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    When creating his short stories/novels, John Steinbeck focused on what it meant to be human. He included life experiences and really fed off of that in many of his writings. Steinbeck was able to experience many struggles in the 1900s such as the great depression and both world wars, all events of which were first hand experiences. Being born in the early 1900’s, Steinbeck revolved around themes relevant to the world and his era. His books/novels fall under these categories: disenfranchisement, integrity

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    The Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor Introduction On December 7, 1941 at 7:30am, occurred a disastrous event that changed the American History. It started with Japan's plans to build an empire of countries in which they could control completely in the Southeast Asia and the Pacific, but United States, didn't like that and banned all exports to Japan. Japan knew the only country that could mess up their plans and stop them was, America. So they decided to destroy the greatest naval force there was

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    Essay Against ISIS

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    On November 13 ISIS killed 130 people in Paris France with suicide bombers. The United States should escalate the war against ISIS because attacking, treatment, and war. ISIS is starting to kill people in the world and the united states are not doing nothing about it. The United States should get involved with the ISIS because there are killing, torturing people, and treating people with disrespect the people who live in Syria so it will not keep going on. America should help the others and stop

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    He writes, “The bombers crossed the sky and crossed the sky over the house, gasping, murmuring, whistling like an immense, invisible fan, circling in emptiness.” (Page 34 pdf) This quote uses imagery to describe the bombers and the gloominess that they leave over the city. Bradbury uses this quote to show what technology has done to this once vibrant city. He also writes

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    World War 2 Summary

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    and Nagasaki, Japan. 100,000 bombers were shot down in World War ll. 100,000 bombers were killed over Europe. The fighting force, for it’s size, in World War ll made it the biggest war ever. The index of military strength in September 1939 was 30 number of divisions. Germany’s 100th infantry division and six ground divisions. Poland had 30 infantry divisions and they had a large army, but not like tWorld War 2 was the biggest war in history. World War 2 is a big war in the world. World war 1

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    concern about whether humans had command over certain important functions like the control of nuclear weapons. The novel Fail-Safe addresses these fears by portraying a technology doomsday scenario where a malfunction by a computer causes a nuclear bomber group to be deployed against Moscow. Along with showcasing issues relating to technology, and its limitations, Fail-Safe portrays several political aspects of the cold war including the role of the “human factor” within the rationalized, technological

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    Jones was leading the charge, “ok 2s, you know the mission, focus your fire on that Nakajima Ki-49 bomber, that’s where Mitsuo is!”, He broadcasted through his radio headset. Soon the Japanese line was breached by Squadron No. 2 but they were receiving heavy fire and pulling evasive maneuvers, and this battle seemed all but lost, then suddenly Mark swooped in and lined up his sights on the heavy bomber, without hesitation he opened fire on Mitsuo’s flying fortress. When Mark stopped firing he noticed

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    This violent tactic is the weapon of choice for Islamic militants seeking to undermine the American dominance in the 21st century. Obviously, the brutal acts appear to be the work of insane, desperate human beings. Nevertheless, many suicide bombers, such as those affiliated with al-Qaeda, are part of a middle class

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    On August 17th, 1917, General Jan Christian Smuts, of the Royal Flying Corps, captured the significance that aeroplanes would play not just as an auxiliary force, but a new form of warfare: There is absolutely no limit to the scale of its future independent war use. And the day may not be far off when aerial operations with their devastation of enemy lands and destruction of industries and populous centres on a vast scale may become one of the principal operations of war, to which the older forms

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    Radar In World War Two

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    World War Two and was a determining factor in how naval and aerial strategy developed into what it is today. Applicable in both offensive and defensive strategies, radar can be used as an early warning device or as a helping mechanism for aerial bombers and naval ships to find their targets more effectively. Defensively, radar played a large role against aerial and naval attacks throughout the war. World War Two was the first time that airplanes were used as

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