As most people on this planet know, World War II has been over for more than 50 years. The ideals of Hitler, a man wanting to eliminate all Jews and minorities, are views that can be questioned. Most people have difficulties accepting failure, and when failure arises people look elsewhere t...

Can War Be Justified? St. Augustine tells the story of a pirate captured by Alexander the Great who asked him how he dared molest the sea. "How dare you molest the whole world? Because I do it with a little ship only, I am called a thief, you, doing it with a great navy, are called an E...

Should we have the right? Should the United States have the legal right to assassinate foreign leaders? I believe that in order to answer a question such as this one, we need to put ourselves in foreign shoes. When I read this question, my first answer is "yes, we should have tha...

Mommsen's article had as aim to eliminate as a causal explanation German imperialistic aims and the argumentation is convincing in that respect. Regarding Mayer, he clearly attributed a large causal role to domestic policies within the Great Powers and presents compelling evidence to that effect. ...

Holocaust survivor, Elie Wiesel delivered his speech, "Perils of Indifference" in Washington, D.C. on April 12, 1999 thanking the Americans for rescuing his people from the Nazis. The speech as a whole was a reflection the 20th century. I think the purpose of him giving this speech was to ...