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Assessing the Cuban Revolution »

A 2.5 page paper which examines how successful the Cuban Revolution has been. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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1960s Cultural Revolution »

An 8 page research paper/essay that examines the idea of the 1960s as a cultural revolution. The 1960s are often referred as a time of cultural revolution in the United States and in other Western countries, but how useful is this term in describing this turbulent period? The connotation associated ...
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Persian Gulf War from Feminist Perspective of Cynthia Enloe »

A 3 page paper discussing 'Bananas, Beaches, and Bases' by Cynthia Enloe and how the Persian Gulf War would be described from Enloe's feminist perspective. No additional sources cited.
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History of Detente from WWI to Nixon »

A 7 page history of Detente from World War I to the Nixon era. Bibliography lists approximately 6 sources.
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Hiroshima Devastation »

A 5 page paper that argues the point that President Harry S. Truman was presented with a number of alternatives other than the bombing of Hiroshima in bringing about the end of World War II. These alternatives are discussed, with the focus being placed on Truman's failure to clarify ...
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Was the Cold War Caused by Nuclear Weapons? »

This 8 page paper considers the background to the Cold War and considers if the development of nuclear weapons can be seen as the cause or the catalyst that triggered the cold war between the US and the USSR. The bibliography cites 8 sources.
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Truth and History »

This 6 page paper considers the question of truth with regard to one historical incident, the Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire of 1911. It also discusses ways in which an examination of this incident is relevant to our understanding of the present, and whether it illuminates any contemporary incident. Bibliography lists ...
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Cold World Impacts Documented in Underworld by Don Delillo »

A 6 page discussion of Delillo’s novel and its illustration of the impact of the Cold War on American culture. Revolving largely around the analogy of baseball, this novel illuminates many aspects of a war which unfolded largely without recognition by a significant segment of the American public. ...
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The Book of Daniel by E.L. Doctorow »

This 10 page essay analyzes the story on several levels: the protagonist's struggle with the past and the present, his journey to overcome past events, the path that finally gives him freedom; the author's commentary on the culture of the society during the more than two decades that span the ...
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Reform in the Early 19th Century »

This 3 page paper discusses some of the early 19th century reform movements. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Evaluating the Pros and Cons of Prohibition »

This 4 page paper discusses the made in favor of prohibition as well as those against it, and in particular the events occurring in the years 1928-1935. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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1961's Civil Rights Freedom Riders »

This seven-page-paper presents an in-depth discussion and outline of the Freedom Riders of 1961. Opening with an explanation about the Supreme Court decision to desegregate public transit facilities and detailing what happened when two bus loads of multiracial travelers tested the order the paper moved through a chronological timeline for the reader. Bibliography lists ...
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French And Industrial Revolutions: Changes To Society And Philosophy »

3 pages in length. The writer briefly discusses the influence of the Industrial and French Revolutions. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Generalship And George S. Patton »

A 7 page paper. It is September 1939. The war in Europe has just begun. The writer is the Army Chief of Staff and has been called by the President who needs to decide who the commanders of the U.S. Army will be if the U.S. is drawn into ...
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U.S. Nuclear Power Industry and its Historical Development »

A 12 page paper which examines the origins of its development and concentrates on the critical period between 1970 and 1990. Specifically considered are current reactor research programs, current state of nuclear power plant design, radioactive waste, plant licensing extension, decommissioning, government oversight, and future prospects. Bibliography lists ...
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'The History Book' and School Textbooks on History »

This 4 page paper considers how “The History Book” may present a different picture of history compared to the history which is usually found in school history books. The approach is then applied to modern events such as the Iraq war. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
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A History of American Organized Crime »

A 15 page research paper that offers a history of organized crime in the US. The writer follows this history from Prohibition to the current day, concentrating on the career of Lucky Luciano, and arguing that the influence of the Mafia has declined in recent years, as Asian and Latin ...
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HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN CAR »

This 5-page paper presents an overview of the history of the U.S. auto industry. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Turning Points from Ancient History to Now »

This 4 page starts with the discovery of fire, moves through the scientific revolution, and on to the threat of nuclear bombs as it exists in the world today. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Iraq War and Views of Past Leaders »

This 8 page paper examines the war in Iraq through the eyes of Elizabeth I, Alexander Hamilton and Benjamin Banneker. Bibliographic information is included about each of the individuals. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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U.S. Culture and Societal Impacts of the Cold War »

7 pages in length. As the Cold War reached its climactic end, it caused many people to wonder if this was the point in history where the Russians had learned to accept and support American foreign policy goals and policies. It was hoped that with the war's end, ...
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Internal Migrations »

This 5 page paper discusses two internal "migrations" in American history: the "Great Migration" to Chicago after World War I, and the government-forced assimilation of the Anishinaabe on the White Earth Reservation. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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The Cold War »

A 3 page paper which examines some of the issues related to the Cold War. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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War Without Mercy by John Dower »

A 5 page summation and analysis of the major points in John Dower's War Without Mercy. In this book, Dower examines the conflict in the Pacific during World War II from the perspective of how it represented long-standing attitudes and racial prejudices. Dower shows how both sides—Axis and Allied—saw ...
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We Now Know Rethinking the Cold War History by John Lewis Gaddis »

5 pages. Yale Professor John Lewis Gaddis, in his book, "We Now Know: Rethinking the Cold War History", tells us that the Cold War was inescapable. Depending upon one's interpretation, Gaddis ascertains that the Cold War possessed many instigators from American paranoia to a lack of mutual cooperation ...
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Prohibition: Pros and Cons »

This 4 page paper discusses the issues on both sides of the prohibition controversy. It uses opinions of the time, not modern day. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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1920s' Prohibition and Its Impact Upon U.S. Crime, Religion, and Economics »

An 8 page paper which examines the effects alcohol prohibition had on economics, religion, and crime in the United States during the 1920s. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Cold War Hysteria and 'Casualties' Julius and Ethel Rosenberg »

A 6 page (4 pp. + 2 pp. Annotated Bibliography) paper that evaluates the Communist hysteria that gripped America during the late 1940s and early 1950s and evaluates the allegations that led to the arrest and trial of the New York couple on espionage charges. Specifically considered are whether ...
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Kasserine Pass - American View »

In ten pages this paper examines the February 1943 battle of Kasserine Pass during the North Africa (Tunisia) campaign from the U.S. perspective. Eight sources are listed in the bibliography. TGkasspass.rtf
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Important Developments 1950s Through the 1990s »

A 9 page paper delineating one particularly important development for each decade between the 1950s and the 1990s. School integration, the civil rights movement, the antiwar movement of the 1970s, and the dissolution of the USSR are discussed right alongside important technological developments in the 1980s. Bibliography lists ...
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American Immersion in the World and Five Key Events that Led Us There »

This 3 page paper delineated five key moments in time that changed history and our role in it. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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United States, Harry S. Truman, and the Korean War »

This paper examines the the role that the United States and President Harry S Truman played in the Korean war. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Persian Gulf War and Iraqi Portrayal by the Media »

A 4 page discussion of the manner in which the Iraqi people were depicted by the media during this turbulent time in history. The author asserts that although this depiction may appear negative from an American perspective, it really was a reflection of the Iraqi ideology. Just as ...
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Gulf War Military Strategies by Iraq and the United States »

This 8 page paper provides an overview of the basic strategies utilized by both the United States and Iraq and focuses specifically on two elements of the military strategy in each situation. This paper considers specific national security issues related to the strategies and the outcomes of the decisions. ...
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Analysis of Operation Earnest Will »

A 5 page research paper that analyzes the success of Operation Earnest Will. Three years before Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm, the U.S. Navy was involved in Operation Earnest Will, which was part of a conflict that has been referred to as the 'tanker war' of 1987-88. Operation ...
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Peter Grose's Operation Rollback »

A 5 page research paper that examines Peter Grose's book on Operation Rollback, which is the saga of various American intelligence agencies and their endeavors to overthrow Communism during the Cold War. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Civil Rights Movement and Its Origins »

A 16 page paper discussing whether the successes of the Civil Rights Movement originated with grass roots initiatives or arose through government intervention. The short answer is that it was local, grassroots efforts that brought the magnitude of the existing injustices to the attention of Washington in the 1960s. ...
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Events of the 20th Century »

A 4 page paper which examines the coming of the Cold War, Civil Rights Movement, Great Society and the Vietnam War. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Progressivism: United States 1900s »

5 pages in length. The writer discusses the impact of progressivism with regard to Wilson, war and immigration. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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U.S. Prohibition Movement from 1920 to 1933 »

A 5 page paper which examines the time between 1920 and 1933, when the Eighteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution prohibited the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages in America. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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U.S. Family Impact of Prohibition »

A 6 page overview of the many family impacts of Prohibition. The author points out the positive impacts of the decrease in alcohol consumption but contrasts them with the societal costs of the black market that emerged. Bibliography list 5 sources.
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Cold War and Propaganda »

This 1 page essay explores how propaganda was used in the fifties. The knowledge and intent of propaganda by the U.S. is the focus of the paper. No bibliography.
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The 1950s »

This 5 page paper answers two questions posed regarding the 1950s and the cold war. The cold war is detailed and information provided pertains to the dichotomy in the 1950s between fear and satisfaction. Also discussed is popular culture, communism and women in the workforce. Bibliography lists ...
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The Radical Nature of the American Revolution »

This 8 page paper provides an overview of the ideas to come from the American Revolution as well as ideas which preceded it, such as those which sprang from the Enlightenment. Also discussed is the period shortly after the revolution and more briefly, contemporary American society. The radical nature of ...
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Rauchway/Murdering McKinley »

A 5 page book review on Murdering McKinley by historian Eric Rauchway, in which the author creates a gripping story from what has basically become a footnote in twentieth century American history--the murder of President William McKinley in 1901 by anarchist Leon Czolgosz. Through an intriguing use of narrative perspective, ...
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John Lewis Gaddis' We Now Know Rethinking Cold War History »

A 6 page analysis of "We Now Know: Rethinking Cold War History" by John Lewis Gaddis. The writer presents a summation of the author's main points and argues that the main theme of the book is that the Cold War resulted solely from the ideological imperatives of the Communist Party ...
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Robert McNamara/An Ethical Analysis »

An 8 page research paper that analyzes the remarks of Robert McNamara from an ethical perspective. The writer argues that the explanation for how leadership can go "terribly wrong" may be located not in errors in military tactics but rather in the ethical foundations that rationalize those tactics. This ...
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Blood Passion by Scott Martelle »

This 3 page book review pertains to a text that focuses on the 1913-14 coal strike that in Colorado and involved an incident known as the Ludlow Massacre. The writer explores the author's thesis, which paints this conflict as a class war. Bibliography lists only the primary source.
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1980s' Soviet Union »

A 5 page research paper that examines the end of the Cold War, focusing on the arms race and the Soviet Union. After World War II, the world faced another crisis, in the form of expansion by the Soviet Union of its sphere of influence. While historians and scholars differ ...
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Speaking Out: The Bonus Seekers, Textile Worker Strikes and Resistance to the Native American Reorganization Act »

A 4 page exploration of these historical attempts by Americans to be heard. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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