In the book Night, by Ellie Wiesel, is an autobiography about the author's experience and difficulties during the Holocaust that occurred during World War Two; however, in the book Tuesdays with Morrie, by Mitch Album, the story about a student visiting his old professor, who was diagnosed with ALS, and the days on which they met to discuss life. ... Throughout the years to follow the Holocaust, many people have different reactions to works of literature focusing on the Holocuast and the loss of basic feelings such as that of love and happiness. I personally feel Morrie would react with a...

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The piece itself was originally thought of as quite peculiar, and dismissed as the crazed ramblings of an aging, senile composer, as it was one of his later works, and he was 82 years of age upon completing this piece. ... This is his way of trying to recall the good old days, when he was younger, and the world was a better place. ...

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And Hollywood, who had before been ridiculed for its works, now began producing pro-war films and propaganda, helping enormously with the "home front-, maintaining civilian confidence and keeping the country afloat in times of war. ... Several days later, the same fate befell Nagasaki, and the once-proud Japanese, beaten into submission by the might of the nuclear bomb, finally surrendered, ending World War II at long last. ...

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I believe, because of that, that we need a fair treaty, equal to all its members, that will restrict the use of new weapons, and prevent future wars from breaking out. " (McCumber) In addition, Senator Gilbert Hitchcock, who preceded Henry Cabot Lodge as the Senate Majority Leader, stated, "The trouble with Senators who oppose the League of Nations is that they are thinking of the days that are gone and gone forever. ... If more superpowers were in the League of Nations and if they had military power, the League would become more like the United Nations today, a powerful organization that acti...

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Joseph Stalin was the soviet communist leader who's passing molded an era, and whose iron rule determined the lives of millions of people. Considering that he shaped the direction of post-World War II Europe, we may regard him as the most powerful person to live during the 20th century. Joseph Stalin was born Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili on December 21, 1879, in Gori, Georgia . Both his parents were peasants. His father, Vissarion Dzhugashvili, was a cobbler, hopping that one day his son will be apprenticed in the same trade; his mother, Yekaterina ...

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When the American army moved in to occupy South Korea eight days after the Soviets had moved into the North, they were also welcomed with much fanfare. ... Syngman Rhee returned to Korea from exile, and works were put in motion in the South to merge Rhee and another exiles including Kim Ku, with the remnants of the colonial government. ...

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