This motion picture film explores the background of World War II. Reel 1 shows the bombing of Pearl Harbor, London air raids, cavalry and tank battles in Russia, and Panzer and Luftwaffe operations in western Europe. Footage also shows Fascists in Italy and Nazis in Germany as they riot an...
doi:10.1111/j.1540-5931.2009.00696_7.xChristopher C. LovettBlackwell Publishing Inc
The process of modernization in the West was violent. It relied on colonialism, slavery, war, plunder, and domination. The same processes that made Europe and North America rich also contributed to the impoverishment of Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean and the Pacific. There's a ten...
Why did the Onin War start? Why did the British start the Crimean War? Why was the Seven Years War fought? Why was the British Empire so powerful? Why was the Battle of Britain important to Canada? Why did the British want an empire? Why did America enter World War I? Why did the...
It’s the story of students who sat where you sit 250 years ago, and went on to wage a revolution and they founded this nation. Young people. Students who sat where you sit 75 years ago who overcame a Depression and won a world wa...
The Just War There is such a thing as a just war, a war fought in self-defense or to alleviate a great evil. The conquest of Mexico by Hernan Cortes was a just war. Cortes and his men were forced into war with the Aztec Indians in order to put an end to their barbaric practice ...
Why was the Civil War fought in the United States? Why did the colonists want independence from Britain? Why were slaves important to the American colonial economy? Why did some colonists leave Massachusetts? Why is the Mayflower Compact not a colonial charter?
Americans are simply in love with England. There are many reasons to love England, but here are the top fifteen, from the accents to the royalty to the literature.
Why was the French and Indian War so expensive? Why was the Seven Years' War fought in Europe? Why did Greece win the Battle of Salamis? Why is the Battle of Agincourt important? Why didn't Prussia take Austria after the Austro-Prussian War?
The war was then and is today being fought largely in Pashtun areas, where many are still sympathetic to the Taliban. CBS News' Sami Yousafzai has covered the Taliban for decades, and says the militants are "in a better position than they have ever been in 13 years." ...