Another book that illustrates the calamity of the Holocaust is Memories of my life in a Polish Village, by T.K. ... In her book, Toby Fluek, a small Jewish girl, describes how her family had to move to a Jewish Ghetto and go into hiding several times to save their lives when World War II began. ... It shows us how much we still have to learn about the world and the civilizations and how hard it is to understand the reason why we do such things to our fellow human beings. ... We have to imagine what it was like and how bad it would be if something of such impact would be happening to us. ... As...

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The kickoff to operation Cobra started on 24 July at exactly 1200. ... As the last bomber turned and headed home, it seemed that the kick off to Cobra was a success after a slow start. ... The allied armor became alive with the roar of diesel engines and started moving into the dust and smoke of the target area. ... Once in contact he received reports of conflicts and how many of the objectives had been captured. ... After reviewing how far the allied forces had traveled, a risky plan began to take shape. ...

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He was never able to write the book. ... He and Mary were friends starting at that moment. ... This book, he says, is a failure. ... His father tries to teach him how to swim by the sink-or-swim method. ... Ditched again, Weary starts to beat Billy up, furious that this weak college kid has cost him his membership in "the Three Musketeers." ...

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In the book A Vietnam War Reader: A Documentary History from American and Vietnamese Perspectives, author Michael Hunt stated that, "Since 1977, Hollywood has been succeeding where Washington consistently failed: namely, in selling Vietnam to the American public."3 Hunt is referring to the fact that the government did a horrible job gaining the support of the American people during the war, and as a result, Vietnam was a failure for the United States military. ... The peace movements began with the start of the war in 1964. In New York City twelve men burned their draft cards as a statement op...

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Young men just starting their lives or preparing to by studying at university knew that they were now likely to be drafted into the armed forces. ... Soldiers did not know how to cope with these things. This lack of knowing how to handle things may have been what Everett Neal, an American soldier, was referring to when he said, "There is no way to prepare for the shock of real combat." Mental stresses such as not knowing how to handle situations is what made real combat different from basic training. ... One soldier always carried a book from the states with him and read it repeatedl...

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." - Fortune Magazine Table of Contents Introduction The Rise of the Automobile The Styling Redesign The Role of Attainable Pricing for the Masses The Emerging American Obsession The Impact on the Nuclear Family Redefining the American Teenager The Rise of the Hot Rod Culture The Rise of the Excess Culture Baby Boomers and Redesign Converting from Chrome to Muscle The Automobile as Identity Downfall and Decline Conclusion Bibliography Introduction With the end of World War II, the United States returned to a different life and culture than the one it had left behind at the start...

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These countries have just acquired the capability of firing a nuclear missile and starting world war III. ... Smallpox was a virus that everyone thought that was gone for good, the last case documented in the United States was in 1949 and 1977 was the last reported case in the world. ... However, it is possible for non nuclear states to acquire the materials necessary to start a nuclear program. ... First, how and for what purpose do these countries prepare to use this weapon? ... Basically, military doctrine consists of plans that a country makes deciding how and when military force shoul...

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David Kaiser stated in his book, Politics and War: The South African war eventually demonstrated the costs of more serious economic imperialism "that is, of trying to secure economically significant areas with armed force. ...

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The war suddenly seeming ironically similar to the soldier in Disabled, (who) liked "a smear of blood down his leg to please his Meg" the poem showing at a stroke how effective the recruiting offices were in their quest for blood that would be "poured down shell-holes." 4) The postcard in source E, is atypical of the type of censorship that existed at the front to maintain morale later in the war, as propaganda was used more extensively in order to bolster morale on the home front. ...

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The only major production during the Vietnam Conflict, John Wayne's 1968 The Green Berets, illustrates how directors concentrated on drama rather than history. ... Thus, through the myths of an ethical confrontation, the authority of experience, and the inaccuracy of the enemy, The Green Berets exemplifies how noble-grunt films concentrate on de-contextualizing history to produce certain interpretations of the Vietnam War that will attract a receptive audience. ... The film's major problems are exemplified by his quote, "I started moving back in time, because I wanted to imply that ...

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