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    Syrian Civil War

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    Syrian Civil War Project on Syrian Civil War May‚ 2013 War is the horrible‚ the most cruel activity of man. It is nothing but mass murder. The evolution of human society towards something better has always been under wars. Millions of dollars are spend every year for deadly weapons of war. Human nature hates cruelty although some people believe that humans must shed blood to satisfy their blood thirsty nature. But is it so the case? Wars have been fought for a lot of reasons. But the Syrian

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    Russian Civil War

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    right to rule. Collectively‚ these opponents became known as the Whites. The Whites were opposed to the Reds for two main reasons: they seized the land‚ property and factories of the well off and they attacked religious beliefs. By the end of 1918 civil war had broken out in Russia between the Whites and the Reds. The Whites were supported from abroad by the Allies; Britain‚ France‚ the USA and Japan. The Allies opposed Lenin in retaliation for his Brest-Litovsk peace treaty with Germany in March 1918

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    The Spanish civil war is often seen as a fundamental divide between right and left- the first major struggle between Fascism and Communism. The Spanish civil war started distinctly as a Spanish civil war born out of Spanish disputes‚ but it was soon to take on an international character. The military situations were practically equal to both sides before the foreign intervention. However‚ after Germany‚ Italy‚ and USSR intervened the situation changed dramatically. In general‚ the decision by foreign

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    Chinese Civil War

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    The Chinese Civil was fought from 1946 to 1949 by the Chinese Communist Party and the governing Chinese National Party or Kuomintang. The two parties began initially by working together during the Northern Expedition‚ which were a Kuomintang military campaign unifying communists and nationalists from 1926 to 1928. The death of the revolutionary republican leader of the Kuomintang‚ Sun Yat sen‚ however‚ caused power struggle between the two opposing parties. There were multiple

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    Civil War Letters

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    I am willing—perfectly willing—to lay down all my joys in this life‚ to help maintain this Government‚ and to pay that debt.” When Sullivan Ballou writes this to his wife‚ I think he is just trying to remind her that what he is doing is for a good cause and she shouldn’t be upset because he wants to be fighting for his country and he feels he is giving back to America for what they have done for us in the past. It’s clear most soldiers feel they need to be out on the battle field because that’s where

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    Rwandan Civil War

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    English Argumentative/Persuasive Essay Rwandan Civil War On July 16‚ 1994‚ the world watched the Rwandan Civil War finally end‚ 800‚ 000 lives later and after devastating a nation socially‚ economically and politically. It seemed as if the whole world watched‚ yet did nothing. Many Rwandans lives are very thankful to the UN’s efforts but it wasn’t nearly enough. Canada‚ among many other countries‚ should have been involved in the Rwandan Civil war. Canada should have especially for it has an obligation

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    Kathie Kaidan 4/14/10 HST 202 Paper #2 There is much controversy and uncertainty about the reasons of why the Civil War started‚ and why it went on for so long. The Civil War is unusual not only in American History‚ but in world history as well because of the intensity and carnage of it. Men were taking up arms against their neighbors‚ fathers‚ sons‚ brothers‚ and friends to meet on the field of battle with only one mission: to kill one another. James McPherson wondered this‚ so he researched

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    History 1301 Homework #4 John Adams speaks out on slavery and religion. John Quincy Adams was a strong opponent of slavery and used the various positions he held to promote abolition of slavery. As president he proposed programs that would lead to an end to slavery‚ but was unable to get it through Congress. Later in life‚ as a Congressman‚ he argued that if a civil war ever broke out the president could abolish slavery by using his war powers‚ a policy followed by President Abraham Lincoln

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    Whitman and the Civil War

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    the cause of freedom while simultaneously praising the dignity of the individual. His poems are usually about himself‚ yet in himself he sees the entire humanity and successfully communicates this to the reader‚ sometimes directly‚ sometimes indirectly. Walt Whitman was a part of the transcendental movement of Poets in America‚ which also included Henry Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson. In Whitman’s poem "Bivouac on a Mountain Side" he reflects on his observations and visions on the Civil War and

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    Syrian Civil War

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    how to end up the civil war in Syria. Syrian civil was is an armed conflict‚ which started in March 2011 and developed into international demonstrations in April. The main conflict is held between non-formed rebels wanted to overthrow the power government Ba’ath Party and the resignation of the Syrian president Bashar al-Assad‚ whose family rules the country since 1971. Ba’ath Party is neo-Ba’athism dominant government party that has ruled in Syria since 1963. All started as a civil and peaceful demonstrations

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