First Sino-Japanese War

could have changed things for Russia as well as Japan. If Russia actually took the Russo-Japanese War, Japan would not have started their rise as a powerhouse . The European nation would have continued its rein for a while longer and most likely attempt to occupy parts of Korea, as well as expand into China. First, we must identify how it all began. The Battle of Tsushima was a part of the brief Russo-Japanese War. Dating back to 1860, Russia…

which “we are not merely transferring power from one administration to another, or from one party to another--but we are transferring power from Washington, D.C. and giving it back to you, the American People.” Trump considers his people to be the first priority. The nouns “administration,” “party,” and “Washington, D.C.” are all broad terms which concern general groups who carry power. Contrastingly, he specifies the conversion of power to the proper noun of “American People.” The pronoun “you”…

In Japan’s Comfort Women, subtitled the Sexual slavery and prostitution during World War II and the US occupation, the author Yuki Tanaka unearths a topic largely undiscussed throughout history. Published by Routledge in 2002, Tanaka goes into depth about the history of the exploitation of thousands of women used as comfort women, a euphemism for sexual slavery, for Japanese soldiers. The book is broken up into six chapters, including an epilogue, which focus on the different areas regarding…

Many cultures in the history of the world for many centuries had social class issues. Many had slaves and had people as servants who could do what they wanted at any whim. Some of the people where from foreign lands brought to complete a task for a master that owned them like African slaves brought to the Americas. There where also some Cultures that enslaved people of there own nation like tribes in Africa abducting children from rival tribes. But Just as is was in Almost every culture…

In 1904 Czar Nicholas made his first huge mistake by upsetting the Japanese. He wanted to expand Russian territory and started to spread east. In doing so he found “a strategic warm-water port on the Pacific Ocean in southern Manchuria” (Daniels) called Port Arthur. The new Russian presence angered the people of Japan. To further their provocation Nicholas had built the Trans-Siberian Railroad through Manchuria. Japan, wanting to solve their issue, sent diplomats to negotiate but upon their…

and disaster. Davidson explains that while deciding whether or not to use ROLLING THUNDER to target areas of Soviet trade, President Johnson had to carefully consider if by targeting these Soviet supply lines he would provoke the USSR into all-out war (433). So instead of using force, the United States would cooperate on negotiations regarding the Middle East if the USSR would discontinue support to North Vietnam. When the request arrived in Moscow it was received with no great urgency and after…

We see the first chapter of The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien to be the foundation for the rest of the novel, with exquisite descriptions of everyone and everything, to the foreshadowing and symbolism that embodies each character and “what they carry”. O’Brien offers us basic descriptions of what each member of Alpha Company carries that is described as “largely determined by necessity” (2). Some would carry knives, extra rations and what seemed like an overkill of supplies, while others…

Welcome! Welcome to the Virtual War Memorial Museum. Here, you can find stories of veterans from WWII and Vietnam. War often creates traumatic memories that can dramatically change a person’s life, but coming home can be just as tragic as on the battlefield. While WWII soldiers received a hero’s welcome, soldiers from Vietnam weren’t so lucky, being seen as monster in the public eye. Nevertheless, I am grateful for all of the veterans who have served and protected our country, and to those…

country of Burundi worsened, by the end of 1962 around 70,000 people had been killed. The Kayibanda regime sought international negotiation, social and economic reform, and development of Rwanda. He began forming international relations, and in his first ten years formed 43 alliances. However, the government had become corrupt, and with high unemployment rates ethnic tensions soared. After another Tutsi attack the government banned Tutsi political parties and executed their people. Many Tutsi…

Imperialism, Values, and Human Trafficking in China The modern People’s Republic of China is undergoing drastic social, economical, and political developments, and is the second largest source, transit and destination of human trafficking. Along with these changes, the problem of human trafficking and modern slavery is worsening exponentially. Human trafficking is the modern slavery that involves illegal trading of people for exploitation, including “recruitment, transportation, transfer,…