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Lost Generation Gulf War
954 wordsDuring World War I, many of the men who fought were only about nineteen years young. These men experienced horrors beyond belief in a matter of years, which is ten times worse than a normal man experiences his whole life. This generation of men, from 1914 - 1918, who fought in a great war and lived in constant fear of their last breathe, while we enjoy parties, the freedom of being a teenager, and able just to kick back and enjoy life at its prime. This is the lost generation. As tensions grew i...
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Jeffrey Dahmer Los Angeles
1,378 wordscircumstance across the country may not affect you personally, but it can affect your thoughts or views on a particular subject. No year is flawless, happy times and tragedies create a roller coaster in which the world has no choice but to ride out the twists and turns. But 1991 seemed to be a "plague" year, where the bad seemed to far outweigh the good in every possible way. The entire world was affected by tragedy but the United States seemed to be hit the hardest of all by mishaps. During the...
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Congressional Quarterly Weekly Combat Units
1,468 wordsIn this report, I will present the information I've discovered concerning whether allowing women to serve in combat units will reduce a units effectiveness. Women in today's military serve in more jobs and constitute the largest percent of women in the military they ever have. Four years ago women only made up 12 percent of the military, this has climbed from 1. 6 percent in 1973 (Armed Forces and Society, 1996, p. 17). They also hold more jobs than ever before. In 1991, congress passed an amend...
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Saddam Hussein Atomic Bomb
1,603 words... ing for cover in fall out areas and under ground shelters. After the completion of the atomic bomb, the United States has been trying furiously to develop a more powerful nuclear weapon during the early 1950 's. The United States new that after the two horrific explosions in Japan, countries all over the world have been trying to develop there owns type of bomb. The U. S. also new that the Russians where competing with the U. S. over nuclear power. During the late 1950 's and early 1960 's t...
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Biological Warfare Biological Weapons
1,873 wordsThere is no longer a question of whether or not a bioterrorism will attack, but rather the question remains, when will they attack? It is highly likely that a terrorist group could threaten or attack Americans with germs within the next few years, according to President Clinton. (Solomon) Biological warfare intentionally uses viruses, bacteria, fungi, or toxins from living organisms and death or disease in humans, animals, or plants. Fermentation can be used to produce such bacterial agents as a...
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Shatt Al Arab Iran Iraq War
2,488 wordsIntroduction In 1979, President Bakr resigned under pressure from Hussein, who then became president. Immediately after his succession, Hussein called a Baath Party meeting and had all of his opposition systematically murdered. As president, Hussein continued to reinforce his power base by enlarging security forces and employing family members in the government. One 1984 analysis indicated that 50 percent of Iraqis were either employed by the government or military or had a family member who was...
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Nuclear War Why We Need Our Nukes
2,669 words... ears. Pat (Tue Aug 13 21: 40: 32 1996 IST): Why is India spending so much on its Defences. It's not as if we want to the reason is we are worried about those nonsensical people sitting across the borders who will be using arms supplied by Washington. michael, your observation about 20 kilo tons fission weapons is a very thought-provoking one. would the nuclear weapon powers be willing to accept this as the bottom-line in some agreed upon time-frame and then give up thermo-nuclear weapons in ...
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America At War The World Is Not Enough
1,199 wordsWhen a person is given the microphone at a podium, the attention of the audience is customarily afforded to that person so that they may convey their message (s) clearly. In the past fifty years, advancements in technology and the ability to transmit information have transformed the world into a global stage for any individual or group who wish to broadcast their agendas. The more modernized and stable countries, namely western European nations and the United States of America, have a strangle h...
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Cold War Foreign Policy
1,021 words... to communism were hostile. (New York Times, par 4) NSC 68. In April of 1950, a top secret document was given to Truman by the National Security Council (NSC). It was declassified in 1975. The document was called NSC 68 written under direction of National Security Advisor Paul Note and it had was a amalgamation of all three proposals and both competing ideologies. Before Truman's presidency, Eisenhower had adopted the idea of a rollback to deal with communism. Roll back was the idea that the ...
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Ho Chi Minh President John F Kennedy
1,842 wordsThe reports in this novel are prefaced with a quote by Robert Shape, which sums up the feelings of those Americans involved in the Vietnam conflict. He states, Vietnam, Vietnam... There are no sure answers. In this novel, the author gives a detailed historical account of the happenings in Vietnam between 1950 and 1975. He successfully reports the confusing nature, proximity to the present and the emotions that still surround the conflict in Vietnam. In his journey through the years that America ...
