(pg 221, The Enduring Vision) In order to get by this law American ships would carry goods back to American ports, send them through customs, and then carry it to other countries as American goods. ... This caused all kinds of problems for U.S. vessels due to the fact that if they complied with British regulations the French would seize their ships, but if they sided with the French they became a target for the British. ... The British also added impressments to their list of things to do to American vessels. ... It didn't work like they would have liked which caused some to have ide...

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Cuba was also affected by the US blockade, which prevented them from importing or exporting goods and other things. ... The CIA thought that if they killed these communists, they would be able to stage the coup without flaw. ... These Communist Guatemalans were "to be disposed of during military operations to be carried out by Calligeris" (Execution, 1). ... If the CIA had thought things through, they would have seen that overthrowing the government of such an unstable and tedious country would lead to its imminent downfall. Because they didn't think things through, Guatemala fe...

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There are also times when war was not necessary but carried out none the less. The United States has made decisions just like other countries, where they think they are helping their people, when in reality they are hurting themselves, and others. ... They can't just let people walk in and step all over them. Nations have to stand up against these things. ... Countries should have legitimate reasons on why they want to go war. ...

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I am going to tell you about a book called Neighbors which show how people of Poland called Poles imposed many indecent and appalling things to the Jews that they have lived with for many years. ... A very important argument in the book says how the Germans were, "At the time the overall undisputed bosses over life and death in Jedwabne and they were the only ones who could decide the fate of the Jews" (Neighbors, pg. 47). This clearly states that the Germans were in charge in Jedwabne and it was within only their power to do what they pleased with the Jews. ... Even though there were not...

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For example the fact that they only had a bath and got a new change of clothes once and a while as Les states "I"m felling particularly well today as I had a good bath & change of clothes." ... Some of these are " work of a cold footed A.M.C man- (A.M.C = Australian Medical Core) and this is backed up by the fact that he doesn't really tell directly about the death but rather the saving of the wounded, for example " carrying stretcher cases to the advanced dressing station- and " return journey with the wounded-. He shows us more positive things about the war rather than the negative one...

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The book "Montana 1948" shows us how people can be very dishonest and shows us that certain people will choose what they want to see and what they want to forget about. ... During World War II he carried three soldiers to safety. Many saw him as a hero because of this, they saw him as the man they wanted their kids to be just like. ... So Wes keeps his brother captive in his basement for a few days to figure things out. ... This shows that even someone who was an ex sheriff, they still may not be a person you can trust. ...

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This news meant various things for different people . ... Wanted money from Germany for the damage they had caused . ... Also joining the League meant that this might involve having to do things that might set back the economy or damage America otherwise . ... Sanctions didn't work because they were too slow . ... Sometimes they came too late for effective action . ...

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As soon as they were tattooed with their prisoner ID number, they became another cattle in the herd, and nothing more. ... At home, they valued security, nourishment, and shelter, but they took it for granted, never thinking that it would be stripped away. ... Only those things that were required for survival carried any weight, and everything else was trash. ... Life, security, 3 square meals a day, and shelter are all things we grew up with and never considered for a moment. ... As a society, we need to appreciate those things that we take for granted on a daily basis, the same things that...

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Soon after the Americans joined the Allies in World War Two President Roosevelt meet with his chiefs of staff and they decided they would attack Germany before they would go after Japan. ... There was many things the Allies had to do to prepare for operation Overlord, so they organized them as different operations. ... The Americans were doing just everyday things but some of the things were making the British people mad. ... So the Germans then started making tank barriers, land mines, and other things to defend from an Allied invasion. ... There was 5 thousand ships that carried ...

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All of these things were considered to be important to the major industrialized countries but they all chose to handle these things differently. ... His last solution to the uplifting of the people and the nation after the Great Depression is that they need great national effort to carry on work and to increase the programme of public works and to enable more and more men to put more work on hand. ... All of these things were done I believe to get ready and continue the fight to make Japan a more profitable nation for its government and its people. They knew that the only way they were go...

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Living life the Korean way was becoming a constant struggle to carry on. ... Yet, the Koreans did not leave solely for the political problems plaguing their country; they left for the work they were promised to find in the plantations, most specifically in the islands of Hawaii. ... If they liked what the saw, then they were to send a picture of themselves back and a match would be made. ... Yet, like many of the instances, these men did not turn out to be who they said they were. ... There are many things that we take for granted today that the Koreans contributed to our society. ...

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I think the most important thing that I realized in watching this movie is that, while we try to un-personify the enemy, they are people just like us, they fight for their own cause, just as we fight for ours. ... Men are willing to trade things that they had previously held with high value for mere scraps of food. ... They could not believe that the people in charge had any idea of what was actually happening. They only saw the numbers and had calculated a certain amount of death to be acceptable. ... When out by themselves, Kat is shot and Paul is forced to carry him back. ...

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Few things exist that provoke as fearful or as gruesome an image as war. ... These feelings of war have carried through to future generations as well; young people of today have not experienced a war first hand, but can still relate to these feelings and emotions with the help of descriptive texts in literature. ... Obviously, no one knew what they were fighting for and why. ... These young men, unaware of the cause they are defending, viciously shoot at whoever stands opposite the enemy line. ... When children of today's generation think of war they can hardly relate to the devastati...

