Oscar Hammerstein II

Orwell’s 1984 1984, written by George Orwell, published in 1949 history actually begins in a letter he wrote to Mr. Wilmette in May 1944. This tragic period of the war, with the constant bombing of London, and the unknowing if the allies were on the verge of invading the continent or the Nazi invasion of England would be forthcoming. George Orwell fear that Hitler was soon to be replaced with a greater tyrant, Stalin, the influence of Anglo-American millionaires and with petty wars…

The split between the USSR and the PRC also knows as the Sino- soviet split happen due to the difference of political ideas and ideological relation between the people republic of china (PRC) and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) during the period of the Cold War. During the Cold War both the USSR and China was the largest communist nation in the entire world. The split between the USSR and the PRC was the first and most serious confrontation to arise in the communist world at that…

The Cost of Freedom As Americans continue to heavily rely on digital means of media and communication, surveillance over the population becomes easier than ever for the government to carry out. One of the main institutions created in the United States to gather intelligence is the National Security Agency (NSA). The NSA monitors the phone calls, emails, text messages, contacts, photos, video calls, and many other aspects of digital communication utilized in today’s world as a means to protect…

America had a head start in the nuclear realm, and its political leaders would use it to their advantage to avoid another WWI or Korea. The way they attempted to accomplish was by creating numerous treaties with nations that surrounded USSR and China. This was Eisenhower’s administration’s diplomatic approach to stopping another Soviet influenced attack on the “Free World”. The second solution was to take advantage of the US technological prowess. The United States in the earlier 1950s and 1960s…

It can change quickly, for instant when Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese on December 7, 1941. The U.S. declared war on Japan on December 8, 1941 and our country was involved in WW II (World War II, 2015). Another example was when Saudi Arabia and Egypt could not depend themselves against Saddam Hussein and his military when they invade Kuwait 1990 (Persain Gulf War, 2015). Hussein was given the opportunity to pull out of Kuwait and he…

World War I, commonly called the Great War, ended in the loss of around nine million lives and cost roughly 300 billion dollars all together. So who is to blame for starting this “war to end all wars” as it was once called? While many factors, including miscommunications between foreign offices and stubbornness by the leaders of these various countries was what would result in the war coming to fruition, the blame for there being a war lies ultimately with the Prime Minister of Serbia, Nikola…

methods involved the use of gas chambers to exhume hundreds of people at a time, mass shootings, and further means of mass genocide. During this process, over six-million Jewish Europeans were brutally murdered throughout the time span of World War II. Executions were also performed on other individuals that were deemed worthless or not worthy such as: gypsies, homosexuals, and other civilians. Any people who did not fit the Nazi’s stereotypical image (blond hair, blue eyes) was viewed…

No one really knows when the right time to do or use something is actually the right time. Whether it’s even the right thing that’s done is an opinion itself and differs from person to person. During World War II, the United States used an atomic bomb against Japan. The making and dropping of an atomic bomb both have severe repercussions resulting from it that should always be taken under consideration, because the use of nuclear weapons are no joke and should not be taken lightly. Even though…

World War II as a Symbol in A Separate Peace In A Separate Peace, John Knowles uses World War II to symbolize denial of conflict and feelings, the reality of impending adulthood, and internal conflict in the minds of Gene and Finny. The war and the question of whether or not to enlist are omnipresent worries in the minds of the boys at the Devon School in New Hampshire. Although World War II is a major conflict in the novel, the various forms of strife it symbolizes are much more significant in…

The atomic bomb was accredited with the end of World War II but that was not the only thing the atomic bomb should be recognized for. Many argue that the destruction caused by the atomic bomb was unjustifiable due to the sheer loss of life. But the use of the atomic bombs on Japan was justified as it shut the Soviet Union out of Japan and created nuclear deterrence that led to a relatively peaceful era. The relations between the Soviet Union and the United States were troubled since the Soviet…