Reading Response to "The Cause of War" "The Cause of War" by Margaret Sanger is about the high birth rate in Germany during World War I. Sanger also states that "behind all war has been the pressure of population. (533)" Sanger wrote this essay to inform the public that "the great crime of imperialistic Germany was its high birth rate (533.)" The audience to the essay is essentially anyone who is against war and overcrowding families‚ nations‚ and the earth (533.) The author offers three
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The First World War spanned four years and involved many nation states. World War I began after the Archduke( Franz Ferdinand) of the decaying Austro-Hungarian empire was assassinated in Sarajevo on June 28‚ 1914 by a group of Serbian nationalists. This event began the struggle between Serbia and the Austro-Hungarian government. On 28 June 1914‚ the Archduke Franz-Ferdinand‚ wearing his seven lucky charm and his light-blue cavalry dress with bullet proof‚ and his wife visited Sarajevo‚ the
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action‚ the authors of “War changed my Dad” display many similarities throughout their’ work. Each of the authors use of imagery and the tones they convey‚ allow the reader to understand what they‚ and their fathers went through before and after the war. Initially Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston/James Houston‚ and Scholastic action‚ the authors’ use of imagery is similar because they both talk about how the fathers’ both leave when the children are a young age to war. An example of one of the
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Civil War” focused its attention around about 250 individual ladies who disguise themselves as men and fought along with their counterpart in the Civil War. Commonly‚ when you think of women and war together in the early years‚ your mind would center around them being self-sacrificing nurses‚ romantic spies‚ and brave women that would maintained the home front the absence of their men. The idea of the gender roles does not tell the entire story that men were not the only ones to march off to war and
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thought of a mother’s children being in the war and fearing the death caused by the war. “The tears are slipping‚ dripping one by one” (Barrington‚ Education 6). This poem by Pauline Barrington conveys the sense of helplessness and fear for the next generation of children. Barrington demonstrates how the children played so innocently “the children play with soldiers made of tin” (Barrington‚ Education 3). The game is only brutalized by the realities of war. The emotional perception questions whether
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1776: A Superior War Novel Pulitzer Prize winner‚ David McCullough‚ authored the intense and well-researched novel 1776 about the tumultuous times of American independence from the British Empire. He recreates scenes of heroic battles as well as dramatic encounters between diplomats with outstanding details to support his writing. In his acknowledgments‚ McCullough informs the reader that the material in his novel came from over 25 libraries‚ archives and historic sites in both the United
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The Military Experience: War in the Pacific Steve Smith HIS/120 06/14/2012 James Hendrickson The Military Experience: War in the Pacific America had been watching the in Germany and Japan since it began but wanted more than anything to remain separated from it‚ after all American’s could not seem to find their way out of the depression. Then on December 7‚ 1941 The Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor and America has In 1937‚ Franklin D. Roosevelt seeing the rapid
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Hunter A.Bristow-Smith Dre 098-3Q03 01‚ November‚ 2016 Will It Work-The Star Wars Saga Continue In the article “ Star Wars: Rogue One” - “Will Disney’s spinoff survive the shadow of The Force Awakens”‚ asked Brandon Russell ? Last year this time scenes from the Force Awakens had given us a glimpse of excitement of what we were about to encounter in our next journey of featured films about the great Star Wars movies we loved. The Force Awakens‚ stated Brandon Russell in his article written
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In the article “Hiroshima was a War Crime” written by Shigetoshi Iwamatsu explains his views concerning the United States use of the atomic bombs on Japanese cities during the end of WWII. In the author’s opinion the use of atomic weapons was a war crime. According to West’s Encyclopedia of American Law a war crime is defined as “Acts that violate the international laws‚ treaties‚ customs‚ and practices governing military conflict between belligerent states or parties.” Iwamatsu supports his opinion
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outcome of the Vietnam War. Professor Lewis Sorley sought to put an end to this altercation with the release of his book‚ A Better War: The Unexamined Victories and Final Tragedy of America’s Last Years in Vietnam. In his writing‚ he discusses factors of the war from General William C Westmoreland’s command in 1964‚ to the major withdrawal of U.S. troops from Vietnam in the early 70’s‚ to the bitter end in 1975‚ and shortly thereafter. His argument was that we did in fact win the war militarily. However
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