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Conflict Between States Conceptions Of War Definition
1,257 wordsCicero defines war broadly as 'a contention by force'; Hugo Grotius adds that 'war is the state of contending parties, considered as such'; Thomas Hobbes notes that war is also an attitude: 'By war is meant a state of affairs, which may exist even while its operations are not continued'; Denis Diderot comments that war is 'a convulsive and violent disease of the body politic; ' for Karl von Clausewitz, 'war is the continuation of politics by other means', and so on. Each definition has its stren...
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War With Mexico Winfield Scott
874 wordsEisenhower, John S. D. So Far From God: The U. S. War with Mexico 1846 - 1848. New York: Random House, 1989, xxvi, 436. Mr. John Eisenhower is a retired Army General from Westchester, Pennsylvania. He is also the son of retired General and later President, Dwight D. Eisenhower. He is an author as well as a military historian. Mr. Eisenhower's other works include, The Bitter Woods, published in 1987 and critically acclaimed by Life magazine author, S. L. A. Marshall as being "written with power b...
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Sworn On Numerous Occasions Sworn On Numerous Benedick
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964 wordsSignificant Woman: Cleopatra I chose to write my "Significant Woman" paper on Egypt's last pharaoh, Cleopatra. When I began my report, I knew very little about Cleopatra, except that she was the mistress of both Julius Caesar and Mark Antony of Rome. I wondered what impacts on history Cleopatra made on her own. I feel that Cleopatra was a very significant woman in history because she was very aggressive and assertive, characteristics that have always been considered unfeminine. At the same time,...
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Gates Of Fire Battle Of Thermopylae Spartans
931 wordsThus reads an ancient stone at Thermopylae in northern Greece, the site of one of the world's greatest battles for freedom. Here, in 480 B. C. , on a narrow mountain pass above the crystalline Aegean, 300 Spartan knights and their allies faced the massive forces of Xerxes, King of Persia. From the start, there was no question but that the Spartans would perish. In Gates of Fire, however, Steven Pressfield makes their courageous defense -- and eventual extinction -- unbearably suspenseful. The st...
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Declaration Of Independence British Troops
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Arrives On Calypsos Island Arrives On Calypsos Odysseus
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Freedom Of Speech Constitution Of The United States
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Battle Of Gettysburg Killer Angels
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1,672 wordsTitle: Book Review: Chicamauga by Shelby Foote Subject: 1 Type: other book review Academic Level: College Content: Solid, detailed book review in Civil War context Description: A review of a book dealing with the Civil War Book Review One: Chickamauga Suffering has no flag. Pain has no territory. Death visits us all. These are human experiences which transcend any qualities we may attribute to ourselves. Most people have heard and read of the politics, the power, and the epic battles of the civi...
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Mead Hall Constant Reminder
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742 wordsCuster's Last Stand Bighead, Kate. An eye for an eye. pps 1 - 5. Online. Internet. 5 June 1999. Available: web The plight of the Native American Indians throughout history is plagued by many battles and episodes of relocation from one reservation to the next. One would have thought that the Native Americans were merely puppets that the white man controlled to fit their own needs. However, the battle known as Custer's Last Stand was different. It would seem that the Indian had finally gained cont...
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North Koreans South Korea
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Part Of The Story Mead Hall
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Father Death Kill His Uncle
1,000 wordsThe definition of the word vengeance means to act or instance of infliction injury in return for an injury or harm done. Vengeance causes one to act blindly through anger, rather than through reason. This act plays a very important part in Hamlet. Many people have their own reasons to have vengeance on another character in this classic tragedy written by William Shakespeare. In this film the three main characters that demonstrate vengeance include King Hamlet, Laertes, and Hamlet. All of their v...
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Gawain And The Green Knight Sir Gawain And The Green
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World War Ii U S S
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