Essays Tagged: "stalemate"

Strikes and Alternative forms of Coping

greement has expired and generally strikes do not occur unless labour and management have reached a stalemate in the contract negotiations. Negotiations often stall for a number of reasons, but the mo ... oncede and when both sides have given all they are willing to give without reaching a compromise, a stalemate is reached. During a stalemate both sides try to convince the other that they are unable g ...

(7 pages) 168 1 1.6 Feb/1997

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

The title is "Civil War Battles Summary." It is a summary of 5 major Civil War battles. I also included a bibliography.

officers didn't allow the Union to take advantage of its superior numbers. The battle was largely a stalemate until the arrival of Confederate reinforcements, who forced the Union to retreat back to W ...

(5 pages) 373 2 4.5 Apr/2002

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

The first major battle of the Civil War was fought in Virginia, near the Manassas, Virginia railway junction, after which the battle is called .........ect.

officers didn't allow the Union to take advantage of its superior numbers. The battle was largely a stalemate until the arrival of Confederate reinforcements, who forced the Union to retreat back to W ...

(2 pages) 54 0 3.9 Jan/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

Why was the war of 1812 favored by the South and West and opposed by New England? Includes a bibliogrophy.

s of the United States. The war lasted for over two years, and while it ended as it had started, in stalemate, it was in fact a war that once and for all confirmed American Independence. The United St ...

(3 pages) 63 0 5.0 Feb/2003

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

Outlines German Unification and Bismarks envolvement.

at very reason, the liberal-dominated Parliament insisted on this concession. In order to break the stalemate Bismarck was named minister-president.He proceeded to collect the additional taxes on the ...

(3 pages) 118 4 3.7 May/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > German History

Why there was stalemate on the Western Front by December 1914.

There are several reasons for stalemate on the Western Front by December 1914, which include numerous faults in the strategies and ... the strategies and implementation of the Schlieffen Plan was a major reason for the formation of a stalemate on the Western Front. The Schlieffen Plan was held up unexpectedly by strong Belgian resis ... wever, the reserves lacked the fitness and tactiacal skill that het Plan had anticipated, and hence stalemate grew closer as the hope for the Plan's success weakened.In September, the French attacked ...

(4 pages) 57 0 4.8 Jul/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

Analysis of the story "Shakespeare in the bush".

ion of his works could produce slight differences in their interpretations. The argument remained a stalemate as she was preparing to travel to Africa. Her friend gave her a copy of Hamlet as a partin ...

(5 pages) 235 5 4.6 Sep/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Anthropology

How far should the outcome of the Korean War be seen as a triumph for the USA? (do mind the sp mistakes my spell check wasn't working!)

s Truman's government failed to prove to critics. Thus it can be argued regardless of the resulting stalemate and some of the relatively positive effects of the war, the outcome of the Korean War cann ... victory could not be achieved as the conflict was expanded and culminated in a lengthy ineffectual stalemate. The stalemate ended in June 1953, more than two years later.Though America may have saved ...

(4 pages) 160 6 3.6 Dec/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > The Cold War

A brief overview of the beginning of WWI including trench warfare

that these new technologies could be used just a well for defense as they could be for offense.This stalemate on the western front caused the both the Germans and the French to dig a vast trench syste ...

(1 pages) 27 1 2.5 Jan/2004

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

Recruitment, censorship and propoganda in world war 1- in both britain and germany

his was so that recruitment remained solid, as a result of an anxious need of soldiers to sever the stalemate and instigate a major offensive. Primarily, censorship is fundamentally a tactic of propag ...

(8 pages) 87 2 4.4 Feb/2004

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

Mapp Vs. Ohio

er whom which instructed her to not let the police in without a warrant.The police were left with a stalemate, the police chief instructed the police officers at the seen to take surveillance of the h ...

(7 pages) 189 0 4.6 Apr/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Cases

Summary of world war 1

The war that 'would be over by Christmas' dragged on for four long years of bloody stalemate. Explore an overview of the war years in this brief year-by-year summary.The war in brief1 ... : Ottoman Empire soon joins the Central Powers.War spreads to the seas.1915Women take up men's jobs.Stalemate continues on the Western Front.The Lusitania passenger liner is sunk, with 1,200 lives los ... take traditional 'men's work' at home, such as working on trains and buses.On the Western Front the stalemate continued and although innovations were introduced to warfare - such as the use of poison ...

(8 pages) 96 1 4.5 Apr/2004

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

In a complete essay trace from the 3/5ths compromise to the start of the civil war.

st Northerners were anti-slavery. However, North and South, with their opposing views remained in a stalemate position until Western Expansion brought new territories, and the question of whether thes ...

(6 pages) 87 1 4.0 May/2004

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

Vietnam War and the TET Offensive

nce a study carried out by General Giap in September 1967 had concluded that the war had reached a 'stalemate' situation and that something needed to be done. Out of this report arose the plans for th ...

(6 pages) 60 0 5.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

Was The German Defeat On The Western Front Caused By the Failure Of The Schlieffen Plan?

e failure of the plan led to many causes such as a war of movement had become a war of attrition (a stalemate). There were long-term and short-term reasons for Germany's defeat as a consequence of the ... e Swiss border and this line of trenches was called the Western Front. With trench warfare came the stalemate that prolonged the war for four years. This allowed the Allies to develop tanks and other ...

(4 pages) 26 1 4.3 Jul/2004

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

In WWI, why were conditions in France in 1916 and 1917 so difficult for the Australian Imperial Force (AIF)

The conditions in France during WW1 for the AIF were horrendous because of the stalemate in the trenches, disease, rainy conditions and new weapons of war.The stalemate and the wa ...

(1 pages) 19 0 3.7 Aug/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

Why did the allies decide to attack Gallipoli in WW1?

i on April 15th, 1915 largely by the urging of Sir Winston Churchill who saw it as a way to end the stalemate on the western front. British strategists had also for many years believed that the best d ...

(1 pages) 27 0 3.5 Aug/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

Why was the first day of the Battle of the Somme a failure?

Battle of the Somme was planned by General Sir Douglas Haig. It was fought in an attempt to end the stalemate, and to relieve pressure on the French Army who were fighting at Verdun. The Germans had s ...

(4 pages) 29 1 4.2 Sep/2004

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

"The War of 1812 was America's Second War for Independence."

Great Britain. The war lasted for more than two years, and while it ended much like it started, in stalemate; it was in fact a war that once and for all confirmed American Independence. This conflict ...

(3 pages) 73 0 4.6 Oct/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Although they (American and Korean Soldiers) fought a common enemy and fought side by side, how did the 2 armies think of each other and how did this impact the course of the war?

es of the United Nations, mostly the United States, and the Republic of Korea, the war turned out a stalemate instead of the total control to communism in the Korean peninsula. However, it was never k ...

(6 pages) 30 0 4.7 Apr/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History