The cold war I chose to write about the cold war. This is because I think that it is a very interesting theme‚ and I wanted to learn more about it. I will talk about when the cold war happened‚ who was involved‚ about nuclear weapons and why it was never real fighting and about the Cuban missile crisis. My problem statement: What would have happened if the cold war became hot? A hot war is actual warfare. All talks have failed and the armies are fighting. The cold war lasted from 1945
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the Peloponnesian War is a detailed account chronicling the conflict between two rival states‚ Athens and Sparta. Tension between the clashing states began in 431 B.C.‚ which led to an ancient war between Athens and Sparta‚ ending with the defeat of Athens 27 years later. This was a war between the greatest land power (the Spartans) and the great naval power of the Athenians. Writing in real-time‚ Thucydides applied logic and reason when explaining the causes and reasons for the war‚ introducing at
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Choose 2 theories from Semester 1 and highlight the advantages and disadvantages of the theories’ application. In this essay two theories will be examined in regards to their advantages and disadvantages‚ when applied. For this‚ Feminism and Post-Colonialism will be used‚ as both theories unite in their aim to deconstruct the dominant ideologies and stereotypes in a patriarchal and imperialistic ‘white European male ’ dominated society‚ thus overthrowing centuries of colonization‚ subordination
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War can take a toll on the mind‚ body‚ and soul of a man. In “The things they carried” by Tim O’ Brien‚ the author sympathetically describes not only the physical weight a soldier must carry while in combat‚ but also the emotional baggage that also comes along with war. O’ Brien starts out the story by talking about First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross‚ who was the leader of his brigade in the Vietnam war. Cross carried around letters from a girl named Martha who he loved dearly‚ although he didn’t think
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History and Theory in Anthropology Anthropology is a discipline very conscious of its history‚ and Alan Barnard has written a clear‚ balanced‚ and judicious textbook that surveys the historical contexts of the great debates in the discipline‚ tracing the genealogies of theories and schools of thought and considering the problems involved in assessing these theories. The book covers the precursors of anthropology; evolutionism in all its guises; diVusionism and culture area theories‚ functionalism
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indifferent judge with the authority to determine all differences according to established law. And thirdly‚ men want power to back and support the sentence when right‚ and to give it execution (par. 125). John Winthrop’s journal also provides a theory of why people would want to form a government. He argues that there are two types of liberties; natural and civil or federal. In natural liberty‚ one has to
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Until the mid 1800s‚ sociology was dominated by a group of scholars advocating conformity and content. No sociologist dare defy the powers that be; in fact‚ they embraced and encouraged it. Funtionalists presented elitist ideas that endorsed the government‚ no matter how flawed. Even symbolic interactionists‚ who acknowledged stratification‚ diagnosed it as the vital organ of society. Sociology‚ in itself‚ seemed to be nothing more than a set of ideas condemning equality and accepting stratification
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George Kelling (Hinkle & Weisburd‚ 2006). Wilson and Kelling (1982) had coined this theory as “broken windows”. Broken windows theory states that disorder in a society causes the residents of the society to develop fear (Hinkle & Weisburd‚ 2008). The authors go on to state that fear is the fueling source behind delinquent behavior‚ which resulted in higher rates of serious crimes (2008). The main concept of this theory illustrated that if police were to target and eliminate minor disorders through community
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Currency Wars When we think of war‚ it is easy to imagine soldiers‚ guns‚ tanks and perhaps a bloody chaotic war zone. Then‚ when we think of trade‚ exchange rates‚ foreign exchange‚ currency and its policies what comes to mind--War? Probably not. We are however‚ “in the midst of an international currency war…this threatens us because it takes away our competitiveness” (Mantega). A currency war can be defined as a “competitive devaluation‚ [a] condition in international affairs where countries
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Did the Trojan War occur? The existence of a war in Troy is undeniable; however it is not the Trojan war of Homer’s Iliad. It is believed that Homer’s account may have been based on a real event therefore having some truth but due to the mythological nature of the source‚ the unreliability of oral transmission and the exaggerated romantic theme‚ the account is not a valid source for historians. Written evidence such as the Hittite records and the different theories presented by archaeologists
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