Joseph Conrad‚ original name Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski (born Dec. 3‚ 1857‚ Berdichev‚ Ukraine‚ Russian Empire [now Berdychiv‚ Ukraine]—died Aug. 3‚ 1924‚ Canterbury‚ Kent‚ Eng.)‚ English novelist and short-story writer of Polish descent‚ whose works include the novels Lord Jim (1900)‚ Nostromo(1904)‚ and The Secret Agent (1907) and the short story “Heart of Darkness” (1902). During his lifetime Conrad was admired for the richness of his prose and his renderings of dangerous life at sea and
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into their people. Rulers did many things throughout the course of history to show and acquire dominance across their empire‚ Louis XIV of France & Joseph Stalin of the Soviet Union are prime examples who used terror and manipulation to gain sovereignty of their empires. First‚ Louis XIV of France was an absolute ruler also known as the Sun King
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The rise of Joseph Stalin. Joseph Stalin was the authoritarian leader of the Soviet Union for 31 years between 1922 and his death in 1953. During this time‚ he revolutionised the Russian economy with a combination of rapid industrialisation and centralised economic collectivism‚ reforms that in some instances caused massive devastation in rural parts of the country (including the famine of 1932-1933‚ in which up to 6m people starved to death). A hugely controversial figure on the global political
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Battle of Saratoga The Battle of Saratoga began on September 19‚ 1777; it has been called the most important battle in the Revolutionary War. How the Battle of Saratoga happened was‚ first the British Generals came up with a plan to disconnect New England from the other colonies by taking control of Albany‚ the Hudson River‚ and New York City which would ultimately bring the war to a quick end. After the British easily captured Fort Ticonderoga the carless General Burgoyne dragged South unhurriedly
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Che Guevara The late Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara was a genuine leader. His cause was to liberate Cuba from a corrupt military dictatorship‚ and resist United States interference in Cuban political affairs (“More or Less”‚ 2002). In the beginning this cause was just‚ but his passion grew to hatred‚ which inevitably consumed him. Che personified a collectivist but real concern for people‚ and truly came to believe that the key to realising that concern was through armed‚ savage‚ anti-imperialist political
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providing treatment for Martin as soon as possible is best thing to do since the doctor catches the bladder cancer early before it spreads to other body parts‚ and cause more damage. As soon as Martin agrees and the doctor starts the procedure‚ the better chance Martin has of living a full life. Martin refuse to listen to anything the doctor and other health care team have to say. He clearly made his mind that the doctor has no idea what he is talking about and denying treatment. Martin also did not trust
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In April 1917‚ a month after the Romanov Dynasty in Russia effectively ended with the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II‚ Vladimir Ilich Lenin returned to Russia from exile with a formidable revolutionary mentality. The Tsar’s abdication prompted a period of dual power between select members of the defunct fourth Duma‚ now termed the Provisional Government‚ and the newly formed Petrograd Soviet. This arrangement offered a sense of political stability‚ a stability that was detrimental to Lenin’s quest
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victory. 9. T F The Loyalists were strongest in New England and Virginia. 10. T F The most critical result of General Burgoyne’s defeat at Saratoga in 1777 was that it led to the American alliance with France. 11. T F Americans’ enlightened revolutionary idealism made them believe that the rule of law and free commercial trade‚ not traditional power politics‚ should be the basis of all international relations. 12. T F By using delay and strategic retreat‚ General Nathanael Greene successfully
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and legal document in 1756. The 13 colonies didn’t want to be taxed causing an uprising after the victory of the British over the French and Indians. America rebelled and fought to gain independence from the British Empire‚ this was known as the Revolutionary War. At a great surprise the Americans won the war against
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Sierra Leone Background The Revolutionary United Front of Sierra Leone (RUF/SL) invaded Sierra Leone from Liberia in March 1991. Initially they claimed to be a political movement supporting ‘liberation’ and ‘democracy. Instead the RUF‚ in reality‚ was an insecurely combined organization of mainly rebellious young people that inflicted mortal disaster throughout the country of Sierra Leone. The political revolution message failed to attract popular support‚ the RUF board on a barbarian ten-year
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