North and South The United States of America, the great democratic experiment, was just that. Not since the great Greek culture had a government of, for, and by the people e...
THE WESTWARD EXPANSION Introduction The Westward Expansion has often been regarded as the central theme of American history, down to the end of the19th century and as the ma...
THE WESTWARD EXPANSION Introduction The Westward Expansion has often been regarded as the central theme of American history, down to the end of the19th century and as the ma...
Some may say that history has a tendency to repeat itself. From episodes regarding war, to expansionism, and incidents of genocide similar examples are present through modern...
"Restore the Emperor Expel the Barbarians": The Causes of the Showa Restoration
Sonno joi, "Restore the Emperor and expel the Barbarians," was the
battle cry that...
"Restore the Emperor Expel the Barbarians": The Causes of the Showa Restoration
Sonno joi, "Restore the Emperor and expel the Barbarians," was the
battle cry that...
Wharton: The Other Two
Edith Wharton was brought up in a rich and privileged family. She lived in a time when the high-class circle feared the drastic social changes...
The Spanish American War
The Spanish American War was fought to aid Cuban independence, which this has been a long process. In 1896 General Valeriano Weyler became governor...
n 1950, the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and the People's Republic of China (PRC) recognized each other diplomatically. The Soviet Union quickly followed suit. U.S. Presiden...
In early August 1945 atomic bombs were dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. These two bombs quickly yielded the surrender of Japan and the end of American...
The Cold War is the closest the world has ever come to complete destruction. In this period of time, two world super powers were in a stalemate economically and militarily and...
Telephones from Toledo to Tierra del Fuego
Dec 10th 1998
From The Economist print edition
Juan Villalonga, chairman of Spain's Telefonica, is one of the few people stil...
Compare the debates that took place over American expansionism in the 1840s with those that took place in the 1890s, analyzing the similarities and differences in the debates...
“The fulfillment of our Manifest Destiny to overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our yearly expanding millions.”...
The War of 1812 proved to be the most serious challenge to face the United States since the country's birth. This Second war of Independence' perhaps changed American histor...
The Cold War is the closest the world has ever come to complete destruction. In this period of time, two world super powers were in a stalemate economically and militarily and...