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Quiet On The Western Front Trench Warfare
5,601 wordsAll Quiet on the Western Front Chapter Summary By: Jesse Cody All Quiet on the Western Front is an anti-war novel from the opening chapters. Many critics of the novel in the early days after the publication of the novel blamed Remarque for writing for shock value. They did not want to believe his novel represented the truth about World War I. In many ways, such people were like Paul's schoolmaster, Kantorek. They wanted to cling to classical, romantic notions of war. However, Remarque wrote his ...
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Machine Gun Great War
852 wordsWorld War I was called the Great War because so many countries were involved, and advanced weaponry was developed. The British and the Germans were the ranking pioneers in weapons development. The weapons that determined the outcome of World War I were tanks, airplanes, and very large guns called heavy artillery; the Germans ruled this area. The World War I fighters and bombers were not the greatest of planes, but they got the job done. The German C. I. airplane was used for reconnaissance and u...
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Archduke Francis Ferdinand President Woodrow Wilson
2,259 wordsIt is thought that this war that is been ongoing for over a year, began with the assassination of the Archduke Francis Ferdinand; however, many other reasons led to this war. Some occurring reasons date as far back as the late 1800 's. Nationalism, militarism, imperialism, and the system of alliances were four main factors that pressed the great powers towards this explosive war. Nationalism is the love of one's country rather that the love of a native region. Throughout the 1800 's many nationa...
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Holt Rinehart Annotated Bibliography
2,291 words... ch territory, including Alsace-Lorraine 9) Readjustment of Italian frontiers along clearly recognizable lines of nationality 10) Autonomy for the peoples of Austria-Hungary 11) Evacuation and restoration of territory to Serbia, Montenegro, and Romania, granting of seaports to Serbia, and readjustment and international guarantee of the national ambitions of the Balkan nations 12) Self-determination for non-Turkish peoples under Turkish control and internationalization of the Dardanelles 13) A...
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British Home Front Ww
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Roaring Twenties Versailles Treaty
1,765 wordsThe decade of the 1920 s has been given a lot of nicknames. Some of these names have been the Jazz Age and the Era of Isolationism. Perhaps the most accurate name for this decade was the Roaring Twenties. And that is exactly what the decade of the 1920 s was all about. It was a time characterized on one side by a search for safety, religious certainty, business capitalism, and patriotic commitment. On the other side was the increasing appeal of the modern: new technology, consumer goods, and new...
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Dead Sea Scrolls York N Y
2,681 words... he same way of life, the same table, even the same tastes; all of them loving frugality and hating luxury as a plague for both body and soul. Not only do they share a common table, but common clothes as well. What belongs to one belongs to all. Available to all of them are thick coats for winter and inexpensive light tunics for summer. Seeing it as an obstacle to communal life, they have banned marriage. They view women as selfish, excessively jealous, skillful in seduction and armed, like a...
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19 Th Century Proportional Representation
1,795 wordsOne of the most powerful states in the World History the Britain was experiencing a very significant and controversial period of its history in years 1900 - 1910. These were due to various reasons. In this research we are going to examine the situation that arose in this country in terms of political and social and economical standpoint. We shall try to get some insights on the factors that were influencing these conditions and what choices did the country have in terms of where to go. Britain h...
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Archduke Francis Ferdinand First World War
2,849 wordsCauses of World War I The First World War had many causes; the historians probably have not yet discovered and discussed all of them so there might be more causes than what we know now. The spark of the Great War was the assassination of the Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, and his wife by a Serbian nationalist on the morning of June 28, 1914, while traveling in a motorcade through Sarajevo, the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Archduke was chosen as ...
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Archduke Francis Ferdinand Franco Prussian War
7,184 wordsThe Causes and Effects of World War What were the causes and effects of World War I? The answer to this seemingly simple question is not elementary. There was more to the onset of the war then the event of an Austrian prince being murdered in Serbia, as is what most people consider to be the cause of World War I. Furthermore, the effects of the war were not just concentrated to a post-war era lasting for a generation of Westerners. No, the effects of the war were widespread throughout the world ...
