Brett Holberg Xenophobic Attacks in South Africa Attacks on foreigners in South Africa have been on the rise since the transfer of power to the ANC in 1994. These violent outbursts‚ which have resulted in riots and dozens of murders‚ have been described as xenophobic in nature. After the months of summer 2008 in South Africa where there was a sudden wave of anti-immigrant violence‚ scholars are asking what is the driving force behind these attacks. Scholars see continuity in the ideology behind
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Everyone knows about Pearl Harbor. But we never look at the Japanese point of view. Japan had many reasons to attack America. In the 1920’s Japan’s population boomed. They had so many babies‚ the limited resources of food and oil in Japan couldn’t meet everyone’s needs. Militarists in Japan saw an opportunity to get more resources. The oil-rich parts of China caught their hopeful eyes. The militarists proposed to the imperial government taking that part of China. But‚ the civil government turned
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Comparatively‚ the Japanese acquired 271‚000 troops in Manchuria with plans to offensively attack and divert the Russian infantry into eastern Manchuria. Ironically‚ the Russian military also planned to carry out an offensive attack against the Japanese. The Japanese developed a plan which‚ if executed correctly would push the Russians backward. However‚ if the Japanese had difficulties synchronizing their attacks‚ the Russians would have an opportunity to maintain their position allowing them to advance
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In Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Attack on Pearl Harbor‚ inflammatory language is used as a persuasive technique to try and get the citizens of the United States angered and mournful about the bombing of pearl harbor. The point of writing this speech is to persuade Americans to support the war‚ and that there was a good reason to go to war. Also‚ he wanted to convince congress to declare war‚ which minutes later they did. He uses hate filled inflammatory language to appeal to the audience’s emotion‚ calling
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Modern “Art” What is modern art? The definition in the dictionary is “A genre of the fine arts created from the mid-19th century which strayed from traditional styles and techniques.” Modern art definitely strays from traditional styles and techniques I will give it that much. But a genre of the FINE arts‚ that’s a bit rich. The only fine thing about it is the fine it should incur when it is shown to the general public. The new piece of “art” in the city‚ the blood red wall‚ is an example of
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I spotted the light flickering by the doorway in the entry hall‚ signaling that someone was at the door. Another poor innocent soul‚ soon to be murdered by General Zaroff. I stepped up to the large wooden door‚ grabbed my black‚ long-barreled revolver and turned the brass knob. I looked upon the visitor with great curiosity‚ as he was naked. The revolver was pointed at his beating heart. His eyes showed a slight glimmer of fear‚ yet he gave a reassuring smile. His mouth began to move and I could
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All passengers were dead except Trevor. He was the only survivor. The engines of F22s could be heard in the distance. A fire was burning in the engine. Trevor Adams lay there next to the helicopter half conscious. His body felt like it had been crushed by a thousand buses. Trevor was an analyst for the CIA and his mission was to gain information on the militants. The helicopter was supposed to take them back to the base. Trevor was the only analyst willing to gain information about the Iranian militants
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During Napoleonic wars‚ Napoleon’s primary goal was to invade England however France navy was crushed by British fleet in the Battle of Trafalgar. Napoleon tries to harm England by limiting of “Continental System” which is to crash the countries who are economy partnership with England (Austria‚ Prussia‚ Russia‚ and Spain). Nevertheless‚ Austria was in a threatening area geographically between France and Russia. Metternich used his negotiation skill to kept Austria neutral during the war between
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The attack was not a terrorist attack because Japan targeted a military base and not civilians‚ it was rather an act of war. On a website it stated another reason why it was not a terrorist attack was because Japan had declared war on the U.S. before the bombings (Pearl Harbor Terrorist or Act of War usmessageboard.com). Although the U.S. was not fast enough to translate the message which was sent about 30 minutes before the attack. A similar attack to Pearl Harbor was the attack of 9/11 which was
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World War II is one of the most historically important events to have occurred. It changed lives‚ countries‚ and economies. My paper is going to cover two battles in particular: the Battle of Britain and the Attack on Pearl Harbor. These two battles specifically are very well known besides being part of World War II. The Battle of Britain lasted from approximately July to September of 1940. The battle was between Britain and Germany‚ with the leaders of this battle being Winston Churchill and Adolf
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