Conscription

Keji Nakazawa’s graphic narrative Barefoot Gen illustrates a nation ruled by imperialism. The author demonstrates this by the Nakaoka family who suffers greatly under the Imperial Japanese army. The army is controlled by the Emperor who rules as a dictator. In the narrative Nakazawa’s use of feet symbolizes the oppressive rule of the Emperor in Japan. Specifically, the two covered feet crushing the wheat exemplifies the strength of the wheat in being strong and tall. While the…

Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler was an Austrian man who had led a party called the ‘National Socialist German Workers Party ' that ruled Germany. He became the dictator of the German Empire in 1934, with all this power in his hands he declared that the Nazi’s invaded Poland. This order caused World War II and about fifty million people died because of this, six million of them being Jews. Hitler was born on April 20th 1889 in an Austrian-Hungarian (today Austrian) town called Braunau am Inn. He…

War is a destructive force that has been a prominent feature throughout human history. Not only that but it has been a defining feature of the world, changing and shaping how we develop as a race and more often than not changing the course of history itself. A force that strong will have positive and negative effects on all humans both for combatants and civilians. Most wars are limited wars, meaning that when they are fought not all resources are geared towards fighting it by the two warring…

join the cult. With the rise of counterculture, psychedelics, and spiritual freedom many people were drawn towards the cult's free and utopian image. In addition to this, in 1965 the cult was residing in Brazil, so many Americans joined to avoid conscription into the Vietnam War. Jones also targeted people who were neglected by society, promising them a better life among people who care for them. As Hughs puts it, “The most basic thing anyone joining a religious cult is looking for is an…

After belittling Germany, putting her in severe financial distress and causing the Weimar government to fall apart, the nationalistic citizens of Germany thought it necessary to make a return and grappled on the little thought of resurrection and hope that Adolf Hitler brought with him. In a mere six years, the German dictatorial regime led to World War II. Such events like the unfair treaty of Versailles, the seductive Nazi propaganda, the sheer speed of the events as well as Britain and…

Canada’s independence was influenced by many factors such as the 1982 constitution, which added the charter of right and freedom for Canada, Canada 's choice to join world war 2, in the first world war we were forced to fight along Britain although for world war 2 we chose to fight with them. Finally, Canada’s contribution to both world wars. Canada was a colony of the British Empire, meaning Britain retained overall legislative supremacy. In 1982, Pierre Trudeau introduced several new…

House of Representatives and Senate and was then sent over to the states for ratification. When voting finally became legal for women the first place granted was Colorado. Many things during this time took place in granting women with rights. The conscription was one of the main parts of introducing rights to women. It led to a massive increase in the number of employed women in all sectors. However, there were some negative effects in the commencement of women’s rights. There was major lack of…

As the United States grew in both population and territory in the early- to mid-1800s, it became clear that the Americans were determined to cover as much ground as possible, spreading their new democratic way of life to new lands. While Manifest Destiny is characterized, at its core, as the spread of the liberty and self-governance the Americans fought for, it had more convoluted desires than is traditionally recounted. Americans of all walks fueled the movement towards western expansion, but…

In the United States of America when people talk about politics only two major parties come to mind, the republicans or the democrats. People usually think that if one does not like taxes, then they tend to associate with the Republicans, if they want more social programs they associate themselves with the Democrats. One fact that people always seem to forget is that the United States of America is not a two party state and that there are several other parties out there with which the people can…

young adult population that was about to go into the labor force, and they saw this as a threat to social security. In addition, Russian military is also primarily young men, and the Russian state realized that HIV crisis could affect rates of conscription. Moreover, he claims that these programs do not care for the health and well-being of injection drug users, but rather to strengthen the state. He refers to this as “differential sameness” where things have changed, but in the end still remain…