World War I was caused by great tension between many closely packed nationalistic, imperialistic and militaristic countries which were in need of "living space."" ... While Japan is a small island country, it needs more raw materials and it also needs more "living space."" ... Japan became an aggressor because they needed space and raw materials, and they got that by taking places that had what they wanted. ...
The Cold War is a difficult term to define. It is a term used to describe the conflict between the U.S and Russia during the post-war period. However, there was no actual fighting between the two, just threats and anti-opposition propaganda. Another problem with the Cold war is that because it ...
When he thinks about Dresden's place in his memory, he always recalls two things: a dirty limerick about a man whose penis has let him down, and "My Name is Yon Yonson," a song which has no ending. ... MY COMMENTS: I've read several Kurt Vonnegut books in the past, including this one. ... Vonnegut, in my opinion, is one of the greatest humanist writers of all time. ... MY COMMENTS: There are a few things in this chapter that come to my attention. ...
But the children serve a second purpose in this poster they are questioning the fathers masculinity as he has been put it the female domestic space. ... My father was no coward, but had been reluctant to leave his family. He was thirty-four and my mother, who had two young children, had been suffering from a serious illness. Soon after this incident my father joined the army." ...
It is twice the size of the Merchandise Mart in Chicago, and has three times the floor space of the Empire State Building in New York. ... According to Fred Holliday, approximately 400,000 square feet of space required complete structural demolition and reconstruction. ... "My guess is that this is not going to be all that similar to previous wartime economies," (qtd. in Manki, 56). ...
In another anti-war protest poem, "my sweet old etectera," Cummings reveals the discrepancy between those who support war and the true feelings of soldiers. ... Cummings uses "my sweet old etcetera," as a noun, "my mother hoped I would die etcetera," 4 as an adverb, and in "my self etcetera lay quietly in the deep mud et tetera (dreaming, etcetera, of Your smile eyes knees and of your Etcetera)," 4 where he uses "etcetera," as an adjective, adverb, and a noun. ...
Again everything went black before my eyes and I tottered and groped my way back to the dormitory, threw myself on the bunk, and dug my burning head into my blankets and pillow." ... " That night I resolved that, if I recovered my sight , I would enter politics." ... He believed the Jews were the cause of their problems and that the Germans needed more space. ...
During the 1960's America was ripped apart by a war in a far off country in Asia. Seeing an enemy that was hoping to gain power and eventually rule the world and the nation stared war against communism in the face. The US was faced with the decision, to watch as its friends in other countries fade...
This is shown between the posters, the former merely being straightforward recruitment posters, while the latter may be seen to provide external reason for hostilities, due to the massive damage committed by the somewhat deranged gorilla. 3) Once mobilisation begun, the recruiting offices were swamped, with an average of 33,000 men per day volunteering in September 1914, and this did not really fall until July 1915, as source D confirms, there being barely sufficient space for them to be accommodated in barracks, while demand for equipment completely exceeded supply. ...
"The fact is that the automobile has become hypnotic...the opium of the American people." - 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 State...
What went out was narrative, description, rational exposition; what emerged focused on stream of consciousness, images in poetry (rather than description or narration), a new use of universal myth, and a sense of fragmentation both of individuality and of such concepts as space and time. ...
