Essays Tagged: "Military service"

Seurat

Seurat took a course from a sculptor Justin Lequin. In November1879, Seurat went to Brest to do his military service. While there he drewbeaches, seas, and boats. In 1883, Seurat began Une baignade, A ...

(2 pages) 130 1 3.2 Dec/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

Walt Disney a man of visualization

er was a quite stern man and often there was very little money.In 1918 Walt attempted to enlist for military service but was rejected on the grounds of being under age. Instead he became a driver for ...

(4 pages) 267 5 4.4 Apr/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

Evaluation of Sir Wilfrid Laurier

igrants had the freedom to practice their own religion, speak their own language. There was also no military service required since the North West Mounted Police protected Canada. There were also no h ... share of reinforcements. The English had no problem and had demanded that Laurier organize a formal military expedition. The French Canadians had not been so happy about this idea and many of the Fren ...

(2 pages) 50 0 3.0 May/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Gun Control

insure that people in general have arms for personal service, or was it intended to insure arms for military service? The nation's powerful gun lobby, the National Rifle Association, holds that it mea ... sawed off shotgun. The ruling was such that, since he could not prove that the shotgun was standard military equipment, he had no right to possess it. Therefore, had it been military equipment, he had ...

(17 pages) 766 6 4.8 Nov/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights

Claude Monet.

Paris in 1859 to attend l'Academie Suisse, where he met Camille Pissaro. He was sent to Algeria for military service from 1860-62. After his return he enrolled in the studio of Charles Hleyre, where h ...

(2 pages) 191 4 4.1 May/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

Japanese military, social, political and economic reforms in the Meiji restoration.

01.05.2003Social StudiesJapanese military, social, political and economic reformsin the Meiji restorationMilitary: In 1872 the Japane ... cription. This is same as drafting in the U.S.A. All conscripts had to serve a three year period in military service, after which they were put to reserves for four years. This system was introduced b ... ht 3% tax was levied on the land. The government also started to sell industries which used to make Military hardware to the private buyers...These people later grew to become the Zaibatsu, which coul ...

(2 pages) 61 0 4.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

ALL ABOUT THE French singer-songwriter Renaud.

ths) from the housing estates of suburban Paris. Since then, he has tackled a range of themes, from military service and heroin addiction to the destruction of the environment and capitalist imperiali ...

(4 pages) 30 0 3.8 Dec/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Slaves in the Ottoman Empire.

what their status and rights were, what work they had to do and who they were.Most male slaves did military service. They were either bought from Spain, North Africa or Venice, captured in battle or ...

(4 pages) 46 0 3.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > Middle Eastern History

The Great Chief Justice: John Marshall

ren. As member of the 3d Virginia Regiment, he participated in the Revolutionary War. Following his military service in 1780, he attended the College of William and Mary where George Wythe conducted l ...

(3 pages) 41 0 0.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Personal Goals as a College Student

t. I have a history of excellent school work that was broken by outside influences such as illness, military service and job promotions. When I was a student, I always earned great grades. I did it fo ...

(2 pages) 172 0 3.5 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Joeseph Goebbels

story and literature at the University of Heidelberg. During World War I, Goebbels was rejected for military service because of a crippled foot caused by his childhood polio. It is said that he spent ... d him the appointment to General Plenipotentiary for Total War. This gave him full control over the military manpower in Germany. By this time, however, it was far too late to make any "last stands". ...

(3 pages) 40 1 5.0 Mar/2004

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

Julius Caesar This is an essay about the life of Julius Caesar

ife by Lucius Cornelius Sulla, an enemy of the radicals. Caesar refused and prudently left Rome for military service in Asia and Cilicia. He returned in 78 B.C. when Sulla died and began his political ...

(3 pages) 77 0 3.8 Apr/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Critisism Report on Irvin Faust

ousewife. In the year of 1943 Faust served in European theater and in the Southwest Pacific for the military, in 1946, his military service was over. Faust went to school at Queens College of the City ...

(3 pages) 13 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors

Alla Sheffer

earned a Bachelor's of Science, summa cum laude, in Math and Computer Science. After four years of military service in the Israeli Army, where Sheffer "spent four years doing a rather interesting pro ...

(2 pages) 20 0 4.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies

Female military personnel are not as effective as male military personnel.

hen arises whether or not women can joint and measure up to their male counterparts in the field of military, as they do in other fields. People tend either to agree or disagree on this issue. Some, w ... , don't know where to stand and take a middle position. Personally, I am of the opinion that female military personnel are not as effective as male military personnel.As far as physical strength is co ...

(2 pages) 75 3 2.8 Apr/2004

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

[Tortilla Flat] by John Steinbeck Chapters 1~5 analysis(background, characters, themes)

gh resources for war. The Selective Service Act in 1917 required all men between 21~30 register for military service. The Liberty Loan Act in 1917 allowed US government to make loans to the Allies, so ...

(5 pages) 33 0 5.0 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > John Steinbeck

Joseph Goebbels bio.

d as a Goethe scholar and a close disciple of the poet Stefan George.Goebbels had been rejected for military service during World War I because of a crippled foot - the result of contracting polio as ...

(7 pages) 46 1 3.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

How useful is Peter Weir's film "Gallipoli" in the study of Australia's involvement in WWI and the creation of the ANZAC legend?

n (Mark Lee) and Frank Dunne (Mel Gibson) who become best buddies and decide to enlist together for military service when they join the war effort. Despite the fact that the story of these two charact ... ew recruits, coming from an egalitarian society, disliked discipline, saluting, drilling and strict military orders. This was the basis of the ANZAC legend; Australian soldiers had a dislike for autho ...

(8 pages) 39 0 4.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Win-Win Approach to Conflict Resolution

ociety says, leaders and managers at all levels must address and resolve conflict.In my 19 years of military service, I have found that majority of the time a win-win resolution to conflict was possib ... positive attitude resulting in reduced conflict and increased productivity.I hope that my years of military leadership experience dealing with conflict provides you, Mr. Roper, another valuable insig ...

(3 pages) 212 0 5.0 Jul/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Spartan Society to The Battle of Leutra

most important function.- Spartan women maintained the household while men were absent training for military service, which was the main aim of the education system. This was an important role, which ... the education system. This was an important role, which enabled Spartan men to become professional military soldiers, whilst the family and household were still maintained.C) Describe the roles of Kr ...

(4 pages) 38 0 5.0 Jul/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History