History of nuclear weapons

It’s quite logical: who would survive a biological terrorist attack? Those in places that are airtight, climate controlled, battery packed, and otherwise hermetically sealed centers. In Cory Doctorow’s When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth, Felix and his sysadmin coworkers do what they do best in a post-apocalyptic world after a bioweapon puts an end to their society. They are quarantined in their data center with dwindling supplies and the looming realization that everyone they know is dead. Doctorow…

One constant struggle throughout human history is egotism. For centuries, people have wrestled with the inclination to do what they desire versus what is morally correct, and numerous stories have depicted this friction. In his novella Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad employs an egocentric theme to justify the actions of both Marlow and Kurtz and to illustrate Britain's Imperialistic views. As the novel progresses, Marlow becomes increasingly obsessed with Kurtz, a man he has never met. However…

Corruption of Power in Catch 22 As an untraditional war novel, Joseph Heller’s Catch 22 portrays it’s protagonist, Yossarian, as an anti-hero in WWII, where he plays the role of an American air force bomber. Although it is a war novel, Catch 22 doesn’t focus on the aspect of the war’s combat or the protagonist’s newfound experiences in the war, but instead reflects a message about society by incorporating entities that represent societal issues that Heller wants acknowledged. Such themes in…

World War I was a war of the future. Armies on both sides used newly developed chemical agents and automatic weapons, leading to great devastation. This war was the culmination of the two centuries of rapid scientific and technological development preceding it, fought during a cultural period of opulence and extravagance. Thus, it may come as a surprise to find a poet like Alan Seeger. Modernity dissatisfied Seeger; he doubted it was conducive to a meaningful life or to medieval values he held…

Where the Gods Fly When cultures collide, no one knows what will happen. The clash of cultures and civilizations is what has shaped all of history and by an extent of that, the world we live in today. But the clash of civilizations also happens on a much smaller scale. It happens every time someone for some reason or another decides to migrate from their home to another country. Because through this migration one does not only have to accept new physical surroundings but new rules, norms. This…

The Lakhovsky effect only happens when the coil (or bracelet) is open and made of copper. Closed loops don’t work. Georges Lakhovsky published the English version of The Secret of Life at the outbreak of World War II, and it went unnoticed with very little review, but Lakhovsky’s reputation for obtaining dramatic results with his futuristic Multi Wave Oscillator got the world’s attention nonetheless. By 1941, Lakhovsky emigrated to New York, escaping the Nazi occupation of France. In The Waves…

After the war, both the U.S. and the Soviet Union were left with a gigantic amount of nuclear weapons, compared to what they had before. Moreover, U.S. formed the military bloc, NATO, while the Soviet Union formed The Warsaw Pact. These led to proxy wars, like the Vietnam War and the Korean War. Towards the end of the Cold War-era, living standards…

considered, purveyors need to deliberate potentially violating ethical issues against, “a suspect’s right to a fair trial with the public’s right to know…of identifying criminal suspects before they face legal charges [in reveal of criminal intent, history, snitches, or other evidence to contend their nature]” (Sigma Delta Chi, 2014, para. 5). 5. Mass communications industries are allowed various practices opened to interpretation due to the rights to free speech and free press. Rules encourage…

In general, the advances of technology did swing decisions in pivotal battles, but did not fundamentally effect the outcome of world war II. When these advances occurred they usually were not implemented immediately into the war theater These victories with the use of technologies often happened with experienced utilization by leaders who had weighing factors on their side such as the ability to reproduce, have personnel to make use of and to take advantage of opportunities with the technology.…

In 1962, the tension between the United States and the Soviet Union was high. The threat of nuclear missile usage was immanent unless something could be done to diffuse the situation. Luckily, the United States had a leader, President John. F. Kennedy, who could think past the here and now, who knew the consequences of making rash decisions, and who knew the need for peaceful resolution. Now, more than fifty years later, there are many lessons which have been learned and many more awaiting. The…