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Terry Anderson was a journalist of the Associated Press. He covered Lebanon's civil war for for three years before his capture in March 16, 1985. He was released on December 4, 1991, as the 16-year Lebanon civil war ended. Anderson, was the last American held hostage in Lebanon. He was held captive for 2,454 days by Islamic Jihad (Holy World). There were 14 other Americans held hostage for times ranging from two months to six years. Four Americans were all killed during captivation. Anderson’s…

“Hidden History of Portland Oregon” by JD Chandler, shows the reader that Portland was not the greatest state back then. “Portland was the most racist state outside the south” The roles of the immigrants have played in the founding and formation of the Pacific Northwest and Portland in particular. The Chinese immigration arrived in Portland in 1851, and since then, they have faced multiple hardships to be able to stay in Portland. In 1872, the city of Portland was awakened with a city fire,…

Chronological: Joe Louis I was well known for the nickname “The Brown Bomber.” My friends nicknamed me that because I lost to Germany’s Max Schmeling. When I was a young boy, I suffered from a speech disorder and spoke very little until about the age of 6. I spent most of my early years growing up in the countryside of Alabama. My father, a sharecropper, was committed to a state mental hospital when I was two years old. My early life was shaped by financial struggles. When I was a teenager, I…

People are political beings by nature, and it is in the representation of this that our behaviours and construct is contrived. This is true of Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible, a political allegory presenting the similarities between the Salem witch trials and the investigations of HUAC in the early 1950s, as well as Stephen Frear’s 2000 film Fail Safe, an exploration of the heightened tensions of the Cold War era. Both texts illustrate that power lead’s to a notion of self-importance and…

in different ways many times. The United States responses varied in effectiveness but all ended by turning in U.S. favour. [[EVENTS]] The U.S naval officials placed in Hawaii decided that the best response, at the time, was to fire at the Japanese bomber planes and submarines using the anti-aircraft battle stations and other weaponry upon the ships which were stationed at Pearl Harbour 's 'Battleship Row '; the place that had been chosen as the Japanese ' primary focus for the first wave of…

World War II was a six year battle between Europe the United States against Japan and Germany. Many authors have written about the events of this war and in effort to help readers to understand the horrors of this conflict. Herman Wouk, a Pulitzer Prize winner, wrote several novels set during World War II including, War and Remembrance. Wouk, aiming to create a novel that was neither entirely fictional or historical stated that he wanted his readers to “remember what happened in the worst world…

cruisers, destroyers. Submarines were positioned, for early detection of a possible engagement by the Japanese Northern Area Fleet. Supporting the naval fleet, the Eleventh Air Force provided fifty four bombers and one hundred and twenty eight fighters for the assault, reserving a third of the bomber force for use against ships of the Japanese fleet. In the initial planning phase, U.S. intelligence estimated enemy strength on Attu threefold from its original figure of 500 men, prompting a…

Nazi Inventions during WWII Nazi Germany held a significant technological edge over other nation’s militaries during the lead-up to the war in Europe (Scott N. Romaniuk, Tobias J. Burgers, Shih-Yueh Yang 2017). Many people don’t even know about the many projects Hitler tried to keep secret. Scientist and researchers are still finding out many things that happened in Nazi Germany, during WWII. Hitler had many secret projects; many of these no one ever knew about. One of which was the Horten Ho…

WORLD WAR II 6.2 I. Before the war A. Italy 1. Benito Mussolini was the leader of the fascist group in Italy. 2. Fascism is a revolt against democratic values. 3. This was the world’s first totalitarian dictatorship. B. Germany 1. The Treaty of Versailles (which was instituted following World War I) placed harsh conditions on Germany to stop them from rising up in war again. 2. Desperation and starvation caused many problems among the German people. 3. Adolf Hitler led the people with promises…

In AMC's Breaking Bad finale, the deuteragonist, Jesse, screams the words "Say you want this." as he holds his former partner Walter at gunpoint. The room's walls are stained with the blood of their enemies; the litter of fresh corpses scattered around the living space. In this violent scene containing the gore of organized crime, the production and distribution of drugs is portrayed horrifically. The horror lies in the truth of the horrific events that result from the dealings of drugs, the…