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"Frederick the Great on the Art of War", 2007.
A review of "Frederick the Great on the Art of War" edited by Jay Luvaas.
842 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 5 sources, MLA, AU$ 42.95
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The paper discusses "Frederick the Great on the Art of War" and relates that Frederick is considered one of the greatest generals ever to have lived. The paper explains that "Frederick the Great on the Art of War" is a compilation of Frederick's musings about war and give insight as to how Frederick formulated his strategy over the course of his most famous and unexpected success, Prussia's triumph during The Seven Years War. The paper reveals that although Frederick was a king, the book gives most attention to his role as a general of war. The paper concludes that the book is an important snapshot of how warfare was viewed at a particular point in human history and portrays the nascent efficiency of the German approach to battle.
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"Germany is such a powerful nation-state today, and played such a decisive role in shaping the map of Europe during the 20th century, it is easy to forget that it is a land with a fairly recent birth date. Germany was forged, over the course of the late 18th and early 19th century, as the result of the mighty nature of the Prussian military regime. At the helm of these forces during the conception of Prussia, the region that was to give birth to the men who created the core, military backbone of modern German regime, the Prussian general and leader Frederick the Great stands proud. Frederick is widely considered one of the greatest generals ever to have lived, and his writings on the reasons for his success are compiled in Frederick the Great on the Art of War."
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The Great War, 2007.
A discussion on the books "The Great War" by Cyril Falls and "The Pity of War" by Niall Ferguson.
3,279 words (approx. 13.1 pages), 2 sources, APA, AU$ 136.95
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The purpose of this paper is to introduce, discuss, and analyze the books "The Great War 1914-1918", by Cyril Falls, and "The Pity of War: Explaining World War I", by Niall Ferguson. The paper discusses how these two books, written 40 years apart, look at the war from different stages in history and from different perspectives. The paper analyzes how the authors graphically illustrate the First World War and what this war meant to the participants, the world, and to history in general. The paper examines how the books discuss emotional and personal themes, which makes them quite important for detailed research that adds another dimension to The Great War.
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"Ferguson, on the other hand, uses a different type of literary technique. He consistently relates events to works of literature that covered the war, from classics such as All Quiet on the Western Front and For Whom the Bell Tolls to lesser knows works, he consistently compares the actual events of the war to how their authors portrayed (and sometimes dramatized) them in literary works. For some readers, this might be more difficult to follow and identify with and understand. However, both books are extremely well written. They belong in any serious World War I library or historian's reference shelf."
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The Great War of 1914-1918, 2002.
This paper discusses the Great War of 1914-1918 in an attempt to answer: ?Why was there so much initial support for the war??
1,665 words (approx. 6.7 pages), 4 sources, MLA, AU$ 78.95
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The paper discusses the Great War was founded in the industrialized ability to create weapons that were technologically advanced such as hand grenades and poisonous gases. The author believes that the Great War ushered in an era of mass killing. The paper points out that countries with the ability to produce these weapons used the war to seek more power.
Table of Content
Introduction
The War
Weapons of Destruction
The Greed
Conclusion
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"For the first time in history weapons reached technically superior heights.There were hand grenades, gases, aircraft and machine guns. These weapons had not been used in widespread capacities. Previously, the war strategies that various nations had developed were designed around more primitive methods of defensive and offensive actions. One of the most tried and true war strategies that had worked in the past had been a trench. The advent of fighter pilots and bomber aircraft was first supported during the Great War. It allowed pilots to fly low t the ground and dispense bullets at the rate of hundreds per minute. Servicemen on the ground and in the trenches had nowhere to go to escape the advanced technology."
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The Great Opium Wars, 2005.
This paper discusses in detail, China's history and political structure to understand the Great Opium Wars between China and Great Britain.
4,210 words (approx. 16.8 pages), 22 sources, MLA, AU$ 162.95
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This paper explains that, by 1800, no state or institution on earth was as old as the Chinese Empire but it was on the brink of dissolution brought on by opium addiction and the Great Opium Wars between China and Great Britain. The author points out the Emperor Tao-kuang, in an attempt to prohibit the use of opium, in 1820, demanded that the trading ships of the very powerful Britain dump their opium cargoes. The paper relates that, overwhelmingly defeated, on the 29th August 1842, the Chinese signed the Treaty of Nanking, paid an indemnity for the destroyed opium, ceded the island of Hong Kong and the opium trade remained illegal but with no way to stop it: The Chinese Imperial Government lasted only another seventy years.
Table of Contents
A Brief Political History of China
China in the 18th and 19th Century
Opium Addiction in China
The Opium Wars
The Loss of Hong Kong
The Collapse of the Chinese Empire
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"Prior the Qin Dynasty which began around 25 AD, China was a divided country by both subculture and written language. The Qin Dynasty lasted only for 14 years under the reign of emperor, Qin Shihuang, a particularly cruel ruler. Qin Shihuang is credited for unifying the written Chinese Language and with credited with introducing an administrative system that remained in place for more than 2000 years. Principle features of this administrative system are a strong central rule and a system of provinces, governed by administrators appointed by the center. Even communist China still follows this model."
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"The Rites of Spring: The Great War ...", 2005.
This paper discusses Modris Eksteins' "The Rites of Spring: The Great War and the Birth of the Modern Age" 1989) World War I itself, the German and British cultures at the time of the war and the development of Nazism.
990 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 0 sources, AU$ 51.95
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This paper explains Eksteins' position as presented in his book "The Rites of Spring: The Great War and the Birth of the Modern Age" that the German aggressors' view of the Great War was (1) an inextricable link with their culture and (2) a German territorial aggrandizement. The author points out the British view of war at the time of World War I was different from the German view in that the war was a struggle to preserve British social values. The paper relates that the propaganda, which fueled Nazism's spread was largely based on Nazism's reinterpretation and use of old Germanic mythology; Hitler's movement took root in a society reeling from the effects of the Treaty of Versailles.
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"Previously, the French were the antagonists of the British on the European continent, but now Germany had taken over that role (116). The French had represented "flux and irresponsibility in the world," and now it was the Germans who did so (116). In contrast, the British saw themselves as the stable point of the world. They were proud of the stability the "Pax Britannica" brought, a peace ensured through military might and a far-flung network of colonies through the world (117). It was a reactionary view, as opposed to the progressive view of the Germans."
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The Great War, 2002.
A study of conditions in Russia during the Great War of 1914.
2,415 words (approx. 9.7 pages), 5 sources, MLA, AU$ 106.95
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This paper examines the political and military atmosphere in Russia at the out break of the Great War, which is also called World War I. It describes a weakened industrialized nation under the Tsarist rule that was unable to reach it full military might and lacked popular support for the war. The paper describes the political affects of emergence of the Bolsheviks during the war, which than lead to the Russian Revolution.
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"Russia's poor combat performance during the war has become well-known. Different explanations have been offered. The one that was preferred by many ex-tsarist officers who emigrated after the war was that Russia's technological level was not up to that of the rest of the world: "that is, that Russia lacked the technology to manufacture the arms and material needed to prosecute the struggle" (Fuller 38-39). Russia did have a burgeoning industrial sector, but she was still inferior to her neighbors in terms of her output of such commodities as electrical equipment, chemicals, and machine tools. Before the war, Russia's total production of machinery of all kinds filled less than half of her internal demands. Once she had exhausted her stockpile of rifles, bullets, and shells, she was unable to replace them as rapidly as could Germany, which contributed to the German conquest of Poland, Livonia, and much of the Baltic coast. The lack of these goods also added to the demoralization of the troops (Fuller 39)."
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The Great War, 2002.
This paper discusses the Western Front during the Great War of 1914-1918.
2,740 words (approx. 11.0 pages), 5 sources, MLA, AU$ 117.95
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This paper presents a detailed examination of the Western Front during the Great War of 1914-1918. The author discusses one of the currently least talked about wars which had one of the largest impacts on the way the world would shape itself. The writer explores what life was like in the trenches for those who served in the war and presents an overview of many aspects of the war.
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"Experts have said that the Great War of 1914 ushered in the most destructive and violent century in human history. Those who were alive to witness its battles believed it served as a sort of cleansing action for the eras that were in conflict(The Great War ushered in the 20thCenturyhttp://www.pitt.edu/~pugachev/greatwar/ww1.html). The old world was being forced to retire at a time it was not ready, while the new era promoted progress for mankind, yet carried with it, violence and bloodshed. For those who were in the trenches the war represented an almost good versus evil question and when it was over many dreams had died. ?The naive dreams of progress, along with the innocence of the pre-war world, faith in God, and hope in the future all died in the trenches of Europe(The Great War ushered in the 20thCenturyhttp://www.pitt.edu/~pugachev/greatwar/ww1.html).?"
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"Dreadnought: Coming of the Great War", 2002.
WWI analysis book report written on Robert K. Massie's "Dreadnought ? Britain, Germany, and the Coming of the Great War".
1,988 words (approx. 8.0 pages), 3 sources, APA, AU$ 91.95
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This paper analyzes Massie's book which describes the maritime power used in the First World War. In the book, Massie focuses on one ship in particular, the Dreadnought and its maritime influence on World War I. In addition, the paper discusses many causes of the WWI, the political impact, the arms race and the effect on Europe's population.
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"Pressure was building for many years in the late 19th century. Strong feelings of nationalism fed the fires of hatred in pre-war Europe. It turned Frenchman against German and Russian against Austrian. Nationalistic speeches and writings (especially in countries like Germany) hastened the war by painting it as the best test for proof of national superiority. These general causes created an atmosphere in Europe which made war almost inevitable. The "Great War" was not caused by megalomaniacs hungry for power as in the case of Mussolini and Hitler during World War II. The origins are more complex. Some say the war was fueled by the naval race between Britain and Germany. Naval warfare had been revolutionized in 1906 when Britain launched the world's first all big-gun battleship: H.M.S. Dreadnought. Before this, battleships had been armed with an array of guns of varying caliber in main, secondary and tertiary batteries. The Dreadnought carried 8 15-inch guns, each capable of firing a 1,920-pound projectile 35,000 yards. Robert K. Massie wrote on the Dreadnought and the maritime influence on World War I. His book suitably titled: Dreadnought – Britain, Germany, and the Coming of the Great War, focuses on these huge ships which changed naval fleets forever. With these new super-power floating war machines, war became inevitable."
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The Australian Identity and the Great War (WWI), 2007.
This paper examines the socio-political relationship that existed between Britain and Australia prior to 1914 and the role of the Great War (WWI) in the development of Australia's own separate identity.
2,045 words (approx. 8.2 pages), 7 sources, MLA, AU$ 93.95
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This paper explains that Australia's cultural, economic and defensive dependency upon Britain forged a sense of Australian identity that was intertwined with its British counterpart; however, at the conclusion of the war, Australia emerged as a nation skeptical of Britain's continued leadership, confident of its own military prowess and with its own Australian identity. The author points out that the battles of the Western Front and Gallipoli became the historical foundation, which helped to shape Australia's rugged, individual identity. The paper relates that, in the Digger Myth, Australian soldiers were seen to be athletic, hardy and resourceful to the point of perfection due to biological influences and experiences of a frontier lifestyle; however, these soldiers had never been truly battle tested. The author stresses that the 'Baptism of Fire' proved Australia's legitimacy as a fighting unit and as a nation.
Table of Contents:
Imperial Ties to the Australian Identity Prior to 1914
The 'Digger' Myth
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"When Britain declared war, 50,000 young, energetic Australian men immediately volunteered to fight for their nation as well as their native homeland of Britain in order to protect against the evil German menace. These men were primarily single men who were attracted by the steady pay of military service. Australian's wave of volunteers quickly waned as many of these eager young men were slain at Gallipoli and on the Western Front. In 1916, Australia gave 14,000 lives to the war effort and another 22,000 in 1917. In 1917, after Gallipoli, Australian enlistment dropped to 45,000 from a high of 166,000 in 1915."
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Devastation in the Great War, 2006.
An analysis of the reasons behind the catastrophic losses suffered in World War I.
1,213 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 4 sources, MLA, AU$ 60.95
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This paper covers contributing factors of the Great War's high death tolls and how the war changed combat forever. Some of the factors examined are weapons, tactics and conditions (such as poor living conditions, disease and the environment in the trenches ).
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"New technology also played a part in causing the destruction of World War I. Devices such as tanks, submarines, aircraft and machine guns all made their way into the war. The machine gun was one of the most widely used pieces of new technology. Every country involved in the war used machine guns. With their high rates of fire, a single machine gunner could decimate an entire company of soldiers.
Machine guns were heavily researched after the war (and still are to this day) and they continue to play a large role on any modern battlefield. Modern versions fixed the flaws of previous designs, such as making them lighter and more maneuverable, as well as increasing their reliability, which was considered one of the weapons biggest flaws."
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The Great War and the Disintegration of Western Society, 2002.
Examining the ways in which the aftermath of the First World War impacted European society.
1,231 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 3 sources, MLA, AU$ 60.95
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This paper explains how the First World War signaled a dramatic shift in the fundamental ways in which the nations of the Western World perceived themselves in the decades to come. It discusses how scholars explain that the wake of World War I initiated a lack of faith in Western society for its own institutions, leaders, and philosophies; and how the disintegration of traditional ideas in the aftermath of the Great War spread far and wide among the populations of the Western nations.
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"Suddenly, the end of optimism necessitated a need to question, even dismiss, many of the basic values of culture that had once been accepted. As is articulated in John Steele Gordon?s retrospective "What We Lost in The Great War", survivors of the war were impelled to reassess their loyalties; "Because of the war," he writes, "it seemed to many a matter of inescapable logic that Western culture must be deeply, inherently flawed" (pp. 83). An explanation of this phenomenon is easy to ascertain; because Western culture had mired itself in the war, the ideologies and institutions of Western culture must therefore be faulty. The faith of the Western world in the soundness of its civilization was thus primed for disintegration, newly replaced with feelings of disillusionment and shame(Gordon, pps. 84-86)."
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Peter the Great, Modernism and the Great Northern War, 2002.
A review of the history of Russia's Imperial Czar, "Peter the Great" (Peter Naryshkin Alexis) and the significance of the events that took place during the Great Northern War.
1,650 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 4 sources, AU$ 89.95
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This essay considers the influences of Modernism during the reign of Czar Peter I, specifically in the changes made to civil life, and military structures. Most effective and enduring of these changes was the development of a naval force, one that can be recognized as the central influence of the Russians during the Great Northern War.
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The Great War Told through Poetry, 2000.
War poems analyzed to show the mentality at the beginning and at the end of World War I.
1,195 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 4 sources, MLA, AU$ 58.95
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In this essay the following poems are analysed and compared: Brooke, R. - The Soldier Owen, W. - Dulce et Decorum Est. Sorley, C. - In Memoriam S.C.W., v.c. Sassoon, S. - Glory of Women The comparison of these poems shows the change in mentality of the soldiers and the public in Britain during WWI. The change of seeing war as fighting for an ideal cause to seeing war as a dark thing in which a lot of suffering takes place.
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"Ideas and feelings through history are often conserved through art. There are of course many forms of art, for example: paintings, sculptures, music, film, photos, prose and poetry. It is very interesting to see how the expressions in art change as the time period, and thus ideas, change. The art of a certain period can tell us much about that period. In this essay there will be a comparison of the pro-war poetry and the anti-war poetry made in times of the first World War. By comparing these two different types of poetry we will see the changing ideas about war during the period of 1914-1918, the times of the first World War."
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War and Great Britain, 1899-1948, 2000.
An examination of the negative and postive effects of the Boer War and the two World Wars on British political, social and economic order.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 12 sources, AU$ 68.95
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"Effects of War on British Society 1899-1948
This research paper traces the impact of the three major wars of the 20th century on the British political and social order, the Boer War (1899-1902), the First World War (1914-1918) and the Second World War (1939-1945). The impact of these wars, especially the two world wars, on British society while great was highly variable, causing want, privation and suffering to some segments of society and producing political, economic and social gains, some transitory and others more permanent, for others. Their one common thread was enhancement of the unity of the nation and the power of the state, which proved to be a mixed blessing in some of its long run manifestations.
Effects of the Boer War
The Boer War was fought on distant battlefields in South..."
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A Path to Greatness: Alexander the Great, 2002.
The conquests and strategies of Alexander the Great after the fall of Sparta and Athens at the end of the Peloponnesian Wars.
1,500 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 5 sources, AU$ 71.95
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This paper deals with the politics and reasons of Alexander the Greats? conquests. The author covers the effects on the conquered population, major clashes and military structuring during his conquests.
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"With the conclusion of the Peloponnesian War, Greek city-states never forgot that they were Greeks. But the Spartans, Athenians Thebans, and others were weakened to the point where Phillip II of Macedonia could influence them from the north. In the wake of their brutal civil war between the Greeks, their fierce, contentious independence made the Macedonian?s the unlikely conqueror to the Greeks, who were caught off guard. Phillip II set himself up as a protector of Greece . He had formed the cities into a league that in light of the Greek?s disregard for conquest. This action served to help Phillip II?s son Alexander to put together the biggest empire yet."
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The Great Depression and World War II, 2006.
A paper looking at the extent to which the Great Depression may have caused WWII.
2,412 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 5 sources, MLA, AU$ 106.95
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This paper attempts to explain the connection between the Great Depression and WWII by looking at how the Great Depression was brought to an end and what factors led to the outbreak of World War II, including the United States' entry into the conflict. The paper also explains that the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the immediate entry of the United States into the conflict was separate from the events unfolding in Europe. The paper concludes that the Great Depression did indeed contribute to the outbreak of WWII because, while it was a very real and burdensome economic catastrophe, the Great Depression's real significance was that it caused aggression to be overlooked until it had escalated to such enormous proportions that the only way to halt its spread was armed conflict.
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"The end result of a world engulfed in decades of conflict was war. But as any study of history shows, conflicts do not always escalate into wars. Economic uncertainty and monetary depression do not always lead to war either. In recent years, the stock market has fallen more dramatically than the fateful dive on Black Thursday of 1929. Yet it certainly didn't result in war and barely even caused a blip on the nation's economic graphs. What must be pointed out is that the wide economic fluctuations of recent years have not occurred in a world society ravaged by conflict. Various areas of the world are always in conflict at varying times but not the widespread conquests for power that occurred just prior to World War II. So the question remains, "Did the Great Depression contribute to the outbreak of World War II, and if it did, to what extent?" It is this intersection of economic collapse and worldwide conflict that led to the outbreak of war, and on this point, the Depression contributed significantly."
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