1. Natinoalism: The Double Edged Sword
These sights magnify both the vision and the light that is seen by the shooter. ... There have also been many technological advances in the evolution of the night-vision scope. At this moment through, there tends to be one down-fall with night-vision, that being that snipers are unable to view long distances. Many hunter kill missions take place during the daylight hours most of the time anyway, this leaves little use for night-vision scopes. ... This statement sums up what the sniper trains to be prepared to do. ...
These horrific visions that Gene learns about prove that Leper has gone insane. ... This comes from Gene's statement at the end of the story that "All of them constructed at infinite cost to themselves these Maginot Lines against this enemy they thought they saw across the frontier, this enemy who never attacked that way - if he ever attacked at all; if he was indeed the enemy." ...
Tanimoto's new vision of his once safe city is a clear example of what many real-life Japanese citizens endured during the bombings. ... In Truman's diary, he wrote "The target will be a purely military one and we will issue a warning statement asking the Japs to surrender and save lives" (Harry S. ...
They state that differences in the Constitution "have led many to conclude that there is something different about Americans and their vision of government that is reflected in their very different Constitution.... In this survey 80% of Americans agreed with the statement "the United States has a unique character because of its history and Constitution that sets it apart from other nations as the greatest in the world."12 Clearly here the statement is a fairly loaded one, yet interestingly it is the reference to the constitution which is placed to persuade Americans that they ar...
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 s...
Norman Rockwell used this painting to promote his vision of an ideal America where people do not suffer from hunger and family members are close to one another. ... The clothing the speaker wears makes the statement that one does not need money or power to for people to listen to them. ...
This statement, made by the moderate historian and publicist Hans Delbruck in 1899 in his Preussische Fahrbucher, not only represents the general prevailing opinion in Germany, but it also foreshadows Germany's desire to pursue its goals at almost any cost "even war. ...
Zelikow and other former U.S. officials who played a direct role in the negotiations on German reunification once again rebutted these statements and denied that any such assurances were ever given.6 The aim here has not been to judge, one way or the other, whether the enlargement of NATO was, or is, wise. ... However, simultaneously, some tendencies occurs and to some extend they still exists, according to Spanger two opposing visions of the two countries: authoritarian Putin's Russia and the United States strongly militarized going to war against terrorism but under the guise of that s...
While anti-terrorism laws are extremely important, and they are broadening and becoming more refined each year, they need to be carried out with a clear vision about how far politicians are willing to go when changing American culture for the sake of one word, "terrorism". ... This is an important point that Friedman leaves out of his statement about the "doctrine of Three No's....
The possibility of the end of the Cold War for so long seemed out of the question. Because of the definition of the Soviet ideology which stated that war with the capitalist nations of the world was inevitable, peace was paradoxical. The Americans in a sense fostered the Soviet position by executing...
"The fact is that the automobile has become hypnotic...the opium of the American people." - Fortune Magazine Table of Contents Introduction The Rise of the Automobile The Styling Redesign The Role of Attainable Pricing for the Masses The Emerging American Obsession The Impact on the Nuclear Fami...
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 ...
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 ...
The twentieth century really begins before the end of the nineteenth century. Queen Victoria's Jubilee in 1887 was felt by many to represent the end of an era. An end-of-century stoicism, and a growing pessimism among writers and intellectuals, may be traced to several sources, not least the publica...
