The cold war was a time of political and economic insecurities. It was not a battle in the sense of bloodshed but a battle purely of political ideology. It was a battle of political ideas which involved blocs and mini wars fought by the Soviet Unions allies rather than themselves. The United States...

If all states were democracies there would be no more wars. This is the statement that the Democratic Peace Theory claims to be true. It is a decidedly difficult statement to agree with however because at a glance it would appear that democracies are involved in war nearly as often as any other type...

BRITISH WOMEN'S BATTLE WITH, AND FOR THEIR GOVERNMENT IN THEIR STRUGGLE TO ACHIEVE EQUALITY During the dynamic years of the early 1900's when the First World War was complicating women's relationships to the state, many feminists and suffragists were supporting the war in light of pa...

PERICLES ESSAY CONTEXT The Classical Age of Greece begins with the Persian War (490-479 B.C.) and ends with the death of Alexander the Great (323 B.C.). Besides war and conquest, in this period, the Greeks produced great literature, poetry, philosophy, drama, and art. In 461 BC, the Spartans beg...

My Voice On Liberty Society has been swinging back and forth between liberal and conservative trends since the early twenties, and government has imposed new rules on our freedoms since the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. If the trends continue, we may see more and more encroachment on o...

Not long ago there was an attack on the United States of America, on the day of September 11th, 2001. A well-known terrorist organization called Al Qaida attacked our World Trade Center. On this day many innocent people died in the Twin Towers and it started what we know as the "War on Terroris...

FREEDOM OF THE PRESS There are now and have always been many different views regarding freedom of the press. These views are not just representative of contemporary society but historical society as well. These different views are apparent in the historical and contemporary articles I have revi...

Greg Nasca American Politics Propaganda is a major political tool used by the United States, especially in its foreign policy. Politics on a global scale can be defined as the competition, which occurs among nations, due to the scarcity of the world's resources. The political agenda of a...

Sparta and Communism: Government and Military, It could have been more. Societies have developed a pattern over the centuries of creating a government system of communism. Choosing this selection of government has allowed military machines to be born and reflect the civilization that created th...

The Making of the USA Two main challenges met by the American people are the building of a democratic nation and the policy of imperialism that U.S. applied in order to assert its authority all over the world. The Revolutionary War and the Constitution opened the way for ...

INTRODUCTION The political affairs of the world in eighteenth century left much to be desired by today's modern democratic standards. Most dramatic regime changes following a revolution or war are quite easy to explain. France in 1789 was seething with discontent at a corrupt and insensitive monarch...

The UK's welfare system has a long history and has evolved as a response to social, economic and political changes in society. The birth of the welfare state after WWII was a watershed in British history. The newly elected Labor Government "took on the task of setting up a 'welfare state' that would...

Law does not drive us, reason does. Civil Disobedience is the act of knowingly breaking a law that an individual feels is morally unjust. We all have a conscience - a moral compass, and a perception of what is right from wrong. Many individuals see injustices in our democratic system, yet few actual...

With the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1783, Americans went from colonial subordination to well-earned independence from England, but with that came the responsibility to foster a country based upon an ideology that had never before been done. The years following the Revolutionary War would be t...

This is Our Democracy America is the oldest democracy in the world. Withstanding a civil war, two world wars, and the not-so-distant cold war, America has proved that a democracy made "of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish from this Earth" (Jefferson). However, this...

When it comes to the issue of government, there is always the question of public involvement. Occasionally, people do not want to be involved, and some have that choice. Sometimes people do want to be involved, but do not have that option. Public involvement in politics is a subject that is very...

I am a 19-year-old male, born and raised in support of our national government. My resent interest in the way our great nation is governed began in the classroom. I found my American Government class to be quite interesting and the Bush and Clinton scandals only increased my interest in American pol...

While looking at past and present governments that have constructed the globe, one wonders what exactly are the benefits and consequences of each, and which is the best. Hobbes believes the best is Monarchy. A single ruler provides the ease of governing, and with this ease comes a nation's greatne...

How exactly would one define a revolution? According to Dictionary.com, a revolution is a sudden or momentous change in a situation. So, therefore, it is easy for most to place the American Revolution into the distinction of actually being a revolution. This is a statement that historian Howard Zi...

Andrew Jackson entered the presidency a national hero out of the West for his heroics portrayed during the War of 1812 and his expedition against the Seminoles in Spanish Florida. A natural leader, he commanded immense loyalty from supporters. No man of his time was at once so loved and so deeply de...

Introduction When President Ronald Reagan uttered the sound byte, \"Mr. Gorbachev, Tear down this wall!\" most Americans probably expected that the new Russia would follow humbly in the footsteps of the United States in adapting not only a free market economy but also a liberal democratic system of ...

Since its inception, America has been steeped into the view that it is an extraordinary nation, a city on a hill, a beacon of hope and continues to this day to bask in the glory. What began as Puritan declaration and Jeffersonian thought aimed at promoting a societal reconstruction has now been coup...

The last couple of decades have brought along a drastic change in technology and communication that have, in turn, changed the way students of higher education are taught and trained. Although greatly declining in the last few years, liberal arts education is still the foundation of learning for alm...

In the 20th century, political theorists, professors and old men who sit in barbershops have all debated whether a divided government hinders or helps the continued prosperity of our country. There is no definitive answer to this debate and it will, therefore, continue because it is an enduring rea...

In the landmark case Reynolds vs. Sims, the Supreme Court declared: \"Especially since the right to exercise the franchise in a free and unimpaired manner is preservative of the other basic civil and political rights, any alleged infringement of the right of citizens to vote must be carefully and me...