Her grandfather was gassed in World War 1, her uncle sustained shrapnel wounds in World War 2, and her father was a U.S. ... "Without him being in my life, I wouldn't be able to write the way I do. ... , Collins was inspired to write her own children's books herself. ... Given that Collins has two of her own children, she is faced with the difficult task of writing about children in difficult situations, from The Underland Chronicles to The Hunger Games. ... I try and think of how i would tell a particularly difficult event to my own children. ...

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It seemed an appropriate topic because I am presently studying World War 2 in my history Class. ... Frustrated with the idea that Germany might produce an atomic bomb first, Leo Szilard and other scientists asked Albert Einstein, a famous scientist during that time, to use his influence and write a letter to president FDR, pleading for support to further research the power of nuclear fission (Badash 237). ... General Groves' initial task had been to select a scientific director for the bomb project. ... Robert Oppenheimer (Wood 2). ... On December 2, 1942, the first self-sustaining chain ...

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They had to fight against the notion that they made "poor combat soldiers" and "their presence in units would threaten morale and discipline" (2). ... Psychiatrists advised military officials how to "manage the homosexual dynamics of military life without eliminating homosexuals" (66) but military officials were still set on homosexuals not being mentally or physically able to serve in the armed forces. ... I did not have to deal with a psychiatric screening when I enlisted April 2, 2007. ... " (30), since I had joined during the "Don't Ask, Don...

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And, since it was not clear how to defeat the Japanese since they were so devoted to their country (recall the Kamakasi), Roosevelt wanted Russian involvement in the war. ... The British prime minister was understandable anxious to engage France in the task of occupying and controlling Germany in the general to rebuild French power with a view to help offset the Soviet military presence in Central Europe. ... This opinion was underlined by FDR when in a telegram to Churchill he stated that "You know, of course that after Germany's collapse I must bring American troops home as rapidly as t...

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Tom Clancy's insight into history allowed him to write a very realistic and therefore believable plot. ... How can this be? ... How? ... How long has the Los Angeles been trailing us? ... All the military weapons are used appropriately for the tasks assigned providing sea support to the characters. ...

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