Waco Siege

Americans with enough provisions to stay alive during the harsh and brutal winter. The time spent building larger ships and the over 13,000 American men and improved fortifications at Fort Ticonderoga and Mount Independence would have led to a winter siege entrapping valuable men and committing limited resources from a war stricken Canada by the previous American…

An inquiry into the press in Britain had been done six times in less than 70 years before being requested again in 2011 by, then Prime Minister, David Cameron. This particular inquiry, called The Leveson Inquiry due to it being chaired by Lord Justice Leveson, was requested due to a multitude of press related events that caused both public and political upset. One of these particular events was the phone hacking of Milly Dowler. Milly Dowler was a 13-year-old girl who went missing and was then…

The Brixton Riot was an act of protest; young african americans including their friends and family in the youth community vs. Metropolitan Police of Brixton which took place on the 11th and 12th of April, 1981. During the mid 70’s the unemployment rate was a upbringing of a crisis, this occasion was particularly with the black youth of Brixton. Therefore the black youth have endless amounts of free time causing them to roam the streets. This was their way of expressing their boredom, this…

By definition, Benedict Arnold is a traitor. One of the most dramatic characters in history, The Notorious Benedict Arnold and Arnold’s letter to a British officer, John André, about selling West Point both contribute to the story of Arnold’s cowardly transferring from American to British forces. Clearly, his motivations were his lack of appreciation by other militants and need for a lavish lifestyle. Even though Benedict Arnold won over critical battlegrounds and contributed to the…

Do you know what a catapult is and how it operates? A catapult is a device or technology that helps planes take off the USS Midway when the planes carry a lot of weight like fuel and weapons. Catapult on an aircraft carrier works on steam power. Catapults were chosen on aircraft carrier because they are capable of carrying a lot of weight on a takeoff. The aircraft weight is confirmed by the weight Board Operator. Catapult technology affected the Uss Midway ship because it helps planes take off…

Aidan Marsh Ms. Murray English 11 07 March 2024 The Sinful Messiah On February 28, 1993 the FBI and ATF had a 51 day stand with the Branch Davidian cult whose leader married a 12-year-old girl, his name was David Koresh. Koresh had been sexually assaulting women and children in his cult. The Branch Davidian cult was very dangerous and had a wide variety of beliefs and leaders that eventually caused the government to raid their compound in the early 90s. The Branch Davidians have had many leaders…

Operations, Public and Governmental Affairs, Science and Technology and Strategic Intelligence and Information. Alphonse Gabriel Capone better known as Al Capone was one of the most notorious gangsters to rise to power during the Prohibition era. Salvicek claims that in this era for a little over thirteen years, it was illegal to buy, sale or transport any beverages containing alcohol, business owner and manufacturers who dealt with any aspect of alcohol were forced to shut down( 2009, 1).…

After Kaczynski graduated from the University of Michigan, Kaczynski taught at the University of California, but according to Maria Haberfeld, author of A new understanding of terrorism, Haberfeld notes that “Kaczynski continued his pattern of having limited contact with others at Berkeley” (Haberfeld, 2009, 38), which furthered Kaczynski’s isolation patterns. In 1969, Kaczynski inexplicably resigned his teaching position with the overriding concern that technology was to enslave mankind. In the…

Wessinger, Catherine. How the Millennium Comes Violently: from Jonestown to Heaven's Gate (New York: Seven Bridges Press, 2000). Catherine Wessinger begins her book with an introduction to New Religious Movements where she stresses their status as religions instead of the pejorative term ‘cults.’ Here she also discusses several challenges faced many NRMs including internal conflict, negative responses from law enforcement, and theologies that promote violence. Wessinger also dismisses…

she would blame good upstanding women instead of telling everyone what she has done in the woods and getting down with John Proctor. The Oklahoma City Bomber (Timothy McVeigh) sought revenge against the federal government for its handling of the Waco Siege, which ended in the deaths of 76 people exactly two years before the bombing. As well as for the…