"The Destructors," by Graham Greene, illustrates, above all else, that peoples' actions and behaviors are greatly determined by their surroundings. Not only the characters' actions but their way of thinking is influenced by the state of society and the conditions of the governm...

Since the beginning of the glorious post-World War II days to the dawn of the revolutionary 1960's, the United States had been led by an uninspiring, "ordinary" farmer who had led the country into yet another war. Additionally, despite the continuing economic boom, the obsequious societal tension p...

Political and economic reasons: During the period of the development of the atomic bomb, the Allied troops were planning to launch a combined offensive against the Empire of Japan. The Soviet Union sought control in the governance of Korea and Manchuria in exchange for entering the war against Japan...

Franklin D. Roosevelt and Adolph Hitler were two of the most influential leaders in modern history. They had diametrically different views on leading their respective nations, as well as what purpose their leadership would serve. Their styles as leaders shaped their views and determined what actio...

Allen Fung provides a persuasive argument for China's defeat against Japan in the Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895). The Sino-Japanese War was an attempt by China to prevent a Japanese stronghold in Korea. Fung's reasoning for China's defeat does not follow the traditional mainstream historian's belief...

In the years 1927 to 1953, a man who was exactly what the USSR needed took power: Joseph Stalin. From the start, Stalin had a vision of what he wanted for the country and stuck to it. With doing this, he led them through his amazing economic plan, and also prepared them for war. Joseph Stalin really...

Adolf Hitler What is greatness? Who can be considered as a great person? When we talk about a person being great, we often think about a good or a hero type of a person. We sometimes think of greatness as a heroic title to a person. A person with good qualities and a person that has great...

The overlapping crises in Hungary and Poland in the autumn of 1956 posed a severe challenge for the leaders of the Soviet Communist Party (CPSU). After a tense standoff with Poland, the CPSU Presidium (as the Politburo was then called) decided to refrain from military intervention and to s...

MUST AMERICA EXERCISE WORLD LEADERSHIP? The issue of America's role as a world power was brought on by the Cold War and the vacuum left by the Soviet Union after their collapse as a world power. The two views that are that are being looked at don't consider leaving weak countries to f...

A man of wisdom, truth and leadership, these are the things brought to mind when we think of our very own thirty-third president, Harry S. Truman. On Thursday, May 8th, 1884, Truman was born. He was born in a six-room farmhouse in Lomar, Missouri and twelve years later he prospered as a Missouri f...

Millions of men died during the Second World War and each of those men, civilians or soldiers, affected the war. But only a handful of those men greatly affected the war in such a way that they, with their leadership and decisions, determined the outcome of the war. These men were the leaders in the...

Ambassador Ross began his speech by first addressing the topic of the War on Terrorism. Ambassador Ross believes that in order for America to overcome September 11th events, we must first understand that \"terror\" should not be taught or used in the battle over terrorism. Ross also feels that netw...

Although many of his ideas did not bring the expected results, Nikita Khrushchev policies of de-Stalinization were politically wise. He went against many of Stalin\'s tyrannical policies and gave the people a much greater sense of freedom. In the process known as \"de-Stalinization\", legal proced...

Homosexuals in the Military Homosexuals have been excluded from our society since our country's beginning, giving them no equal protection underneath the large branch of the law. The Emancipation Proclamation gave freedom to blacks from slavery in the 1800's and women were given the freedoms ...

Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933. Only 6 years later, Germany was fighting in a war which lasted 6 years. Hitler was an evil leader, and this essay is to show why people voted for him in the first place. Hitler joined the Nazi party in the September of 1919 and in 1920 he became its leader. In 192...

For years, the Monroe Doctrine has captivated historians; its causes and effects have shaped how the United States deals in foreign affairs to this very day. Numerous aspects brought about this decree. However, there are three distinct reasons why Monroe instated this principle-defense, promote budd...

The book Citizen Soldiers by Stephen E. Ambrose is an unforgettable testament of the WWII generation. Citizen Soldiers tells the hardships and triumphs of the United States military from the Normandy Beaches to the surrender of Germany. Stephen Ambrose interviewed many GI's and officers. Thr...

In the early decades of the twentieth century, the world was shocked by the progression of warfare in ways that were previously unthinkable. The First World War, or The Great War, as it was called during that time, was the result of political tension between established governments of the Balkan Pe...

The Cold War laid its effects on many countries and nations, however, for some parts of the world the end of the cold war had a much greater effect. Of all the countries and nations that were left with an everlasting impression of the Cold War, Germany was left with much more. The rise and fall of t...

Introduction Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889. He was an important part of German history, but led one of the most well known massacres of the German country. In all, he killed about six million people of the Jewish community. He was insanely psychopathic, for he wanted a "perfect&q...

Nazi identity In July 1932, Hitler and the Nazi party won 230 seats in the Reichstag elections, becoming the single biggest party in the Reichstag. "Ein volk, ein reich, ein fuhrer". This phrase, which means "one people, one state, one leader" forms the elemental foundation ...

A People's History of the United States concentrates on the personal experiences and struggles of people who lived in the United States from 1492-present. It is a view of history from the common man's perspective, rather than the view of the leaders and upper class of this cou...

By late 1943 the Germans war efforts in Russia where looking more and more bleak. With a large number of German forces still entrenched in the Russian heartland problems that they faced where surmounting quickly. One would have to look back at 1942 to see the beginning of the difficulties the German...

One of the biggest questions of the Second World War is, how the amphibious invasion of Normandy, France on June 6, 1944, was one of the major turning points of World War II? The greatest factors that made the amphibious invasion of Normandy, or better known as D-Day, successful were the planning a...

Although everyone has heard the catchy phrase, I think very few people know what the \"new world order\" stands for. Depending on who you talk to, definitions range from type of government structure to economic policy to leadership role in international affairs. It seems to me that the new world ord...