perspective on the Balance of Power and the Concert, the author Robert Jervis (1992:717) states, "The growth of a nation's power, if it becomes great enough to menace other strong states, will be at least partially self-defeating; the attempt to dominate the international system will call up a counter-balancing coalition that will restrain the state. ... "2 In this assumption, the author does not take in consideration that such cooperation can be a result of oppressed countries that are scared and/or does not have the military and economic powe...

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Germany, Ottoman Empire, Great Britain, France, New Zealand and Australia and Russia are the most important countries that existed in the name of Gallipoli War. ... As most of the allies' primary aim was to reach the capital of Ottoman Empire (Turkey) Constantinople for their own plans and interests, the one country that wanted to capture the capital the most was Great Britain as she was the most important country among the ones who fought in the Gallipoli Campaign. ... First of all, the text tells the general view of the war from a Turk's -- the author's -- point of view and ho...

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While some may view it to be a necessary evil, such as author Robert P. ... Gar Alperovitz is the author of Hiroshima: History Reassess. ... Newman is the author of Hiroshima and the Trashing of Henry Stimson. ... The entrance of the Soviet Union into the war with Japan would not have had a great affect on Japanese surrender. ... Moreover, it is also considered essential in order to strengthen our stand in negotiations against the United States and Great Britain. ...

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John Betjeman's poem "In Westminster Abbey" is set in the beginning of World War II in Great Britain. ... John Betjeman poem is suggestive in a way; the woman is depicted as a very racist one, and with the words the author uses in the prayer of the woman "Gracious Lord, oh bomb the Germans" she is asking the Lord to bomb Germany in order to help England win the war and keep her safe and in exchange she will do something for the church and obey their orders, and this is where the reader can recognize the woman is a hypocrite. ... The author is treating religion as a dis...

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In the review we've read, the author writes about the realist view of alliances. ... We see this in what they call regionalism or regional powers, which is defined as being "able to project its power over a certain area while still being subordinate to super or great powers." ...

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In Churchill: The Unexpected Hero, Paul Addison describes Winston Churchill's path to historical greatness. ... In school Winston was seen as unruly, temperamental and not a great student. ... He became known as a great war correspondent, and was seen as a good strategist who had proven himself in battle. ... During the 1930's Churchill did much writing and speaking, gaining a reputation as one of the best authors of that time. ... Churchill himself changed little over his political career, but the public perceptions of him were so transformed during World War II as to make him a tr...

• Word Count: 1199
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"Lost Generation" - the term that emerged in the period between the two Wars (the First and the Second World Wars) and referring/ed to young soldiers who fought between 1914 and 1918 , and who returned home mentally or physically disabled" (Sarason, 1972: 3) The brightest representative of the "Lost Generation" the great Ernest Hemingway popularized this term in his autobiographical novel "The Sun also Rises". ... The cafe' was like a battleship stripped for action» (Hemingway, 1954: 153) The author does not forget to mention that on the next day after the end of the Fiesta people ...

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The next article was a synopsis of Norman Angell's book, The Great Illusion: A Study of the Relation of Military Power to a National Advantage. ... Personally I agree with the author that the Manchester creed doesn't apply to the current day, for since it was developed globalization is greater and the world is still not in peace. ... The current state of the world places holes in a few of the authors arguments. ...

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Throughout the novel "Lord Of the Flies," author William Golding incorporates characters, objects, and events which represent concepts or ideas pertaining to the flaws of mankind. ... William Golding uses great diction to show the pleasure the boys get from hunting, describing their animalistic urges and presenting the boys loss of innocence, it says "the sow staggered her way ahead of them, bleeding and mad, and the hunters followed, wedded to her in lust, excited by the long chase and the dropped blood" (135). ... The author describes the situation as, "The strange attendant...

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Most all food products manufactured today contain some form of sugar even if it is not noticed by most consumers. Every day products such as toothpaste, potato chips, beer, and other items contain some type of sugar to enhance the taste for users. Author Sidney W. Mintz examines the infatuation of t...

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What makes this death so alarming is the fact that, although we feel great sympathy for the young boy, this young soldier died simply because he could not put his gas mask on fast enough. ... This poem is extremely effective as an anti-war poem, making war seem absolutely horrid and revolting, just as the author wanted it to. ... This makes the reader feel great sorrow for the man as, due to him taking part in the war, in order to survive, he must now depend on others to help him. ...

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This model does a great deal to explain the fact that the Iraq people have little trust in their government due to the corruption and cruelty of the Hussein regime. ... The various problems that Iraq will face as it works to become a more democratic nation have been a topic of great debate both in political and historical fields. ... Finally, whether the Iraqis like it or not, the international community will have a great deal to do with how the future government of Iraq is run. ...

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According to this agreement, both Britain and Russia would have 90% dominance in Greece and Romania respectively; Russia would have predominance in Bulgaria with 75%; and in Hungary and Yugoslavia the influence of the two great powers was balanced, each having 50% share equally. ... The Motives of the Author According to Phillips et al. (2009), Churchill's apprehension was that the Americans might adopt a policy of isolationism due to the tiredness of fighting, which they demonstrated after the WWI. ...

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Dennis Mack Smith, author of Mussolini, reminds us that Mussolini believed Italy and Germany should develop as the "axis- around which the rest of Europe would collectively revolve. ... His reasons to support the Axis Powers as well as encourage the Arab revolt in the Palestine all eventually lead back to the ultimate weakening of Great Britain. ... After this invasion, the Allied and Axis sides began to align, with Great Britain and France guaranteeing Rumanian and Greek support. ...

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The horrors of World War 1 created an immense market allowing British authors, both professionals and amateurs, the leeway to express what they witnessed in the frontline (Das 9). ... Among those: Ivor Gurney, whose development of poems of originality, broken poetic form, urgency for change in attitude and disruptiveness call of the war, has made him one of the great World War I poets. ... This particular poem emphasizes a common gruesome experience, which, Gurney implies can only be understood by those who participate in the Great War. ... From an early age Gurney acquired a taste in music an...

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Germany, which for the Japanese had been a seemingly invincible first line of defense, was facing inevitable destruction; the defense perimeter that the Japanese had created far out beyond their island base had been cracked and deeply penetrated; worst of all, Japan's military potential was dropping rapidly with her industrial capacity, as American submarines and planes cut the last of her economic lifelines to the outside world and great aerial armadas began the methodical destruction of her cities" (Alperovitz 17). ...

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