Most recently as President George Bush was winning support from the Senate and House on authority to use force against Iraq, the news media was painting a different picture. ... The government made it look as a Communist guerrilla movement that used terror and coercion to force the South Vietnamese into submission. ... It was just 50 years ago that democracy won over fascism but not by just force. ... Through the persuasiveness of Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt, along with the media's assistance, the United States became the force of democracy. Despite that positive role, "the...

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Army Air Force during World War II. ... These allusions to the corruptness of the government large corporations were the ideas that Americans would come to question in the 1960's. ... Yossarian stands up against corrupt superiors, recognizes the hypocrisy of the army, and makes up his own mind on how to respond to his situation in war (Miller 16). ...

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As a result we must apply militaristic force on this nation as all economic, political, and diplomatic tools have been exhausted. ... Corrupt government will not be reformed with out direct involvement from the Economist 11/1/02 Economist 11/1/02 a.) ...

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The dictatorship of Somoza "initiated the longest, most corrupt dictatorship in Latin American history, a dictatorship continually supplied and supported by the United States."" ... They prepared themselves very well because they knew that an opposite force would soon stand up against them. The United States prepared an opposing force that fought against the Sandinistas. They were known as the "contras-, a guerrilla force supported financially and militarily by the United States to overthrow the Sandinista government. ... The Communist Party formed into a guerrilla force in 1979. ...

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In "Animal Farm" Orwell closely followed Napoleon's rise to power and illustrated to the reader how Napoleon used cunning and brute force to gain and maintain power on the animals. ... Orwell's message is that any society which has leaders with absolute power such as Stalin, is doomed to failure due to such corrupt and selfish leaders manipulating power for their own personal benefit....

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After reading that line I can clearly see what the soldiers looked like marching with the great weight of their packs forcing them to hunch over. ... He says at every bump of the wagon you could hear "blood come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs" of the young man. ...

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Hitler, being the corrupt opportunist that he was, capitalized on this state of affairs. ... In Hitler's attempt to gain political control and power he used coercion through a process of force and threats to influence people. ... Coercion is forcing people against their will to do what one wants them to do. Although threats and force can change behavior, they usually aren't the best approach. ...

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At the same time, the newly appointed commander-in-chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto felt it necessary to develop a powerful naval air force to combat its enemies since joining Nazi Germany and the Axis Alliance (Infamy). ... There was a third wave of force that was planned in the attack, but was aborted at the last minute. ... The retaliation against Japan after the attack freed it from its dictatorial and corrupt past (Essential Pearl Harbor). ...

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He convinced the German people that these individuals that already lived among them as Germans where there to take over and corrupt there way of life. ... The Germans where trying to get as many Russians to stop fighting for the Allies and join them "Your commissars and politruks are forcing you into senseless conflict." ...

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During the war both Japan and the U.S. went threw a lot, more soldiers were needed and women had to stay home and take care of the house by men .As the men went off to fight in the war, problems started because not enough of people in the work force . ... The U.S. responded with Harassment and discrimination and it stayed like this even after the war. "...even though the woman out numbered the men" said Zeinert Karen "..in the labor force three to one they still had problems with the new ideal of women as wage laborers." ... Every one as a different opinion towards prostitution , some ...

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Hitler turned to still wealthy and powerful German industrialists for money to fund his rallies and campaigns and in return promised a disciplined work force ( trade unions would be abolished) and protection against communists. ...

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People openly broke the law, judges were and police became corrupt because they took bribes from people. ... In the United stated at the depth of the depression there were 16 million unemployed, about one third of the available labor force. ...

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He blamed the Jews for the evils of the world and accused them of corrupting everything of ethical and national value. ... Using force, Hitler got Hindenburg to pass a law that abolished freedom of speech, of the press, and of assembly. ...

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Wilfred Owen wrote Dulce et Decorum Est about the first World War, in which he had personally fought. It was addressed to Jessie Pope, a writer of other poems concerning the War. Specifically he wrote the poem to counteract her poem "Who's For The Game?". Owen felt that Pope did not comprehend the seriousness of the war in her portrayal of the battle as a rugby game. Pope conveyed the participants of the "game" were admirable and those who sat on the sidelines shunned and disregarded. ...

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In the end, president Arbenz lost the support of his military forcing him to relinquish his power and leave the presidency. ... The Soviet invasion, which sparked Afghan resistance initially involved an estimated 30,000 troops, a force that ultimately grew to 100,000. ...

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In the novel, Catch-22, by Joseph Heller, the main character, John Yossarian, is an example of a person with intelligent ideas, but actions that reflect those of an insane person. This is indeed a case of appearance versus reality; he appears to be insane, but really his ideas are somewhat sober and convincing in the novel. Yossarian is not the only example of this throughout history; many political leaders have demonstrated the same. The views of Communist Russia can be compared to those of Yossarian. Russia appeared to be concerned with the will of the proletariat, but it only encouraged the...

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E.E. Cummings and His Works Two women walk past him, conversing with their noses pointed to the sky, in glistening attire, with fur scarves slung around their necks and ornate designs engraved into their dresses. His eyes shift from the gossiping women to a cluster of businessmen laughing while they smoked cigars inside a restaurant. The men dressed in black, colorless business suites, with fashionable ties, fashionable outfits, and with any accessory that could compliment their fashionable lives. People in the town were black and white, and they hadn't aspired for their lives to...

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The Condition of Man in The Heart of Darkness and The Lord of the Flies "Man is a fallen being. He is gripped by original sin. His nature is sinful and his state perilous-(Golding, "Fable-, The Hot Gates and Other Occasional Pieces, Harcourt, Brace & World, New York, 1965, page 61). This quote by ...

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