On December 10, 1981 the people of a small Salvadoran town, El Mozote, were detained without resistance by the Atlacatl Battalion, which was a U.S trained army. On the following day, December 11, after spending the night locked in their homes, they were deliberately and systematically executed in gr...

Silence Kills "Okay class," an authorative voice sounds out, "today we are going to talk about the Vietnam War." A sea of dumbfounded faces stare the teacher down. "Does anyone know anything about the Vietnam War?" the voice continued to ask. The sea of faces is motionless, no true sign o...

The Global Environment is under threat. Do you support the Environmentalists or are they exaggerating the Dangers? In today's world the global environment is faced with many problems. Solving these problems is very important because the global environment is the world. Some people, environme...

War: Why wars occur Most wars result from a combination of causes. Three of the most common causes are conflicts over resources, clashing ideologies, and struggles over power. Conflicts over resources are the most basic and enduring causes of war. Resources include land, minerals, energy sou...

A Poor Decision Dropping the atom bomb Japan was amoral, nonsensical, and unnecessary. The decision to drop the atomic bomb was one which was rushed, and therefore, not fully analyzed to understand the repercussions that it would have. Even though it did successfully end World War II, it was no...

The choice made by Harry Truman to drop the atomic bomb over Hiroshima, on August 6th, 1945, is one of the most controversial decisions in American history. Although many Japanese soldiers and civilians died because of the decision to drop the bomb, many American soldiers were saved because of it. M...

Korea and Vietnam had similar beginnings as far as revolutions are concerned. Korea had been occupied by Japan and Vietnam had been occupied by France. The United States and other U.N. nations put millions of dollars into both wars, but pretty much came out empty handed. At first it seemed as ...

Resolved that The United Federal government should establish a Foreign policy significantly limiting the use of weapons of mass destruction Intro- "One can say it's easy to walk away from this, to lose hope. But we cannot walk away. We must not walk away. And we will not lose hope.''- Colin ...

a Conference Yalta Conference was one of the most important meetings of key Allied leaders during World War II. These leaders were President Franklin D. Roosevelt of the United States, Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Britain, and Premier Joseph Stalin of the Soviet Union. Their counties became ...

On August 6, 1945, a B-29 bomber named Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb, "little boy" on Hiroshima, Japan. Hiroshima had been almost eradicated with an estimated 70-80,000 people killed. Three days later, a second, more powerful bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki, killing over 100...

The Korean War, or more accurately, the Korean Conflict was quite obviously both a civil conflict and an international conflict. As I go forward in this discussion of the "war", I will attempt to explain my theory on both separate ideas. Fundamentally, it is hard to have a civil conflict, ...

Berlin is the capital and the biggest city in Germany. It has a population of about 3.5 million and extends over 889 kilometers. Berlin is located in central Europe, longitude 13:25 E, latitude 52:32 N, and is 34 m above sea level. Originally, Slavic tribes who were replaced by German settlers in th...

The night tours pumped fear in many hearts including the authors. Luckily he was only sent out a few times unlike the night ambushers or the lurps, the long range recon patrollers who went out night after night for months. To keep the soilders mind sharpe Dexedrine pills where given out , Her didn&...

Berlin is the capital and the biggest city in Germany. It has a population of about 3.5 million and extends over 889 kilometers. Berlin is located in central Europe, longitude 13:25 E, latitude 52:32 N, and is 34 m above sea level Originally, Slavic tribes who were replaced by German settlers in th...

No nation has ever existed without some sense of national destiny or purpose. Manifest Destiny, a phrase used by leaders and politicians in the 1840s to explain continental expansion by the United States, revitalized a sense of "mission" for many Americans. Manifest Destiny, meaning "obvious or unde...

"Gotterdammerung without the gods." This quote came from Dwight Macdonald; this was his comment on the use of the nuclear weapons on Japan. The word gotterdammerung means the twilight of the gods. After you hear the meaning of this word you will understand the meaning of this quote. T...

In the early 1950's Australia was rocked by the largest spy scandal in its history. In April 1954, a Soviet operative called Vladimir Petrov defected to Australia. His wife Evdokia followed him soon thereafter. It was an instant news sensation worldwide. What made it even more appealing as a ne...

During the years of the cold war, the two superpowers sought to create an environment of peace and stability. This was important and very necessary since only a small spark would have been needed to spark a nuclear weapons standoff. Diverse and exclusive acts of stability were accomplished covering ...

Robert Preston Taylor played an important role in the Korean War. He was one of few survivors, and also a hero. Taylor had such great faith in God that he was able to survive the torture he endured. He held onto his faith and taught those around him how to trust God. The Korean War was a conflict b...

Communism in Vietnam originated in when it was overrun by the Japanese during World War II. When the Japanese retreated, the Vietnamese formed their own government, with Ho Chi Minh as their leader. After the war, the Allies gave southern Vietnam to the French, and northern Vietnam to the Chinese. T...