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…, the strikes stopped during the first year of the war. Soon the enthusiasm died down, though. The revival of strike activity in 1916 shows that the social peace was already wearing thin. Work stoppages and the number of people on strike in France quadrupled…

…that day was Gettysburg civilian John Burns. The 70 year-old veteran of the War of 1812 took up his flintlock musket and walked out to the scene of the fighting that morning. Approaching an officer of a Pennsylvania Bucktail regiment, Burns requested that he…

…on the war follows a horribly predictive cycle. In 1989 the Gbadolite peace accords, brokered by the Zairean President Mobutu Sese Seko are signed, but collapse soon after. In 1991 Portugal intervenes and brokers the Bicesse peace accords . The very next year…

…How I Interpret A True War Story The theme to Tim O’Brien’s “How to Tell a True War Story” is that no war story holds absolute truth though told to be true, for there is no point to the Vietnam War and thus no point to a story of the Vietnam War. You…

…guaranteed black men the right to vote. But the changes in the Southern States hadn't come easy. New state governments were created after the Civil War. After each state elected a governor and a member of the state legislature, and ratified the Thirteenth…

…, and further to reinstate their superiority over other countries. With tensions now arising, the war was bound to break out, as many countries were mobilizing their troops and invading countries within their limits of the Paris Peace Conference. The Collective…

…after his re-election. Although Wilson had not specifically promised to keep the country out of war, he declared that only a negotiated “peace without victory” would prove durable (Bailey, 722). Unfortunately, when the German U-boats sank four unarmed…

…Ten Thousand Sorrows As a little girl walking with her mother, Elizabeth Kim hears herself called a "honhyol," "a despicable name that meant nonperson, mixed race, animal." Shortly after the end of the Korean War, the mother had returned from Seoul…

…With dead bodies strewn about, and memories of gruesome battles still fresh in their minds, Europe wondered: Who caused this war? With the Triple Entente victorious over the Triple Alliance, and Germany being the most aggressive member of the Alliance…

…Asking the question, “Should we sustain from war with Iraq,” in my opinion, is kind of like asking, “Is it safe to give a monkey a hand-gun.” Obviously, the answer is no. Obviously, I believe in comic relief. Being serious though, which this topic…