Essays Tagged: "assassinations"

Anwar Sadat, The assassination of the Egyptian President

, there was the killing, usually for political reasons, of public figures. Such murders were called assassinations. In the 11th century, a man named Hasan Sabbah founded a secret order of Muslims in P ...

(2 pages) 82 1 3.4 Mar/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > Middle Eastern History

The Quarrel About the philosophical question of the Historical Explanation

e universal laws.Certainly all things cannot easily be assigned to rules and laws. Political coups, assassinations and revolutions are too complex for such a rigid explanation. And who is to say what ...

(2 pages) 63 1 3.5 Dec/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy

Independence of Brazil, unique in the way it was achieved and announced

When we think of a country gaining freedom, we usually picturebloody coups, assassinations, civil wars, and demonstrations. We think ofthousands of guerrillas or freedom fighte ...

(5 pages) 128 0 4.0 Mar/1997

Subjects: History Term Papers > Central & Southamerican History

Spain's Pre-War Years, speaks of why the years before the Spanish Civil War of 1936 so confusing and unstable, resulting in the need for a totalitarian leader?

ers: General de Rivera in 1923-1930 and General Franco in 1939-1975. The other years saw terrorism, assassinations, violence and innsurrections. This didactic essay will demonstrate the Spaniards' ina ... period of 1918 to 1921 saw anarchists of the poorer south rise against the government, with riots, assassinations, terrorism, in short: typical anarchist tactics. Once again the Civil Guard was calle ...

(11 pages) 106 0 2.8 Mar/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

The impact that slavery had on 19th century America was manifested in various ways.

o were considered second class citizens and were treated unfairly. It created a rage of consecutive assassinations throughout America during the19th century. One of the main reasons the blacks succeed ... t or even imprisonment by the unfair police authorities.Black slavery created a rage of consecutive assassinations throughout America during the 19th century. The first assassination was J.F.Kennedy w ...

(1 pages) 136 1 2.2 Oct/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Events of the 1980's

1980's started of hope and optimism to a vision of a reborn America. After two decades of troubles, assassinations, urban riots, the agony of Vietnam and the disgrace of Watergate the nation was ready ...

(9 pages) 248 1 2.8 Jan/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Jim Lovell's Climb to the Stars

The sixties were a time of cultural upheavals, such as the horror of the Kennedy and King assassinations, the violence of protests, and the brutality of the war in Vietnam. And then somethin ...

(10 pages) 66 0 3.4 Jan/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Astronomy

Terrorism: What It's All About. What Is Terrorism? Will it ever stop? Why do people resort to terrorism? Terrorism is the war of today.

Why do people resort to such violent acts as bombing, assassinations, and hi-jacking? How do individuals and organizations justify these acts of terror. T ... threats, bombings, the destruction of property, kidnapping, the taking of hostages, executions, and assassinations.There are many reasons why political groups attempt to bring about radical change thr ...

(3 pages) 704 6 4.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Military & International Conflicts & Security

The Development of Popular Music from the 1960's to Present Day.

During the 1960's, various events in the United States of America, from the assassinations of J. F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King to the Vietnam war and Cuban missile crisis, ...

(4 pages) 194 2 3.9 Mar/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

The assassinations of john f kennedy and abraham lincoln.

60 while John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.Both Presidents' were assassinated and their assassinations have much in common. Both presidents were shot in the head, while seated next to thei ... ing that can not be denied. Both these Presidents were great men who served our country well. Their assassinations were devastating and tragic. Our country mourns their loss even today, and that compa ...

(2 pages) 47 0 3.0 Jun/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Presidents

The Stresemann Era.

the republic. In early 1920, he wished for the success of the Kapp Putsch. However, shocked by the assassinations of several prominent politicians, he had gradually come to believe that the effective ...

(2 pages) 22 0 5.0 Sep/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

Can the world be rid of terrorism without damaging the civil rights of citizens?

Consider these: The US needs to shed idealism for revenge. Intelligence agencies must be unleashed, assassinations resumed and dirty warfare embraced. In a new age where the enemy - or shall we say en ...

(12 pages) 313 0 3.5 Oct/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Presidential assassinations from Linclon to Kennedy. The details and the controversy.

murder is different. There's a different motive, and a different conspiracy for all four different assassinations. The only thing these murders have in common is that all four presidents have been sh ...

(2 pages) 42 1 3.5 Dec/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Presidents

Terrorism today.

ats, bombings, the destruction of property, kidnapping, and the taking of hostages, executions, and assassinations. Terrorist actions may be committed by a single individual, a certain group, or even ...

(6 pages) 265 0 4.2 Jan/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Nothing short of war could have any effect on the Russian system of government." How accurate is this view of the Tsarist system of government from 1800 to 1917?

ether with discontent in the populace, and its manifestations (strikes, revolutionary activity, and assassinations), I believe War invariably changed the Russian political system.I believe war had an ... this period. The realisation that things could be better manifested themselves as strikes, revolts, assassinations and revolutionary activity, which then served to initiate political reform. These str ...

(5 pages) 28 1 3.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Terrorism the New War

is an ancient instrument of disruption and change. In the Middle East terrorism has a long history. Assassinations of prominent leaders can be traced to biblical times. As Boyer Bell observes, "There ...

(12 pages) 640 2 3.8 Apr/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Military & International Conflicts & Security

Terrorism is a growing international problem

Why do people resort to such violent acts as bombing, assassinations, and hi-jacking? How do individuals and organizations justify these acts of terror? T ... ats, bombings, and the destruction of property, kidnapping, the taking of hostages, executions, and assassinations.There are many reasons why political groups attempt to bring about radical change thr ...

(2 pages) 90 1 3.8 Apr/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Military & International Conflicts & Security

JFK Assination - Conspiracy

scientific analysis using the most up-to-date methods and equipment. The House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) completed their investigation in 1979 and they finally came to a discrete verd ... his case was re-opened over a decade later!The investigation was set up as direct result of the assassinations of two other major political figures; the civil rights leader, Dr Martin Luther King ...

(12 pages) 102 0 4.4 May/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

The Causes of World War 1

1914 had every effect on starting the war. Ranging from establishing new nations, and high profile assassinations, the first fourteen years of the twentieth century in Europe were those of great turm ...

(13 pages) 137 0 4.4 Jun/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War I

The Decade of the 1960s

d the Soviet union faced each other in angry hostility. The word hostility comes into play with the assassinations of the four mostadmired men in America, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., Robe ...

(5 pages) 72 0 0.0 Feb/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History