128 Search Results for World War II a Catastrophic Event

History of Photography Term Paper

History Of Photography: From Ancient Times Into the Present Day Photography can be traced back to ancient times. Camera obscuras were "used to form images on walls in darkened rooms...via a pinhole" and the use of shadows (Greenspun 1999). This prim Continue Reading...

2011 Norway Attacks Effectiveness of Essay

Pineda (2012) noted that the tip was wasted entirely due to communication problems, the failure by the police to follow procedures as well as inadequate means-Factors that together bogged down the Norwegian Police's reaction as well as operation on Continue Reading...

Justifying the Atomic Bombs Essay

1945, President Truman authorized the detonation of an atomic bomb comically nicknamed "Little Boy" on Hiroshima, Japan. Just three days later, the United States launched another atomic bomb called "Fat Man" on Nagasaki. About a week after the Nagas Continue Reading...

Al-Qaeda-and-War Research Paper

War and Peace: The War on Terror The first time "war on terror" was used was in the aftermath of the infamous 9/11 al Qaeda attack. Even though this phrase has been used severally in passing to describe a wide variety of aims, policy guidelines and Continue Reading...

Truman Japan Potsdam and the Bomb Thesis

Marilyn Alsaadi Dr. Megan Sethi Mokusatsu: Translation Blunders and the Atomic Bomb The motive behind President Harry Truman's decision to drop two atomic bombs on Japan is one of those most debated topics of 20th century history. Much attention i Continue Reading...

Maritime Piracy and Terrorism in Term Paper

This is to note that "Trinidad and Tobago alone account for 80% (1st quarter 2004) of all U.S. LNG imports, up from 68% in 2002. Therefore, any incident involving an LNG tanker along the Caribbean routes could harm not only U.S. energy security but Continue Reading...

Ngo Dinh Diem Term Paper

Ngo Dinh Diem Born in the year 1901 to an aristocratic family, Ngo Dinh Diem rose to become the Prime Minister of South Vietnam in the year 1954. This paper looks in detail at the events during the life of Ngo Dinh Diem, his era of governance and th Continue Reading...

Economics Finance MBA Level Term Paper

disrupting America's economic system is a fundamental objective of terrorists Even as the world continues to struggle with the terrible shock from the September 11 attacks in New York and Washington, one principle lesson has already become clear: di Continue Reading...

Philosophy of Art David Hume Term Paper

Art Philosophy Tragedy in Art The newspapers are forever mentioning the word, 'tragedy'. It usually means that there has been a death or deaths associated with a catastrophic event. Surprisingly, this is in keeping with the use of tragedy as descri Continue Reading...

Dangerous Mismanagement Research Paper

Intelligence Failures In an ever increasingly complex governmental infrastructure, the importance of communication, mission and strategy are of the utmost importance. The Department of Defense (DOD) and all of its law enforcement agencies are in a p Continue Reading...

Cuban Missile Term Paper

Cuban Missile Crisis There are two views, as with any conflict or issue, on the reasons and reactions of the major players in the Cuban Missile Crisis that took place at the end of October 1962. The crisis pitted two world powers, the United States Continue Reading...

Crimea Crisis Essay

Roadmap The Crimean crisis of 2014 is an ongoing international crisis, related to the larger issues surrounding Ukraine and Russia. Crimea is a strategically-important peninsula at the southern end of Ukraine. Politically, prior to its annexation by Continue Reading...

U.S. INVADED IRAQ IN 2003 Why U.S. Essay

U.S. INVADED IRAQ IN 2003 Why U.S. Invade Iraq 2003 invasion of Iraq has a number of forceful effects that relate to the influence of the 9/11 occurrence in the country. The then U.S. president who happened to have been President Bush pushed for t Continue Reading...

Reaganomics Vs. New Deal This Term Paper

The Great Depression required restructuring of the economy in order to address the causes and effects of that crisis. It was more successful when some of the ill-conceived elements of the New Deal were discarded, but the measures undertaken paved th Continue Reading...

Decision at Hand is Whether Case Study

These include lack of emergency calling, call security, and sound quality. Because VoiP providers, including Skype, are a bypass to the conventional phone system, they do not typically provide emergency calling services (Schueneman, no date). Thus, Continue Reading...