... issues/v278n5/ffull/jco71009.html). Biological warfare is the deliberate use of disease causing organisms to harm or kill an adversary's military forces, population, food, or livestock (http://www.agls.uidaho.edu/biotech_society/Lecture_Presentations/Lecture34_Biologica_%20Warfare.pptv). There are many different biological agents, such as anthrax and brucellosis, which can be used as weapons. Although ... parts of Asia (http://www.usdpi.org/anthrax_-dod_ medical _guide.htm). Brucellosis can be treated by a series of antibiotics for six weeks. Currently, there is no human vaccine for bru...

• Word Count: 959
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... After graduating in 1917, Hemingway took a job as a cub reporter for the Kansas City Star, instead of continuing his education to college. (www.lostgeneration.com)-(2) During that year, World War I started and Hemingway tried to enlist, but was turned down because of a vision problem. Later on that year ... (1926), Men Without Women (1927), and A Farewell to Arms (1929). A Farewell to Arms became known as one of the best war novels. (www.lostgeneration.com)-(8) In 1927, Hemingway divorced Hadley and married Pauline Pfeiffer, a fashion reporter. A year later, Ernest and Pauline moved to K...

• Word Count: 1304
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... president made one of his final appearances in 1993 at the Shenzhen special economic zone throwing the economy in to a great rise. (www.Asterious.com). More recently china has been involved in major global issues. In 2002 North Korea began testing nuclear weapons against the wishes of the United ... human rights. The U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Lorne Craner said the move was a sign Beijing was serious about improving human rights conditions (www.cnn.com). The tension was high after the incidental bombing but things warmed up when china came to the aid of Americas war on terrorism ...

• Word Count: 2153
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

... to less than one percent by 1916. At the same time, American trade had tripled with Britain, France and Italy ("World War I" www. Historychannel. com/pert/print__book.pi? ID-33841). The actual involvement of America in the war did not occur until 1917. Germany was inflicting attacks on ... used as a guide for a peace settlement. The terms mainly included arms reductions and settlement of disputed territorial claims ("World War II", www.historychannel. com/pert/print___book.pi? ID-33842). The other Allies involved in the war were more interested in gaining war attributes for their victor...

• Word Count: 3869
• Approx Pages: 15
• Grade Level: High School

... policies precipitated World War II and the Holocaust. His power influenced the 20th century worldwide by his determination and tactics to lead a nation. (www.biography.com) Adolf Hitler was the leader of Germany from 1934 to 1945/: He initiated World War II and oversaw fascist policies that resulted in Millions of ... was a stunning victory for Hitler. Overnight, the Nazi Party went from the smallest to the second largest political party in Germany. (http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/riseofhitler/elect.htm) It seemed that Hitler always had some type of trick or tactic up his sleeve to...

• Word Count: 1198
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... threatened by the Association of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers. After years of legal battles, Ford won his case in 1911. Because Ford won this case many people could become automobile manufacturers (www.incwell.com/biographies/ford). Because of his advanced production technology, Ford was able to market the Model T to the general public. At Ford Motor Company's plant in Highland Park, Michigan, Ford ... Woman's Peace Party to organize a peace conference in Holland. After the conference Ford was contacted by America's three leading anti-war campaigners, Jane Addams, Oswald Garrison an...

• Word Count: 1368
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... the-free-world.html#ixzz3ox8fzPi6 – date accessed 01/06/15 Glass, Andrew. Ike offers 'Open Skies' plan at Geneva Summit, July 21, 1955 (Politico, 21st July 2010) http://www.politico.com/story/2010/07/ike-offers-open-skies-plan-at-geneva-summit-july-21-1955-039988#ixzz3oOFokVOs – date accessed 24/08/15 Haberman, Arthur and Shubert, Adrian. American Exceptionalism and ... Teaching of European History (American Historical Association, September 2006) – date accessed 28/06/15 Middleton, David. Who Churchill had for Breakfast (New York Times, 24th November 1985) http://www.nytimes.com/19...

• Word Count: 4596
• Approx Pages: 18

... .org) Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889 in Braunau Am Inn, Austria. He was the fourth child of Alois Schickelgruber and Klara Hitler. (www.toy-soldier-gallery.com) Two of his siblings died from diphtheria when they were children, and one died shortly after birth. Adolf's father regularly beat him during his childhood. He had a painful childhood. Adolf's ... reporting to the Austrian Consulate, reporting for duty in Salzburg, he was found "unfit too weak and unable to bear arms." (www.remember.org) When World War II started, Hitler's passion against foreigners, particularly slaves,...

• Word Count: 980
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... . Endnotes 1) James Wilkinson, and H. Stuart Hughes Contemporary Europe, A History (Prentice Hall: East End publishing Services, 1998), pp. 116-117 2) John D. Clare "Versailles Treaty Revision- (http://www.johndclare.net/versailles_treaty_revision.htm) 3) Richard Fuller "The Treaty of Versailles - 28th June 1919- (http://www.rpfuller.com/gcse/history/2.html) 4) Wilkinson Contemporary Europe p.104-109 5) Chris Tyson "Treaty of Versailler, The Reasons it Failed- (http ... ://www.angelfire.com/wi/WorldWarOne/tyson.html) March 12th 1999 6) Michael Duffy "Primary Documents: Treaty of Versaille...

• Word Count: 2784
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

... morning of August 6, 1945, the United States shocked the world by dropping an atomic bomb over the city of Hiroshima, Japan. (www.grolier.com) Hiroshima was a major industrial city with an estimated population of almost 400,000 people. A B-29 bomber was loaded with the ... on the ground created an enormous shock wave closely followed a quick expansion of air. The result was the immediate death of 75,000 people. (www.grolier.com) The long-term effects of the bomb on the environment and children are horrible. Atomic blasts cause many prolonged injuries such as, keloids, cataracts, ... the...

• Word Count: 2146
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

... war through deterrence tool to the ticket to nuclear club that means the sing of superpower. References Atomic Archive. (1997,April 6). Timeline [WWW document]. < http://www.atomicarchive.com/Timeline/Timeline.shtml> Atomic Archive. (1997,April 6). Arms Control Treaties [WWW document]. http://www.atomicarchive.com/ACTreaty.shtml Foreign policy in focus. (1999,November). In Focus: U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy at the End of the Century: Lost Opportunities and ... New Dangers. [WWW document]. http://www.foreignpolicy-infocus.org/briefs/vol4/v4n25nuc.html Nuclear History at the National Secu...

• Word Count: 1452
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... effort to suppress Communism. He feels that the dropping of the bomb was the first major operation of the cold diplomatic war with Russia. (www.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities History/20th_Century/World_War_II Atomic_Bomb_The) Also an American historian, Gar Alperovitz, wrote a book titled Atomic Diplomacy. His ... James Forrestal that describes Secretary of State James F. Byrnes as most anxious to get the Japanese affair over with before the Russians got in. (www.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/ History/20th_Century/World War_II/Atomic_Bomb/The/) Also Byrnes' assistant Secretary of State, Walter Bro...

• Word Count: 3871
• Approx Pages: 15
• Grade Level: High School

... own kind is unbelievable. Work Cited United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Auschwitz's Environs (Summer 1944). 2002. http://www.us-israel.org/source/Holocaust/auenvironmap.html Moon, Jennifer. Biography of Elie Wiesel. May30,2000. http://www.gradesaver.com/ClassicNotes/Authors.about_elie_wiesel.html Wolff, Rachel "PinkMonkey.com. MonkeyNotes for Night by Elie Wiesel." PinkMonkey.com 2002. 17 December 2002. http://www.pinkmonkey.com/booknotes/monkeynotes/pmNight02.asp ...

• Word Count: 1076
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... the U.S. army finally adopted the Ford 6x6, which the design called it, the M8 light armored car. "There were over 8500 M8's built between the years of 1942 and 1943."" 3(www.robertsarmory.com A Traveling World War II History Museum. Copyright: 1995) When designing the M8 the army had three main concerns, the vehicles firepower, mobility, and armor. With that the mobility of ... be easily removed for storing during the time of battle. "The vehicle measured out to be 16ft. 5in. in length, 8ft. 4in. in width, and 6ft. 6in. in height."" 4(www.robertsarmory.com A Traveling World War II Hist...

• Word Count: 1900
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

... that have good amounts of natural resources, even though it would start a war with the United States. (Lord,Walter. Day of Infamy ) (www.history.navy.mil) (http://campus.northpark.edu) The only thing that stood in the way of this plan was the threat posed by the U.S. ... and support facilities Nagumo called off the strike. He thought that there was enough damage, but the U.S. did end up rebuilding and launching a counterstrike. (www.history.navy.mil) (http://campus.northpark.edu) The Unite States responded to the attack on Pearl Harbor in a few ways. The first thing that ... the camps c...

• Word Count: 1313
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... powerful countries in the world. After the complete massacres they received in return, Japan most definitely learned their lesson by losing almost all of their respect in a matter of years. (www.fsmitha.com/index.html) In the year 1937, Japan made its first tragic mistake by electing a new leader and government. Before they signed Prince Fumimaro Konoe, Japan was working to sign ... just as much Pearl Harbor hurt the Americans. And in just a few years after the attack on Pearl Harbor, World War II was finished, and the Japanese were obliterated. (www.pearlharborattacked.com) The Japanes...

• Word Count: 401
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... 2003 . John Yang, ABC History, January 25 2003, ABC News. January 28 2003 . Kagan Neil, The American Dream. Time Life Books, 1998. S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders. Laurel Contemporary Fiction, 1967. http://www.space.com/news/spacehistory/greatest_space_events_1950s-1.html Greatest Space Events of the 20th Century: The 50s By Andrew Chaikin posted: 11:33 am ET 27 December 1999 http ... ...

• Word Count: 750
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... , as well as the environment and heredity determine his actions (Reuben, Paul P. "Chapter 6: Late Nineteenth Century: Naturalism - A Brief Introduction."", http://www.csutan.edu/English/reuben/pal/chp6/6intro.html). The belief that man cannot determine for himself his own actions is a rather depressing one. This determinism is ... the United States engaged in a race for arms supremacy. These years were very scary years for many people ("Cold War-, http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761569374/Cold_War.html). By basing the story on an event that so many feared could happen at any moment Go...

• Word Count: 4223
• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: High School

... began the arms race. Both superpowers were spending as much as they could towards greater military achievement. As a result of this war, both superpowers now had nuclear weapons. (http://www.pjhealy.com...) The space race also fueled this war. The US and the USSR both wanted to be the first to get a man in space. It would show which country is greater ... feed everyone "but due to the hoarding inherent in the global capitalist system, or anarchy depending on ones views, this food does not find its way into starving mouths" (http://www.geocities.com/...). According to J.F.K. humankind's ...

• Word Count: 1041
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... the Soviet Union which lead to inner conflict and desire for the new nations to break free from the Diets, from Russians' rule" (www.worldhistoryhub.com book review, Sunny, the Revenge of the Past: Nationalism, Revolution and the Collapse of the Soviet Union). The important points are Why ... minorities), Georgia(Abkhazia, South Ossetia), Armenia and Azerbaijan (Nagorno-Karabakh), Central Asia (Kazakhstan's Russian minority; the Ferghana valley; Tajikistan's civil war)" (www.lse.ac.uk ). As it can be seen there were many areas in which ethnic conflicts can be observed. But the most impo...

• Word Count: 1219
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... at the middle of no where. This monument, is seventy yards tall and made of stone. It has an original shape, like a huge tripod and it is built on a granite ground base. On the first yards of this tripod, there are twenty boy's names engraved. These names correspond with French resistant fighter during the world war II. They belonged to the "Resistance ... ...

• Word Count: 316
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

... psq_winter02a.pdf, accessed on 07/10/03 [3] Joseph S. NYE, Jr., "Limits of American Power", published Political Science Quarterly, Volume 117, Number 4, Winter 2002-2003, p.545 or web address hhttp://www.ciaonet.org/olj/psq/psq_winter02a.pdf, accessed on 07/10/03 [4] Joseph S. NYE, Jr., "Limits of American Power", published Political Science Quarterly, Volume 117, Number 4, Winter 2002-2003, p. ... 552 or web address hhttp://www.ciaonet.org/olj/psq/psq_winter02a.pdf, accessed on 07/10/03 [5] Joseph S. NYE, Jr., "Limits of American Power", published Political Science Quarterly, Volume 117,...

• Word Count: 1100
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... to be dropped on her war industries and, unfortunately, thousands of civilian lives will be lost. I urge Japanese civilians to leave industrial cities immediately, and save themselves from destruction. (www.dannen.com/decision/index.html) Thurman was telling the world that he doesn't see any other way to solve these problems and the only way to get rid of communism was to ... largely been cultivated by revisionist historians; a group whose mission has been to "re-write" historical events without proper thought being given to the prevailing American "psyche" at the time." (www.childrenof...

• Word Count: 837
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... and seaports. Hitler wanted London to pay for bombing a few of Germany's towns. One million pounds of bombs were dropped on the city of Coventry in one single raid. (www.battleofbritain.com/bobindex.htm) While Hitler was targeting civilians it gave time for the RAF to rebuild and become more prepared for the Germans. The Luftwaffe lost 700 aircraft's and the Britishlost160 ... . (www.battleofbritain.com/bobindex.htm) Because of the loss Hitler decided to change plans, which meant using more fighters and fewer slow bombers, now the aim was on civilians. It was a mistake made ... ...

• Word Count: 685
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... World War II will never be the same. "Saving Private Ryan" is a movie that should make every American realize that Memorial Day is more than a day off. Websites visited: http://www.wwnorton.com/eamerica/ch29/topic.htm http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/ww2time.htm#1944 ...

• Word Count: 1011
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School