In 1908, Attorney General Charles Bonaparte originated the Federal Bureau of Investigation from a force of Special Agents. The FBI, as it is referred to today, was started during the Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt. The beginning investigations for the FBI were mostly violations of laws involving...
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The Spanish Civil War laid the groundwork for the mass destruction and turmoil that was to come with World War II. The Civil war was a battle among the left, pitting communism versus fascism. There were many different groups fighting for each side, the most important, anarchists. Anarchists...
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The book The Pianist should be put in a time capsule for several reasons. The first reason is the most obvious one, which is that after generations pass people will forget about the Holocaust and the immense devastation caused by the Second World War and fascism. If we keep this book on the dusty...
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The idea that a family could murder its own child was horrific and Lorca wanted to show the Spanish people the tragedy of such rigid tradition through the horror of this event. Another factor which overturned Lorca's sense of tradition was the rise European fascism. The concordat signed between...
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After World War I, the defeated Germany, Disappointed Italy, and Ambitious Japan were anxious to regain or increase their power. All three of these countries eventually adopted forms of dictatorship; National Socialism and Fascism. This made their country supreme and called for expansion and...
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As an Artist I was deeply troubled to hear the following news. The reproduction of Picasso's famous antiwar mural, Guernica, hanging at the entrance to the U.N. Security Council, was censored in January 2003. Picasso agreed to paint a mural for the Spanish Pavilion of the 1937 International...
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MOVEMENT: FUTURISM (Futurismo – Italian) Futurism was an international art movement founded by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti in Italy. Futurists were heavily influenced by Geometric abstracts, Machine art and Aeropittura ( 'aero-painting'). However, the style that was responsible for Futurism's flair...
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In over thirty years of writing, from the late 1920s to the 1960s, Steinbeck has given ample indication that he is not the naive proletarian he has at times been called. His stories although almost always encouraging his reader to sympathize with his proletariat style characters are much more...
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Lords of the darkness, Darkling Dancers, Nosferatu, Vrikolakas. And the list goes on like this. The vampire concept is thought by the most to be a myth that has crept into almost every culture. It has influenced many writers to write novels on them and many directors to shoot films on. Vampire...
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As the old saying goes, there are always two sides to every story. This rings true for war and the Holocaust. There were individuals who were in support of war, albeit their knowledge of its destructive powers, and there were some people who saw its disadvantages through their own eyes, and were...
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Death, a very dominant theme in literature, but what significance do references to death provide in a story. Why is death used in so many of the pieces of literature we read? The Answer; references to death play a very important part in a story, they can help advance the plot, they provide an...
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The Second World War had its roots in the willingness of Japanese militarist, German Nazis and Italian Fascists to go to war to get their own way. Their countries had grievances, which militarists, Nazis and Fascists strenuously encouraged. For instance, the flaws in the Peace Settlement after the...
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Report: Politically correct is such an innocent term. How can anyone be against something so friendly, something that is supposed to encourage harmony and peace between all people? My answer is Ha! Although I do agree that kindness, respect, and courtesy in our everyday life are to be promoted, it...
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Born on April 22, 1904 into a wealthy, New York, Jewish family with German decent, Oppenheimer quickly began to show signs of his ingeniousness. He attended Harvard as a 17 year old, graduating in 1925 after "intellectually looting the place". Oppenheimer then studied abroad at England's Cambridge...
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Book Review - Ordinary Men by Christopher R. Browning In Ordinary Men, Christopher Browning attempts to answer two questions about the Holocaust in Poland; how the Nazis organized and carried out the destruction of Poland's Jewish population, and where they found the manpower necessary to carry...
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Citizen Kane is one of the greatest and most highly acclaimed movies in American filmmaking history. It was produced in 1941 near the beginning of the age of "talking" movies. This film was the first of its kind to capture the scope and grandeur of the silver screen. According to countless movie...
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One of the greatest blunders in the 20th century had to be the lack of compassion at the Treaty of Versailles following World War I. One of the main reasons why the Germans and the Austro-Hungarian Empire surrendered was due to Presidents Wilson’s 14 points. The 14 points talked about how the...
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Although power should be used with virtue by those with those with good intentions, many of the world's most powerful people use power in ways that purposefully harm other people, the most famous example of this case being Adolf Hitler during World War II. More generally, this includes some past...
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Report: "Politically correct" is such an innocent term. How can anyone be against something so friendly, something that is supposed to encourage harmony and peace between all people? My answer is "Ha!" Although I do agree that kindness, respect, and courtesy in our everyday life are to be promoted...
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Language is the best tool we posse that no other animal has. It gives us the ability to describe our thoughts, emotions, and ideas. But it can also be used as weapon. Over the course of time we have grown by changing everything around us including our communication. "Language builds culture and...
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Is it more important to protect the icons of our country, or to ensure the right to extremely offensive expressions? The issue of flag burning asks America just that question: Should America tolerate, or condemn? Flag burning does seem to be the ultimate act of symbolic protest used to express...
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World War II began in the year of 1939 and lasted until 1945. It was the most devastating war the world has ever faced. Many countries fought in this war, and consequently, had numerous casualties, both from people in the military as well as civilians. The United States played a major role in the...
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There is literally and epidemic which has spread around the world over the past thirty years or so. This is a health problem, both physical and mental, that isn't caused by an elusive bacteria or a yet unnamed virus. This health problem is caused by greed. The corporate greed of big business which...
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Death of Modern Art In Germany, 1937 In July 1937, Adolph Hitler's Nazi party mounted an exhibition of confiscated art called, "Entartete Kunst," meaning, "Degenerate Art." It showcased and ridiculed the work of contemporary artists such as Max Beckman, Emil Nolde, Otto Dix, Oskar Kokoschka, and...
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"War! Good God ya'll! What is it good for?! Absolutely nothing! Listen to me!" To whomever have heard the lyrics of Edwin Starr's War is likely to have had some opinion formulated about how war is a destructive force in itself. In a world where power is absolute and idolized like an omnipotent...
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1) According to the text, what are the major themes of the 20th Century before WWI?"The twentieth century opened on a world dominated by the West." It was during this period that profound progress and European power led the world affairs from the end of 19th century to world war, revolution, and...
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One only needs to go back to the turn of the twentieth century to discover the roots and intertwining movements that led to what we call today the Modern Movement. The great breakthrough period a stretch of almost twenty years, that separates modern typography from earlier typographics, started...
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Mussolini had made Italy into a modern state improving the economy and foreign policy. In theory Mussolini's power was unlimited. Italy was a one party state and Mussolini was leader of that party but there were some limitations to his power. Even though there was one party, Italy still remained...
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Why Hiding was so difficult for Jews during WWII When the control of Germany was undertook by Adolph Hitler, the entire world became infected by his Nazi Fascism, especially the European Jews. Through Hitler's beliefs of "white skin, blue eyes, light hair" being the race of God, Jewish people were...
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In the rise of nationalist movements and modern nation-states in the 20th century, women are actively participating in the movement for liberation. Throughout the world, much of the liberation of former European colonies and creation of new states stemmed from the active role women took in the...
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The non-verbal elements of a play are crucial in setting the mood and tone of the production. These features subtly provide the audience with important information about the setting of the play and gives insight into the backgrounds and personalities of the characters. The House of Bernarda Alba...
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Sir Thomas More's essay entitled Utopia presents an interesting outlook upon what a working utopia would be like. The whole concept of a perfect place to live is, of course, desirable to every human-being; however, going about creating this "paradise" is a whole other story. More presents the idea...
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The novel "Animal Farm," by the controversial author George Orwell, was written in the 1940's after World War II - three decades after the Russian revolution of 1917. It was first published in 1948 after being rejected several times. This critically acclaimed book begins during the reign of the...
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What was so enlightened about the enlightenment? Where is the evidence of how it enlightened anybody? The enlightenment was a period where previous notions of our world were disregarded and new views adopted in their place. Authority no longer came from divine scripture, ancient philosophers, or...
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One argument of many Stalinists is: "If Trotsky had taken power instead of Stalin, it's very possible Germany would have defeated the USSR in WWII." This is one of the most absurd speculations I have ever heard. In the first place it was very possible Stalin could have lost the war since he purged...
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A balanced friendship between the United States and Russia had lasted for nearly 100 years. Even though Russia and the Americans had contrasting political beliefs they still managed to keep an alliance in the 1930's and early 40's to defeat the growing surge of fascism that Hitler had made popular...
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The American Revolution : A Famous Time The American Revolution is perhaps the most misunderstood point in Canadian history. But after examining the reknown evidence, we now know that The American Revolution was actually a brilliant conspiracy by the French bourgeoisie in their attempt to distract...
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George Washington was wise beyond his years. He warned the country of political parties and also he warned us of making alliances. The United States is more divided today than it has been in the past. People are not only expressing their favor for one candidate but they are getting angry with...
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The time is nearing to cast our votes in America's most popular election: presidency. Topics ranging from war, economy, and healthcare fill our media and flood into our living rooms. Somehow while all the ideas and opinions are thrown around us, we find a nest and settle down. In other words, we...
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Lets start off with something simple, what is communism? Well communism is defined by Marxists as "the doctrine of the conditions of the liberation of the proletariat". Sounds simple, not to me either, if it makes sense to you quit reading you will get bored . We have to know what the proletariat...
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Einstein, intelligent or ignorant? This is a question many people ask, but do not take the time to research whether he was intelligent or ignorant. Einstein received his doctorate in 1905 for writing his papers titled "A New Determination Of Molecular Dimensions." Einstein is known very well for...
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In this ambitious study, Uta G. Poiger attempts to trace the developments of Post-WWII popular culture in East and West Germany, paying close attention to reaction and politicization that framed each side's discussions. The picture that emerges seems to be extremely accurate, but it is at the same...
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Imagine what the world would be like if we were all "under the iron curtain." In his foreword to the novel Brave New World, Aldous Huxley envisioned this statement when he wrote: "To make them love it is the task assigned, in present-day totalitarian states, to ministries of propaganda...." Thus...
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World War Two changed the lives of millions of people throughout the world. Never before had warfare taken such a toll on humanity. For most, this war was a horrible event that did nothing but take the lives of loved ones. Nothing good could have came from such carnage. Or could it? One thing that...
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1. Open Door Policy - United States and Great Britain were concerned about the integrity of China. A series of notes were issued stating that the United States favored a policy of "the open door," This meaning that China should not become the sole influence of any single nations or small group of...
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In the early 1920s Mussolini was amongst the first fascists to refer approvingly to the newly emerging Italian Fascist state as 'totalitarian'. During the late 1950s and the early 1960s – particularly in a Cold War fixated America - a theory centred on totalitarianism became the dominant academic...
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In William Golding's novel, Lord of the Flies, a group of British schoolboys have crashed upon a desert island while being taken away from a war which is destroying the world. Forsaken and forlorn, what starts as a story from The Boxcar Children, ends up turning into anarchy, as the brutal primal...
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The 1930s were turbulent times in Germany's history. World War I had left the country in shambles and, as if that weren't enough, the people of Germany had been humiliated and stripped of their pride and dignity by the Allies. Germany's dream of becoming one of the strongest nations in the world...
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The Rise of Communism in Russia Unless we accept the claim that Lenin's coup that gave birth to an entirely new state, and indeed to a new era in the history of mankind, we must recognize in today's Soviet Union the old empire of the Russians -- the only empire that survived into the mid 1980s...
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