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Dulce Et Decorum Est Wilfred Owen
907 wordsIt is sweet and meet to die for ones country, better known as? Dulce et Decorum Est? is a great poem written by war poet Wilfred Owen. It involves a tragic war situation. It is easily understood. The poem also has a very unique sound to it. Wilfred Owen was born on March 18 th in 1893. He was the eldest of four children born in Oswestry. He was brought up in the Anglican religion of the Evangelical school. An evangelical man is saved not by the good he does but by faith he has in redeeming power...
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19 Th Century Turn Of The Century
3,001 wordsIf it is admitted that the nineteenth century has been the century of Socialism, Liberalism and Democracy, it does not follow that the twentieth must also be the century of Liberalism, Socialism and Democracy. Political doctrines pass; peoples remain. It is to be expected that this century may be that of authority, a century of the Right, a Fascist century. If the nineteenth was the century of the individual it may be expected that this one may be the century of collectivism and therefore the ce...
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Tyler Durden Fight Club
1,523 wordsYou are not your job. You are not how much you have in the bank. You are not the contents of your wallet. You are not your Khakis. You are not a beautiful and unique snowflake. In Fight club, we meet our main character that comes to us without a name. He can be referred to as, Jerry, but his name is not important. He comes to us without a name because he represents any one man of those Generation X males living in our society at present. Jerry is a thirty-year-old man employed as a recall coordi...
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1,662 wordsHitler s Re militarization of the Rhineland In March 1936, Adolf Hitler remilitarized the Rhineland. Hitler s decision to remilitarize the Rhineland was brilliant for four reasons. First, Hitler was able to predict that no nation would try to stop him from remilitarizing the Rhineland. Second, by remilitarizing the Rhineland, Hitler gained a better military position both offensively and defensively against France. Third, Hitler also increased the support of the German people for the government a...
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Franco Prussian War Second Class Citizens
2,047 wordsImperialism, World War I and Revolution and Nationalism I) As some of us know what imperialism is, I would like to start you off with a definition for those who may not know what it is or what it means. Imperialism is a policy that one strong nation wants to take over or dominate other countries economic, political, and social forces. The reason is to take over land in all parts of the globe. An example of Imperialism would be India. The British came into India regulating the eastern side of Ind...
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War With Britain Rest Of Europe
1,602 wordsN A P O L E O Name book, Napoleon by Felix Markham, is a biography about Napoleon Bonaparte, one of the greatest historical figures and legends of all time. He was born on August 15, 1769 at Ajaccio in Corsica, which is an island in the Mediterranean Sea. In 1779, when Napoleon was nine years old, he began his schooling in France. He went to a church school at Brienne-le-Chataeu because his father, Carlo, wanted him to gathered. It had been noted that Napoleon had excelled at math during his tim...
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American Civil War First World War
1,944 wordsTo what extent was the American Civil War, the first modern war? The Great War witnessed a significant departure from the Napoleonic tactics and technology familiar to contemporary European military thinkers. Although the defining factor remains ambiguous, there is a tacit acceptance that the First World War epitomizes the modern war. It was a conflict of mass armies waged with highly efficient weaponry, which, coupled with the absolute pursuit of victory, eroded the pseudo-chivalric concepts wh...
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3,605 words? The Year Was 1925? By The decade of the 1920? s has been given a lot of nicknames. Some of these names have been the? Jazz Age? and the? Era of Isolationism. ? Perhaps the most accurate name for this decade was the? Roaring Twenties. ? And that is exactly what the decade of the 1920? s was all about. It was a time characterized on one side by a search for safety, religious certainty, business capitalism, and patriotic commitment. On the other side was the increasing appeal of the? modern? : ne...
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Men And Women Women And Men
2,167 wordsWhen I previously thought about the participants of World War I, I imagined brave, young men fighting fearlessly for the country they believed in. I envisioned the war fields dotted with machinery, trenches and fortresses that helped to protect the heroic men who fought continuously until the end. I pictured the victorious soldiers returning home to accepting and joyous companions whom they had been away from for so long. Not once did I think of the women volunteering for the war. I figured they...
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2,031 wordsThe Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler. The simple mention of his name conjures up memories of total war, death, and destruction on an unprecedented scale, and always the deaths of millions of Jews and other undesirables in the Holocaust. How did this happen? How was it possible that a failed artist could rebuild Germany in just six years, challenge the world to mortal combat, and nearly win? He simply possessed what few other politicians of his day had, he was a man driven by an unquenc...
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