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Patrick Henry strongly opposes the ratification of the new constitution. He considers the Constitution to be an attack on liberty, because it strengthens the national, or central, government. Henry expects the government, especially the President, to turn tyrannical, and expects the United States to transform into a dictatorial state because of the absolute powers granted to Congress and the President. Henry specifically critiques the power of the Congress to maintain a standing army and…

reasons for using the atomic bomb, some of which could be treated as specious or bloody-minded. There were also alternatives that could have been effective in prompting a Japanese surrender. Allowing the Japanese to retain their emperor as head of state was one relatively important concession from a pragmatic perspective, but of great symbolic significance to a people willing to wage war for their symbols and traditions. Such gestures to modify unconditional surrender, could have been pivotal to…

corrupt. “The Taliban have been trying to destroy our tribe, and they are taking money from us, and they are taking our sons to fight,” said Malik Niaz, a Shinwari elder. “If they defy us now, we will defeat them.” Many issues here because the United States commanders believed this tactic was going to help win the fight against the Taliban fighters. American…

The United States were able to orchestrate what was called the Doolittle raid, and shock Japan in its entirety overwhelmingly. The Doolittle raid was significant to the course of the war, as it practically showed Japan that they are basically not indestructible…

In February of that year, a far-right paramilitary group known as “Maximiliano Hernandez Martinez” orchestrated an attack on the central building of the Salvadoran Workers Union. A week later, right-wing armed groups attacked another prominent workers' union, in the National Worker's Union Federation. (Arnson, 2004) This caused the death of ten workers and became a highly publicized…

brainwashing to unknown scandals, do we really even know what we are standing for? With so many secrets and lies it is hard to tell just exactly what is true and false, but the most astonishing secret of all is the power held by secret societies in The United States of America. A secret societies is a group or club of people who try and keep their events, activities and functions hidden from non members. Some organizations try to conceal their existence at all. There are over a million active…

including the New World, Central or Western Europe, and Palestine (Hourani 558). In 1882, at the height of the pogroms, Leo Pinsker argued, in his book Autoemancipation, anti-Semitism was so deeply embedded in European society that no matter what the laws said about emancipation, Jews would never be treated as equal. To end their perpetually alien status, Jews would not wait for Western society to change; they had to seize their own destiny and establish an independent Jewish state (Hourani…

think of? There is much more to the Mexican-American War than most people think there is. Despite the fact that it is overshadowed by other major historical events, the Mexican-American War is one of the most important events in the history of the United States because of the direct influence it had on the Civil War. There were several factors that lead to the beginning of the war, some of which were political and others were violent. One of the political factors involved the relations between…

The Juche ideology celebrates the greatness of the Korean race as embodied in the figures of the Great Leader Kim Il Sung, and in that of his successor the Dear Leader Kim Jong Il. According to the testimonies of North Korean defectors, starting from their childhood people are taught to look at the two Kim as semi-divine infallible heroes which devoted their life in the struggle against Western and Japanese imperialism. Consistent with these findings, C. Richardson provided some precious insight…

knew that he was a blanket collector he opened the book entitled Chihuly's Pendletons and Their Influences on His Work. Chihuly’s Pendleton is an exciting text that provides an elaborate exposition of his career as a pre-eminent artist in the United States. His flamboyant and contorted glassworks are a unique and conspicuous trademark displayed across the globe. Chihuly described his works of art as trade blankets. In fact, in the preliminary sections of his book, he pointed out that the book…