Rebel Alliance

With the romanticized imaginations of many, conjectured stereotypical analyses are common among people such as "communities deliver a sense of identity"; "communities satisfy our desires," and "communities respect and encourage exploration of individuality." Nevertheless, countless people, including Catherine Latterell, author of Remix (Reading and Composing Culture), can also agree that it’s not always reality. Often our perceptions become distorted on certain matters by worldviews obtained…

Since America 's founding the one thing that has remained constant is the ever changing stances in America 's security policy and National interests. It is important to understand that National Security and National interest goes hand in hand. Our national interest promotes our interests abroad and our advancement. Our national interest will then direct our national security which is designed to protect our nation against foreign threats . The forces that pose threats to our national security…

“imagined their political future under Queen Victoria” (Aydin, 37) and how numerous “Balkan Christians accepted the rule of a reformist Muslim sultan in Istanbul” (Aydin, 37). However, the support that the Europeans provided the Christian movements to rebel against the Ottomans through conquests in Ottoman areas ended up damaging the imperial system at the time. Aydin explains that it was the European support of the Christian people in the Ottoman Empire that initiated the creation of…

George Orwell’s 1984 ~ An Examination of Controlling Governments “In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” This is the idea of a totalitarian government. Expressing the ability for one’s self to have free thought concerning their own well-being. In George Orwell’s novel “1984”, he demonstrates that in the world established telling the truth is a revolutionary act. The Party has rule over every aspect of their citizen’s lives, and one of the way they do so is by…

The legend of Erzsébet Báthory’s alleged slaughter of up to 650 Hungarian peasant girls is not terra incognita for film; from 1971’s Countess Dracula, 1981’s Night of the Werewolf, to 2006’s Stay Alive, her tale has been sensationalized and embellished beyond recognition. Often cited as the inspiration behind the vampire subgenre of horror films, the fable goes that Erzsébet (or Elizabeth, as it’s frequently anglicized.), a wealthy Countess of 17th Century Hungary, was a terribly vain and cruel…

Background to the Palestinian Nationalism Introduction One very widely recognized conflict of our time is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This bloody struggle has endured for over a century and involves a complex web of players, alliances, and grudges that have brought about the death of many and disrupted the lives of countless others. According to one source, at least 1,104 Israelis and 6,836 Palestinians have been killed since 2000 alone, and many more have been injured. The same source…

Clinton wants to “take action and is sick of restraint” (Taylor) whereas more Americans oppose any intervention in foreign affairs (Taylor). When asked about Syrian rebels, Clinton “said the sort of thing that some Republicans say when they do not know what else to say” (Frank) by stating that the United States need to keep up the alliance with the Turks, Jordanians, and other partners. She doesn’t know how to answer this dilemma, nor does she want to deal with the consequences even though,…

but because “individuals are beginning to love one another” (Foucault 137). This simple yet profound proposition is wildly accurate because “our rather sanitized society can’t allow a place for [homosexuality] without fearing the formation of new alliances and the tying together of unforeseen lines of force” (136). To induce fear on a society that has strict societal norms is to challenge those exact norms and create worry and unsettlement; for lack of a better term, to make things messy.…

There are themes throughout history that appear in various different places and in very different timeframes. Comparing the similarities and differences between ideological shifts that took place worlds away is essential to understanding the world we live in. In Fidel Castro’s An Interview with Dan Rather, Maximillian Robespierre’s Revolutionary Speech, and Charles de Gaulle’s Comments on Algeria one can examine the similarities and differences in ideological shifts. Each differed in the…

China 's Military History and Culture Introduction The history of China was shaped by armed conflicts and wars. Especially, China’s military history can be dated back to 2200 BC and divided into the following periods that are before 1911, the period of the Republic of China and the People 's Liberation Army (PLA) (Graff & Higham, 2012). Noteworthy, most of the imperial dynasties in China were established from successful battles. However, the great peasant rebellion and the collapse of the…