History books choose to focus on the massacres that took place from 1915 through 1917 during the Great War; what is often overlooked is the suffering the Armenians endured forty years prior to the war. ... It is important to note that these massacres were not spontaneous, but rather a calculated daily military operation. ... Much like the National Socialist of pre-World War II, this new group of Turks strove toward a more nationalistic and unified Turkish Empire. They grew tired of the despot's single-handed rule over the Empire and in 1909 effectively overthrew Abdul Hamid II and establi...

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We start with Article II of the United States Constitution, which outlines the powers and duties of the Executive. ... The applicable executive power is found in Section II. ... In the case of World War II, this would give Roosevelt the power to exercise complete military control without necessarily the immediate consent of congress if he deemed the danger to be "imminent" as stated before. ... While I do believe that generalizations are unfair to apply, especially so broadly as to a race or other large demographic group, I believe that World War II applied a unique set of circumsta...

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Eisenhower was considered one of the greatest leaders during World War II, and he rose to be President of the United States. He was a great leader because he anticipated the other side's strategies during the war, and helped orchestrate D-Day, which turned the tide of the war. In addition, he was a great leader because he earned the respect of his troops and later the American people and he created change, from creating an innovative way to invade Europe and eventually turn the tide of the war to bringing the nation back to prosperity after the war. ... The author notes, "The leader wh...

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Economy Of Hungary During the two decades following World War II, Hungary was transformed from a predominantly agricultural land into an industrial-agricultural state. ... The GNP as calculated by the World Bank was about 26$ billion, or 2,470$ per person. ... The share of Hungary's NMP contributed by industry and agriculture has changed markedly since World War II. ... Before World War II Hungary traded primarily with Western nations, and the Soviet Union accounted for less than one percent of Hungarian trade. After the war, this pattern was reversed. ...

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This event held great significance as it led to the Cold War. At Yalta, the Allied leaders, known as the Big Three, met to plan the last stages of the Second World War and agree to the subsequent territorial division of Europe. ... The Atlantic Charter was a joint declaration of principles to guide a post-World War II peace settlement. ... They made calls to "halt at once the vicious red program of world enslavement."" ... In his view, he had created a forum in the world through which nation-states could handle disputes and an organization through which the peace and security of the worl...

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Christopher Browning writes a detailed history of the soldiers of the German Reserve Police Battalion 101 and their role in the mass murder of Jews in Poland during the Second World War in his book, Ordinary Men. ... As he notes in the beginning of the book, "the Holocaust took place because at the most basic level individual human beings killed other human beings in large numbers over an extended period of time. ... The majority of the book tells the story of the middle-aged German soldiers based on their own testimony from legal proceedings well after World War II had ended. ... It also do...

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In an era where world history is highly dictated and influenced by European and Western bias, Braveheart has helped awakened interests in Scottish history and identity. While already a patriot, a legend and declared as Scotland's greatest hero within Scottish history, it is appalling to note that prior to Braveheart, William Wallace was a name unmentioned and unheard of in historical books. ... They note, too, that some degree of invention is inherent in all docudrama and that the genre, despite its shortcomings, can provide a valuable stimulus to thought when it is done well. ... Just as...

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Keynes wrote about the experience the novel The Economic Consequence of Peace, where he argues against the reparations placed on Germany after the war. ... Keynes gained so much support because he predicted the economic problems that came after World War I and his creation of the World Bank after World War II5. ...

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The scale of Japan's growth is easy to demonstrate but understanding the reason is much more difficult, especially when this country was completely destroyed after the Second World War. The end of the Pacific War in 1945, should have economically and psychologically spelled doom for Japan. "By the end of the Pacific War the volume of Japan's industrial production was less than thirty per cent of her output in 1936. ... The total estimate of damage caused by the Pacific War to the Japanese General Wealth was 65 302 million Yen. ... Overall, the Japanese economy was the highest growth ...

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Vladimir Putin The Russian government is one of constant ideological change, from the left of October Revolutionist Lenin to the extreme right wing values of Josef Stalin during World War II. ... It insists that Putin used the bombings to initiate some sort of pretext of war with Chechnya, who where the ones accused of doing the act. ... Berezovsky also say's that journalist Grigory Pasko was convicted of treason just for taking notes at a meeting of naval commander's. ...

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Vladimir Putin The Russian government is one of constant ideological change, from the left of October Revolutionist Lenin to the extreme right wing values of Josef Stalin during World War II. ... It insists that Putin used the bombings to initiate some sort of pretext of war with Chechnya, who where the ones accused of doing the act. ... Berezovsky also say's that journalist Grigory Pasko was convicted of treason just for taking notes at a meeting of naval commander's. ...

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To begin, World War II and the post war reconstruction phase had a huge impact on foreign direct investment (FDI) restrictions imposed on foreign companies. In their paper, The Extent and History of Foreign Direct Investment in Japan, Ralph Paprzycki and Kyoji Fukao (2005) state that after the defeat of Japan in World War II, the American Occupation authorities imposed major FDI restrictions fearing that FDI would cause complications during the reconstruction process. ... As alluded to earlier, Walmart, the world's largest retailer, can bring competition to Japan, where local retailers ca...

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Therefore for the purpose of this essay concentration will be centred solely on how Britain's relationship with the wider world and how the question of sovereignty have been significant in shaping Britain's approach to the EU At the end of the Second World War, Europe was in tatters. ... Victory in the aforementioned war meant that Britain was never occupied or defeated like the other six founding countries members. Although Britain had suffered greatly in the Second World War, the people of Britain had not been as directly affected by European differences; so the desire to form...

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It is important to note that in addition to assisting the classification of film, genre also expresses the industrialized mode of production of film. ... Walter Benjamin (Nerrida Moore MAS 205 Lecture Notes - Genre 03.05.2000), in his hypothesis, the Work of Art in the Mechanical Age of Reproduction, duly noted that 'the aura of art was lost because film was mass-produced'. ... They are as follows - i) the film progresses through a series of paired segments matching the male and female leads; ii) each separate part of the film recapitulates the film's overall duality; iii) th...

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As an example, during the course of World War II, Germany was referred to as Nazi Germany. ... This means that only in the abstract world of pure mathematics, perceived by our imagination, a perfect circle would be possible. ... On the same note, many might argue that without imagination, it would not be possible to recreate the past. ...

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The book is a extremely well-documented exploration into the linked worlds of evolution and medicine and the evolutionary arms race between human medicine and genetically-adaptable microbes. ... He notes that during the first widespread use of antibiotics following World War II, medicine was able to subdue tuberculosis, syphilis and pneumonia-all of which could then be cured with pills or shots if caught in time. ... And the idea that we are somehow apart from the forces of evolution is part of our weakness in the war on disease. ... Thus, it is critical to realize that human-made disruption...

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In his essay, "Notes on Film Noir," Paul Schrader, who wrote the "Taxi Driver" screenplay, outlines his view of film noir as a genre. ... Schrader discusses the effects of war and postwar disillusionment as it pertains to film noir. ... "Audiences and artists were now eager to take a less optimistic view of things"," Schrader suggests (Schrader, 55), a view that reflects the public's reaction and emotional frame of mind during World War II. ... Schrader argues that World War Two helped to generate the kind of cynicism, which figures prominently in those films. ... As Schrader states, "T...

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Financial Implications of Longer Life Expectancy It is evident that American seniors make up a large part of the United States' population and that the average life expectancy has increased as it is one of the fastest growing demographic segments of American society today. Members of the baby boom...

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The aim, in the aftermath of the Second World War, was to secure peace between Europe's victorious and vanquished nations. ... With the countries of Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (the ACP' countries) it signed a series of conventions on aid and trade (Lomé I, II, III and IV, 1975-1989) that led to the Cotonou Agreement of June 2000. ... On 1 January 2002, euro notes and coins came into circulation in 12 EU countries (the euro area'). The euro is now a major world currency, having a similar status to the US dollar. ... Revolutionary new technologies and th...

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A man who grew up in Germany may perceive the events in World War II in a different way than a man who grew up in The United States from the same generation. ... In a perfect world, the truth in a work of non-fiction should be the whole story from all points of view. ... If the "note" was inserted into Nietzsche's work, his entire life's work would convey a different message and his readers would be none the wiser. ... One cannot discuss the issue of fact and fiction in history books without discussing the most read book in the world, the Bible. ... Over a billion people...

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America is the land of opportunity. The stitches that bind America's fabric of history have been sawn with illegal threads. Organized crime has been woven into the society of the United States of America just as baseball and apple pie. The only difference is that this ethos of society has been swep...

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George Lukas's Star Wars also bears resemblance to certain sections of Oedipus when the main character Luke Skywalker realizes that the villain he has been trying to thwart is actually his lost father. This aspect has been parodied since in comic form in films such as Toy Story II when the character Buzz Light-year discovers his mortal enemy is actually his father. ... He could have been king, emperor of the whole world or even leave it if he chose eventually he became more human than alien" This transcendence into society acceptance is reflective of societal conformity. ... The interlin...

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Introduction At the end of the 1990s, Ireland remained top of the OECD growth league and had the largest current account surplus in the world. ... It bears noting, however, that public policy has led to Ireland being one of the only countries in the OECD in which manufacturing's share in output has continued to rise, while it has fallen throughout Europe in recent decades. ... The transfer of about IR £9 billion at 1994 prices to the Irish exchequer between 1989 and 1999 through Delors I and Delors II arguably eased the challenge of fiscal stabilization, but only played a minor ...

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When Pope speaks in Canto II of the roles of the sylphs, the juxtaposition of guardians of the "British Throne" with the idea that certain sylphs exist "To change a flounce, or add a furbelow" , serves to completely deflate the passage. ... In these sequences we are transported from the mortal world, who could be troubled by the foibles and weaknesses of man when we are surrounded by such heavenly creatures? ... It will always be based around a central heroic figure, contain grandiose speeches and have as its background a hugely important event, take Homer's "Iliad" set against the remar...

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Unless the reclusive Rogers spent his free time bragging to the neighbors about his CIA involvement between November 1963 and June 1965, or left a written note somewhere in the house claiming involvement, there would likely be nothing at the Houston crime scene connecting him to Kennedy's death. ... Rogers carried out his covert missions in the manner of due diligence and efficiency with which carried out his duties as a Navy cryptographer during World War II. ...

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