Defeat

In the book “A Glorious Defeat, Mexico and its War with the United States” written by Timothy J. Henderson. Henderson, a professor of History at Auburn University, Montgomery, Alabama, analyses the political and social history of Mexico before and during the Mexican American War of 1846-1848. After the battel with Spain in 1821, the Mexican Government was a disaster, although they manage to be victorious for their independence. The main problem with the Mexican government and its social class was

Triumph and defeat: two polar concepts, that result from a coin toss to wars that devastate countries. Mankind has sought for success since their creation. Everyone has found some success, some more, others less, and some defeat. The way that one deals with triumph and, defeat has, and continues to create, change, and alter the course of history. Dealing with triumph is generally easier than dealing with defeat. Before I can describe how I deal with triumph, we must first define it. According

There were several reasons for the defeat of the Confederacy which included no industrial base, (Donald 1996, p. 99) inadequate transportation net (Donald, 1996, p. 99), and bickering among the generals (McPherson & Hogue, 2009, p. 365) etc., but the overriding factor was that the Confederacy never became a nation (Donald, 1996, p. 100). That is, they seceded because the Southern states believed they had the right as independent States to do so (Donald, 1996, p. 7). The South lost because they

Maya Angelou once said “You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.”(http://www.great-inspirational-quotes.com/maya-angelou-quotes.html) Most of these defeats that we encounter come from our choices, and whether they are good or bad, we learn something from them. Accordingly, Manny Hernandez, the hard-working, perceptive title role in the

Ernest Hemingway “But man is not made for defeat," he said. "A man can be destroyed but not defeated.” (Hemingway, 29). This is one of the lines that Ernest Hemingway uses in one of his books, titled, “The Old Man and The Sea.” It was published in 1952, and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize the following year. The story of an old fisherman's journey, his long and lonely struggle with a fish and the sea, was considered to be the most popular of all his works. Fortunately for this well-known author, he

The Elections of 1948 and 2004 The elections of 1948, and 2004 had many similarities. In both elections we had the two major political parties, plus a third independent party. We had a war going on, polls trying to predict the election, and two main candidates working on getting elected. The elections did have some differences though. Money spent, mediums campaigned through, and the number of votes for the third party. Despite the differences, there was one main similarity that stood out

losing vital strength, men, ammunition, and equipment that it could not afford to waste. As Glantz boldly states, “Thus, in retrospect, the delay in Army Group Centre’s advance along the Moscow axis seemed to pave the way for the subsequent German defeat at Moscow.” (Glantz, 131). This is a centralized reason why the majority of

The role of technology played a primary part in the essential defeat of the Incan Empire. Advanced technology basically led the Spaniards to their amazing victory. All of the Spaniards had with them lethal weaponry such as guns, daggers, steel swords, lances, and numerous sharp objects that penetrated the delicate

Dilmi Perera English 9 Pre- AP Mrs. Childers 29 September 2017 Title “ Defeat is a state of mind, no one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.” said the famous fighter Bruce Lee. His quote explains how defeat is not accepted easily, like how santiago from The Old Man and The Sea is persistent and does not accept defeat. In The Old Man and The Sea by Ernest Hemingway, the character santiago is a hardworking and old fisherman who is having bad luck catching fish lately. Santiago

is often thought to have been the end of Nazi Germany’s peak. However, the question of the extent to which the Axis defeat at the Battle of Stalingrad lead to their eventual loss of the war is an intricate one that requires the analysis of the reasons for the outcome of the battle in order to conclude on its effect on the outcome of the war. The Soviet victory and the German defeat at the Battle of Stalingrad can both be attributed to several factors. First was the critical decision made by Hitler