...People commonly ask one another, “If you could have one superpower, what would it be?” There is a wide variety of answers that could be given, but what would your reaction be if the responder replied with, “To be able to write well.” Even though being a good writer isn’t considered a superpower, there is still a lot of power in writing. Words can captivate people, make us feel things we didn’t think we could, sometimes even change our minds and hearts. I want to learn how to change my writing challenges into strengths and become a better writer. When reading an exceptional piece of writing I notice that the author usually uses a wide vocabulary, has a good setup in how the information or story is being laid out, and is typically very knowledgeable...
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...The Cold War was a political and military tension in result of World War II between the two superpowers of the United States and Russia. During this time, a famous American writer, reporter, and political commentator, by the name of Walter Lippmann, was one of the first to introduce the issues and events of the Cold War. One of his famous essays toward the Cold War issues was the Critique of Containment which was written in 1947. It focused more on foreign policy and protection of the United States. The audience that the essay was supposed to be portrayed to was the American government or specifically to the department of defense. To enforce the security of the nation, Lippmann gave his ideas to shift geographical and political pressures by...
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...Based off of my knowledge in world history the US is more of an empire than a superpower. An empire is an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority formerly an emperor or empress. A superpower would act as if it were a very powerful and influential nation. Totalitarian government had three basic characteristics one of the rules was ruled by a single ruler with instructed power . The second used violence and also intimidated to maintain power. Finally, third people were not given political freedom. The US was behaving more like an empire by protecting world stability. One reason to support my thesis is America has relied on the military power to much. Political solutions to maintain its position as the worlds leading state. My reader should care about this topic it shows that in order to maintain stable care in America they've no longer are a superpower and is now titled as an empire....
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...“Joyas Voladoras” by Brian Doyle is an essay about human and animal hearts and how they are alike. The main point of the story is that every living beings’ heart large or tiny provides both physical and emotional capabilities, and so we should not destroy them. During the essay Doyle described the different physical capabilities of animals. He first talked about how hummingbirds have small but strong hearts that make them have “superpowers” but also give them negative consequences such as a short lifespan and frequent heart attacks. He then compared the blue whales with their giant hearts that slowly push them through the water and don’t use much power. By this he shows that size does not matter for physical strength. In the essay Doyle...
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...GIS 3117 Modern China Spring, 2014 Dr. Amy Y. Situ-Liu (Please use Blackboard internal email for your communication with the instructor. In case of an emergency that prevents you from accessing to your computer, please leave your voice mail at 652-4314, and then email me afterward) Orientation: Location: Textbooks (required): China Since 1949 By Linda Benson, Longman, 2nd edition, 2011 China: The Balance Sheet – What the World Needs to Know About the Emerging Superpower By Fred Burgsten and others, 2006 China Road By Rob Gifford, Random House, 2008 Video Programs: All assigned programs are available on “Video on Demand” provided in our library homepage. Most of them are ready for you to review. But since they are online programs, a few may be not available by the times you click the links. If so, just skip that one and watch the others. Please try both “by segment” or “by title” for your search. Course Description: China, the most populous country, is an excellent "laboratory" for the social scientific study of political, economic and social behavior. The Twentieth Century alone has seen many changes in China's fundamental institutions: from imperial courts to military regimes and single-party police states, from rural households to international stock-holding companies, and from foot-binding and slavery to mass movements and democracy protests. The latest development in the last decade has led to the calling...
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...the Cold War David Mclean Charles Sturt University Principal Focus: Students investigate key features and issues in the history of the Cold War 1945 - 1991 Outcomes Students: H1.1 describe the role of key features, issues, individuals, groups and events of select twentieth-century studies (Extract from Modern History Stage 6 Syllabus Board of Studies NSW 2004.) Key features and issues: • origins and development of the Cold War • influence of ideologies on the Cold War • impact of crises on changing superpower relations • the arms race • reasons for the end of the Cold War This is the transcript of a talk given at a seminar co-sponsored by the History Teachers’ Association of New South Wales and the US Information Service in Sydney on 2 September 1995. From this tutorial you will learn about: • influence of ideologies that led resulted in the division of the world into two opposed camps from 1945 • emerging differences between the superpowers Contents 1. US – Soviet relations were not synonymous with the Cold War 2. Chronology of the Cold War 3. Influence of ideologies of communism and capitalism on the Cold War 4. Soviet Objectives 5. American objectives 6. The Arms Race 7. The Third World was important for the Cold War 8. Why did the Cold War not end earlier? 9. Did the United States win the Cold War? Notes Suggestions for further reading 1. US – Soviet relations were not synonymous with the Cold War While the Cold War was...
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...Sovereignty’s definition is dynamic; often changing with major geopolitical developments. As a result, this essay asserts that sovereignty has essentially changed with the Cold War’s end. To develop this assertion, a definition of Westphalian sovereignty will be established. Furthermore, the Cold War’s consequences will be explored to understand the reasons behind sovereignty’s change. Additionally, the recent upsurge in humanitarian interventions will be taken as evidence of change. The Responsibility to Protect will be considered as proof of change too. Finally, the impact globalisation has had on sovereignty will be explored. Ultimately, through analysis of these factors, this essay aims to prove that sovereignty has changed significantly with the Cold War’s end. During the Cold War, sovereignty had remained largely unchanged from its conception in 1648. Westphalian sovereignty revolves around the “principle that within its territorial boundaries the state is the supreme political authority and that outside those boundaries the state recognises no higher political...
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...Essay #1 from the end of the cold war to a new global era The Cold War was a conflict between the two Superpowers of the USA and the USSR. Even though there was no direct military action between the two countries, the 'war' greatly changed the political scene of Europe and the rest of the world, This conflict resulted in turn to start a new global era where the global economy. Between 1969 to 1978 both the powers realized that such a situation could not establish peace in the world. During this period, there was a marked decline in the cold war so Many factors have contributed in ending the cold war such as Both the blocs realized that there would be no winner in a nuclear war, The break up between Russia and China further destroyed the fear of the spread of Communism, The collapse of the U.S.S.R. has further facilitated the end of the cold war after December 1991, The efforts of the former U.S. President George Bush (senior) and the former Soviet President Gorbachev proposed reduction in armaments in 1991, The rigid military alliances also showed signs of breaking down. France withdraws her troops from NATO, Pakistan went out of SEATO and In 1992 President Bush (senior) and the Russian President Boris Yeltsin formally announced that the cold war was over. In conclusion the end of the cold war led to the emergence of a unipolar world, also includes many high and low points for the two superpowers and the world as a whole, the Soviet economy faced the continuously escalating...
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...Economic sanctions are more commonly being used to try and satisfy a wide range of foreign policies that America had deemed necessary to achieve for the betterment of society. Yet time after time these sanctions are only hurting innocent civilians that are not at fault, and in fact are not even achieving what they were supposed to do. In Arundhati Roy’s essay “The Algebra of Infinite Justice”, Roy critiques the statement given by former U.S. ambassador Madeleine Albright. When Madeleine is asked the question “How she felt about the fact that 500,000 Iraqi children have died as a result of economic sanctions the U.S. insisted upon” she replied with “it was a very hard choice, but all things considered, we think the price is worth it” (306). Roy then goes on to say that these sanctions are “massacres of innocent people” and that they cause for “collateral damage” (306). Superpowers such as the United States are imposing economic sanctions that are only in the best interest of the people of America and have no regard to the implications that these sanctions come with. Therefore, economic sanctions should not be imposed on nations because they directly impact ordinary civilians and...
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...Research Paper: The Atomic Bomb Strayer University His 360: Twentieth Century World Research Paper: The Atomic Bomb March, 2011 Micheal McMillin Professor Curran Research Paper: Atomic Bomb: I. Executive Summary. On August Sixth and Ninth in 1945 the Japanese Island’s two cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki were bombed with a new type of weapon. The Atomic bomb created to end the Second World War, and to showcase The United States in becoming a Superpower. After the Atomic Bomb use it would affect the cities of Japan for years to come, but also the world leading to a new arms race that still affects us today. II. Essay How can one describe the power of the Atomic Bomb? With the power to bring two cities to its knees and kill thousands of people and affect people for years to come. The Atomic Bomb was used to bring Japan’s unconstitutional surrender. The used of this weapon is still under massive debate, even to this day. Was it ethical to use the Atomic Bomb not once, but twice on one nation? In using the Atomic Bomb on Japan it showed the world the deadly weapon the United States had created it. In the use of the Atomic Bomb we show the world and more importantly Russia what we developed. Now this Atomic age had begun as we enter the time known aa the Cold War. In the late 1930’s European and American physicists discovered how the fission of atoms could create a powerful an explosive weapon. In the year 1939 Albert Einstein would write a letter to President...
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...The Battlefield with no Blood The Cold War was the elongated tension between the Soviet Union and the United States of America. It started in the mid 40's after WWII had left Europe in shambles and Russia and the USA in superpower positions. The Cold War was a clash of these super giants in political, ideological, military, and economic values and ideas. Though military buildup was great on both sides neither one ever directly fought each other. In this essay I'm going to bring forth the following points: Rise of the Cold War, events in and because of the Cold War, and the fall of Russia. Again Germany had been thwarted in its plans of total domination. It had been a combined effort by all the Western powers and a few Eastern powers too. England was devastated, France had been literally burnt to the ground, and many small nations had suffered economic failure. To the East Russia had suffered many losses from the vain siege of the Nazi's. But they were in better shape than Europe. They still had a military and a running, somewhat, economy. In the late 40's through early 50's the Soviet Union started to spread the Lenin ideological as it started moving in the Westward position. In 47 the US started funding the rebuilding of European infrastructure in a system called the Marshall Plan. Russia in turn brought forth its own funding called the Molotov Plan. Because of that, they were able to spread communism through many countries. Some of these nations were: Poland, Romania, Bulgaria...
