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…The Mexican War by Otis A. Singletary This book by Otis A. Singletary deals with different aspects of the Mexican war. It is a compelling description and concise history of the first successful offensive war in United States military history. The work…

…, the Greek war of independence is a multidimensional event which did not have to do only with the two peoples directly involved (Turkish and Greek) but with the rest of the European countries as well. For this reason the Greek war of Independence has…

…The War on Marijuana Slowly, the old man inhales the sweet smelling smoke and instantly relaxes. Time goes by slowly, stress melts like an ice cube, and the man feels a great sense of fatigue. Finally the man can go to sleep and rest in peace…

…World War 1 "The Great War" World War 1 was to be the war that ended all wars at the time. But it was not. Around 10 million people lost their lives. The cause of the war for which these millions of people died can be compared to a domino effect . One…

…A civil war that has raged for seven years in the small West African country of Sierra Leone has turned increasingly brutal. (1, p.1) Rebels are mutilating civilians without much response from the international community. A strong Nigerian…

…When World War I ended on November 11, 1918, peace talks went on for months due to the Allied leaders wanting to punish the enemy and"dividing the spoils of war." A formal agreement to end the war was made and called the Treaty of Versailles. The issue…

…and the failure of the League of Nations, results in a single conclusion : World War II was an inevitable turn in human history. The Paris Peace Conference of 1919 was intended to establish global pacification after World War I. National powers gathered in France…

…Every war has a cause, but does the ends justify the means? In Shakespeare’s tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, Homer’s epic, The Iliad, and Remarque’s novel, All Quiet On the Western Front, questions the belief that war is never justified. The Capulets…

…climax or turning point in the story. Pages Read: 31-71 Imagine and Relate: I am now on chapter ten and I continually keep thinking about how our modern day society would react to events like the ones in The War of the Worlds. I think the security…

…for a full-strength division were not immediately available on a peacetime basis, most of the heavy equipment had been stored "in mothballs" since World War II at Barstow and other California depots. Some 500 civilians had to be employed for several weeks…