Bombing of Dresden in World War II

The war caused America to do quite a few un-American things during that time but it was also able to push through a few final reforms needed in progressivism especially when it came to labor reform and equal rights. Though many of those steps taken towards equal rights would be taken away after the war ended. This also saw an end to major progressive reform on the scale seen during Wilson’s presidency before the war. That did not mean progressivism was over though, a few major reforms were still…

The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki happened during the final stages of World War II, “The most recent war to end all wars.” It included the vast majority of nations, including the great powers, forming two great alliances: the Allies and the Axis. It was the most immense war in history. In war effort, many countries threw their economy and people into this war. Everyone had their part in this war. Since so many people, civilians and military, were involved, many people died. Thus,…

been a theory on the cause of war, or an explanation for action taken both before and during wars. The theory proposes that alliances cause war in a few different ways, mainly through creating a security dilemma, and creating the opportunity for buck-passing and entrapment. These are the main ways in which an alliance can increase the likelihood of war. Throughout this portion of the essay I will begin by explaining the prevalence of alliances in the post-World War II era as well as how…

Marshall Plan It was a recovery plan by the United States that offered $13 billion to rebuild the Western Europe economics after the end of the World War II. Spielvogel noted the speech of C. Marshall that “Our policy is not directed against any country or doctrine but against hunger, poverty, desperation and chaos” (870). This plan has accelerated the division of Europe and the opposition of two super powers. It should be studied today because it reconstruct the western economic order based on…

a little over seven decades since the catastrophic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were unleashed and nuclear warfare was unveiled to the world. This attack took place toward the end of World War II, in which the United States dropped “Little Boy” and “Fat Man” on the Japanese, resulting in detrimental losses, and an inevitable surrender from Japan, but at what cost? The devastation that was caused not only affected Japan, but the entire world at the time. Countless lives were lost and a new…

A well-educated clerk by the name of Joseph Goldberg from a town in the Ukraine decided to seek refuge from an anti-Semitic homeland. Seeking a life in the New World Joseph embarked on a journey through Alaska, and California, finally landing in Texas in 1890. Later, continuing his journey, Joseph finally arrived in Chicago where his youngest child of eleven was born with the name of Arthur Joseph Goldberg. Arthur was only eight years old when his father passed away. Destined to graduate, Arthur…

wage war for what they claim to be a variety of reasons; in defense, to better the economy, for some righteous cause, for revenge, etc. Wars are waged in what appears to be the interest of the state, however, many conflicts can be attributed to individuals. It is individuals who make the decisions to involve their states in conflict, and it is individuals that determine the nature and length of wars. This can be seen through the effects of great and poor statesmen and historical causes of war,…

driven the U.S. to accept an overwhelming amount of responsibility for maintaining the global order -- a commitment of such great magnitude that it should not be the burden of a single state, even a superpower such as the U.S. that “dominate[s] the world militarily, economically, and politically” (Posen 117). Emboldened by assumptions of American geopolitical strengths, the U.S. has pursued nation-building operations that serve as a detriment to both the federal budget and their international…

With this charter the United States and Great Britain agreed to support restoration on self-government to those who lost it during the war. They also made the agreement that neither the US or Great Britain will not seek territorial gains from the war or territorial changes against the peoples’ wishes. “First, their countries seek no aggrandizement, territorial or other; Second, they desire to see no territorial changes that do not accord with…

that would become World War II. He will go on to initiate the Holocaust, where he will persecute and murder over six million Jewish people solely because they are Jewish. Hitler single handedly threw the entire world into warfare. Hitler did all of this because of his issues during his early years, and he was able to do this since he headed the nationalist German Worker’s Party, and had a talent…