TEODORO Agoncillo once chided me for asking too many what-if questions in history‚ ?Why concern yourself with what did not happen‚ when just reconstructing what happened is already a big challenge.? I have never given up on the what-ifs because often what did not happen can be more engaging than what actually happened. Take for example‚ the debate over the cause of Napoleon?s death that textbooks set down as stomach cancer. There were forensic doctors who examined strands of Napoleon?s hair and
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HISTORY OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES THE COURT-MARTIAL OF THE BONIFACIO BROTHERS Immediately upon the arrival of the prisoners in Naic‚ the investigation began. Conducted by COL. JOSE LIPANA – judge advocate & COL. JOSE ELISES – fiscal( prosecuting attorney). On the 3rd day (MAY 1)‚ the investigation was transferred to that town on account of the approaching Spanish attack launched by GOVERNOR GENERAL FERNANDO PRIMO DE RIVERA(MARQUES DE ESTELA) successor of GENERAL POLAVIEJA. Judge
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Several international organizations have commented on various methods of execution‚ condoning them or calling for more humane treatment where the death penalty is used. The Safeguards Guaranteeing Protection of the Rights of Those Facing the Death Penalty provides that “where capital punishment occurs‚ it shall be carried out so as to inflict the minimum possible suffering.” Moreover‚ in its General Comment 20‚ the Committee recognized that when the death penalty is imposed‚ it must be carried
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Two well-known painters‚ Pablo Picasso and Francisco Goya‚ created two paintings; “Guernica” and “Executions of the Third of May”. These two paintings bring up many differences in each of the artists styles‚ but also reminds us how much each is the same when it comes to content. The formal visual elements are very different at first glance‚ but once you look into the painting more you can see many similarities that lead to the subject matter and content. These paintings have a great and similar history
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Women of War: The Road to Infantry Abstract This paper explores several published‚ web-based articles and mainstream media outlets that report on the heavily discussed topic of women fighting on the front-lines of America ’s military. Many of these articles favor the idea of women fighting in the military‚ favoring the idea of equality. Women fighting in wars is nothing new to the world as women have been playing mostly support roles for years. However‚ women have been restricted
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Aaron Connell‚ Audry Camacho Kymberlee Morrison‚ Priscilla Avitia Ryan Liyanaralalage Professor Shiroma English 1C 21 October 2013 Fight or Die‚ Is it a Gender Based Right Even though the ban on women in combat has been officially lifted‚ it is still a very controversial topic. There still are many critics that disagree and argue that‚ women shouldn’t be allowed in combat. Also there are still a large number of restricted working fields in the military that are off limit to women. To
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WE WERE SOLDIERS ONCE ... AND YOUNG PROLOGUE. In thy faint slumbers I by thee have watch ’d And heard thee murmur tales of iron wars ... -Shakespeare‚ Henry IV‚ Pan One‚ Act II‚ Scene 3 This story is about time and memories. The time was 1965‚ a different kind of year‚ a watershed year when one era was ending in America and another was beginning. We felt it then‚ in the many ways our lives changed so suddenly‚ so dramatically‚ and looking back on it from a quarter-century gone we are left in
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Jose Rizal was a man of incredible intellectual power‚ with amazing artistic talent as well. He excelled at anything that he put his mind to - medicine‚ poetry‚ sketching‚ architecture‚ sociology... the list seems nearly endless. Thus‚ Rizal’s martyrdom by the Spanish colonial authorities while he was still quite young was a huge loss to the Philippines‚ and to the world at large. Today‚ the people of the Philippines honor him as their national hero. On June 19‚ 1861‚ Francisco Rizal Mercado and
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The Wannsee Conference On January 20‚ 1942‚ at a villa in a suburb of Berlin called Wannsee‚ 15 men‚ all high-ranking Nazi Party officials and members of the German government‚ met to discuss what they called the "Final Solution of the Jewish Question." The head of this conference was a man named SS General Reinhard Heydrich‚ the chief of the Reich Security Main Office (Reichssicherheitshauptamt-RSHA) and one of SS chief Heinrich Himmler ’s top deputies. (ushmm.org) Heydrich had two main goals in
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Discrimination is Alive and Well-Unfortunately “This monument stands in memory of the Trachimbroders….killed at the hands of German fascism in World War II. This is all that is Left. They destroyed everything.” This quote came from the film‚ Everything is Illuminated (2005)‚ directed by Leiv Scheiber which contains various types of discrimination during World War II. Discrimination took place in Alex’s home‚ when getting directions from the country workers‚ and at the Trachimbrod. At The beginning
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