United States Secretary of State

infrastructures projects in several African countries (Brautigam 2009, p. 3). However, what is particularly striking with China’s engagement with Africa is its stark contrast to that of Africa’s traditional partners, namely European countries and the United States. Unlike, Western countries, whose…

The United Nations (UN) emerged in 1945 after World War II as a result of the failure of the League of Nations, whose main objective was to prevent wars. The UN is known to be a global institution, which resolves conflicts while promoting equality, justice and liberty. However, struggles within the UN demonstrated that precisely because states are not treated equal in terms of nuclear weapons or even power capabilities and granting few states the power of decision-making within the organization.…

War can be loud and visible or quiet and remote. It affects the individual and entire societies, the soldier, and the civilian. Both U.S. prisoners of war in Japan and Japanese- American citizens in the United States during WWII undergo efforts to make them “invisible”. Laura Hillenbrand’s Unbroken hero, Louie Zamperini, like so many other POW’S is imprisoned, beaten, and denied basic human right in POW camps throughout Japan. Miné Okubo, a U.S. citizen by birth, is removed from society and…

public that the Democrats were in bed with the communists to further his fame and political career. Joseph McCarthy said, “The State Department is infested with communists. I have here in my hand a list of 205—a list of names that were made known to the Secretary of State as being members of the Communist Party and who nevertheless are still working and shaping policy in the State Department." The Cold War was occurring during this time period and the conflict was escalated by the victory of the…

anti-segregation demonstration that asserts on the grounds that he did not have a parading permit. Moreover, his letter addressed the biggest issue in Birmingham, which involved the problem of inequality and racism towards the black people in the United States. Even though, Martin Luther King was not from Birmingham, his thesis in the second paragraph, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to everywhere,"on (page 800), shows that he cared for others. He was ready…

Disputes between religions have been an issue since civilization created the religious mindset. However, in Sudan, conflicts have risen between people of the same religion. For instance, the Darfur genocide was a tremendous altercation between Muslim Arab Sudanese and Muslim black Sudanese. According to the Human Rights Council, “the genocide in Darfur has claimed 400,000 lives and displaced over 2,500,000 people.” This racial inequity has been present since 1955, erupting violence throughout…

The big war that was call the arm race was going on for a long period. In the arm race is bombs fight, revenges, and making superpower weapon. Back in the Arm race war every country was going against each other trying to declare the war. As the war was going on, some country was building bomb, and big weapon. Then the U.S decide to make a bomb to drop on japan to end them off in the war with them. In 1941 the U.S. was on pearl harbor, then Jjapan sent air force strike on the harbor, and kill…

product? Jack in the box is an American fast-food restaurant. The first “Jack in the Box opened in 1951 and expanded to the East and Midwest under ownership of Ralston Purina Co.”(Kramer) They have “more than 2,200 quick-serve restaurants in 21 states and Guam” (Jackintheboxinc) making Jack in the box one of the leading fast-food chains in the nation. Since Jack in the box acknowledges that customers like to customize their food order, they do not make the food items until a customer orders…

It all started during the aftermath of WWII "At Potsdam, the Allies agreed on the postwar outcome for Nazi Germany. After territorial adjustments, Germany was divided into four OCCUPATION ZONES with the United States, Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union each administering one. Germany was to be democratized and de-Nazified. Once the Nazi leaders were arrested and war crimes trials began, a date would be agreed upon for the election of a new German government…

In the past 200 years, the United States of America has grown exponentially in several different ways. One of the most prominent is the change in women's’ rights. Today, no one would not be surprised to see a woman attend college to later become a career professional. Sadly, women in the United States began in a world where they were not able to get a job other than taking care of their own household; education and professional careers were completely off limits. Through several significant…