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The New Deal and World War II, in many ways, were similar to the Great Society and the Vietnam War. They all were crucial events that has molded America into what we know today. The New Deal and the Great Society both provided government intervention to improve social welfare. They provided government subsidized employment programs, such as the New Deal’s 1933 Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and LBJ’s Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA). They created programs to support the arts such as the

Q8. During World War I, scientists were beginning to develop new drugs and medical treatments in order to help people during and after the war. Scientists began making these new medical drugs in order to help those physically and mentally cope with pain and or stress brought on because of what the war had caused. Some people had been changed, harmed, or were badly hurt physically in the war, the new medical drugs would be able to help with that. However, many other people were affected psychologically

New York City Before, During, and After the Civil War In its long and illustrious history, New York City (NYC) has gone through tremendous change. From a small trading post on the tip of Manhattan Island, to the greatest metropolis in the world, NYC has continued to evolve over time. One period in particular that had more degrees of change than many others, was 1860 to 1865. The lives of the residents of the great port city would be completely changed forever. The common life of a NYC

The Great War ushered in a new era of military conflict. One that would see technology change how the militaries of the world waged war. Industrialization ushered in an era of rapid and continuous technological advance. These advances rapidly proliferated throughout the armies of the world. As Clausewitz noted, “One side invents improvements and first puts them to use, and the other side promptly copies them.” The immediacy of war motivated nations to innovate as rapidly as they could to keep

How useful is the concept of ‘New Wars’ when analysing contemporary warfare? INTRODUCTION Traditionally, according to Clausewitzean school of thought, war is considered to be “an act of violence intended to compel our opponent to fulfil our will”. These traditional wars, also known as “Old Wars” are generally characteristically financed by states and occur between states as a means to achieve states interests by using regular national armed forces which generally have a discernable vertical structure

like the war on drugs, which as a social issue has had a unique effect on the security agenda of states. The modern war on drugs began in the 1970’s when Nixon declared it a nation wide problem and began to focus on both the supply and demand aspects of drug use. As a geo-political problem the war on drugs can be explained in two ways. The first way, as outlined in Waltraud Morales’s article The War on Drugs: a New US National Security Doctrine? explores how the United States uses the war on drugs

Crisis in Ukraine: A New US/Russia Cold War? Abstract The collapse of the Ukrainian government in 2014 resulted in the installation of a new pro-Western regime, a move that was met with resistance by Russia. On the other hand, The United States fully endorsed the new regime. This, along with other recent developments in Ukraine where Ukraine and Russia have been seen to clash, has led to talk as to whether the crisis could herald a new US/Russia Cold War. A historical review of the crisis in Ukraine

Taking the War to New Heights Imagine flying in an airplane you were only taught to fly one hour ago (WWII Aircraft Facts)! Well, WWII pilots had to go through this stress. However, WWII had probably the best warplanes of its time, and was the first war to use planes in that way. Unfortunately, other countries also made them, making the war even harder, from the British Spitfire to the American P-51, WWII put all airplane rules behind them (WWII Aircraft Facts). First off, the P-51 Mustang is one

Dilorenzo, Thomas J. The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War New York: Three Rivers Press. Thomas J. Dilorenzo is the author of the book The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War. Dr. Dilorenzo is an economics professor at the Sellinge School of Business and management, where he published over eleven books. His focus is mostly on economic history and political economics. It became evident to Thomas that the teachings

The Treaty of Versailles was first and foremost the end to World War 1, the Great War. The Great War was a war of slaughter on a new scale as all countries involved had suffered massive loss of life; 1.8 million Germans, 1.7 million Russian, 1.4 million French, 1.3 million Austro-Hungarians and 750 thousand British soldiers. As a result, the victors were bitter and were uninterested in Woodrow Wilson’s promise of a gentle peace agreement. They wanted to receive money and territory as compensation