Essays Tagged: "political interests"

The Korean War

to acknowledge the thousands of American soldiers who fought valiantly and died for their country's political interests. There are no annual parades, and little information in text books to inform any ... by the 38th parallel, it evenly split the country into two regions. Both Russia and America became politically involved in Korea, therefore, each set up strong military and governmental ties. The Uni ...

(8 pages) 295 4 4.5 Mar/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

Korean War, the forgotten war

to acknowledge the thousands of American soldiers who fought valiantly and died for their country's political interests. There are no annual parades, and little information in text books to shed light ... However, the Korean War must be remembered in order honor those whose who died for their country's political convictions.For hundreds of years Korea was dominated by the Chinese empire. During World ...

(13 pages) 346 5 4.7 May/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

Theodore Roosevelt: Icon Of the 20th Century.

58 to a wealthy, upper class merchant. He was well educated and attended Harvard where he developed political interests. He married his first wife; Alice Lee in 1880 and in 1881 was elected to the sta ... and he became a war hero. It was then he ran for governor and won, narrowly. This was when his main political career started and the time in history and his life we are looking from.It was his popular ...

(5 pages) 158 0 4.5 Jun/2003

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

Which of the following would you describe as the most important agent of globalization in the 20th century

on-free worldwide markets. Local identity groups using the technologies of globalization to promote political interests. "Our societies are increasingly structured around a bipolar opposition between ... - mediated communication begets a vast array of virtual communities. Yet the distinctive social and political trend of the 1990s is the construction of social action and politics around primary identi ...

(1 pages) 52 0 0.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Composer Biography : Wladyslaw Szpilman 825 words; works cited

ll living with his parents, brother and two sisters, Szpilman was a man of mild disposition and few political interests. He loved his music. But he's Jewish, and, caught in the crush of psychotic race ...

(3 pages) 31 0 3.5 Jul/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies

Foreign policy

dulge in the process ofaquiring foreign land. Their interests centered around strategic, moral, and political interests moreso than economic desires. These American goals were illuminated in the elect ... due tothe slavery controversy. This controversy elucidated that America was more concernedabout the political and moral problems associated with accepting Texas into the unionthan economic cravings. I ...

(2 pages) 60 0 3.0 Jan/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers

The Internet has enabled new forms of community to flourish.

mmon policy f: a body of persons or nations having a common history or common social, economic, and political interests. 2 a: Joint ownership or participation b: common character: likeness c: social a ... United Nations' recent coining of the term 'Our Global Neighborhood' to describe an emerging world political context." (Barber, 1995: 3)Spatial boundaries have declined to such an extent that it is n ...

(9 pages) 140 0 4.3 Jul/2005

Subjects: Art Essays

Lessons of the Imperialist Propaganda (Indonesian Colonial History).

eriod is a stage where Indonesia becomes the spotlight on mass communication, as parties of various political interests strive to realise their aspirations for Indonesia. To one's amazement, the Japan ...

(3 pages) 29 1 4.8 Sep/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

Early American Foreign Policy

es foreign policy during 1865 to 1910 was determined less by economic than by strategic, moral, and political interests as shown in the Civil War, yellow journalism, and the Spanish-American war conce ... e history of America, the Spanish-American war brought forth many different foreign policies in the political interest that concerned Cuba, for America tried to remain neutral during the Cuban revolut ...

(5 pages) 44 0 0.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Specific Policies

Reconsruction in the views of author E. Foner

The Reconstruction was a chaotic, bloody period where beliefs clashed violently with personal and political interests. This can, without a doubt, be observed in the three phases it consisted of: the ... e.) In fact, the so-called "Redemption" was more of a backlash, since the white Southerners resumed political control; making claims such as "If the Negroes have the right to become free, the [planter ...

(2 pages) 30 1 3.0 Apr/2007

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

John P Roche-The Founding Fathers: A Reform Caucus in Action

g of the constitution was a fairly democratic process that equally addressed state, economical, and political interests. He says that we should give them credit for the great job that they did. The Ph ... vention had to work very hard in order to make everyone happy. They had to do their best to achieve political equality for all the citizens while still addressing all the delicate issues necessary. He ...

(2 pages) 31 0 0.0 Nov/2007

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

What attracted European imperialism to Africa & to Asia in the late nineteenth century.

lt in higher profits. In addition, there was international rivalry among European nations. Domestic political interests and social Darwinism may also be blamed for attracting European imperialism to A ... hel region, by virtue of their existing control over the Caravan routes through the Sahara.Domestic political interests also contributed to European Imperialism in Africa. As stated by Brain Levack, i ...

(6 pages) 46 0 3.0 Dec/2007

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Early Aboriginal Lifestyles and Clans

a group of people that share a culture, language, kinship, spiritual beliefs and often economic and political interests. One of these clans was The Ngarrindjeri People who lived on the lower Murray an ...

(6 pages) 38 2 4.3 Jun/2008

Subjects: History Term Papers > Australian History

A brief comment on Mills and Gale's Schooling and the production of social inequalities: What can and should we be doing?

the curricula is seen as irrelevant.Mills and Gate (2002) believe that education is often driven by political interests that regulate the selection, organisation and distribution of knowledge. “& ...

(2 pages) 10 0 0.0 Jun/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Punishment for a crime has the purpose of deterring future criminality. Death as a penalty, has been given to serious criminals without solid evidence of its effectiveness to deter serious offenses.

of the most controversial practices in the modern world, and raises ethical, religious, social, and political debate. My stance on this controversy is that the death penalty should be abolished.The fi ... n absolute value but a relative value; judgment could be different depending on the time, a region, political interests, and personality of the people who make judgments. Therefore, the death penalty ...

(9 pages) 29 0 0.0 Mar/2009

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Human Rights

Attorneys' Obligations

never allow judgment and-or his opinion to be affected by his own property, business, personal, or political interests (p. 251. para 1).A defense attorney practices the client-attorney privilege. He ...

(2 pages) 20 0 0.0 May/2009

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues

How the Coercive Capacity of Sovereign Nation-states Affects International Business Environment

a weak state's domestic institutions, policies or personnel for the purpose of gaining economic or political interests. Take, the economic sanctions placed on Iran by the United States, for example. ... e US has been trying to use economic sanctions such as suspense of trade to change Iranian domestic political climate. The expectation of the US is to substitute the present Iranian authority with a n ...

(5 pages) 2 0 0.0 Nov/2012

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers