Topic: Overpopulation II. History With over 6 billion people on earth, we must acknowledge and respect the problem of overpopulation. Moreover, we must recognize the consequences both from an environmental standpoint and through the loss of human life. It is a problem that is not as clear as w...
May 3, 2003 Dear Readers, Now, on the 58th anniversary of the only time in history the atomic bomb was used, we are still left with the same question, a question that still generates heated debates. Was the United States justified in dropping the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and ...
Before Hiroshima, none of the horrors of war visited upon Japan prompted Emperor Hirohito to act - not the defeat of the Japanese army on Okinawa, the destruction of Japan's cities, the starvation blockade, or the threat in allied invasion of their home island. ...
The second economic depression of the European states was averted by the Marshall Plan. The years after WWII were devastating, Europe needed an economic stimulant to improve their stagnant financial system. The paper below goes into the history and consequences of the Marshall Plan. The Second W...
Joseph Stalin held absolute authority in the Soviet Union for twenty nine years. During his time as dictator he moved the Soviet Union to a world power, while starving and arresting his own people. His brutal dictatorship was one of the bloodiest in history. He can be compared to such leaders like A...
Communism in the Eastern Europe was a tragedy. It was condemned because the leaders misused it. It was lack of support from other nations, and there was no efficient solution to save the economy from its downfall. However, it was Gorbachev's reformation that truly brought Communism in Eastern Europ...