Poison gas in World War I

“Because of having thought so much about them during my absence something rather like fog rose up between them and me the first instant that I saw them” (1). The narrator uses fog as a metaphor to describe the uncertainty and obscurity of being back in his native land and what he has lost. The narrator explains that, “ that life warmth of the tribe which I had lost for a time in a land ‘whose fish die of the cold’” (1). He makes the distinction between North and the South, and…

The Russian Revolution occurred in a series of separate revolutions in 1917. After people grew more and more unhappy with the autocrat government, Nicholas II decided to step down from his position of being Tsar leading into him being the last Tsar of Romanov rule. After this, a Provisional Government as well as the Petrograd Soviet political groups were created after Tsar Nicholas II stepped down from his autocrat position. Both of these groups had forms of authority as well as power but, to a…

Until the breakout of World War 1 in 1914, Europe had maintained an uneasy peace since 1871. Following its unification in 1871, Germany formed the Triple Alliance with Italy and Austria-Hungary in 1882 under the leadership of chancellor Otto von Bismarck. In 1894, William II dropped the Reinsurance Treaty with Russia, prompting a Franco-Russian alliance. British-German relations also turned bitter because of William’s rash foreign policy. In 1907, Britain joined France and Russia, forming the…

Constantinople in 860, wrote by Patriarch Photius, a citizen of New Rome, provides large information of the inhuman "pagans" military, he wrote not only about the brutal essence of the pagans, however, also the excessive phobia they distributed in all the world (Patriarch Photius of Constantinople, Sermon (895). In addition the attacking of Barda (Ibn al-Athir on the Rus capture of Barda (943-944).These captures of the Vikings brought a uncommon violence of the raids. The high mobility and…

The war of 1812 was the war of the inevitable; there were so many deep rooted issues between the Americans and the British. On top of the issues between The British and the Americans, the Napoleonic Wars in Europe caused many more problems in North America as well. The war of 1812 consisted of many battles that ended in minimal fighting or with an immediate surrender. Neither party gained land or wealth, they only lost men and money. The war of 1812 was a waste of money for both parties on…

Fighting to the End: The Pakistan Army’s Way of War (Oxford University Press, 2014) C. Christine Fair, PhD., one of the foremost South Asian experts, has made Pakistan army the subject of her book: Fighting to the End: The Pakistan Army’s Way of War. The overarching theme, resonating with all the eleven chapters in the book, depicts the Pakistan army as central to all the misfortunes befalling the country. Fair accentuates the overbearing presence and consequent ruinous decisiveness of the…

The story of An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce is a realistic fiction that takes place during the American civil war. The structure of the story is broken out into three separate scenes. Scene one begins with our protagonist Peyton Farquhar who is in a situation of little to no hope. Scene two gives us some backstory to how Farquhar ended up in such a poor situation. Finally, we have scene three in which against all odds Farquhar is given a fighting chance to live. The way in…

Monochronic is a huge thing in countries like the United States, Israel, Germany, and Switzerland. Nowadays they have clocks on every wall, they wear watches, and check the time when they can. Monochronic culture has emphasis toward past, present, or future thinking. They are inclined to make “to-do” lists, priorities, set goals, daily plans, schedule appointments, and so on. They are concerned with punctuality and the amount of time spent with activities or tasks. The saying goes, “if you are…

their relationships with the people surrounding their lives. Gatsby’s mental state throughout The Great Gatsby is certainly not impeccable after he serves in World War I, because he has to leave his girlfriend, Daisy, behind to serve in the army. Like countless other soldiers of this time period, Gatsby’s mental state changes during the war and he holds onto the good memories and perfects them in his head. He develops a perfect vision of Daisy in the years that they are apart, which can be…

Aerosol cans and gas laws Global issue- During World War II the U.S government supported an investigation into finding a portable way for service men to spray malaria carrying bugs. Finding cure for malaria was a massive issue all over the world during World War 2 but when the cure was found the only possible way to prevent the disease from spreading was by killing the malarial bugs through spraying them. Getting a portable can to spray them was a huge problem during the World War 2 era as there…