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For countless generations, great nations have relentlessly worked to fortify their defenses and protect the citizens. Impressive advances in technology and military weapons from the brilliant minds of scientists have only augmented the strength of nations against deadly attacks. Concerned for the nuclear research conducted in Germany, the United States of America worked tirelessly to make a breakthrough in nuclear fission research before any other country. This resulted in a government project…

of prosperity, and it proved the United States had a sense of authority worldwide. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Americans were outraged at the Japanese and immediately wanted to get involved in the war that was going on at the time (World War II). Due to the fact the United States had gone to war not too long before, a new strategy was eventually developed, dropping an atomic bomb. This idea was brought upon by no other than Albert Einstein. Einstein brilliantly sent current president at…

The Great War was one the first modern wars, as well as one of the deadliest at a world scale. Seventeen million people, civilian and soldier, died as a result of the outbreak of World War I. The war also wounded twenty million people with flying lead, poisonous gases, and roaring explosives. The border of Belgium and France became a series of trenches and a desolate field known as no-man 's land. Soldiers peering over trenches were shot by snipers on the opposite side of no-man’s land. Millions…

Albert Camus says, “The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.” William Golding wrote the Lord of the Flies, a story that’s set during World War II. In the Lord of the Flies proper British boys get shot down in a plane and crash on a mysterious Island. The island is a symbol of Eden. When the young boys realize that there aren’t any grownups on the island, they cheer, but future anarchy and a struggle of power shift throughout the novel expressing a need for an…

People during World War II were very afraid and propagandists used this fear to their advantage. The producers of propaganda typically did not portray rival nations as human but rather as brute monsters tearing apart civilizations. This technique was effective in dehumanizing…

In the country populated with millions of people there are many unique voices to be heard. These voices giving each individual a sense of power they feel they have over their lives and their community. However, this is not always the case. In some cases some voices tend to grow louder than other and they take full advantage of that. An individual who makes note of this is George F. Kennan. In George F. Kennan’s powerful article “Training for Statesmanship” he uses many strong arguments that…

On the 25th June the fragile peace in Korea was shattered when North Korean troops crossed the 38th parallel, invading South Korea and ultimately leading to a conflict that would span three years and cost an estimated 2.5 million lives. Korea had been liberated from Japanese control in 1945 by Soviet troops who moved down into the north of the country and US troops who landed in the south. After this the country was divided along the 38th parallel of latitude until the country could be…

Orwell’s 1984 1984, written by George Orwell, published in 1949 history actually begins in a letter he wrote to Mr. Wilmette in May 1944. This tragic period of the war, with the constant bombing of London, and the unknowing if the allies were on the verge of invading the continent or the Nazi invasion of England would be forthcoming. George Orwell fear that Hitler was soon to be replaced with a greater tyrant, Stalin, the influence of Anglo-American millionaires and with petty wars…

The split between the USSR and the PRC also knows as the Sino- soviet split happen due to the difference of political ideas and ideological relation between the people republic of china (PRC) and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) during the period of the Cold War. During the Cold War both the USSR and China was the largest communist nation in the entire world. The split between the USSR and the PRC was the first and most serious confrontation to arise in the communist world at that…

The Cost of Freedom As Americans continue to heavily rely on digital means of media and communication, surveillance over the population becomes easier than ever for the government to carry out. One of the main institutions created in the United States to gather intelligence is the National Security Agency (NSA). The NSA monitors the phone calls, emails, text messages, contacts, photos, video calls, and many other aspects of digital communication utilized in today’s world as a means to protect…