Poison gas in World War I

World War I was very tragic time, and only a few novelist captured the true lives of people who lived during that time. Ernest Hemingway, an english author who was in the Italian first aid during World War I, is one of the novelist who show an aspect of life during World War I in the novel Farewell to Arms. Hemingway tries to show what people had to deal with during those times. A man named Fredi, who is an american in the Italian first aid, meets a woman who he falls in love with. He tries to…

the world’s first ever vaccine. This method was not accepted during his time, due to controversies regarding violation of ethical concepts and morals, by injecting deadly diseases into children, but in the early 20th century, due to desperation, the world finally resorted to it, and of course, found it effective. Today in the modern era, we do not have to worry about this virus killing us, and wiping away the population, thanks to the remarkable work of Edward Jenner (Riedel,…

presents the American society and the way it is reflected through theater. The twenty century was a time of changes in America, changes which were reflected in different areas of American life. People were affected by the two World Wars and they were scared by the idea that a new war could start. This changes not only affected the social and economic life, it affected people and their ideas about life and wealth. Important changes happened within industry, scholar system, media, literature and…

beginning of World War II. Not only do they have to travel all the way to Saint-Malo, but Monsieur LeBlanc has to carry a diamond that may or may not be the famous Sea of Flames diamond and Marie is completely blind. Through their journey to Saint-Malo and beyond, Marie-Laure puts faith in others, while Monsieur LeBlanc has faith in Marie to take care of the Sea of Flames diamond, and Marie learns to trust her mind to guide her, displaying that…

INTRODUCTION As we have already known, military force is one of important thing in order to survive and to become a powerful country. In the past, there were a lot of wars happening and countries needed to have good military forces in order to survive. But what is happening now is gradually countries started to leave the physical war, instead, they use other things to compete with each other, The paragraphs below would elaborate more about why military power is not the only power that is…

The term “invasion” lacks any positive written definition or association. It communicates an unwelcome force, one that inevitably delivers death, destruction, and overwhelming terror. These components characterize much of history, for foreign invasions were commonplace, often a result of power struggles or intense greed. For England specifically, the Viking invasions and the Norman Conquest are indicative of such avarice and contention; they demolished significant buildings, destroyed texts, and…

The Modern and Post-Modern periods seem to be closely connected with each other because the 20th century marks the time when the former ends and the latter begins (Hoffman, Hoffman, Robison, & Lawrence, 2005, p. 3). Nevertheless, political thoughts are still separated by space and time. They each have a take on how politics should work (and by extension, how life should be). Thus, it is essential to differentiate the concepts by discussing the trends and perspectives set by political thinkers…

always been boiling, wars everywhere and at all times. Few regions managed to escape from wars or declare themselves neutral in order to lose less if nothing can be obtained. There’s no war without an aim. It is known that a war is considered to be successfully won if one of the parties could reach to its aim. We can justify this by Machiavelli’s statement “The end justifies its means”. As a result, there have always been a large number of losses- victims and prisoners of wars. Could these…

they should write. One concern that the historians have raised is the imperial historical content. To some historians, the British imperialism represented atrocities and brutal oppression that the British Empire imposed on his colonies across the world. It also revealed the selfishness and greed that the British Empire concealed under the robe of the Christianity. To others, the history epitomizes…

Was Appeasement the Right Choice? After having over 17 million deaths and 20 million wounded in the First World War, many countries were not ready to lose any more and thus they had the idea of a collective security, in the 1920’s. This policy did not work out as it required all the countries in the League of Nations to agree on a common policy, which they could not do. As a result of the Collective Security Policy not working, another idea, The Appeasement, was considered. This policy was…