The greatness of Alexander (the Great) is often a much debated question. The importance of such debates is arguably minimal- Alexander was quite clearly a great ruler‚ possibly the greatest to ever live. A much more disputable question regarding Alexander is that of his cruelty throughout his reign as Macedonian King. In order to ascertain the extent of Alexander ’s cruelty one must analyze a number of key events which occurred during his kingship. These include the actions he took following Phillips
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Brian Horneck May 25th‚ 2014 World War I: A tragic and unnecessary conflict The first half of the twentieth century was deeply scarred by two world conflicts that changed the course of humanity forever. The First World War‚ also known as “The Great War” was an unnecessary conflict which created great suffering and destruction all throughout the world. The assassination of Austria’s Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ wrongly claimed to be the main cause of the conflict‚ was just an excuse used by power craving
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of Stalin he was able to establish himself as a successful dictator through totalitarian rule. He became the undisputed leader of the USSR and the factors that enabled him to do so were Industrialisation‚ his social policies and his ability to defeat Hitler in World War Two. However‚ through Stalin’s political career he also encountered many failures. These were Collectivism‚ the purges and the terror he caused by the people living in Russia during his reign. Stalin’s reign was successful through
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Q6: The Vietnam War was a war between the Southern Vietnam and Northern Vietnam. The reason why they has this war was because it was originally between Northern and Southern Vietnam because they had disagree on different beliefs. Northern Vietnam was more of a communist-based nation. While Southern Vietnam was a nationalist-based nation. Since Southern Vietnam had United States for support. They became more involved in the Vietnam War. More than 500‚000 soldiers from the United States fought against
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What Are the Effects of the Building of the Vietnam War Memorial? The Vietnam War memorial is a wall covered with the most serious graffiti imaginable. It is a wall‚ but a human wall‚ a stone record of human flesh‚ its very hardness made of vulnerability (Johnson 1). This research paper is going to highlight the impact that the memorial has had on individuals that have visited the wall‚ the intention of the creation of the memorial‚ and how the memorial has changed individual’s perspectives of
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Was American involvement in the Vietnam War justifiable? Beginning on the first day of November in 1955‚ the second Indochina War was fought between North Vietnam‚ who was communist‚ and the government of South Vietnam‚ that was anti-communist. For the most part the war was fought in the countries of Vietnam‚ Cambodia‚ and Laos‚ and lasted approximately 20 years. There is a large debate amongst many people about whether the United States’ involvement in the Vietnam war is justifiable or not‚ but
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The cold war was marked by a conflict that spanned from 1947 to1991 involving subtle surveillance in the biggest cities of the world to violent battles in the tropical jungles of Vietnam. Its general ideas were for the United States to hinder the spread of communism or for the Soviet Union to expand their communist government. With this the cold war largely influenced the economic‚ revolutionary‚ and humanitarian aid of both rivaling nations for areas that suffered the most after World War II. Their
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The Korean War would be a radical step in fighting wars‚ as well as the feelings people had toward the war. All wars in American History fought before the Korean War were based on either national survival or the gain of territory. A strong conflict was created between the Soviet Union and the United States. From this conflict‚ tension was so strong that wars were fougt in the midst of this Cold War. The Korean War was the first America ever waged that was not fought for national survival‚ for
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The Vietnam War was a very long war fought by the United States. Actually‚ the time span was the longest of wars fought. The Vietnam War‚ itself‚ spanned for about 15 years with in the time frame from 1955-1975‚ however‚ there was conflict leading up to the war for many years before hand. This war was between North and South Vietnam. North Vietnam had allies or support from China‚ the Soviet Union‚ and a few other communist allies‚ whereas South Vietnam was supported or had the allies of the United
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The Media‚ the War‚ and a World Changed By Sam Connors The Vietnam War is a time of great strife for the many people affected during the 1960’s. Much of what we know about war is what the media tells us. Media during the Vietnam conflict is important aspect of this time period. It had significant influence on American support of the war. The media created a negative image of the Vietnam War‚ and was a factor in the end of the war. New media methods made this possible. During the 60’s‚ the media
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