After the “end of history” After the “end of history” Francis Fukuyama 02 May 2006 Francis Fukuyama’s "end of history" thesis – proposed in a 1989 essay‚ elaborated in a 1992 book – was the most influential attempt to make sense of the post-cold-war world. In a new afterword to "The End of History and the Last Man"‚ Fukuyama reflects on how his ideas have survived the tides of criticism and political change. In the seventeen years that have passed since the original publication of my essay
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gave me chill down my spine as something about to happen. Yes‚ it was the same type of old story that she told me again and again for the past five months‚ but this one was different. As far as I know‚ my grandmother and my grandfather lived happily after the Vietnam War‚ but I had never heard such experience like this. The war was a dark history for my grandparents‚ my dad‚ and my aunts and uncles; they had to suffer the lack of food and insecure for their safety for years‚ yet they also had to work
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In the except from Maxine Clair’s “Cherry Bomb”‚ the adult narrator relates significant memories from her fifth grade summer. Through the narration of her private box and her cherry bomb‚ Clair is able to capture the youthfulness and innocence of childhood summers.In the beginning of the first paragraph‚ emphasis is put on the immaturity and youth of the fifth grade narrator in her memories. “Life was measured in summers” is a form of generalization that a child who has yet to experience the stressfulness
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are not deemed to have been innocent because they may have supported the Imperialist Japanese Government‚ then neither was those who died in the World Trade Center or any Americans‚ because they support the U.S. Government! Yes‚ the Japanese did bomb the U.S first but didn’t more than half of the America people tell them they weren’t right for doing it on pearl harbor ? So if their wrong‚ what makes it okay for the United States? The United states was mad because Japan came to their land and killed
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The Use of the Atomic Bomb The Manhattan Project was a secretive project created by the government to get ahead in the push for a nuclear bomb. After its completion‚ the atomic bomb was secretly tested in the New Mexico desert. The bomb was a success and next came the hardest decision of Harry S. Truman’s life. He was president at the time and he had to decide whether or not the bomb should be dropped. He had to account for the civilian’s lives‚ but also had to think about the outcome of the war
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50 Years From Now Essay Submitted by littleaulf117 on June 9‚ 2011 Category: English Words: 417 | Pages: 2 Views: 31 Report this Essay Life in fifty years will be a lot different then it is now. In most peoples eyes they see the world having flying cars and floating houses but I believe the world will be more eco-friendly and organic. Lives will be saved‚ let it be humans or even animals. With new living styles‚ resolving health issues‚ and coming to world peace it can lead to happier and
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Formal Documented Essay The Bahamas after Independence I strongly believe Independence has become both a blessing and a curse towards the Bahamas. Prior to receiving its Independence‚ the Bahamas was first a crown colony government under the British in the year 1718 and were encourage to abide by all rules and regulations that were pass on to them. The British offered the Bahamas protection‚ wealth and power. After many years of being supported by the British government‚ the Bahamas believed
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Looking back to her fifth-grade summer world‚ the narrator in Maxine Clair’s “Cherry Bomb” is reminded of the fun times she had back in the day. Clair illustrates the narrator’s playful and reminiscent attitude toward her childhood summer through colloquial diction‚ profuse imagery‚ and humorous anecdotes. The narrator in Clair’s work speaks in a very colloquial manner when she approaches the subject of her 5th grade summer. The narrator repeatedly uses em dashed descriptions (ie. “over-one-hundred-degree
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On August 6‚ 1945‚ a plane called the Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb‚ Little Boy on the city of Hiroshima. Hiroshima was a very industrial city; it had a military base and had not yet been bombed. The U.S. military thought Hiroshima would be a good target to display the destructive power of their new super bomb. Harry S. Truman‚ the president of The United States from 1945 to 1953‚ decided to drop the atomic bomb due to several reasons. First‚ he wanted to end the war as soon as possible‚ second
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America’s decision to use the atomic bomb on Japan was only done to assert our position over the Soviet Union‚ and Japan’s surrender was only an extra accomplishment of the attack. During the years 1939 to 1947‚ numerous conferences were held to discuss diplomatic matters‚ and the strive towards getting Japan to accept an unconditional surrender. The Japanese had already been weakened‚ and the military predicted that they would eventually be forced to surrender in a short amount of time. Even the
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