Victors And Vanquished Essay

Hideki Tojo was born in Tokyo on December 30, 1884. He was the oldest of samurai decedents. He enrolled into military school in1899, then attending theJapanese’s military academy. He was following in his father’s footsteps, who was a professional who served as a lieutenant colonel in the Japanese armyduring the Sino Japanese war. After graduating from the academy,he was commissioned as a second lieutenant of the military. In 1902 he met his wife Katsuko Ito, he had three sons and four daughters

Human history is filled with the names of bold explorers who ventured into the great unknown, only to come out basked in glory as some of the great heroes of their day. Among the grandest are Marco Polo, who provided little known information about the Far East to Europeans, and Hernan Cortes, the great Spanish conquistador who is given credit for the defeat of the Mexica Empire. These two famous explorers are also ideal case studies to analyze the influence of expectations, interests, and of reality

The mandate of Article(s) 231 and 232 , (respectively titled “The War Guilt Clause” and “Reparations”) of the Treaty of Versailles on June 28th, 1919 served as unintentional catalysts for the arise of revisionism in post-war Germany, and its fall out of the international order following the Paris Peace Conference. These two articles politically, socially, and economically ravaged Germany, and created societal circumstances in which a totalitarian dictatorship (the National Socialist German Workers

lingering in the minds of everyone affected was what was to come in the future. President Wilson wanted to offer relief to the crumbling world. He realized that if war was to end, and lasting peace was to work, “the victors must swallow their pride and offer relief to the vanquished” (Lodge 1). In an effort to get this notion going, he outlined a plan that sought to “make the world fit and safe to live in” (Lodge 1). It included everything from freedom of the seas to creating an international organization

During the era of the great depression in the late 1920’s and early 1930’s numerous people were affected. The market crash of 1929 and the subsequent great depression of the years following highlighted numerous failings of the capitalist system. In the years following new ideological movements began in Europe with the emergence of Russian bolshevism and German fascism. The face of American politics began to change and the new acts in the labour market were a reflection of this. With the election

Romans 16:17-20 HOW TO HANDLE TROUBLEMAKERS IN THE CHURCH Introduction: Ever since the church was formed, it has been plagued by troublemakers. These people have desired to either see the church destroyed, or to see it shaped to their own will. This should not have been a surprise. After all, Jesus Himself predicted the rise of troublemakers in the church, Matt. 7:15, "Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves." Even in the early days

Many large beliefs are that the Emancipation Proclamation was set forth to end slavery, which is only partially true. The Proclamation was set forth to undermine the south, which meant disarming the Confederate rebellion and preventing secession. Lincoln's strategic goal for the Proclamation was to remove any financial gain from it's now Southern enemy. With slaves now freed in the South, the war effort was financially at risk. Freed slaves in the South meant funding to supply weapons, uniforms,

The Bolshevik Consolidation of Power 1918-21 The Bolsheviks under Lenin, when they came into power in October 1917, faced immense problems in trying to consolidate their hold over the ex-tsarist empire. Firstly, how were the Bolsheviks, in view of their military resources, to extend their hold over the nation at large? The second, was how could they achieve a speedy end to the war and effect a rapid withdrawal of the German army, which was currently occupying the

Arendt explained that “totalitarian methods of domination’ are uniquely suited to programmes of mass extermination” such as the massacring of Jewish citizens in Germany by the Nazis (Arendt, 1979, p. 440). However, Anthony Court expands on Arendt’s theory of totalitarianism by stating that ‘previous regimes of terror, does not simply aim to extinguish physical life but rather total terror is preceded by the obliteration of civil and political rights as well as exclusion from the public sphere, the

NATO and European Union A BRIEF HISTORY OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION Until it crystallized into a political concept and became the long-term goal of the Member States of the European Community, the European idea was unknown to all but philosophers and visionaries. The notion of a United States of Europe was part of a humanistic-pacifistic dream which was shattered by the conflicts which brought so much destruction to the European continent in the first half of this century. The vision of a new