Apart from the fact that Japan had been suing for a peaceful end to the war, there were a number of alternative routes of action that the Americans had at their fingertips, and could have taken advantage of at a moment's notice, which could have possibly saved a lot of lives, both American and Japanese. After analyzing the amount of damage and the amount of lives lost as a result of the dropping of the Atomic Bomb, it becomes evident that dropping the bomb was not worth a quick end to the war. ... Due to the effective air, sea, and land blockade that was in progress, Japan was unable to "...

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Along with all of the civilian lives lost in the blockade, the amount of troops lost would be even more unimaginable. ... President Truman, the President of the United States at the time, knew both of these facts and picked the easier, more life-conservative approach of using the atomic bombs. By using the atomic bombs, Truman "saved 'the lives of hundreds of thousands of Japanese boys and millions more of Japanese people" (Walker 4), not to mention all the lives of American men who had not seen their families since the first gunshot fired of the second world war. ... During t...

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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 be anything unique. While these lives continued, Edward Estilin Cummings looked around the streets of Cambridge, Massachusetts as his inspiration to be anything but "fashionable". ... Cummings" early life inspired his writing from his college days all the way until his last words. ... Despite popular belief of the United State's po...

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However it has proven to do nothing but disturb and hurt the lives of millions of civilians around the world. ... These two countries alone have lost thousands of lives, many of them including child soldiers. ... Charles Taylor chose to ignore pleas for peace and was responsible for the destruction of the lives of the people in Liberia. ... Most of them unwillingly took part in the war because their lives and the lives of people they cared about were threatened. ... These children were raised in very violent situations, which ultimately prevented them from adjusting to civilian life. ...

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People's lives were drastically changed as they were persecuted and tortured. ... They lived a happy and stable life until they were claimed to be "capitalists and therefore enemies of the people." ... Another book that illustrates the calamity of the Holocaust is Memories of my life in a Polish Village, by T.K. ... As sad as it may seem, it affected the lives of millions because of the hate inside of one certain group of people, the Nazi's. ... On September 1, 1939, when Germany invaded Poland, the lives of anybody who wasn't part of the "superior Germanic race" changed forever...

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One cannot help but feel fortunate to live in a country such as Canada; its richness and prosperity go relatively unequaled in the world. Canadians, to an extent, have lived a life of sheltered ignorance when compared to the lives experienced by those in other nations. The problems that the greater ...

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Race War The Second World War impacted American lives both at home and on the war front. ... The new respect could bring more rights and a better life after the war for all Native Americans. ... The U.S. government and voice of mainstream white America had taken away Jeanne's normal American life in a matter of days. ... Much like Jeanne, the bombing of Pearl Harbor changed Ira Hay's quiet life in Arizona. ... Ira became filled with national pride; devoted to serving his country until either the end of the war, or the end of his life. ...

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The shadow of blood and death darkens their life. ... And if that fails, we at least will provide them with a measure of comfort in their lives. ... Besides his nomad life and foreign identities, Mahler was converted to Catholicism under an external pressure in order to keep his position in the Vienna Opera Court. However, this action leads to such a sad fact that he was excluded by both nations and had no sense of belonging for his entire life. His sorrow and grief are the permanent theme of his music, as if it is an accusation of life by a silent contemplator, deep, mournful, grandiose and d...

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KIRSTY R DUNCAN " The notion that the Second World War must have had a profound and lasting effect on the lives of the British Women has continued to shape interpretative attitudes of the conflict." It has been noted by some historians that the war reinforced traditional values in women, on the other hand it is argued that such an experience must have altered the lives of the women on the home front considerably. ... Moreover he considers that there was a definite change in attitude exhibited by those housewives who were left at home doing traditional tasks. " In contrast to many other hi...

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Joseph Stalin was the soviet communist leader who's passing molded an era, and whose iron rule determined the lives of millions of people. ... Stalin was rather sickly as a child; he was badly scarred by smallpox, and another illness crippled his left arm (later in his life, in 1916, this disability will prevent him from joining the Russian army). Nevertheless, he is described as having been in excellent physical shape as a teenager; throughout much of his life he was muscular and well built. ...

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1. In "Homo Loquens"," Marshall Poe describes his theories on speech communication. Within his ideas, he points out disadvantages in speech, and how society tends to interpret it. One disadvantage that Poe pointed out was the idea of privacy, and how with speech, nothing can ever be private. "You ha...

