War Essays

It can be argued convincingly that the United States emerged from World War I as the world superpower because of U.S intervention and President Woodrow Wilson’s diplomatic leadership. America had now become the ‘saviour of Europe.’ The United States left World War I with a major confidence boost. The war …

Boom! Blood Flesh Struggle and Fear surrounding in the Atmosphere If one is sulky one is scorned if one is not a noble one is a peasant there are drugs, abuses, hex and injustice and the only thing that rules the earth is immorality Shhhhhh! silence! for the end may …

Assignment: 1763 marked the end of the French and Indian War, the final defeat of the French and their Native American allies in America. For America’s English colonists, this was a cause for great celebration and pride in the their English identity. But only twelve years later, these same American …

What advantages did the colonies have in the war for independence? What advantages did Britain have? The Revolutionary War was one of the most important events in history for America and Britain. The war, in a way, helped America become its own nation and declare independence from Britain. At the …

From 1860 to 1877 America fought a bloody Civil War and went through a “Reconstruction” era from that war. During this time period changes to the Constitution, such as the 15th Amendment that granted African American men the right to vote, caused what is now viewed as a revolution. The …

The original of the word “gadget” trace back to the 19th century. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, there is not necessarily true evidence for the use of “gadget” as a place holder name for a technical item whose precise name one can’t remember since the 1850s; with Robert Brown’s …

Historical Context: The Civil War may have settled some significant national problems, but it created many more. Yes, slavery was abolished, secession had been refuted, and the supremacy of the national government confirmed. But the cost of Union victory—in lost lives, destroyed property and sectional bitterness—was staggering, and created huge …

Enemy. When one hears this word, people tend to automatically relate this to negative emotions such as sorrow, despair, anger and hatred. By definition, an enemy is a person we feel hatred for, foster harmful designs against, or engage in antagonistic activities against; an adversary or opponent. Most people think …

The Hundred Years War was the longest war in the medieval era, which began in the first half of 14th century, and over the middle of 15th century. The war was between the two most powerful countries in Europe – England and France. It was not the first war between …

My soul has grown deep like the rivers. I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young. I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep. I looked upon the Nile and raised the pyramids above it. I heard the singing of the Mississippi when Abe …