Geneva Conference

The United States’ involvement in the Vietnam War, a controversial, detrimental, and monumental event in American history, left marks on our country that remain to this day. America became involved in the Vietnam War in order to terminate the spread of communism. This involvement led to mission creep, which affected American culture, economy, and policy. The complexity and sacrifice of the conflict evoked strong opinions of opposition, and along with this force, was an equal force that supported…

Is the use of drones in the target killing of suspected terrorists lawful? According to The Huffington Post, ninety percent of people killed by drones in the last 5 years were innocent civilians (Fang, 2015). Many countries currently possess drones, which they use either for military or civilian use. Also known as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, drones constitute a technological advancement and are used for many purposes in daily life. In the military, these pilotless aerial vehicles provide military…

Summary: An unknown man jumps off of the highest tower in Florence, Italy. Before jumping he thinks about his last gift to humanity and being remembered as a hero for his actions. Meanwhile Robert Langdon wakes up in a hospital bed in Florence with a gunshot wound and amnesia. Agent Vayentha from the Consortium, a private organization which fabricates articles and events to the liking of their clients, comes to the hospital to kill Langdon. Fortunately, doctor Sienna Brooks helps Langdon escape…

a. Help students understand the role ideology has played and continues to play in shaping world events: This course goal was accomplished for me when we did the topic of Osama bin Laden and his hatred for the United States. Because the United States is a liberal, capitalist society where everyone has the freedom to do what they want, Osama bin Laden hated that. He felt as if a country should have control over every aspect of its citizens’ lives. His hatred for American was carried out in a…

known as the “tax haven”. There is no income tax for the residents in Monaco unless you have French nationality There are also low in business taxes. In 2014, it was noted about 30% of the population was made up of millionaires, more than in Zürich or Geneva. Monaco has the world’s lowest poverty rate and the highest number of millionaires and billionaires per capita in the world according to the CIA World Factbook. Monaco is packed with celebrities such as former James Bond – Roger Moore,…

Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler were unarguably the two most powerful leaders to ever rule Russia and Germany. The pair spread terror across the Europe as they took power and aimed to consolidate it. Stalin was born in Georgia, which was then part of the Russian empire, and was the son of a cobbler. During his time as a student he began reading Marxist literature and it inspired him to devote his time to the revolutionary movement against the Russian monarchy. He would often get arrested and…

When you think of pictures, what do you think of? Captions? Memories? Meaning? Something that explains the picture’s purpose? In Edward Said’s book “After the Last Sky”, he uses and explains photographs to convey a message to his readers about the life of palestinians. He said in his text, ¨Let us use photographs and a text, we said to each other, to say something that hasn’t been said about Palestinians¨ (4). The photographs explains all of the trials and struggles that Palestinians go through…

Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson got the four nations together in London to discuss the war crimes committed during the Second World War by Nazi Germany. That is when the leader began discussing a punishment for their crimes. During the Yalta Conference in 1943, Joseph Stalin suggested that they execute…

Introduction The Vietnam War was an undeclared war without front lines or clear objectives that lasted almost 20 years from 1955 to 1975. Over two and a half million Americans fought and over 50,000 died during the conflicts. During January 1968, the Vietcong and North Vietnamese conducted several simultaneous attacks against the South Vietnamese, Americans and their allies known as the Tet Offensive. There were several indicators were ignored by the Intelligence Community (IC) and…

to be acknowledged and categorized separately, just as men do too. The issue of civil rights and women's are one and the same because we have culturally cultivated this to be an issue when it shouldn't be. A woman’s body is not battlefield of a conference table to negotiate over and ultimately I believe that autonomy and individuality should be inherent rather than a…