The Impact of the Vietnam War on the People of America The Vietnam War was one of the most tragic wars in American history. The affects it had on the American people were tremendous. Even today many Americans have the frightening, unforgettable memories of the war. The war was accounted to be ov...

War is never pretty, and war can also take a serious toll on the health and well being of both a country as a whole and the people who live in that country as individuals. Despite this, though, wars still happen all the time, so it is important to understand why this is the case and why people still...

Book Review:Covering a single war or insurgency that took place between 1945 and 1973.1.The War in Korea 1950-1953: A Military Study of the War in Korea up to the Signing of the Cease Fire. By Major R.C.W. Thomas, O.B.E.. Aldershot, Gale and Polden Limited, 19542.Korea: the Unknown War. By Jon Halli...

The Civil War changed America. It is one of the lower points in American history. While the change that this war brought to America cannot be disputed, there is a question as to its economic impact. Many numbers suggest that the Civil War, while it affected both Northern and Southern states, brought...

In Why Nations Go To War, Dr. Joseph Stoessinger explains eight cases in which why nations do go to war. The chapters read about the Vietnam War and Kosovo explain why these nations went to war and what mistakes hurt each nation. Stoessinger explains that some problems, such as political and econo...

The Civil War constitutes one of the most original episode of the American History. The half of all the American losses happened during these four bloody years (630000 against 680000). One American out of thirty die during this war. But above all, and maybe more than the Frontier Myth, it was a mome...

"Societies have always been shaped more by the nature of the media by which men communicate than by the content of the communication." -Marshal McLuhan In the past years, and certainly in the future, media has proved to be the essential teacher when it comes to the history of certain events. O...

War and PeaceThe famous Russian author Leo Tolstoy wrote "War and Peace" in 1865. It is a story about the lives of the Russian royal family from 1805 to 1815. This book depicts things and events that happened during the war. The novel describes the war with Napoleon in which many countries were invo...

Is the Gulf War Syndrome Real?On August 2, 1990, Iraq invaded Kuwait. The United States government actedvery quickly. Ships were dispatched to the Persian Gulf, and oil prices shot up as and oilembargo was placed against Iraq. The U.S. government told us that Saddam Hussein waspoised to invade t...

The Vietnam War is considered by most to be a mistake for many reasons. Many victims emerged from the war and especially for the soldiers who participated in it, it was simply wrong. Many of the soldiers who fought in Vietnam entered Vietnam with unclear directives and returned from Vietnam...

Some say that it is useless to speak of world peace or world law or world disarmament and that it will be useless until the leaders of the Soviet Union adopt a more enlightened attitude. I hope they do. I believe we can help them to do it. But I also believe that we must reexamine our own attitude ...

\"No new taxes.\" This is a quote spoken by George H. W. Bush during the 1992 presidential election season . Along with it, we remember that there were new taxes during that president\'s term in office. There are a myriad of promises made and things done in a presidential election year that have q...

The famous Russian author Leo Tolstoy wrote \"War and Peace\" in 1865. It is a story about the lives of the Russian royal family from 1805 to 1815. This book depicts things and events that happened during the war. The novel describes the war with Napoleon in which many countries were involved such a...

The Vietnam War as we all know has devastating effects on the country and its people. Lives are forever changed because of it. All wars start out when two sides have differences and Vietnam was no different. It started because of France and a Vietnam leader, Ho Chi Minh, had a difference of opinion ...

No issue dominates the history of early eighteenth and nineteenth century America like the problem of slavery. It is amazing that even today, over 130 years after the Civil War started, there is still passionate debate regarding the \"cause\" of the Civil War. The curious thing is that although slav...

Plan What were the causes of the Indochina War started? Methods I have used most Internet resources because of the lack of books in the library at school. It was much easier to find exactly what a wanted on the Internet because of the specified subject a chose. I also used the encyclopaedia there I...

For young people, the Vietnam War is a thing of the past, and they can only learn about it from second hand sources. Two of Tim O'Brien's works give readers vivid pictures about the Vietnam conflict: "How to Tell a War Story" and "The Things They Carried." After reading th...

Though we may have preconceived notions towards everything in life, many turn out to be misperceptions and can cause bad decisions to be made. The United States has shown this numerous times, but two main cases stand out. The Korean War and the Vietnam War could have been handled much more efficient...

Never before in the history of the United States had a war created such disillusionment as the Vietnam War. From the soldiers who fought in it, and the students who protested it, to the politicians who funded it, they all felt that somewhere along the line that they had been lied to. Whether it wa...

The Impact of the Vietnam War on the People of America The Vietnam War was one of the most tragic wars in American history. The affects it had on the American people were tremendous. Even today many Americans have the frightening, unforgettable memories of the war. The war was accounted to be o...

Air Power and the Gulf War An acknowledged aerospace historian, Mr. Richard P. Hallion is an associate for the Smithsonian Institution employed in the research division. A former Charles A. Lindbergh Professor of Aerospace History, Mr. Hallion has written or edited thirteen other books, including T...

The Cold War began as an ideological struggle between the two superpowers that emerged in the aftermath of World War Two (WWII). The destruction of the former Western European balance of power post-WWII allowed for new nations to emerge superpowers. The tensions that arose from the restructured bipo...

Causes of the Mexican WarThe Mexican War lasted from 1846-1848 in the area now known as Texas. What began as several small disputes eventually led into an armed conflict between the considerably new nations of Mexico and the United States. The geographical and political disputes are the most l...

Contrary to what is often accepted as fact, there are a variety of reasons why a war comes to an end. Most obviously, wars will end when one side is defeated, but what of those cases where the outcome is in doubt and what exactly constitutes "defeat?" The definition of defeat is obvious en...

Albert Einstein once said: \"You cannot prevent and prepare for war at the same time.\" In the case of the First World War, an attempt to do precisely that was among the reasons that caused the war to break out. Since the beginning of the 20th century, European economies were thriving more and mor...