War Essays

I believe the Munich Putsch was a failure for many reasons. Firstly, Hitler did not achieve all of his aims, when he marched into Munich– he thought that he would over through the government- however his plan did not work instead he was betrayed by the nationalist politicians Kahr and …

The average level of profitability in the global soft drink industry has historically remained quite high. Why is that? Coke and Pepsi can leverage their market control to make contracts that favor the concentrate producers Coke and Pepsi can set their prices above the CPI, bottlers cannot because of customer …

The Islamic State, previously calling itself the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant or the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, and also known by the Arabic acronym Daʿesh”’, is an unrecognized state and a Sunni jihadist group active in Iraq and Syria in the Middle East. In its …

“Imperialism is the policy, practice, or advocacy of extending the power and dominion of a nation especially by direct territorial acquisitions or by gaining indirect control over the political or economic life of other areas; broadly: the extension or imposition of power, authority, or influence” (1) American Imperialism has been …

1. How did the French become the dominant competitors in the increasingly global wine industry for centuries? What sources of competitive advantage were they able to develop to support their exports? Where were they vulnerable? By the Christian era, wine became part of the liturgical services and monasteries planted vines …

Reading “Rumor of War” by Philip Caputo was a great read and very dramatic. Philip Caputo makes the reader feel as if they are standing right beside him going through the same trials and tribulations he was going through. The emotional roller coaster of emotions of war are very real. Philip Caputo and …

Despite some historians trying to argue that the notion of a “post-war” consensus becomes more blurry and inaccurate the closer one studies modern Britain from 1951-2007, there is a wealth of resources and abundant forms of evidence to firmly claim confidently that a post-war consensus did exist; permeating and diffusing …

Europe & Africa The Battle of Britain was a struggle between the German Luftwaffe (commanded by Herman Goring) and the British Royal Air force (headed by Sir Hugh Dowding’s Fighter Command) which raged over Britain between July and October 1940. The battle, which was the first major military campaign in …

1. Three-Fifths Compromise How do you feel about the Three-Fifths Compromise? Was it a wise decision by the framers of the constitution to keep the nation united, or was it an unacceptable compromise even at the cost of the nation breaking up over the issue of slavery (as happened later …

Modern historians often claim that Patrick Henry tended toward demagoguery and propaganda in his 1775 Speech to the Second Virginia Convention. I agree with these modern historians on the basis of Henry’s constant use of emotional appeals (pathos) and rhetorical devices such as parallel syntax, allusions, and irony to name …