The Greatest Country in the world? Growing up in the United States‚ Americans are always told that the red‚ white‚ and blue is the greatest nation in the world. Americans beam with pride‚ at every sporting event from little kids baseball to professional football‚ as the national anthem is played. In 2011 a survey reported that 80% of Americans think it’s the greatest country in the world. Is America the greatest country in the world (American Exceptionalism)? Was it ever the greatest country? To
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produced during the time period of World War 2 in the 20th century. Both denotations were dropped in 1945. It was an attack that was ordered by the United States on Japanese land because the Japanese had attacked previously attacked the United States. Japan had initiated this conflict and the U.S was determined in ending it. This document states that an overview of the immense damage to Japanese infrastructure‚ population‚ and willpower following the denotations of nuclear weapons above Hiroshima and
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The Hiroshima atomic destruction remains a historical uncertainties and ethical dilemmas. The use of atomic bombs marked forever the relationship between the US and Japan‚ and the controversy over the use of atomic weapons will no doubt continue indefinitely. Historiography and comments on the issue are gigantic. Each generation of Americans and Japanese revisited the issue‚ and the following will no doubt continue. Indeed‚ the moral justification for the destruction of two Japanese cities is clear
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In the midst of World War II‚ August 1945‚ the United States unleashed the first ever atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The usage of the atomic bomb was effective‚ but at the same time devastating and unnecessary. The United States should not have dropped the atomic bomb because it maimed countless of Japanese civilians‚ caused radiation poisoning whose effects impacted future generations‚ left both cities in ruins‚ left citizens homeless‚ and it was absolutely unmoral for the United
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he Arleigh Burke Class destroyer owes its name to Admiral Arleigh Burke‚ a naval officer who served during both World War II and the Korean War. During his time in the Pacific Theater of WWII‚ he was credited with eliminating numerous Japanese surface‚ subsurface‚ and aerial combatants. He continued his work in Korea‚ where he eventually assisted in negotiating the 38th Parallel Armistice. On 17 August 1955‚ Admiral Burke was appointed to the post of Chief of Naval Operations‚ where he served out
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Let’s have a PEP talk! The ongoing issue of the importance and relevance of Nuclear War has been around since the end of World War II when the United States unleashed atomic bombs on two Japanese cities. Is this a conversation worth having? What are the chances of this threat becoming a reality here in the United States? In the essay‚ “Millennials need new movies about nuclear war‚ a ninth-grader says”‚ Williams concludes “we need new movies to warn of the nuclear war threat” (par. 3). The
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connection between art and the human mind. The painting “The Surrender” by Joseph Griffith portrays the difference between American culture and the culture or beliefs of our enemies. When I looked at this piece of artwork the first thing that caught my eye was the different flag each side was displaying. The American side‚ that is full of some of our pop culture legends‚ is holding a bold American flag. On the other side we see the white surrender flag accompanied by people of the Middle East. If you
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Japan (日本‚ Nippon) is a country in Asia. It has many islands. Four of them are big‚ and the biggest is the 7th largest island in the world. This island is called Honshu. The islands are near the East Asian coast‚ in the western part of the Pacific Ocean. Japanese people call their country "Nihon" or "Nippon"‚ which means "the origin of the sun" in Japanese. HISTORY In 1941‚ Japan hit Pearl Harbor in Hawaii‚ a water base of the United States and destroyed or damaged many ships and airplanes.
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In "Black Hawk’s Surrender Speech‚" Black Hawk argues that the white man or new settlers were taking away his tribes resources. He claims that all the animals and water were going away‚ and because of this‚ he wants to ger rid of these new people. According to the document‚ these "white men" were greta enemies of the Sauk. Black Hawk states‚ "An indian who is as bad as the white men‚ could not live in our nation; he would be put to death and eat up by the wolves." These people are so bad‚ that
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According to Neil Postman‚ technopoly is term where a society worships the power and the limitless of technologies. In the book‚ Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology‚ Postman states that technology can be a friend or an enemy. However‚ he believes that technology is more likely to be an enemy than a friend since it changes or alters the society’s perspective of life and future. Technopoly causes dangers to civilization because it changes the culture we once live in‚ changes the traditional
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