Essays Tagged: "win the war"

Agamemnon

rus of Argive elders enters, singing of the war. They sing of the gods,asking for them to help them win the war, and of the great army. They anxiously awaitthe news from the Queen. In the song, ... l how Agamemnon killed his child. He sacrificed his daughterto Apollo so that Apollo would make the winds blow for his armies ships. The chorusthinks that deed was horrible, but had to be done for the ...

(2 pages) 105 0 2.6 Nov/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies

Patrick Henry Describing in Literary terms about the speech given at the "The Virginia Convention" by Patrick Henry.

the Virginia delegates that the war with England is inevitable, the longer they wait the harder to win the war and that the war had already started. The author uses repetition, rhetorical questions, ...

(3 pages) 65 0 3.2 Apr/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Gulf War Syndrome

cts in the Gulf, the soldier serves his country, with honor, loyalty, and dignity. In an attempt to win the war, Saddam Hussein launches a chemical attack on American troops, leaving some soldiers wit ... ctors [concentration of agent, the elevation of the agents plume, and environmental factors such as wind speed and inversion conditions and wind direction] many thousands of fatal casualties could be ...

(8 pages) 156 1 4.1 Feb/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

"War on Hussein" The war against Saddam Hussein in Iraq, and whether or not Bush should attack. (Modern World History)

Bush chooses to take. His decision has to consider some of his administration's previous goals; to win the war on terrorism, and also to remove Saddam Hussein from power. Many believe that Bush will ...

(1 pages) 79 0 3.0 Nov/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > International Organizations & Conflicts

The Meaning of the Industrial Revolution

taking place people would adapt to different things and make changes and try to help their country win the war. People would switch from farming to manufacturing to help provide uniforms, weapons, an ...

(2 pages) 78 1 3.4 Dec/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

D-Day

tain and the United States discussed a French invasion across the English Channel. Britain's leader Winston Churchill and his military staff believed that in order to win the war France had to be libe ...

(2 pages) 53 0 3.0 Apr/2003

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

"Slaughterhouse 5" by Kurt Vonnegut.

ombing campaigns throughout the war in Europe during 1943-1945 were one of the ways the U.S. helped win the war. Strategic bombing was used during both World Wars and was seen as a great tool of battl ... The traditional tactical bombing was used to take out troop formations and equipment mainly to help win the current battle. Strategic bombing was used to destroy factories, railroads, communications a ...

(1 pages) 26 0 0.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Micheal Hunt's Lyndon Johnson's War.

Vietnam, President Johnson decisions to escalated this war with troop involvement and the idea to "win the war." He blames idealism in the sense it was the miscalculations of the Vietnamese people co ... catalyst" in shifting Vietnam from the margins to the center of post-war U.S. foreign policy?The growing conviction that Cold was a global struggle provided the catalyst that transformed Indochina int ...

(16 pages) 131 0 5.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Anti-Arab Hate Crimes After September 11.

nti-Arab American, Muslim, Islam, Middle Eastern and South Asian hate crimes rose tremendously following the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Within five months of the ... Arab-Americans who love their flag just as much as we do, and we must be mindful that as we seek to win the war that we treat Arab-Americans and Muslims with the respect they deserve (http://racerelat ...

(1 pages) 111 3 2.7 May/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism

Is Henry V the "star of england" or a flawed human being. Analysis of a modern day and Shakespearean audience's reaction to the way Henry V is portrayed.

hazard and disturb all the courts of Francewith chases", this metaphor shows how he will fight and win the war. Henryalso tells us that " I will dazzle all the eyes of France, and strike the Dauphinb ... lls us that " I will dazzle all the eyes of France, and strike the Dauphinblind to look on us" , showing himself as the sun, which gives the idea that heis in the right, and the war is good. An Elizab ...

(6 pages) 66 0 4.6 Sep/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

WWI Had Many Underlying Causes.

armies or navies. Alliances are when you go to war and another country is on your side to help you win the war. The love you show for your country is called nationalism. When you want to expand your ... ldiers. Women knitted socks, sweaters, and so on. People saved food to give to the soldiers by following wheat less Mondays and Wednesdays and meatless Tuesdays. At theaters, they would show patriotic ...