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Young men just starting their lives or preparing to by studying at university knew that they were now likely to be drafted into the armed forces. This fact meant that their lives were forever going to change and possibly be cut very short. ... Before the United States' involvement in the war, many young American men were living everyday lives, but now were being forced to leave everything behind to go fight for their country. ... Some mental stresses the soldiers experienced were the loneliness or the feeling of solitude, the risk of death, the taking of another man's life, the sheer...

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World Jewry negotiated with the Nazis to buy the lives of 100,000 Jewish children and bring them into British controlled Palestine. ... The details related here disclose a grotesque flaw in historical character, it brings to light the complete disregard for human life which nations harbored. ...

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World War II, the European front was a raging battle between the allied forces and Nazi Germany. The battle for the liberation of France began on D-Day plus 49, 1944. The allied forces had not made progress into France as foreseen. Instead, one and a half million allied forces were stalled from j...

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the free world the word describes violence in the pursuit of political aims.The linguistic Sapir has said "Language does not exist apart from culture, that is, from the socially inherited assemblage of practices and beliefs that determines the texture of our lives. " (Sapir, 1970: 207) The way the word "terrorism" has influenced everyday culture can't be misunderstood. ...

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This quotes proves his contempt for the lives of the people of his nation. He did not care about the lives of men. ... Stalin was also infamous for not caring about the lives of his people. ... Moreover, Yossarian was very aware of the hostility around him and he did not intend on being complacent about his life. ...

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But as he had hoped, his writing lives on. ... REFLECTIONS OF HEMINGWAY'S LIFE Hemingway did not only create characters but created himself. ... THEMES In "The Snows of Kilimanjaro- Harry himself regards his life as a failure. ... Always have courage and face your fears in life is the lesson from "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber-. ... You may not always know one's true background and what is really happening in their life. ...

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For the rest of Stalin's childhood, Joseph and Yekaterina lived in the home of a priest named Father Charkviani where the hard-working woman attempted to make sure that her only son would be educated enough to escape the drudgery of a lower class life. ... The Church played a strong role in his early life: he lived with a priest and his schooling was religious. ... Thereafter his father was never a strong presence in Stalin's life. ... Smallpox had left Stalins face scarred and pitted for the rest of his life, and a case of blood poisoning caused his left arm to grow shorter tha...

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Is War Necessary? There are many reasons why a country or several countries could go to war. Some of these reasons are just, however many of them are not. There are many movies made illustrating many different aspects of American wars, good and bad. The American Revolution was mainly a politica...

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But on the battlefield, the DEROS date was revered and looked upon as a day that will take everything from the war away, and life would return to normal (Goodwin 1989). ... Those with the shortest time left in the country were praised by others and would lead their peers on a fantasy excursion of how wonderful and carefree life would be as soon as they returned home. ...

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As married couples sought out a life independent of kinship by moving to centers of community where employment allowed them to make a better life for themselves the good provider emerged as a predominately male role. ... This literature put the home at the center of a woman's life with child rearing the most important aspect of home. ... Because masculinity was tied to the ability to be a good provider, a man's status in the community was also tied to this assumption causing him to spend more time at work than he might possibly have done had his job not been expected to be the most...

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Roosevelt talked about in his speech statements about Germany's plans to engulf the world during World War II: " The Nazi masters of Germany have made if clear that they intend not only to dominate all life and thought in their own country, but also to enslave the whole of Europe and then to use the resources of Europe to dominate the rest of the world."" ... In total, 10 million soldiers and civilians were lost their lives in World War I. ... The Depression made life even worse for the Germans who had a difficult time rebuilding after the war. ...

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Thus Joseph's mother, Yekaterina, made the more profound impact on his life--it was she who directed his education, first in the local Gori Church School and then, thanks to a scholarship, at the Tiflis Theological Seminary. ... It was the end of any trace of "normal" family life for Stalin, and witnesses saw tears in his eyes at her funeral--the only report that we have of the great dictator crying. ... Large-scale purges struck the country, targeting all levels of society--including children: Stalin reasoned that parents were more likely to confess to trumped-up charges of subversion...

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The lives of the survivors, be them soldiers or civilians, could never be the same after the war. ... Intrusive Symptoms: Memories and images of the traumatic event may "intrude- into the lives of individuals with PTSD. ...

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Terrorism has taken a toll on innocent lives, especially since September 11. ... It is all-encompassing in that, more than any other international crisis yet seen it affects a multiplicity of life's levels, political, economic, cultural and psychological. ...

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