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    Strategy Military historians have long fought over a precise definition for the “catch all” term known as “Strategy”. There has not been a consensus on how the term should be defined‚ but in terms of warfare in the 20th century‚ a good definition and the one that will be used for this paper defines strategy as “the development‚ intellectual mastery‚ and utilization of all of the state’s resources for the purpose of implementing its policy in war.” This definition is used because it covers the aspects

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    Pearl Harbor‚ Japan figured if they depleted the American forces in the pacific‚ they would be able to have a path to victory. The 5- star movie does not really establish a defined reason why Japan decided to go into war with America: there was no fully developed rationale presented in the movie‚ which would have helped provide a context for Japan’s declaration of war and their military attack on the US military forces in Hawaii on December 7‚ 1941. There some tweets that referred to Japan becoming

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    and his dream Preston Tucker is a man persists in doing what he believes is right even thousands of barriers appear. The movie narrates the story of Preston Tucker who invents and manufactures the "car of the future"‚ " Tucker Torpedo". This car features rear engine‚ disc brake‚ windshield‚ seat belt and other unique parts that existing cars don’t include. Since the car is innovative‚ the demand is beyond the imagination of current market. The more popular the car is‚ the

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    Why did the United States get involved in the Vietnam War? One thing that got the United States into the Vietnam War was the end of colonialism. The European countries were unable to deny the escalating demands for independence in their Asian colonies. In Vietnam‚ for instance‚ an independence movement under the leadership of Ho Chi Minh rose to challenge French rule. The United States helped France by giving financial and military aid. Ho Chi Minh was also a communist‚ which brings up another

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    Treacherous. Freezing. Hazardous. Beautiful. Deadly. These words and many others‚ were used by the early explorers to describe Antarctica. It’s significant beauty in its glaciers and landscape is flawed by the cruel weather and soul-reaping crevasses. Yet many magnificent animals such as penguins and seals have learned to thrive there. Brave explorers and expedition teams have traveled to the demoralizing southern continent for fame or to claim the land. Many did not return from Antarctica with

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    Pearl Harbor was one of the most tragic attacks in United States history (Prange 9). On December 7‚ 1941‚ the Japanese soldiers attacked the United States naval base in Oahu‚ Hawaii (“Attack on Pearl Harbor‚ 1941” 1). Thousands of soldiers and civilians lost their lives‚ lost a loved one‚ or were severely injured (History.com Staff 1).The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor demonstrates the political relationships‚ the determination of control‚ and the disregard for human life that was predominant during

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    also simultaneously attacked the harbor with more dive bombers and torpedo planes equipped with torpedoes specially made for the shallow waters of the harbor (Michael 12). During all of the chaos a dive bomber dropped its deadly payload on to the USS Arizona‚ with a single bomb hit to the magazine‚ the whole bow of the ship was severed from the rest and 1‚000 men died instantly (Michael 12). At 8:45 am even more Japanese torpedo planes and dive bombers attacked the harbor targeting repair yards and

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    1.1 Introduction In recent years‚ the sliding mode control system has been widely used for robust control of nonlinear systems (the author Slotine and Li‚ 1991). The sliding mode control‚ based on the theory of variable structure systems‚ has attracted a lot of investigate on control systems for the last two decades. A comprehensive survey on variable structure control was given in Hung and other. (1993). The salient advantage of sliding mode control is robustness against structured and unstructured

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    The Army has made drastic improvements towards engineer breaching capabilities throughout the years. From using the most basic of hand tools to mechanical and explosive breaching‚ the type of method to use is ever changing. Every person has there preferred method‚ but most prefer to use the explosive breaching method. When it comes to clearing a footpath‚ there are two pieces of equipment that enable a force to quickly employ‚ neutralize and clear a path safely and effectively. The first being

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    Introduction During this structured essay I will provide several points supporting my findings with references regarding each service management theory. I will provide a definitive and informative analysis for the reader. Service concept is defined by Heskett as “ The way in which the organisation would like to have its services perceived by its customers‚ employees‚ shareholders and lenders. Edvardsson and Olsson (1996) refers to service concept as the prototype for service and define it as the

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