Post-World War II baby boom

outcome it set the stage for how World War Two would end. Initially the Manhattan project was made out of fear that the Germans would beat the United States to nuclear warfare , it became quite the reverse. Now that the United States had reached nuclear warfare capabilities, it would dictate how the war would be won. Which it successfully accomplished with the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. It truly demonstrated its superiority over rivaling countries in the war. The unparalleled…

The history labor relations in the Pacific Northwest is long and complex story. From a regional scale to the national state, the topic of labor in the northwest has consistently changed due to influences from external events and internal unrest intertwined with racial relations and social inequalities. The significance of the history of labor relations is the influence it had on the course of history for the region and played an important role in shaping the current state and quality of…

the region was not a hinterland any more, it continued to grow and change based on events occurring outside of the region, whether it is global or within the nation. These events affected the region economically, through the depression and multiple wars occurring during this time, and socially through the removal of Japanese and the increased immigration of African Americans. All together these…

The Great and Holy War: How World War I Became a Religious Crusade, focused on a different aspect of the Great War from 1914 to 1918, which took away millions of lives. Other than the usual aspects of the Great War, Jenkins took a deep look into the religious perspective of the war. Namely, Christianity, Judaism and Islam played their respective roles in the areas of Western Europe, Africa, Middle East and some parts of South and Southeast Asia. As he started with the pre-war military tension…

War on Terror Greatest aspiration of humankind from ancient times up now is still yearning for a real peace and eternal. But in history, mankind has witnessed many times to the blue sky of the earth in an opaque by smoke of war. Currently, terrorism in many countries around the world are breaking the peaceful atmosphere of everyone. The word “terrorism” has become a word very familiar to people today. Associated with it is a tragic bloodshed, is dead, is ruined desolation, was haunting horrors…

War does not build courage, turn a boy into a man, or turn soldiers into heroes. It is the The Great War’s terrible conditions, odds, and despair where soldiers distinguish themselves as heroes through many acts of great courage. During battles and in the trenches, soldiers put others before themselves by risking their lives to save them. Charlie and Leo Clarke did everything they could to protect one another in times of need. Soldiers went above the call of duty in order change the course of…

The year of 1945 brought shocking news to the people of the world as well as conflict between the two countries of Japan and the US. On August 6, 1945, towards the end of World War II, an American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first atomic bomb over Hiroshima. The military was unaware of what the consequences would be for their actions. A soldier described the dropping of the atomic bomb as exciting at first when they saw the cloud circle, until they saw the after effects of what they have…

Parade to War Allegory is a piece of work created in 1938 by John Steuart Curry. The dimensions of this work are 47 13/16 x 63 13/16 and the particular medium used was oil on canvas. John Steuart Curry was born on November 14, 1897 in Dunavant, Kansas. Thanks to his parents Smith and Margearet Curry, John was introduced to art at a young age. His parents both felt strongly that one should have a strong appreciation for art, instilling that belief in their son. Once Curry became of age he studied…

While war torn Europe was just beginning to reconstruct their infrastructure and financial systems, America was in the midst of a full upswing in productivity due to the previous wartime demands (Kevin Hillstrom, Defining Moments: The Great Depression and the…

This research examines several cases of US humanitarian intervention in the 1990s, focusing on the transformation of United States foreign policy goals between George H.W. Bush’s “New World Order” platform in 1991 to Bill Clinton’s “Policy on Reforming Multilateral Peace Operations,” in 1994. These polices starkly contrast one another—the first offered preventive, non-combat measures while the latter focused on combative peacekeeping missions—although both are guised as humanitarian aid. The…