The Stages of Economic Growth After the World War II, the idea of ‘development’ became major concern of many countries and international organizations. Many researchers try to figure out how development works and how this process could help modernization process in the world. Walt Whitman Rostow in his article ‘The Stages of Economic Growth’ also try to figure out how economic develops. In his article, Rostow (1959) argues that economic growth in modern world is not a continuum process, but it…
Global Upheavals to Global Integration “War. What is it good for?” is a question asked by Motown artist Edwin Starr. His answer is, “absolutely nothing.” Although most would agree there is a very high cost associated with war, few would argue that wars and conflict have greatly shaped the world as it is today. This paper will examine some of the major conflicts in the world since the beginning of the twentieth century and how globalization has emerged from them. The balance of power in Europe…
The debate over whether or not the United States should continue to interfere in the affairs of other countries has raged since the United States first began to involve itself in World War One. This issue has led to strong opinions on both sides, from those in the highest echelons of government and academia to the average American citizen concerned about the direction the United States has been taking. I would like to argue that the U.S. should not choose to pursue a less activist foreign policy…
hopes of being able to bring themselves out of this low spot . In 1933, the peak of the depression, around 14 million people were unemployed and half the U.S. banks had gone under. With the helpful guidance of President FDR combined with war production for World War 2, we were slowly but surely brought out of the depression. In the…
A soldier who goes into war will never come out being the same man. The psychological stress of war makes every soldier lose their mind, in both clinical and/or abstract terms. The clinical definition of insanity is “a severely disordered state of the mind usually occurring as a specific disorder” (Merriam-Webster). The abstract definition is “to deal with heightened stress in un-methodistic ways”. In The Things They Carried, by writer and Vietnam war veteran, Tim O’Brien, every character deals…
Kollwitz Käthe Kollwitz was a German graphic artist from the early 20th century that first came into prominence around the 1900s with images of class conflict and social critique. Kollwitz’s post-war artwork depicted simplified human figures that expressed the human condition as well as the tragedy of war in black and white. She cared nothing for current art fashions, such as expressionism, cubism, and surrealism, because it was irrelevant to the concerns of working people (Skrapits 60). With…
World War One would be the war that starts all wars. Malala Yousafzai said during her speech in the UN Assembly “In many parts of the world, especially Pakistan and Afghanistan, terrorism, war, and conflict stop children to go to their schools. We are really tired of these wars. Women and children are suffering.” As we all know, no war is better than other; all wars are brutal, in general. Until today, innocent civilians still remain as the victims of war. Both World War One and World War Two…
From the time President Roosevelt gave his memorable “Infamy” speech, where he outlined the coming war, the days and months following, American biases and prejudices towards Japanese citizens began to show. The LIFE article “ How to Tell Japs from Chinese”, gives us a glimpse of American’s attitudes towards the japanese during this time period. First…
The Cold War was a conflict amongst America and Russia; it was shaped once World War II finished. This created the fall of the Soviet Union, which is a Marxist–Leninist state on the Eurasian continent that existed between 1922 and 1991. It has been declared when the United States dropped the nuclear bombs that it wasn’t the last military performance of World War II although it was the first act of the Cold War. Although Japan was under attack, and the weapons were pointed straight to the Soviet…
have found them at the Goodwill, the person driving the Mercedes, may be renting it. A book called “The Millionaire Next Door” reveals how most millionaires actually live frugal lives. They buy used cars, shop for bargains and have no need to let the world know they are rich. If the people that are actually rich do not feel the need to show off their wealth, why do people pretend to be rich when they are not? Many Americans have a different relationship with spending. What they own is tied to…