You Can Never Go Home Again Here in 'Soldier's Home' all the 'should-have-been's' turn into 'could-have-been's' for Harold Krebs. Krebs is the main character in Ernest Hemingway's commentary on the old adage 'you can never go home again.&...

An old adage says, "absolute power corrupts absolutely". Nothing could be used to better describe the life of Adolph Hitler. Born in Austria in 1889, Hitler eventually ended up as part of the German Army in World War I. After the war Hitler managed to become one of the most powerful men in the wo...

The One Day Of The Year, an influential play written by Alan Seymour, takes a contentious look at ANZAC Day and the emotions provoked amongst the people of Australia in the late 1950's and early 1960's. The reactions of the day amongst the characters were very similar to the emotions devel...

Catch-22: A Study in Post-War Attitudes by Chris Nicholson In 1961, Joseph Heller published Catch-22, his first novel. Based on his own war experiences, the novel wickedly satirized bureaucracy, patriotism, and all manner of traditional American ideals. This was reflective of the increas...

By the end of World War One, Germany was suffering from many problems. The Allied Naval blockade had caused severe food shortages and this, coupled with the lack of basic medical supplies, led to thousands dying of hunger and common diseases such as influenza. The people left in the poverty-stricken...

Adolf Hitler was a brilliant man, a charismatic leader, and a harsh dictator. His promises of a better life for nationalistic Germans allowed him to successfully rise to power and attempt world domination. He ruled through terror and left a staggering death toll of six million Jews. Hitler...

During the Cold War not much was known about the activities of the Russian state security organization by western intelligence agencies. However after the collapse of the Soviet Union, documents that have been smuggled out by KGB agents (Wilson 1) have allowed agents to see just how much this agency...

Canines have served man since they were first domesticated during pre-historic times, where they joined man's hunting parties and stood watch over his camps at night. As history progressed, the bond between man and the dog strengthened, eventually they began to accompany man on to the field of ba...

In the wake of the temporary partitioning of Vietnam at the Geneva Conference of 1954, the Dwight D. Eisenhower administration was determined to do what it could to ensure that South Vietnam remained out of the hands of Communists. Eisenhower suggested in a 1954 speech that if the Communists wer...

Benito Mussolini was an early socialist who later supported the concept of totalitarianism, a method of political practice and the execution of power. He also encouraged the idea of fascism, absolute authority of the state in ancient Rome. The few factors which brought Mussolini to power in Italy in...

Expose: Gatsby Many people have heard of, but do not know the truth about Gatsby, which is most likely what he anticipated. He hosts elaborate parties but is never about to be seen. He has great fortunes, but the mystery of where he got it from is still uncertain. Who is Gatsby and what is h...

The Cuban Missile Crisis: Conflict between the U.S. and Russia What happened, who caused it, and how it could have been avoided The Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest the world ever came to nuclear war. The United States armed forces were at their highest state of readiness an...

Cuban Missile Crisis John F. Kennedy's greatest triumph as President of the United States came in 1962, as the world's two largest superpowers, the Soviet Union and the United States, edged closer and closer to nuclear war. The Soviet premier of Russia was caught arming Fidel Castro with nu...

"The gravest danger facing America and the World today is outlaw regimes that seek and possess nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons." This line from Presidents Bush's 2003 State of the Union Address underlines what is in store for our nation. The risk to our country is increasing more and mor...

How appropriate is the term 'Cultural Revolution' to describe the events of the 'Long Sixties'? Within this essay I will attempt to answer the question how appropriate is the term 'Cultural Revolution' to describe the events of the 'Long Sixties'? The ma...

TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction page 1 Concentration Camps pages 2-5 Death Camps page 6 Buchenwald pages 7-11 Conclusion page 12-13 Endnotes pages 14-15 Bibliography page 16 (1) INTRODUCTION The Holocaust is the most horrifying crime against humanity of all times. "Hitler, in an attempt...

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THE NANJING MASSACRE Since World War II lots has said about the holocaust. Seen as the most terrible thing to happen to a group in history it has inspired books and movies and is now universally known. But not much has been said about the Nanjing massacre. The actions of Japanese troops during...

The classic anti-war, anti-establishment, anti- (insert current debatable issue/action here) novel, Catch-22, follows the life of Yossarian, the main character, and his fellow Army Air Corps officers, stationed on an imaginary island off the coast of Italy, through a period during World War II. The...

Military Tribunals: The Historical Guide to Constitutionality On November 13, 2001, President George W. Bush issued an executive order as part of the war against terrorism by authorizing the use of military tribunals to try international terrorists. These military tribunals apply specifically ...

The German economy lay in a state of despair after WWII, stemming from problems that occurred well before this. But a miracle happened; Germany was able to turn around their economic tragedy to one of substantial growth and wealth, lifting itself from the bottom to one of the top economies in Europe...

Many times when we say or think of any word, automatically we relate to an image. Casablanca, for example, principally is associated with the place where U.S. presidents live. However, others like me think it is a great classic movie that was made during the Second World War in 1942. Casablanca is a...

A good and nearly complete account of the happenings during the first nineteen months of the participation of United States in the First World War has been documented in "Over Here" by David Kennedy. The details in this book are between the period between April 2, 1917 when the w...

Background: Lieutenant General William H. Tunner single-handedly revolutionized military transport operations of the United States Air Force. His successful career spanned thirty years and included distinguished service in World War II and Korea. His greatest contribution to war...

In the United States, decade following World War II should have been an era of prosperity and peace. After all, the Great Depression that had pervaded the 1920s through the 1930s was over. The United States had emerged victorious from the war. The country's position as a military superp...