Tukulti-Ninurta II

civilians during World War I, and approximately half of World War II sufferers were non-combatant and even in the 1980s and 1990s, the majority of casualties experienced through armed conflicts (80%) were civilians (Bhutta, Yousafzai et al. 2010). When gathering the frequency consequence of violence against civilians, armed conflict is also straightforwardly linked to world poverty. Majority of the armed conflicts of post-World War II have occurred in developing countries, from the…

Following World War Two, tensions were high between the USA and Soviet Russia. The two countries had been part of an alliance during the war, but after Hitler’s defeat the Russians initiated a struggle for global supremacy between communism and capitalism that was to last the next forty-five years (Roberts, 2013). This struggle became known as the ‘cold war’. During the height of this ‘war’, the US government had ‘committed vast resources’ to an extremely effective programme of anti-communist…

Not since Julius Caesar and his expansive Roman Empire had there been a leader so pervasive or impressing as Napoleon Bonaparte. Born on the previously Italian, then French island of Corsica in 1769 and raised by the middling yet technically noble Buonaparté family, Napoleon would, by the end of his life, come to rule France as its First Consul and, later, constitutional emperor for a total of fifteen war-filled years. By age 20, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in France’s 1st…

WWI and WWII are two of the deadliest conflicts in human history. With over 98 million combined casualties these wars changed mankind. What made these wars so deadly? Why did they even start? These wars are actually more similar than generally perceived. WWI (1914 -1918) starts when Serbia assassinates Austria-Hungary’s Archduke Ferdinand and his wife. The assassination causes Austria-Hungary to declare war on Serbia. Russia declares war on Austria-Hungary causing Germany to declare war on…

In the first months of 1941, the American citizens were debating the positive and negatives points of intervention in the European War. Hitler was gaining strength. Those advocating intervention and those who opposed it gave speeches throughout the country. A comparison of President Franklin Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms speech, Charles Lindbergh’s speech, on May 23, 1941, in New York, and Joseph Kennedy’s speech on January 6, 1941, show the divisive views of Americans war and post-war…

A minor adjustment that could have been made was to better define war in this essay. “[There have been] no wars between major industrialized powers since the end of World War II.” (p. 238) Wars such as the Vietnam (Encyclopædia Britannica., 2015) and Korean War (Office of the Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs, United States Department of State, 2015) were both fought after WWII and included China, Russia, and the United States…

The windigo figure is one from First Nation mythology which represents the utmost crime against nature and the madness takes over a human should they become one of these monsters. Windigos come from oral stories Native people shared to teach children about the boundary they must not cross for it is a sign of loss of humanity. To become a windigo, a person must consume human flesh, or resort to cannibalism, and slowly a change would take place which would drastically alter a human’s physical and…

In an ironic twist, United States Vice-President Richard Nixon had a chance for a meeting with the Soviet Unions’ Premier, Nikita Khrushchev, at an American showcase exposition in 1959. Initially intended as a tour to highlight what a new $ 14,000 home is like in America, the discussion quickly changed directions and a debate ensued between the two leaders about the merits of communism and capitalism (Richmond, 2009). The kitchen of the home was well equipped with a dishwasher, refrigerator,…

World War II had just ended, and the world was a range of emotions. Some were drawn to distrust, hostility and suspicion as they were scared of the Cold War and the unknown it could bring into each person’s life (Schultz, 2014. p. 429). Other people were encouraged after the war and looked to optimism to drive their way through life with affluence and consumerism creating a new style of life in America (Schultz, 2014. p. 429). With these two polar opposite views circling the world and even the…

presidents were only supposed to be elected two times or be in office for a total of ten years. With this accomplishment came hardships. The United States was in turmoil. Roosevelt had to pull the United States out of The Great Depression and World War II. Roosevelt led the United States through the depression and the war while ill. FDR was a very optimistic and motivated man and looked at the positives of everything. Throughout his tenure in the White House he accomplished many objectives…