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Weapons Of Mass Destruction Hundreds Of Thousands
1,592 words... in Chernokozovo! The rape of the corpses, he says, is practiced in full view of the other prisoners, and the next victim is announced right there! He says he saw the murder of a 10 -year-old boy, whom his name he didn't know. Five guards with black masks raped the boy's corpse; cut it into pieces then put into a plastic sack. Do these people not qualify for human rights? Article 6 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that "no one shall be subjected to torture or cruel, inhuman...
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Persian Gulf Bin Laden
1,105 wordsSeptember 11, 2001, like Dec. 7, 1941, will live in infamy. For the first time since the Japanese invaded Pearl Harbor, Americans have been attacked on their own soil, said Senior San Diego Police Spokesman Bill Robinson. On this date terrorists hijacked four planes, all heading for major American landmarks. Two planes crashed into and leveled New York Citys World Trade Center towers, one plane drove itself into the Pentagon, and the last plane crashed in Pennsylvania. The hijackers, members of ...
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Marine Corps Fifth Amendment
1,186 wordsThe idea of women in combat is not unusual anymore. They should be able to hold combat positions because although physical strength matters, the military still needs the intelligence that women can bring. Also, banning women from the combat hurts their military careers. Although women account for a very small percent of the enlisted personnel they are still a major part in the armed forces. Their performance recently has generated support from Congress and the public for enhancing the role of fe...
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General Accounting Office Food And Drug Administration
1,212 wordsAn increasing number of researchers, scientists and practitioners are questioning the use of animals in research on ethical, moral, socio-political and scientific grounds. Use of animal research data to affect change in their patients is rarely used by clinical psychologists. This is certainly a public interest issue as it involves an enormous amount of brutality. Animal research is a very lucrative business, since billions of tax dollars are invested in it annually. An enormous amount of this m...
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Saddam Iraq And The Gulf War
1,749 words... a. "This will not stand. " He told reporters at a press conference. "This will not stand, this aggression against Kuwait. " Bush dubbed the defensive action Desert Shield. He immediately send more than 50, 000 US troops and put an additional 100, 000 on hold. Within hours, F- 15 fighter planes and paratroopers were on their way to the Middle East. Special radar-equipped planes called AWACs and huge B- 52 bombers also arrived shortly. Countless other aircraft, carriers, and tanks were sent to...
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Pope John Paul Ii U S Government
1,770 wordsI. The conflict between the East and the West. II. The Second Gulf War. 1. Terrorism is the problem of the century: a. Christianity and Islam world; b. the beginning of the War on Terror. 2. Causes of the Iraq War: a. proponents and opponents points of view; b. Iraq's disarmament; c. when diplomacy has railed. 3. After-effects of the war: a. an attempt to establish a democratic state; b. the real aim of the war; c. great losses; d. opposition to the war across the world. III. The end of the war:...
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Ginsberg Poem Howl Oil
517 wordsSince his first major poem, Howl, Allen Ginsberg has been a center of controversy. His poems talked about homosexuality before it was considered acceptable to discuss, and openly admitted his use of marijuana. He was an advocate of making it legal for adults to have sex with those under 18 years or age. Because of the views that Ginsberg had, his poems all have some common themes. One of the most prevalent themes however, especially in his more recent poetry, is anti-industrialism. In Ginsberg? ...
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Shatt Al Arab Billion A Year
2,100 wordsIraq: A Country on the Rise Lauterbach, Kevin History, Period 4 January 7, 1996 Iraq is a country that is on the rise. After being crushed by allied troops for their invasion of Kuwait, they have begun the slow rebuilding process. In this report, I will discuss the basic geographic features of Iraq, and other various important features such as mineral wealth, vegetation, ect. Iraq's total area is 271, 128 square miles (just slightly more than twice the size of Idaho). Its capital, Baghdad, is lo...
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Human Rights Violations World War Ii
4,837 wordsThe conflict in the Balkans is interesting because for years, reporters and politicians have touted it as being the result of ancient ethnic hatred but that isnt the case. The people of this region lived together peacefully for centuries and any conflicts that have arose among people were based not on ethnic origin but other things like class and ruling party. In fact, any problems that have arose in the former Yugoslavia have more to do with the issues raised by nationalism that developed durin...
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World War Ii Electronic Mail
464 wordsInstant Electronic Mail Electronic Mail Instant messages, the communication journey from past to present. During wars like World War I, World War II, the Vietnam War, the Gulf War, and the war in Kosovo, delivering information to the public has been different each time. During World War I, newspapers and long distance telephone calls were the only ways of delivering information to the public. This took at least 1 to 2 weeks before it hit the newspapers so the public was always at least a week be...
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