... War II. This evaluation will determine if Number the Stars is a "good" representation of a historical fiction. I will be basing my evaluation on the criteria given on page 223 of the Russell book "What Makes Good Historical Fiction?" I will first discuss the true-to-life setting of the book. The second point I will discuss is how the historical details are included in ... the story itself. The author should keep in mind that the reading is reading for pleasure, not to learn new information. The writer should present facts in an unobtrusive manner (Russell 222). Number the Stars is a "go...

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... order to reject the Cold War, started by Churchill after World War II. In the mid-fifties, when the Soviets developed a nuclear capability, the Pugwash Doctrine was formulated by Bertrand Russell, to make axiomatic, the assumption of 'mutually-assured destruction'. Based on this assumption, the industrialised nations were to shift towards a 'post-industrial society', supposedly to reduce the hazards of war ... the Third World. For the Third World, a combination of a cut-off of technological assistance and proxy wars, resulted in genocide, which was the overall aim of the ultra-racist Be...

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... retrieving my helmet." This horrible incident of watching fellow American soldiers die was not an uncommon occurrence; in fact, most soldiers had the misfortune of experiencing this. Another soldier, Russell Goddard, recounts when he was having a conversation with his "foxhole buddy" and the moment he turned around to answer him, "he was hit and killed by a large ... ...

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... does the same at home through the press, radio, films etc." Each nation invested large amounts of money to the research and creation of better propaganda techniques, and in 1976, A.J. Russell categorized propaganda into three distinct categories; "White propaganda, the truth; gray, a composition of half-truths and distortions; or black, a pack of lies." All of these were employed during the cold ... ...

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... . After several more minor roles I got the leading roles in the movies "Niagara" and "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes". I only earned 15.000$ for "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes", whereas my co-star Jane Russell was paid 150.000$. In 1954, Fox suspended me for failure to appear on the set of "Pink Tights". The studio had refused to let me look at the script ... ...

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... Roosevelt needed to justify his decision to enter the war. On the following day Roosevelt argued that the attack " had given us an opportunity". Congress approved the declaration of war. Russell Buchanan commented in his book, The United States and World War II, that " It is tempting to see Pearl Harbor as the crisis Roosevelt was waiting for and did nothing ... ...

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The Capabilities of Nuclear Warfare The danger of nuclear warfare is both technology and political. Neither technologically nor politically will these two to be stable enough to see mutual destruction. (Nuclear Weapons and world Politics. Pg. 256) The United States military are coming up with p...

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... being built and added not only to commercial, but also residential buildings after the discovery that the Soviets had attained such weapons. "The discovery of fallout provoked a shelter craze. Bob Russell, a Michigan sheriff, declared that "to build a new home in this day and age without including such an obvious necessity as a fallout shelter would be like leaving out the bathroom 20 ... ...

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... were teacher shortages. There was, however, an increased funding for classrooms and teachers. Ultimately education did not suffer. By the time the baby boomers reached college, more colleges had opened (Russell 52-56). Baby boomers took advantage of their ability to receive a post high school education, thinking that this would give them future economic opportunity, and increased earning potential. The baby ... ...

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... countries as one country. An inquiry into the dismissal of General Macarthur was conducted by the combined Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees under the chairmanship of Senator Richard Russell. One significant feature of the hearings, apart from the question of General Macarthur's dismissal, was that American foreign strategy was laid bare for the world to see. Secretary Marshall, as ... ...

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