Winston Churchill

The bombing of Dresden, Germany occurred during the Second World War between the 13th and 15th of February, 1949. The attack was done by Britain and the United States through the use of an aerial bombing. Within the four raids that the allies carried out, 3,900 tons of highly explosive bombs and incendiaries were dropped on the city by heavy bombers of the United States Army Air Forces and the British Royal Air Force. Dresden, Germany was the country’s seventh-largest city and the largest of the…

Modernism means “integrity; it means honesty; it means the absence of sentimentality and the absence of nostalgia; it means simplicity; it means clarity.” This quote by Paul Rand demonstrates the bias towards modernism. However, there are pros and cons for both traditionalism and modernism. While traditionalism holds to conventional morals and ideas, modernism explores new concepts and leaves room for imagination. This is shown by the vaccine controversy, the short story “Everyday Use," and…

My first boss was the nastiest woman I’ve ever met. Back in 2012, after months of searching for a first job in the aftermath of the Great Recession, I finally landed a stock position at an off-price retail store. Besides the hard work and early morning hours, my biggest memory of my 18-month employment there was how incredibly rude, nasty, combative and just downright mean the store manager was. True, she was accomplishing great things: she kept the store spick and span despite being in one of…

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the 32nd president of the United States, and is one of the most famous. His most well-known acts of leadership are saving America from the Great Depression, and helping the Allies win World War II. Roosevelt and Alexius Comnenus have a lot in common, starting from their early life. Franklin D. Roosevelt was born on the 30th of January, 1882, in New York. Similar to Alexius, he was born to be a leader. His parents were wealthy, and he was privately tutored and sent…

The nations of the world were divided by two alliances called The Central Powers and The Allied Powers. On the other hand, World War II began in 1939 and last until 1945. Germany was the primary reason for this war, and the alliances of each side fell into place. This war was divided into groups called The Axis and the Allies. World War I was triggered when Francis Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria, was assassinated in June 1914. Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey were called the Central Powers…

As minister Myles Munroe once said, “The value of life is not in its duration, but in its donation. You are not important because of how long you live, you are important because of how effective you live,” (Donation Quotes). Throughout history, organ donation and transplantation has become one of the most valuable and impactful medical advancements. By simply removing an unneeded organ or tissue from a donor and placing it in a recipient’s body, this miraculous procedure has the power to forever…

turned into a brutal competition for the most powerful country in the world. One document showing the United States’ involvement and part in the start of the Cold War was the "Iron Curtain Speech" British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, gave on March 5, 1946. In this speech, Churchill says, “From what I have seen of our Russian friends and allies during the war, I am convinced that there is nothing they admire so much as strength, and there is nothing for which they have less respect than for…

George Kennan’s Containment Doctrine Revisited By Aizaz Khan I would like to review George Kennan’s Containment Doctrine through the lens of a splendid article written by Chalmer M. Roberts, “How Containment Worked”, which first appeared in the 1972’s summer edition of the Foreign Policy journal. Roberts, was the chief diplomatic correspondent for The Washington Post who covered the Cold War, the nuclear arms race and the seats of power in Washington in the 1950's and 60's, The article gives a…

Overy, R. J. Why the Allies Won. New York: W.W. Norton, 1995. In Why the Allies Won, Richard Overy gives the reader a chance to challenge the “inevitable” outcome of World War II. Allied victory may be viewed as certainty now, but during the war, it was not. Overy explains, even as people have been taught since World War II was over that the Allies were going to win anyway, the Allies were not always the frontrunner in the war. Up until 1942, the Allies were forced to plan for alternate…

“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” Winston Churchill. Student success is not just about the successes of the student but how the student gets over the obstacles. Obstacles that can be created by the student’s struggles as well as the teacher and materials being used to teach the student. Students’ success can be both long and short termed in referring to whether it is learning the alphabet or graduating from college after many struggles and obstacles.…