Civilian fashion during the Second World War: Contrasting perspectives on both sides of the English Channel
Essay - 3 pages - Modern history
In April 1991, the Metropolitan Museum of Art showed the American photojournalist Lee Miller's photography of the Gervais salon, as part of its exposition on women in France during World War II. The Parisian hairdresser had bypassed electricity shortages in an ingenious manner: hot air...
Wars and Media: Evolutions and Manipulations
Book review - 1 pages - Journalism
This text explores the complex relationship between war, media, and journalism, highlighting the ways in which states manipulate information to shape public opinion and maintain control.
Punic Wars: Rome vs Carthage
Course material - 2 pages - Ancient history
The Punic Wars were a series of three conflicts between Rome and Carthage, resulting in Rome's expansion and dominance.
Freud on War and Human Drives
Text commentary - 5 pages - Psychology
Sigmund Freud's 1915 essay on war and death explores human instincts and civilization's role in regulating violence.
What are the links between poverty and war? Are they unilateral or reciprocal?
Essay - 3 pages - International relations
War is a worldwide scourge that threatens humanity and devastates people's lives. It has serious social, economic and political consequences, and claims many victims, including the disabled, the wounded and orphans, without sparing their civilization. Poverty means not having enough...
Margaret Anstee's peacekeeping mission in the Angolan civil war
Essay - 3 pages - Political science
In February 1992, Margaret Anstee took the head of a peace-keeping mission in Angola, UNAVEM II, under a mandate of the United Nations. The initial UN mission in Angola was supposed to last 7 months but the circumstances obliged Margaret Anstee to stay in the country for 17 months, she will...
Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Two Years of War
Presentation - 3 pages - Political science
A detailed account of the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, covering key events, diplomatic efforts, and global responses from February 2022 to 2024.
Diomedes vs Trojan Warriors
Text commentary - 3 pages - Ancient history
Analysis of the combat between Diomedes and Trojan warriors Pandarus and Aeneas from Homer's Iliad, highlighting Greek heroic values and divine intervention.
English civilization file on war correspondence
Text commentary - 7 pages - Culture, religion & civilization
Ernest "Ernie" Taylor Pyle lived most of his first 19 years on a farm near Dana, Indiana. He was born on 3 August 1900, the only son of William and Mary Taylor Peale, who were considered simple farmers, ardent Methodists and Prohibitionists. Around 1917, the United States entered the First...
The Middle East after World War I
Essay - 2 pages - Modern history
The paper will paint a clear picture of both the great chances and serious problems of the internationalists' plan to promote closer relationships among nations in the interwar period. While the excerpts depict an idealistic world of governance and war elimination through international...
Examining The Impact of Wars And Geopolitical Crises On The Global Financial System In Recent Years
Dissertation - 7 pages - International relations
International financial systems comprising a vast network of international banks and regulators experience adverse impacts following massive global crises such as wars and civil wars. Economic history has shown that crisis is one of the most notable causes of financial market...
The Normative Role of the Cold War in Recent American History
Essay - 3 pages - Modern history
The Cold War was a period of tension that resulted from the conflict between the United States (capitalist) and the Soviet Union (communist) and their respective allies. This period has resulted in a lasting effect on the involved countries; it has influenced U.S. economic stability,...
Second World War: Why Wilson's ideal of neutrality had no chance to stand against Germany's total war strategy
Essay - 1 pages - Modern history
When President Woodrow Wilson delivered his Declaration of Neutrality to Congress on August 19, 1914, the United States had a distinct isolationist tradition. At that time, most of the American public, the Congress and the President himself had no desire to intervene in European affairs. In this...
Understanding the Impact of Group Dynamics on Violent Conflict: A Case Study of the Rwandan War and Genocide, War, and Violent Conflict
Case study - 4 pages - Modern history
The research paper will specifically explore the complicated relationships between groups and social identity, in a setting of exogenous violent conflict with the Rwandan war and genocide of 1994 as an example. A literature review and critical analysis are carried out on how the old,...
Cold War: Nuclear Weapons and the Arms Race
Essay - 5 pages - Modern history
In this post-World War II era, cited by Karl T. Compton's 1952 Popular Mechanics article, there was notable scientific optimism, revealing a vision of unparalleled progress. Compton's deterministic perspective on scientific development, as shown in his forecasts for 2002, gave a...
