Rebel Alliance

of fault line wars, for example Yugoslav breakup is mainly attributed with the rise of cultural identities. The speaker has yet again used a red herring to talk about how official culture is different from actual practice of culture, for their many rebel cultures that disregard official cultures practices. In conclusion, the criticisms put forth by Edward Said is raises a lot of valid points such as ''clash of civilizations" being similar to the cold war theory, arbitrary in its…

Originally published on January 10th 1776, Common Sense was a pamphlet written by author Thomas Pain encouraging independence from England to citizens of the American Colonies. Originally it was published anonymously as Thomas Pain feared that he might be prosecuted for speaking out against Great Britain. However, it instantly became a hit throughout the colonies being sold and distributed widely throughout the thirteen colonies. Americans read quotes allowed at public places such as bars and…

Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus is an important figure to American history. Although he is known for being the first to discover the Americas, this is not true. Columbus discovered the West Indies, which today is known as the Bahamas. His discovery would still change the world. Columbus was a sailor who believed that the Atlantic Ocean was a narrow channel of water separating Europe from Asia. He wanted to prove his theory true because he knew if he did he would be a hero for…

One late afternoon, a United States satellite orbiting in space picked up an unsettling and unexplained image. If there was one thing every Cuban loved, it was baseball. All Cuban military bases in 1952 had at least one baseball field to give the soldiers something recreational to do. The satellite image showed a select few bases without any baseball fields; these bases had soccer fields constructed instead. A CIA consultant noticed this and it raised questions in his mind as he observed,…

Sparta possessed a significant and portentous problem with its need to control the helots of both Laconia, and Messenia. Moreover, the very Spartan system was founded upon the need to establish a hegemonic and despotic hold onto the helot populations of the Peloponnesus. Sparta was very isolated from the rest Greece. Moreover, Sparta did not possess the colonies that other poleis possessed to alleviate population increases as well as environmental pressures. In effect, Sparta created a warrior…

The sexuality of women is a topic that is subtly explored in both 1984 by George Orwell and in Jane Austen’s most famous novel Pride and Prejudice. In particular, these two authors represent the repression of sexuality in their worlds, which acts as a social commentary in a way that is not always recognised, as one novel is famously known for commenting on extreme totalitarianism while the other is simply recognised for showing the power of true love in a world of propriety and stoicism.…

the field of massacress. Trying to bring peace to the Country, President Rojas Pinilla outlawed the comunist party and propose amnisty for guerrilla. Some of the guerrilleros refused disarmed, among them was Manuel Marulanda Vélez, tiro fijo. The rebels went into the virgen Colombian forrest and created an autonomous community in Marquetalia where they farmed the land. Later on, Colombian goverment denounced the presence of independent republics, as a result, the government consolidated the…

The Rise of Hitler and The Nazi party proposed a threat so great that it pressured the United States to join World War II due to the unrelenting power of the Nazis and the fear imposed on the seemingly vulnerable United States. Hitler led Germany to regain status and dignity after the humiliation of the War Guilt Clause contained in the Treaty of Versailles. When Germany led the the Axis powers which was composed of Nazi Germany, Italy, and Japan to wage war against the Allies, primarily…

Turkey, a NATO member with the second largest army in the alliance did not participate in international airstrikes against ISIS until September of 2014. Are they involved in the international response? NATO has played a big part in the international response, gaining cooperation on the matter from different…

Analytical Essay 1. You are an indentured servant living in the Virginia colony in 1650. Describe your background, current conditions, and future prospects. I think I would probably be poor and homeless. I would hope to be a skilled servant with a trade but, I probably would not be able to read or write and would be unskilled. I would hope to sign a contract for maybe only 5-7 years. There would be at least one hundred other homeless children with me as well. Living quarters would not be ideal…