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“It is wrong to make anyone into an enemy; it is wrong to scare the people of one 's own country with that enemy and try to rally some allies on that basis. What we need is to work openly and honestly on solutions to the problem. We want that and we are ready for that.” -Vladimir Putin, August 29 2008, CNN interview Introduction Russia is one of the greatest countries in the Europe and played important role in many events of modern history. After centuries of consolidating its power in the…

First the Soviets took over eastern Poland, then turned the attention to the three Baltic states, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. All three forced to accept Soviet military bases with tens of thousands of Red Army troops. In Germany the impact of war became grander, and left many spoiled with riches. Furs, luxury items, the finest foods, and other delicacies were in German…

In Upton Sinclair's novel “The Jungle” which published in 1906, many of tragic things happen to Jurgis Rudkus and his family as they move from Lithuania to Chicago, and try to make a new life happen for them in America. Rudkus and his family which includes Ona Lukoszaute, his wife, Teta Elzbieta Lukoszaute, Ona’s stepmother, Marija Berczynskas, Ona’s cousin, and Dede Antanas Rudku, Jurgis’s father. All expect to be happier and live better in America because that’s the dream, right? They find out…

antisemitism dates back to the 3rd century B.C.E. when the Greco-Egyptian historian Manetho said that Jews were expelled from Egypt. Throughout the years, Jews have been driven out of more than 80 countries including Arabia, France, Spain, Sicily, Lithuania, Portugal, Italy, Bavaria, Naples, Vienna, Poland, Germany, and Russia. The most prominent act of antisemitism most people know of today is the Holocaust that started from 1933 and ended 12 years later. However, anti-Semitic attacks…

Second attempt at First Draft The history of Guantanamo Bay, the current happenings with its prisoners and the educated commentary about the prison have brought forth the idea of closing Gitmo. The claim that prisoners are enduring treatment questionable to international standards factors most into this argument. Detainees of Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, guilty or not, have been forced to endure inhumane conditions throughout their imprisonment. For this reason, the United States government…

Conflict has existed for as long as the earth has held living creatures. With the introduction of new technologies and weapons, conflict has become very dangerous to anything caught in its path. Many conflicts have been violent and resulted in casualties, but some have not caused any, and were somewhat peaceful. Although some can be peaceful, they all have an outcome, and these outcomes mainly result in challenges for progress. The resulting effects of conflicts such as the Russian Revolution,…

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for a position as a diplomat in Europe. After completing his training, he was assigned to the position of consul general where he was to observed and report on the movements of Russian troops. After Sugihara befriended some Jewish families in Lithuania, he became sympathetic to the plight of the Jews fleeing the Holocaust and began issuing thousands of visas that allowed refugees to escape my way of Japan. This was met with much disapproval by the Japanese…

Andrews, D. R., Richard, D. C., Robinson, P., Celano, P., & Hallaron, J. (2012). The influence of staff nurse perception of leadership style on satisfaction with leadership: A cross-sectional survey of pediatric nurses. International Journal Of Nursing Studies, 49(9), 1103-1111. doi:10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2012.03.007 Andrews, Richard, Robinson, Celano, and Hallaron discuss the different leadership styles that leaders have and how they relate to satisfaction of the nursing staff. This information is…

brutal path that still holds a large presence in our collective memory today: officials plan the Genocide that would later be known as The Holocaust. Upon Hitler’s approval, labor camps shift to death camps, not only in Germany, but in Nazi-occupied Lithuania and France, as well. By wars end, the Holocaust had taken 9 million lives, of which 6 million were Jews. There is no genocide before it that occupies such a profound place in our collective memory as the Holocaust, making it one of the…