Remembering A Forgotten War By Donald R. Essay

Many people say that the metal of a man is found in his ability to keep his ideals in spite of anything that life can through at you. If a man is found to have done these things he can be called a hero. Through a lifelong need to accept responsibility for all living things, Robert Ross defines his heroism by keeping faith with his ideals despite the betrayal, despair and tragedy he suffers throughout the course of The Wars by Timothy Findley.

In offering alternative interpretations of the origins of the Constitution, the author accomplishes his secondary purpose, to make the reader challenge what they know about the framing of the Constitution. Holton details the rebellion of the “Unruly Americans” against the state and national governments, using Adonijah Mathews as an ultimate example of the “common man.” Mathews’ views are presented in order to contrast the views of James Madison, whom it seems the author

In 1975 the Oxford University Press published the first edition of The Great War and Modern Memory written by Paul Fussell. As Fussell states in the opening line, “this book is about the British experience on the Western Front from 1914 to 1918.” In this paper I will argue, that despite the numerous literary awards this book has won, it contains historical inaccuracies and shortcomings in relation to the accurate information provided that takes away from the prestige of the book. Despite the numerous negative aspects of the book, this paper will also briefly highlight the few positive areas of the book, therefore providing an in-depth analysis of the book.

Joseph Conrad once observed that “a belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.” As a result of the violence that is necessary during wartime, soldiers are permitted to engage in savage behavior that is normally forbidden in society. In The Wars by Timothy Findley, however, soldiers act in violent ways even when they are not actively engaged in battle. The inherently savage nature of humankind is evident when Robert Ross kills the German soldier after the gas attack, when Robert is raped in the baths, and when Robert kills Captain Leather. These violent events that occur outside the direct action of the war demonstrate the evil inherent in

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Jefferson planned to reduce all the national debt in sixteen years. Jefferson's first move was shrinking the navy. He said, funding a stating army in peacetime is worse than a waste of money. He released over ⅓ of the navy. A total of 87 officers, and 195 navy soldiers. He also stopped the construction of many naval ships ready to be built. Eventually, he saved the U.S about One million dollars from those cuts. A con to those are a weaker navy. It the war later on of 1812 the U.S was lacking in ships. In the other hand,

What kind of country is the United States of America? Is it really the land of the free or are the Americans controlled by an imperial presidency? Is America peaceful and prosperous? Is it possible to identify the source of America’s economic problems? Some people have a clear picture of how things really are; while others are never able to see the entire scope of the view. There may be conflicting answers to these questions; therefore, it is recommended to approach a historian for more accurate information. In the book, Hamilton’s Curse: How Jefferson’s Arch Enemy Betrayed the American Revolution- and What

After reading William R. Keylor's The Legacy of the Great War, I realized the important events that pertain to the international relations. Until our present day there has not been so many great leaders come together to address issues such as: politics, economics, and social settings in Europe. This is the beginning of the problems in European civilization.

“Jefferson’s ideals came from a hypothetical yeoman farmer, whose hard labour on the land will offer the best judgment on the rights of people.” (Sturgis, pg 7) At times, Jefferson had made uncomfortable decisions that opposed his ideals and beliefs, such as the Louisiana Purchase from Napoleon. This forced a removal of the

Many people question if Guy Sajer, author of The Forgotten Soldier, is an actual person or only a fictitious character. In fact, Guy Sajer in not a nom de plume. He was born as Guy Monminoux in Paris on 13 January 1927. At the ripe young age of 16, while living in Alsace, he joined the German army. Hoping to conceal his French descent, Guy enlisted under his mother's maiden name-Sajer. After the war Guy returned to France where he became a well known cartoonist, publishing comic books on World War II under the pen name Dimitri.

My head snapped up and I came back to reality, even me, Death, gets lost within thought, within the on goings of the world. I noticed that I had been staring at the young Hubbermann boy. I had seen him before, in the Hubbermann’s kitchen. Once thin and frail like the pages of the books collected by the book thief. To a man heavily cloaked in leather. Stalingrad was not the place to be. The destination many men had taken their final breath. In the Great War Hans Hubbermann escaped my grasp. This time, nobody could escape my grasp. The war was like a manifestation of me. My presence spread over Stalingrad like the bacteria, I was everywhere, but nowhere at the same time. I was as atrocious as a whirling tornado. The world burned of hatred.

Blood was the thing that disgusted me the most. Seeing all of those wounded soldiers. Not once did I find my husband. I found this settling and unsettling. I knew that my John was not hurt, but if he were, he was not at the place I was in. This was also unsettling because I never knew if John was missing in action or if he were dead. Well, obviously I would have been notified if he were dead, but perhaps the letter was lost or someone simply forgot.

George Bellows’ “War Series” brought light to the "Rape of Belgium," which involved the torture and mass slaughtering of Belgian citizens during WWI, while revamping his own lost sense of passionate and horrifically realistic subject matter and style.

The memory of war is one that often focuses on larger political and military topics while the average person often overlooks micro scale events, such as the refugee experience. Nonetheless, these events are more capable of giving a sense of the objects that were truly at stake in a conflict between larger parties. Ling Dang, a refugee of the Vietnam War, has a distinct memory of the Vietnam War because of the fact that she was born in the year of the Fall of Saigon. As a result, Linh’s memory of Vietnam, up until the age of 10, lies in the middle of a spectrum between memory and postmemory. I must admit that prior to interviewing Linh, I expected to hear a narrative that was much more traumatic like those we had covered in the course. Thankfully Lihn’s story wasn 't as traumatic as others that experienced the war first hand and after conducting the interview and listening to others, I find Linhs story to be one that resonates with memory of older Vietnamese refugees and post memory younger Vietnamese-Americans. Similar to Angela Ho, Lihns childhood experience shaped her outcome that many would associate with the term “model minority”. Like older older refugees, such as Tam Duong, Linh maintains a patriotic stance on the War, although not as praising of the United States.

Korea: My country was ruled by Imperial Japan from 1910 until the end of World War II. When the Soviet Union went to war with Japan August 9th 1945, my land north of the 38th parallel was freed to self-rule and my south occupied by The United States of America. Following the Cold War, the 38th parallel became the official divide between my north and south leaving the communist control of the Soviet Union and China in the north with American Democracy in the south.