(3 pages) 100 1 2.9 Sep/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers

This essay compares Salinger's Catcher in the Rye to Hemingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls in order to reveal the common plight of the two protagonists.

In the book, For Whom the Bell Tolls, the main character, Robert Jordan, is assigned the task of blowing up a bridge during the Spanish Civil War. He is faced with many conflicts and because of the am ... to him. He told himself, "He would not think of himself into any defeatism. The first thing was to win the war. If we did not win the war everything was lost...he was serving in a war and he gave abs ...

(8 pages) 41 0 4.5 Nov/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

This about the effect of the Ford Model-T car on the economy during the "Roaring Twenties".

advertising, installment buying, and new inventions were being created because of ideas that helped win the war. A great invention that had a huge effect on the economy was the automobile.One of the i ...

(1 pages) 49 0 3.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Why did the Americans win the War of Independence?

Why did the Americans win the War of Independence?Before the first shots were fired in the American War of Independence, v ... ft Britain to make sure the 11,000 soldiers, sailors and marines in Boston would have a comfortable winter. However the ships witnessed some of the worst storms of the century and many sunk, were capt ... erefore Britain lost their best chance of destroying the Continental army, capturing Washington and winning the war.[vii]The final major military mistake by Britain was in 1777 when General Howe's pla ...

(10 pages) 104 0 4.5 Dec/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

A brief overview of the beginning of WWI including trench warfare

BackgroundFollowing the assassination of Francis Ferdinand, all of the "Big 5" European countries were plunged into ... eliminate the possibility of a two front war, the Von Schlieffen Plan stated that the Germany must swing through Belgium, and knock France out of the war before Russia even has a chance to mobilize. S ... was a time of high nationalism, all countries thought that they had the technology and firepower to win the war easily; Germany was no exception. After overpowering Belgium, Germany met harsh resistan ...

(1 pages) 27 1 2.5 Jan/2004

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

The life of Richard the III of England, and a defense of his so-called "crimes" as accused by Shakespeare and the Tudor/Lancasters. With footnotes and bibliography.

onster but the tide is turning... Richard III lost the battle of Bosworth but" this writer "aims to win the war in rescuing his reputation."#In 1485, a " diluted Lancaster,"# King Henry VII, came to t ... ondon. According to legend, the decadent George asked to be drowned in malmsey, an expensive, sweet wine."...Since every Jack became a gentleman/ There's many a gentle person made a Jack..."#Elizabeth ...

(7 pages) 64 0 3.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

The Vietnam War

he South Vietnamese. The only mistake was that the U.S. should have done everything in its power to win the war as quickly as possible. The U.S. was obligated by the Truman Doctrine to contain communi ... or the Bob Hope Show was a big deal. Since not everyone in the unit could gothere were sometimes drawings of competitions to select the lucky ones. Sometimesthe competitions were based on body counts: ...

(6 pages) 84 1 3.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

What really happened at the Battle of Antietam? Why is the Battle of Antietam called 'The Bloodiest Day' of the Civil War?

er. Lee hoped that a great confederate victory would encourage England and France to help the south win the war and he hoped that invading the north would make the Federals ask for peace. Lee wrote th ... plenty of food. In addition, many Marylanders were pro-confederate so Lee hoped to capitalize on growing opposition of war in the North. (Bailey, 12-14).On the morning of Wednesday September 3, 1862, ...

(10 pages) 78 0 3.0 Mar/2004

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

Was is necessary to drop the A bomb on Hiroshima?

he morale as well as the resources of the military was extremely low. It was an obvious decision to win the war as quick as possible with the loss of as little life as possible. If America hadn't drop ...

(2 pages) 77 1 4.5 Apr/2004

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

Does Hardline Really Work

chard Perle are the representatives of hard-liners. They argue in their book An End to Evil: How to Win the War on Terror that America should adopt a tough policy when dealing with international relat ... owever, expresses something different in his Tomorrow the World, a review on An End to Evil: How to Win the War on Terror. Generally speaking, the author is quite objective in this review and presents ...

(2 pages) 18 0 3.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues