World Wars Essays (Examples)
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Raising Families In The 1950s After World War II
Usual Roles for Men and Women Raising Families in the 1950s after world War II
Background of researched generation or individual, historical and present
The 1950s epoch is often perceived as an era of conformity, during … to their stringent roles and acted following the society's expectations. After the damage and devastation caused by the Great Depression and the Second world War, numerous people in the society chose to build a society that is both peaceful and successful. Even though it was expected that … as wives and mothers and to steer clear of work outside the home setting, women continued to constitute a substantial percentage of the post-world War II labor force. The culmination of the war instigated significant changes. Notably, working women were supplanted by the soldiers who were returning … period and demographic inclination buttressed women's identities as mothers and wives, whereas men to be the providers……
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Baernholdt, M., Yan, G., Hinton, I., Rose, K., & Mattos, M. (2012). Quality of life in rural and urban adults 65 years and older: findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination survey. The Journal of Rural Health, 28(4), 339-347.
Canizares, M., Gignac, M., Hogg-Johnson, S., Glazier, R. H., & Badley, E. M. (2016). Do baby boomers use more healthcare services than other generations? Longitudinal trajectories of physician service use across five birth cohorts. BMJ Open, 6(9), e013276.
Cleary, K. K., & Howell, D. M. (2006). Using the SF-36 to determine perceived health-related quality of life in rural Idaho seniors. Journal of allied health, 35(3), 156-161.
Hall, R. C., Hall, R. C., & Chapman, M. J. (2003). Identifying geriatric patients at risk for suicide and depression. Clinical Geriatrics, 11, 36-44.
Khan Academy. (2020). Women in the 1950s: Learn about the myths and realities of women\\\\\\\\\\\\'s lives during the 1950s. Retrieved 8 March 2020 from https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/postwarera/1950s-america/a/women-in-the-1950s
Oguzturk, O. (2008). Differences in quality of life in rural and urban populations. Clinical and investigative medicine, E346-E350.
Phillipson, C., Leach, R., Money, A., & Biggs, S. (2008). Social and cultural constructions of aging: the case of the baby boomers. Sociological Research Online, 13(3), 1-14.
Rinfrette, E. S. (2009). Treatment of anxiety, depression, and alcohol disorders in the elderly: Social work collaboration in primary care. Journal of evidence-based social work, 6(1), 79-91.
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Peace Efforts Of The American Friends Committee War Relief USA
… and the Religious Society of Friends was always tenuous, as the activism of the organization was something universal that many non-Quakers around the world could celebrate, while the actual tenets of Quakerism were not nearly as popular as the peace movement that the Religious Society of Friends … the Peace Prize because at a time when nations were bombing one another into oblivion the Quaker-led organization was a reminder to the world that humanity is like a rare earth mineral that is worth more than all the gold, palladium, silver and platinum: the basic support … type of prejudices and biases motivating other groups to fight and kill one another. Thus, the Quaker-led AFSC was a reminder to the world that it could do better—and that is why it was honored by the Nobel Committee.
The AFSC is a global social justice association … their British co-religionists, the Quakers……
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Franklin, S. (2020). American Friends Service Committee. Retrieved from https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/1167/american-friends-service-committee
Frost, J. W. (1992). " Our Deeds Carry Our Message": The Early History of the American Friends Service Committee. Quaker History, 81(1), 1-51.
Ingle, H.L., (2016). "Truly Radical, Non-violent, Friendly Approaches": Challenges to the American Friends Service Committee. Quaker History 105(1), 1-21. DOI:10.1353/qkh.2016.0004.
Mechling, E. W., & Mechling, J. (1992). Hot pacifism and cold war: The American friends service committee's witness for peace in 1950s America. Quarterly Journal of Speech, 78(2), 173-196.
The Nobel Prize. (2020). American Friends Service Committee. Retrieved from https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1947/friends-committee/facts/
Weir, A. (2014). Against Our Better Judgment. IN: CreateSpace.
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Adapting To War Time
...World wars 1
The U.S. adapted to wartime needs during WWII by mobilizing people for war (drafting and enlisting men to be soldiers), opening factors to build machines for war, raising funding for the war by introducing war bonds, and relying on volunteers to help civil defense government programs. The Office of Civilian Defense was established to help keep communities safe. The Civil Air Patrol was started to empower civilians to patrol the borders and coasts. Women also started working in factories to support the war effort while the men were off training and fighting. Immigrants from Mexico were also brought in to help with the farming. Even the black community, which beforehand had continued to be marginalized under Jim Crow, was recruited to join the war effort and enlist as soldiers. The film The Negro Soldier was a big hit during WWII as it promoted the dignity of the African American……
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1960s Cold War
Conceptions of the Cold War
The Cold War was the time period following the end of world War II, when the world was basically divided between Communism on the one hand and Capitalism on the other. The West favored Capitalism and the East favored Communism. … the two powers were only part of the story, however; this was also a war for hegemony. The U.S. wanted to influence the world order just as much as the Soviets did. Each tried to spread their influence—the U.S. throughout Europe via the Marshall Plan (Hogan & ……
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Hogan, M. J. & Hogan, M. (1989). The Marshall Plan: America, Britain and the
Reconstruction of Western Europe, 1947-1952. Cambridge University Press.
Stone, O. & Kuznick, P. (2012). The untold history of the United States. NY: Gallery.
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War On Drugs
… Linked to the War on Terror
Effectiveness of the War on Drugs
Outline
I. Introduction
A. History of drugs, cross-cultural perspective
1. Opium wars
2. Since Nixon, the modern “war on drugs”
3. History of drug use in different societies
B. History of government intervention in the … criminal issue.
Introduction
People like drugs. Drugs derived from plants, from coca and tobacco to ibogaine and opium, have been popular throughout the world, as has fermented and distilled alcoholic beverages. Altering human brain and body, drugs have a wide range of effects including pain relief, stimulation, … so lucrative they led to political and military skirmishes. Government intervention in the drug trade is a new phenomenon, traceable to the Opium wars first and then to the initial controls placed on chemical compounds as scientific research into their uses expanded in the late 19th and … enabled the rise of a……
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ACLU (2020). Against drug prohibition. Retrieved from: https://www.aclu.org/other/against-drug-prohibition " target="_blank" REL="NOFOLLOW">
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Alexander The Great War Tactics
Introduction
While today’s wars tactics involved precision-guided missiles and missile defense shields, the armies of ancient times relied upon cruder and simpler weapons, such as sticks and … artillery, Alexander inherited a disciplined military from his father. It was Philip II who trained the men to be the best in the world, capable of taking on the Persians. As Roos (2019) points out, “Philip II left Alexander the Great a fierce army.” Philip II made … than being proactive in the battle (Classics Dissertation, n.d.).
Conclusion
Some tactics of the high school generation that could be used in solving wars and differences with their knowledge and resources would be to focus on using the tools they have available to them and leveraging their ……
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Archeology. (2013). Kamehameha. Retrieved from https://www.archaeology.org/issues/95-1307/features/1094-kamehameha-moku-ula-maui-oahu
Classics Dissertation. (n.d.). The Military Revolution: What were Philip II’s Reforms of the Macedonian Military and how Revolutionary were they? Retrieved from https://www.ed.ac.uk/files/atoms/files/the_military_revolution_-_what_were_philip_iis_reforms_of_the_macedonian_military_and_how_revolutionary_were_they.pdf
Hughes, T. (2018). Was Alexander’s army destined to conquer? Retrieved from http://turningpointsoftheancientworld.com/index.php/2018/08/02/why-alexander-was-destined-to-conquer/
Prensky, M. (2001). Digital natives, digital immigrants part 1. On the horizon, 9(5), 1-6.
Roos, D. (2019). How Alexander the Great Conquered the Persian Empire. Retrieved from https://www.history.com/news/alexander-the-great-defeat-persian-empire
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Effectiveness Of The War On Drugs
Outline
I. Introduction
A. History of drugs, cross-cultural perspective
1. Opium wars (ACLU, 2020)
2. Since Nixon, the modern “war on drugs” (Pearl, 2018)
3. History of drug use in different societies (ACLU, 2020)
B. … criminal issue.
Introduction
People like drugs. Drugs derived from plants, from coca and tobacco to ibogaine and opium, have been popular throughout the world, as has fermented and distilled alcoholic beverages. Altering human brain and body, drugs have a wide range of effects including pain relief, stimulation, … so lucrative they led to political and military skirmishes. Government intervention in the drug trade is a new phenomenon, traceable to the Opium wars first and then to the initial controls placed on chemical compounds as scientific research into their uses expanded in the late 19th and … enabled the rise of a powerful military-industrial complex, and is intimately entwined with non-state actors including terrorist organizations……
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ACLU (2020). Against drug prohibition. Retrieved from: https://www.aclu.org/other/against-drug-prohibition " target="_blank" REL="NOFOLLOW">
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McCarthyism Fear Of The Red Menace And The Cold War
… frightened many middle class white Americans, especially in the 1960s as a standoff between the US and Soviet-backed Cuba threatened to take the world to the brink of all-out nuclear war. Kennedy stated in his 1962 speech that the presence of Soviet missiles in Cuba represented “an … John F. “Speech, 22 October 1962.” https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/jfkcubanmissilecrisis.html
Skrentny, John David. \"The effect of the Cold War on African-American civil rights: America and the world audience, 1945-1968.\" Theory and Society 27.2 (1998): 237-285.…
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Kennedy, John F. “Speech, 22 October 1962.” https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/jfkcubanmissilecrisis.html
Skrentny, John David. "The effect of the Cold War on African-American civil rights: America and the world audience, 1945-1968." Theory and Society 27.2 (1998): 237-285.
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The Influence Of International Jewry In The Founding Of Israel
… nation of their own for thousands of years and it was not until after WWII that the nation-state of Israel was recognized by world powers. Today, Israel is a state, and yet it does not exist without controversy. The Palestinian question continues to loom over the existence … Israel there is disagreement about religion, with many Zionist Jews who originally settled in Palestine prior to Israeli statehood being recognized around the world viewing religion as incidental to Jewish identity.
Thus, it could best be argued that Jewishness is cultural and that the cultural identity of … cultural identity of Jewishness is a combination or integration of religion, politics, society, community, history, ethnicity and shared sense of place in the world. Because Jews were essentially outside the main within Christian society for hundreds of years, there is a sense among many Jews of having … German edicts continued to show……
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Bibliography
JMW, XII. Jewish Identity Challenged and Redefined: #16
JMW, XI. The Shoah: #21-41
JMW, VIII. Sephardi & Middle Eastern Jewry #32-35
JMW, X. Zionism: #42-55
JMW, IX. American Jewry: #52
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Weapons Of Mass Destruction
… of WMDs being smuggled out or used by one of these groups has increased with the overthrow of Gaddafi. Instead of making the world safer, the Western leaders who oversaw Gaddafi’s removal have made the region more unstable. As Hochman (2006) notes, rehabilitation was a good idea, … terrorism and counter-proliferation strategies are all factors to consider in the goal of reducing the risk of CBRN WMDs from spreading around the world. Security Council Resolution 1540 is one option that nations are considering and that would lead to a theoretically enforceable UN decision. However, the … that nations are considering and that would lead to a theoretically enforceable UN decision. However, the fact remains that enforcing regulations on the world’s stage is highly inconsistent and depends upon the good will of all states involved. The moment a state no longer wants to play … UN, the effective force of……
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Asada, M. (2008). Security Council Resolution 1540 to combat WMD terrorism: effectiveness and legitimacy in international legislation. Journal of Conflict & Security Law, 13(3), 303-332.
Carter, A. B. (2004). Overhauling counterproliferation. Technology in Society 26(2-3), 257-269.
CBS. (2011). Clinton on Qaddafi: We came, we saw, he died. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlz3-OzcExI
The Commission to Assess the Organization of the Federal Government to Combat the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction. (1999). Combating Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction. Washington, D.C.
Forest, J.J.F. (2012, Winter). Framework for Analyzing the Future Threat of WMD Terrorism. Journal of Strategic Security 5, 4. Retrieved from http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1193&context=jss
Hochman, D. (2006). Rehabilitating a rogue: Libya's WMD reversal and lessons for US policy. Parameters, 36(1), 63.
Lang, C. G. (1937). Archbishop's Appeal: Individual Will and Action; Guarding Personality. London Times, 28.
Stone, O., & Kuznick, P. (2013). The untold history of the United States. Simon and Schuster.
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