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...Roger Logan Professor Garvin English 1010 Paper #3 Comic Book Boys Peter Middleton’s essay “Boys Will Be Men” begins with simple anecdotes about the relationships between boys and men of different ages. Middleton then changes his focus towards comic books, where his focus remains all the way through the rest of the paper. Circling back to his original thoughts, the focus on comic books leads to an analysis of comic books in regards to children and their development into men. In his conclusion to the essay, Middleton states, “Nevertheless, action comics for boys are certainly damaging because they offer false solutions to the difficulties of growing up which both sexes face” (Middleton 141). Often Middleton points out that the reason that little boys read such comic books is that their true role models, their fathers, are not home. So in their absence, the children latch onto the traits found inherent in the superheroes they read about. However, the newly found role models, and superheroes, do not represent that which should be portrayed to our children. Throughout many comic book series there seems to always be portrayed a sense of masculinity gone wrong or hypermasculinity. Along with others, though primarily in the comic series of both Batman and of Spiderman, this specific form of masculinity being shown to the children is expressed through a relationship between the superhero, and the law. In the end, comic books become what is essentially a display case for the extremes...
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... June 2010 A) How far did ‘peaceful coexistence’ ease Cold War tensions between the Soviet Union and the USA in the years 1953–61? Mark Scheme: Candidates should have knowledge about the main features of ‘peaceful coexistence’ in the period 1953-61. Developments which helped to ease Cold War tensions might include: the end of the Korean War (1953); Soviet settlement of border disputes with Turkey and Iran (1953) and recognition of Israel (1953); Austrian independence and improved Soviet-Yugoslav relations (1955); the ‘Geneva spirit’ based on east-west summit diplomacy and Khrushchev’s visit to the USA in 1959. Developments which sustained Cold War tensions during the period might include: US attitudes towards communism in the 1950s (domino theory, ‘roll back’, Eisenhower doctrine); Soviet concept of peaceful coexistence based on long-term victory of communism; the impact of the Hungarian Rising (1956) and the launch of Sputnik (1957); the U2 spy plane incident (1960) and the issue of Germany (1958-1961). At Levels 1 and 2 simple or more developed statements will provide either only simple or more developed statements about peaceful coexistence with either only implicit reference to the extent tensions were eased or argument based on insufficient evidence. At Level 3, students should provide some sustained analysis related to the extent tensions were eased but the detail may be hazy in places...
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...1. The writer establishes a common ground near the ending of the first paragraph. The writer establishes that the opposing side and himself want the Olympic games to keep going on. He suggests a solution to establish permanent Olympic sites in countries that exhibit the core values of the Olympic Games. On that take if the writer is able to complete the solution both sides will be satisfied. The writer is successful because he finds a solution that benefits both sides of the argument. Both sides are given what they wanted and at the end they both get to watch the Olympic games. 2. The evidence the writer supplies to support his viewpoint is when he talks about China’s repeating violation of human rights and the heavily debated decision to put the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The writer provides the evidence that says, “not only did China invade Tibet in the 1950s, but it has continued to use harsh measures to suppress political dissent (“Speak Out”). The writer provides the evidence that says, “Tibet, China also sold weapons to Sudan that were used to carry out the genocide in Darfur” (Nabaum 1)....
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...blo gs.lse .ac.uk http://blo gs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewo fbo o ks/2013/08/01/bo o k-review-emerging-po wers-in-a-co mparative-perspective-thepo litical-and-eco no mic-rise-o f-the-bric-co untries/ Book Review: Emerging Powers in a Comparative Perspective: The Political and Economic Rise of the BRIC Countries Blo g Admin The book examines the rising influence of emerging powers in global politics, with a special focus on the BRIC countries. The book aims provide a detailed analysis of political, economic, security, and foreign policy trends in the BRIC countries to address such questions as to whether they will seek to revise the international order or work within it, and how they will deal with transnational global problems. Reviewed by Carlos Carrasco Farré. Emerging Powers in a Comparative Perspective: T he Political and Economic Rise of the BRIC Countries. Vidya Nadkarni and Norma C. Noonan. Bloomsbury. February 2013. Find this book: T he contrast during the Cold War between a coercive Soviet Union in Eastern Europe and a cooperative American hegemony in Western Europe started a new line of research in international politics. T he end of this conf lict, and the main core of this research topic, seems to come f rom what Italian political philosopher Antonio Gramsci noted: “a hegemonic social order that rests on a f oundation of moral and intellectual authority and voluntary acceptance is more enduring because it is seen as legitimate”. In just two decades the international order...
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