Wars of the Roses

Democrat, gave a detailed Marxian analysis for her opposition to the First World War in “The Workers and the War” in 1916 when she was in prison, during the height of the war, and when its outcome of the war was unclear. Her detailed analysis for her opinions were outlined throughout “The Workers and the War”, providing the nature and causes for the war along with the effects of certain scenarios as a result of the war. In Germany, the economy is in ruins, no true leadership for the working…

In 1898, a movement towards war with Spain was filling the minds of Americans. Some in Congress urged against war, one being Billy’s father John Mitchell (Davis). However, after the sinking of the battleship Maine near Havana there was little use resisting the inevitable war with Spain. Young Billy Mitchell was in the gallery of the U.S. Senate when the resolution of war was passed. Billy was now eighteen and he quickly packed his bag with the intent to join his father’s old regiment in…

his friends, whereas Hans would think about Germany’s future and the necessity of giving the German people an opportunity to have an opinion about Nazism but even so, Sophie was convinced that they had done the right thing and the legacy of the white rose would continue after their death. In the movie Sophie Scholl – Die letzten Tage”, Sophie stated: “Ich hab’ geträumt. Ich trage ein Kind in einem langen Weißen Kleid in meinem Armen. Ich spüre seine Wärme. Plötzlich bewegt sich die…

to utilize "history," Herodotus merits Cicero's title, "father of history." no doubt, this child of affluent privileged folks did not have the basic demeanor toward his sources that would be the sign of the later antiquarian. Intriguing tales of the wars between the Greeks and the Persians discovered their way into his pages whether he could confirm them or not, but rather he does at times support and tag certain things as gossip. According to his citations, he more likely than not read…

Hitler had been planning for a war long before he rose to power with a master plan for the domination of Europe outlined in his book Mein Kampf (1925) and Zwietes Buch (1928). His plans were to unite Germans under one empire, conquer Eastern Europe, end the Treaty of Versailles, create a national army, and exclude Jews from society, which were all causes for war. Hitler’s intentions were demonstrated in the Hossbach Memorandum, but some claim, including James Sheehan, that it was a strategy to…

John F. Kennedy’s parents were named Joseph Kennedy, and Rose Kennedy who were both catholic. He went to a private school when he was younger, his first attended school was Dexter school in Brookline. In 1940 he went to Princeton University. While he was still in college he wrote the book “Why England slept” the book was about the tragic events that lead to world war II. The book was originally published in 1940. JFK went to the Navy in world war II in 1941. His position in the Navy was a…

He began to follow the teachings of pan-Islamist Abdullah Azzam, who believed all Muslims should wage a holy war, or Jihad, on the entire world to create one Islamic state. Because he saw the Western world influencing the Middle East, the idea appealed to him. At this point, Osama bin Laden became significant. He built the terrorist group al-Qaida from the ground…

One theme that constantly appears in A Streetcar Named Desire is a contrast between the reality and fantasy of love. This dichotomy is represented by Blanche and her grasp on life. Blanche attempts to supplement the hard times in her life by creating fantasies where everything is going her way. While playing cards with Stanley, she states, “I know I fib a good deal. After all, a woman's charm is fifty percent illusion” (WIlliams 36), proving that she likes to fabricate the world around her. When…

At the beginning of the 19th century, the world was changing at a drastic rate. Throughout the world people were being enlightened, they realized they were not being treated the way the should be, and they wanted change. Individuals that rose higher than the common person became leaders, then later icons throughout history. Napoleon Bonaparte and Toussaint Louverture were just two of many leaders. Napoleon Bonaparte and Toussaint Louverture were very similar, yet very different. To start off,…

Who could have foreseen that one person’s well-meaning act to save his nation could have caused rebellions and wars that would change our world so greatly? Commissioner Lin’s destruction of the British opium stash precipitated several power exchanges through wars, revolutions, and reform through adaptation and assimilation. As the Chinese fell after the Opium War, the Westerners rose to greatness by way of expanded territories, inflated economies, and strengthened armies. As dynasties were…