The Baroque style in art that flourished in the seventeenth century is characterized by “intense emotions‚ monumental decors‚ and even a kind of artistic sensationalism (Hunt‚ Martin and Rosenwein 473).” It is a movement that was heavily embellished and very complex‚ primarily because it wanted to evoke a strong sense of emotion from the viewer. The artists who subscribed to this particular movement “embraced dynamism‚ theatricality‚ and elaborate ornamentation‚ all used to spectacular effect‚ often
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Minnie Pozefsky War of the Worlds H. G. Wells Genre: The genre of War of the Worlds is science fiction. This is because the book contains outrageous descriptions of impossible events. Plot Summary: War of the Worlds is a tale about an alien invasion. The story begins on a normal day in England. There is an unusual bright flash‚ seemingly coming from the planet‚ Mars. The people soon discover that this was the launching of an artificial cylinder‚ containing monstrous “martians”. A second cylinder
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Chapter two of Masks of War examines Carl Builder’s thesis that the U.S. military services each have a unique service personality and that their cultural characteristics influence service operations‚ including joint operations. The examination will summarize how Builder defines the individual service cultures in his book‚ The Masks of War‚ and how these service cultures affect the Joint Organizations to which they belong. This chapter presumes with a summary of what many consider is the most dramatic
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In “the Trader’s War”‚ John Reed gives his main reason for being against the war in general‚ and why the U.S should not become involved. He describes how the war began even before it was formally declared‚ and calls it a “clash of traders” (74). He simplifies it as the German’s wanting to achieve more economically as others before them already have done so‚ but the ones at large‚ England and France‚ do not want to share (76). In doing so‚ he declares the hypocrisy of the war‚ those who claim to spread
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A Rumor of War A Rumor of War is a book bases on personal experiences of the author Philip Caputo during the Vietnam War. Philip served in the United States Marine Corps (USMC). He was deployed in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. When he came back he chose to become a journalist. He is renowned for his book A Rumor of war which he wrote 10 years after returning from war. The book starts with Philip’s narrating the reason he joined the United States Marine Corps (page 1) and ends with him
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John Lewis Gaddis is a history professor at Yale University‚ lecturing an undergraduate class every Monday and Wednesday on the Cold War. He wrote The Cold War: A New History based on questions some of his prior students had on the Cold War‚ as well as making a shorter‚ more understanding book for students to read. Gaddis provides a fantastic overview of the Cold War but could have organized the information a lot better. For instance‚ if he put it in chronological order rather than jumping back and
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1968: The War at Home and Abroad In “1968: The End and the Beginning in the United States and Western Europe‚” Terry H. Anderson analyses historical events and the importance of 1968 in the United States and Western Europe. Anderson examines the war in Vietnam and how it changed the way many Americans viewed our involvement. The constant media coverage lead to great distrust in our government; majorly affecting the political election of that year. The culture of the 60’s was changing and the first
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Nicholas Allen History 122-005 March 30‚ 2016 Paper 3 In the book The Sorrow of War by Bao Ninh‚ he tells the reader about his experiences in the Vietnam War. First‚ Ninh shows how the Vietnam War impacted the Vietnamese soldiers and the traumatic experiences and emotion hardships they had to go through. Secondly‚ the Americans also had traumatic experiences like the Vietnamese soldiers but the American soldiers had different traumatic events that messed with there emotions. Finally‚ the Vietnamese
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entering World War 1‚ the United States proved to it’s citizens that not a single care would be given about their sons‚ fathers‚ brothers. The stock brokers‚ manufacturers and bankers prospered immensely from the vile that went on in the period of four years. The so figuratively called “masters” in Eugene V.Cantons speech‚ control the masses to their free will. Eugene also believed that the “master” class has always declared wars for their own personal benefits. The masters chose wars for their subjects
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Title Norman Davies‚ Europe at War 1939–1945: No Simple Victory (New York: History book‚ 2006). Norman Davies’s Europe at War 1939–1945: No Simple Victory argues how Stalin is just as evil as Hitler before and during World War 2. He tells how both man are the most two evils during the time. People of WW2 and present time should focus on Stalin more‚ and not just over look him. Stalin didn’t just control a part of Europe‚ but he also help shaped it like Hitler did. Furthermore‚ Davies focus on the
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