War of the Worlds was written in response to several historical events. The most important was the unification and militarization of Germany‚ which led to a series of novels predicting war in Europe‚ beginning with George Chesney’s The Battle of Dorking (1871). Most of these were written in a semi-documentary fashion; and Wells borrowed their technique to tie his interplanetary war tale to specific places in England familiar to his readers. This attempt at hyper-realism helped to inspire Orson Welles
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How Star Wars Changed the World George Lucas was a young Hollywood director in the mid-1970s that had the opportunity from 20th Century Fox after his hit movie American Graffiti to create his own original space adventure movie that will soon be known as Star Wars. It has been forty years since Lucas has transported us to a “Galaxy Far‚ Far away.” The huge blockbuster franchise movie that we all know as Star Wars has truly changed the film industry‚ special effects and pop culture with just a draw
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To what extent did WWI change (or not change) European ideas about statehood and nationalism? Sources suggest that Europe’s ideas towards statehood and nationalism changed throughout and after WW1‚ I personally agree with this statement. Nationalism is defined as loyalty or devotion to ones country followed by the belief that nations will benefit from acting independently rather than collectively‚ emphasizing national rather than international goals. There was a large impact on Europe post WW1
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“The world that we live in”: an appeal Not long ago the law of the jungle prevailed “kill or be killed”. Barbarism was at its heinous best. Darwin’s theory of “survival of the fittest” was apt for those times. The smaller animals were at the mercy of the bigger ones and the latter were at the mercy of the biggest and so on. Evolution continued and finally we are today at a position of being called the ultramodern man who has lots and lots of knowledge and education‚ robots and gadgets to assist
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Great War‚ The War to End All Wars‚ and‚ most often‚ World War One. This war was a milestone in human history. This conflict engulfed Europe and destroyed countless lives‚ through death‚ pain‚ economic ruin‚ emotional and psychological trauma‚ and other ways. It saw the airplane‚ machine gun‚ tank‚ and poison gas all come into their own as new and exciting ways to slaughter other human beings. Although the War itself came to an end in 1918‚ the Paris Peace Conference of 1919 is where the War truly
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The war started mainly from four conditions: Militarism‚ Alliances‚ Imperialism‚ and Nationalism. Austria- Hungary declares war on Serbia. Austria then declares war on Russia. Germany declares war on Russia. Two days later Germany declares war on France. Later‚ Great Britain declares war on Germany. Alliances were formed‚ Germany and Austria-Hungary were known as the Central Powers. On the other side‚ United states‚ Great Britain‚ France‚ and Russia were known as the Allied powers. Japan joined the
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World War I started on July 28‚ 1914. It ended around November 11‚ 1918. The war involved Germany‚ Austria - Hungary‚ Bulgaria‚ Great Britain‚ France‚ Russia‚ Italy‚ and the United States. The war started because of four main reasons. Those reasons are that militarism‚ alliances‚ imperialism‚ and nationalism. Militarism is the desire of a government to have and maintain a powerful army or military. This was be a people believed that war was good. In the case of World War I‚ Germany took
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Why America Entered World War II Many reasons‚ including that Nazi Germany was sinking American supply ships because the US was providing financial and military support to the Allied troops (England‚ France‚ China and Russia). Most importantly‚ Japan attacked the US naval base at Pearl Harbor‚ Hawaii‚ without a declaration of war or any warning that hostlities were being commenced‚ sinking most of the battle fleet. The day after the attack‚ December 7th‚ 1941‚ President Roosevelt went before the
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īḻam‚ generally rendered outside Tamil-speaking areas ) is a proposed independent statethat Tamils in Sri Lanka and the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora aspire to create in the north and east of Sri Lanka. Tamil Eelam has no official status orrecognition by world states though sections of the Eelam were under de facto control of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for most of the2000s. The name is derived from the ancient Tamil name for Sri Lanka‚ Eelam. TAMIL PERIOD The Jaffna kingdom (1215-1624
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Why War? Is war inevitable? It appears that the answer to this question is yes. However‚ war is unpredictable and must be studied based on individual circumstances‚ actions taken‚ and reactions. States disagree with each other on many subjects and conflicts arise often. To answer this question‚ we must first examine the causes of a conflict‚ evaluate the outcome and determine any alternatives that may exist. Then we can analyze some alternative theoretical outcomes compared to the actual
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