... of anthropology. In terms of emphasis and concern, it came into prominence in the field of International Relations after the World War II era- with the emergence of many new independent countries, and especially after the cold war period- in the pursuit of seeking correlation between instability or conflict in some regional systems with that of ethnic elements of those ... and some time, exclusive participant in the political community- the state. Nationalism, therefore, is the visible and politicized manifestation of the phenomenon ethnicity. In the post-World War II era, increasing pa...

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... ships that were sinking in the Atlantic and spoke to Winston Churchill. Mr. Churchill stated that "shipping is the crunch of the whole war" and "the war would be decided in the Atlantic" and that "if Hitler cannot win there, he cannot win anywhere in the world at the end ... attack opened the American government and military's eyes to the realization that the communication and Intelligence gathering tactics being used were flawed. Since World War II the methods and systems of obtaining military intelligence, evaluating it, and making sure that the right individuals receive it has been va...

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... and can be plainly seen over different time periods. In the pre-1914 period Military power was the overriding theme of that era. As was Culture the theme for the 1920's and 1930's, and Economics was the theme for the post 1945 years. (Iriye, 8) In the new ... era of time it is easy to see that Economics is becoming less of the determinate on a countries world power status. It will be based ... on how much a country will due to create a culturally interdependent world. In the era of power being the determining factor of what makes a country a world power, each country believes that they...

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... is today. In fact it went through the very drastic changes in the end of the eighteen hundreds and then again in middle of the nineteen hundreds; right after World War II. The Meiji government was the first imperial government and it came into power in 1868. This government had a relatively nonrestrictive textbook policy. Then in 1872 it passed the School ... made during this period were super nationalistic and described the imperial family as direct descendants of God. During the pre-war education period, the curriculums showed how nationalistic one country's schools could become. In a...

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... fields such as manufacturing, banking, shipbuilding and military industrial production. These enterprises were called zaibatsu. They dominated most of the pre-World War II Japanese industry. The zaibatsu has undergone some difficult times following the World War II, but they have transformed into the form of keiretsu during the recovery period. Japan is known as a group-oriented society. Teamwork ... and trust in the conduct of business, research, information sharing, and even in joint business ventures. This relationship has been the backbone of the Japanese success in the postwar era....

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... would not serve the Samurai, and fled to the barren, cold, mountainous regions of Iga and Koga. There they trained in the arts of war. It is said that their art is based upon a great Chinese military text written by a general named Sun Tzu, The Art of ... War. Over the centuries the ninja (word meaning 'stealers-in') trained from the cradle to the grave in every known martial art. Their forte was ... area. Over the centuries, while ninjutsu was being practiced in secrecy, no one knew anything about the art except the ninjas themselves. When Japan emerged into the modern era, and feudal...

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... opposed to the scholar-gentry who were charged with the military in China. Japan also began to think of external threats, specifically, a hypothetical Russian war (which eventually became reality) which enabled the Japanese to solidify a central army against a central external threat. The Chinese, however, with their focus ... the majority of his "cultural" comments are along the lines of mentioning that there was Japanese cultural propaganda during the Japanese-Chinese war. He would have been much more convincing in this period of history if instead of discussing international issues, h...

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... Education provided the framework for a successful Japanese democracy, and its absence in Cambodia precipitated its demise in the 1970s. The 1870s ushered an era of bunmei kaika, or "Civilization and Enlightenment," into Japan.2 During this decade the works of great philosophers such as the de ... "Western" subjects such as practical sciences and the "development of the individual." 8 Fifty years later, Japan's World War II experience proved disastrous, and, as McNamara and Blight argue, "The unconditional surrender of Japan made it possible for the United States ... a group of American...

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... new technologies, and discoveries to help improve their lives, China insisted on remaining the same. They were once the most advanced society and leader of the new era. But now everything had changed, and what was once great was now old and outdated. Ironically, the stability, law and order, and prosperity contributed to ... Oda took control over Japan, but he did not take over the position of the Shogun. It is not until thirty years later after the Sekiganara War, the third emperor Ieyasu Tokugawa came on and reassumes the position of Shogun, and appointed himself as the shogun. The gove...

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... the respected empire of China had been reduced to a collection of warring states. Confucius studied the ancient history of China and accurately found that this was not the first era of civil war in the Middle Kingdom. He discovered that throughout the history of the country there was a contrast between long periods of peace and prosperity and the treacherous chaos he saw ... in the world, a little brother to America and the great industrial powers of Western Europe. We were a small island nation with no resources, still recovering from the wounds of a tragic war. Today, our country is r...

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... a shaman or someone holy of a tribe (Nudity). Shortly after, evidence was found proving tattoos were on the bodies of Egyptian mummies, dating back to 4,000 years ago (Nudity). During this era, tattoos were applied to skin with sharp instruments holding pigment. Different cultures also used this practice and it spread from Egypt to Greece, Persia, Central Asia, and Arabia along the ... tattooing moved to Coney Island, and soon enough other shops were being set up across the country (Midre). Once again, ominous luck fell upon the world of tattooing after World War II, when Marlon Brando ...

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... seems to have the widest spectrum of differing cultural values and therefore is the best example for analyzing its cultural or economic success or lack thereof. In the post World War II era since the end of imperialism Africa has made significant jumps from the dominant ideology of the 7 Afrikaners and their Dutch ancestors to their more Westernized liberal views of today ... ...

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... government established a "White Australia" policy. Only peoples from the British Isles were accepted as worthy migrants. During World War 11, Australia became very vulnerable with the threat of being attacked by Japan. We must "Populate or Perish" was the thought of the era, as the threat of invasion from the more populated areas of Asia seemed real to Australians of the time ... ...

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