America's Post-Cold War Security
Tutorials/exercises - 2 pages - Political science
The Cold War was a prolonged period of political rivalry between the US and USSR and their allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, beginning in 1947 and ending in 1991. The term "cold war" refers to the absence of direct, large-scale warfare between the two superpowers, as...
Declaration of Independence from the War in Vietnam - Martin Luther King (April 1967) - How did Martin Luther King's position on the Vietnam War alter American politics?
Text commentary - 2 pages - Modern history
This essay offers an interpretation of one aspect of King's career: his opposition to America's involvement in Vietnam. Although it focuses squarely on King himself, it tries to avoid some of the pitfalls of the biographical approach by examining the nature of his "Declaration of...
Genetics vs. Environment: The Tug-of-War in Aggressive Behavior Development in Youth
Essay - 2 pages - Psychology
Aggressive behavior in youth has long been a topic of interest in psychology and behavioral sciences. The debate between nature and nurture, that is, genetics vs. environment, plays a crucial role in understanding the development of aggressive tendencies in young individuals. This essay delves...
How is the violence against populations expressed during the Second World War?
Essay - 3 pages - Modern history
The Great War resulted in the brutalisation of society and the emergence of totalitarian regimes, which had enormous repercussions on the civilian populations during the Second World War. Totalitarian regimes are political regimes based on a single party, on political police, on the...
How Did the Jewish Community Manage to Reconcile War and Democracy in the Creation and Perpetuation of the Israeli State?
Essay - 4 pages - Modern history
I am going to give you a presentation on democracy and war in the Israeli state, based on the writings of Ran Halevi. Ran Halevi is a French historian, born in 1950, director of research at the CNRS. His research focuses on the political history of France as well as on Israeli political...
U.S.-Colombia : an Analysis of their Relationship. The colombian war on drugs between 1970 and 1990
Thesis - 11 pages - Linguistics & languages
The early 1980s saw Pablo Escobar reached its peak in terms of economic power and popular support. Colombia's parsimonious commitment to the war on drugs had not yet affected all its different actors at that time.
World War II
Course material - 5 pages - Linguistics & languages
This document is a course material on how the Second World War unfolded throughout the world.
What was the Most Important War in American History?
Essay - 1 pages - Linguistics & languages
In my opinion, the Second World War was the most important in American history. However, the Americans only entered the conflict in December 1941 following the Japanese aggression on its ground at Pearl Harbor on the 7th.
Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë (1847) ; The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood (1985) ; Kissing the War Goodbye - Victor Jorgensen (1945) - How have British and American artists dealt with feminism in relationships through time?
Text commentary - 3 pages - Art history
We will study this through three documents. The first document is the novel "Jane Eyre", written by Charlotte Brontë and published in 1847 in London. It is a coming-of-age novel: indeed, we follow the story of Jane, a young orphan girl who lives with her aunt, Mrs. Reed, and her cousins, John,...
The end of WWII and the Cold War
Worksheets - 3 pages - Modern history
This document is a course material on the end of WWII and the Cold War.
Referencing at least 3 impacts, describe in general the effects of the relationship between China and the US on the US up to World War II
Tutorials/exercises - 5 pages - Modern history
Devoir rendu dans le cadre d'un cours anglophone de Sino-american relations, répondant à la demande suivante : Referencing at least 3 impacts, describe in general the effects of the relationship between China and the US on the US up to World War II. What role did that relationship play...
US internationalism following World War II
Essay - 3 pages - Linguistics & languages
Dissertation sur la question suivante : Despite the growing international spirit within the United States, many bristled (and continue to do so) at the commitments implied by the United Nations. Was the United States correct in fully embracing internationalism following World War II or...
An Analysis of News from the Korean War and the Irish Troubles
Case study - 4 pages - Journalism
An analysis of "Everybody get down, here we go" by Marguerite Higgins Hall and Death on the Rock in regard to the portrayal of ‘on-going' conflicts in Western media.
The Control of Information in the Iraq War and the Falklands War
Tutorials/exercises - 4 pages - Journalism
Essay title: Taylor has suggested that during wartime, governments try to establish a controlled information environment (p.31). Critically examine the implications of this for journalists in a war(s) of your choice.
Feminism in War Reporting
Essay - 39 pages - Journalism
The Era of the Velvet Ghetto: To what extent can the evolution of women's position in war reportage since the Second World War be explained by Djerf-Pierre's theory of ‘The Gender of Journalism'? This project analyses the evolution of women's position of...