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After the bomb was dropped he said that Japan would have made peace with giving them warning and in turn we "gave them all the tremendous things we gave them in those 5 days Participation in the war". ... Crewman Carry could only say "Holy Moses what a mess". ... But they say if the U.S had to drop the bomb they should have done it in a less populated area that would have just shown the enormous power of the bomb. ... They had to get this war over. ... They killed and sunk many ships in their air raid in Pearl Harbor. ...

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As Aimee Howd states: "they may be aging, but they're powerful and statistics show that America's baby boomers, who number 77 million, are an incredibly active, cohesive and effective lobby." ... What is clear, however, is that it carries the future of the nation's economic and social security along with it. ... The author also states that: "Fifteen years into the third millennium they will become the largest generation of retirees in American history". ... They will affect decisions that in turn will be the basis on how society will live in the near future. ... Research an...

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But, in the attempt to sell their nuclear weapons, they can possibly be attacking us indirectly depending on who they sell their weapons to. ... Just being ready to blow things up and intercept others is not good enough. Our new enemies have plans that have been in affect for years and have been carried out successfully. ... This shift of surveillance could make people think they should be scared and more of a threat exists then already anticipated and this could be disastrous. ...

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He was not afraid to carry out his actions with force if needed. ... In Machiavelli's, "lion and fox," segment, he suggests that people are easily persuaded, and once they are deceived, there must be an underlying force to keep them under control. ... Most of Machiavelli's practices in modern government aren't always the best way to go about things. ... When these Machiavellian practices are hidden and prevail as what seems puppeteers to society, the people do not get what they need are seen to be struggling. ...

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This is why people at the time used money for all kinds of things such as decorating wallpaper or even used as heat in fireplaces purely because money was worth much less than firewood. This even resulted to people carrying briefcases full of money just to spend for something as small as a loaf of bread. ... This shows that the defeated countries were indeed in this position of Germany, the "leaders" and they gained power over Germany as she had to do what they said. ... They couldn't afford to afford to develop their country purely because they were forced to pay for the expens...

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Defensive realists claim that the US only did what they had to do to remain stable and secure. ... Americans aimed for autonomy from the British and they achieved it – we know that. ... Other examples include: carrying out the manifest destiny, admitting Texas into the union in 1845, the war of 1812, and the US-Mexican war; all for the aim of continental expansion and a rapid expansion of industrial and regional power. The US now had secure borders and a great geographical advantage compared to other countries that help put them in the hegemonic position they are in today. ... The cont...

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It was tough to figure the thesis out because they were just throwing the facts on the table. ... They were looped into each other and I also used both for more information. ... He was quite inferior when it came to intellectual measures and the common place things of the world. Essentially, what happened is they took the goldfish out of the bowl and threw him into the ocean. ... His two biggest goals when he came back were religion and education, which were the two things that helped and hurt him the most in his own life. ...

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The violence and hatred in this war scarred Vonnegut for the rest of his life, and he carried his memories and experiences with him throughout his years, and wrote about them in his literary masterpieces. ... Not only did they see people die, but most people died because they were killed by other people; other peoples hatred and inhumanity. ... "So it goes" can mean a lot of things; it happens, that's the way it is, etc. ... I realized that there are many bad things and bad people in the world, and that I have so much to be grateful for. ...

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They did not want to fight, did not want to fight against the people who are as inculpable as they are. ... They got totally lost on the battle field. ... They were not the one that caused the war, they could not control the war, they were inculpable, but, they have to fight each other for the people they don't even familiar with. ... The film did carry out the theme in the book, but since the absences some of the feelings in the book, the theme in the film was not as impressive as the book. ... The book All Quiet on the Western Front has covered all by the feelings of young soldiers, a...

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They played crucial roles and contributed many great things on the homefront and the wars themselves during the Crusades and World War II. ... She brought them to the church, and they were very pleased. ... Although the women never fought in the battle, they were dressed in armor carrying lances. ... Truly I know that they well guarded and it well governed be". ... Each and every role that they took on during wartime gave them the much needed respect that they deserved for years....

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France was very heavily hit by Germany and invested all they had in the first war therefore, when they lost the war they could not recover financially and could not start another war. ... In addition too much patriotism led to people thinking and acting irrationally whereas, they should have looked ahead figured that if they were to take any actions it would only harm their nation because they were already weakened and could not afford to invest and lose any other resources they had available. ... Things did not go as planned and Germany failed to defeat France. ... Kaiser the second wanted ...

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The Roman Empire brought a fascinating range of languages as well as that they also used these languages to communicate with each other during war so their enemy wouldn't understand what they were attempting to plot. ... That is when the USA had a thought of building the more powerful H-bomb or Hydrogen bomb and they soon developed it in 1952 when they had finished it although, soon, the USSR had created their own just three years later. ... The drone planes are the perfect example for a lethal killing machine, they have been improved and can now carry bunker-busting, rocket-boosted munit...

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