... wartime, the Second Front debate, the liabilities of the "unconditional surrender" policy, the nature of the air war waged against Germany and Japan, the development of atomic weapons, and the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The book is filled with enthusiastic insight and explanations. For example, Kennedy rejects the mythology, which suggests that the "roaring twenties" was a period of universal success. He suggests that it was ... much more than Jazz Age speakeasies, flappers, and a soaring stock market. It was a decade of extreme poverty for many, especially blacks, immig...

• Word Count: 1045
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... "mateship", which is still often used to describe Australians. During the 19th century Australia became a land of new opportunities for many immigrants. Probably during this period people understood the country as egalitarian, classless and terms like "fair go" came up. Symbols of Australia in that time were the bushranger Ned Kelly and pioneer settlers and farmers. Obviously these guys were ... . Feminists argue that Egalitarianism as one of the core points of the traditional identity does not really exist because women are excluded from the masculine definition of the Australian type....

• Word Count: 1535
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate