...believed if we as a nation stood away from conflict, we would subsequently have less problems. Because of this, FDR created the “Good Neighbor” policy, where he recognized the pathway of non-intervention and cooperation with other nations. Gerald P. Nye posed a question that made us think about why we entered the war in the first place, and it says that war manufacturers mainly sought profits, so when war had begun, this industry took off. When war went on in both Europe and Asia, Roosevelt still wanted to remain neutral. But because Roosevelt also feared isolationist criticism, this also inclined him to start help Britain and France. Economic pressures were also faced when Japan needed raw materials, especially petroleum and scrap metal; so they simply resorted to military force when they faced hardships. Naval war also preceded and FDR had to take action when U-Boats would come along and sank ships that had American sailors on it. Then when the bombing of Pearl Harbor occurred, that was when the U.S. would not take it anymore and was fully involved in the war. 2) The U.S. assisted...
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...and liberty for all american citizen. Even though Roosevelt wanted peace he did what he had to do for millions of people around the globe. Kennedy wanted peace all around the globe a nation under god ,but he was shot. Both presidents tried to bring necessary changes Roosevelt created change with war kennedy tried to make change with peace. Both Kennedy and Roosevelt wanted peace and freedom . Roosevelt wanted to stay neutral in ww2 but once the japs bombed...
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...WW2 The Second World War was the most deadly and the most awful war in history. The Second World War began in 1939 and ended six years later in year 1945. The war included more than 30 countries like for example Britain, Germany, Russia and later the USA. This global war had its impact on the world today, and in this essay, I am going to argue that it is important to learn about The Second World War. First of all, learning about Second World War can help us to understand better what they did wrong and why they did it, so we can avoid any conflicts leading to war again. In The Second World War Hitler ruled Germany and controlled a lot of Europe. However, how did he get so much power and influence in the world? First of all Hitler claimed a bit...
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...are forced shoulder any true sacrifice from our military actions. Not only is the familial sacrifice of having a loved one serve no longer widespread but the majority of us bear not the tanglible daily realization of being at war that past generations have known, including materials rationing. Even anti-war protests—like those that were a hallmark of our Vietnam War era—are less visible since we have moved to an all volunteer army. This lack of respresentational and fair accountability on our citizenry translates into less accountability on the part of the parties that govern our policies and therefore our military. This rift between those that serve, those that feel any effect and those that make military decisions is an argument for why we are ethically bound to require some mandatory service of our citizens, to reinstate the draft. Responsibility of citizenry/Social...
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...and Southeastern China region. The attack had a huge number of casualties such as 2,400 Americans had lost their lives that day and another 1,000+ were injured. The Japanese didn’t do much as somehow the navy managed to bring some ships above the water again and this event officially got America into WW2. In response, America had put people of Japanese descent into little camps. In my opinion, I thought it was unconstitutional to put people in these camps with concern for their safety....
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...Fairness of the Army’s New Tattoo Policy The United States Army is an ever-changing environment which includes thousands of soldiers from all locations in America. Although the Army’s primary mission is to protect and defend the people in the United States; there are certain policies and procedures that govern the soldiers whom serve. As a current soldier in the United States Army, I have had the opportunity to experience policy change. I have experienced changed in the Army Uniform from a Battle Dress Uniform (BDU) to the Army Combat Uniform (ACU). I have also seen the Army changes its stance to allow Soldiers who are homosexual to openly serve their country. Although change is a process it can be argued its necessary; most recently the Army changed its policy on Soldiers who have tattoos. This change has caused mass dialogue for those who are for and against the change. The question still remains though, is the change fair or unfair? On March 31, 2014 the United States Army revised Army Regulation (AR) 670-1 (The wear and appearance of the army uniform). One of the main revisions to the army regulation was the change to the tattoo policy. The current tattoo policy states that: soldiers cannot have tattoos on their head, face, wrists or hands, or tattoos that are racist, extremist, indecent or sexist. Soldiers also cannot have more than four visible tattoos below the elbow or below the knee; those tattoos must be smaller than the size of the wearer’s hand. Visible...
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...Hitler wanted to have power everyone and everything therefore he started a group called nazi’s which was a group of germans that were under under the dictatorship of Adolf Hitler through the Nazi Party. To maintain power hitler used number of children, including twins, in concentration camps for medical experiments that often resulted in the deaths of the children, by doing this he seized every opportunity to turn Germany into all his power. He also moved carefully to organize the police power necessary to enforce his long-term policies of "racial" profiling. Which leads me to the next reason why children in the holocaust was one of the most aspects of the nazi genocide in...
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...Szilard - Hungarian-born Physicist and main scientist to oppose the atomic Bombings This was spoken in an interview titled “President Truman did not Understand”. This was between a US news reporter and Leo Szilard the key figure among the scientists opposing the use of the bomb. The interview was in August 15, 1960. Why was their so fierce Opposition? In what Way did Truman Not Understand? These answers lie in the depths of the controversy about the Atomic Bomb. Introduction The atomic bomb was a topic of major controversy but the main debate was about the necessity of the atomic bomb. Many say that the atomic bomb was dropped because it would save millions of American lives. However at that period the Japanese were also at the point of surrendering. Huge amounts of incendiary bombs were used in large-scale cities against japan. Many of the scientists in the Manhattan Project were disturbed about it. The incendiary bombs reduced much morale from the Japanese army and crippled the will power. However this small cripple made Japan even angrier because these incendiary bombs were used on innocent civilians and not the Japanese army. Many think that it was necessary to use the Atomic Bombs because Japan attacked America first and not the other way around. It is a fact that when Hitler attacked Russia he expected Japan to attack from the East while Hitler attacked from the West and so Hitler might have won the battle of Stalingrad and captured Russia. Although this is not how...
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...Which forces, structures or actors have been identified by historians as most decisive in the crystallisation of Cold War tensions in the years 1945-51? * Define what the cold war tensions were/overview of why they came about after ww2 – wartime alliance had broken down due to ideological clashes of how the post-war world would look, an inherent distrust on both sides of the others true intentions and territorial clashes The Cold War – Edited by Klaus Larres and Ann Lane (short loan D843 C6) Oxford 2001 * Conservative strand of historians which sought to condemn the roosevet and Truman aministrations, the former for yielding too readily to Soviet demands at yalta, the latter for hesitancy and inexperience. The liberals ustified American foreign policy as a bold and imaginative effort to deal at oe and the same time with soviet expansionism and residual American isolationism which reached its pinn * Revisionism – emphasis on economic causes of cold war which came about in the 1950s/60. The US had tried dirstly to demand ipen acces to eastern Europe and ipon being rebuffed, had then sought to reconstruct western Europe and particularly the western zones of Germany in the liberal democratic mould. This extended into the thrd world as decolonization opened up these regions to economic penetration. The creation of multilateral organisation, such as the United Nations and the International Monetary Fund, in which the US had the largest share of votes because it provided...
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...further on. We will be looking at the mobilization of the United States and how they prepared there home front for a war that was already well underway in Europe and Asia. A quick definition of what mobilization exactly is it is the act of assembling and making both troops and supplies ready for war. Also I will be sharing a few details of mobilization as well as what I think the most impotent aspect of mobilization is. At last I will be explaining my reason for what I think on mobilization and well as some examples. Entry of the United States As we stated earlier the year was 1941, the true beginning of WWll stared in the year 1939 when Nazi Germany attack Poland. You may ask yourself why the US got involved in a war that was on the other side of the world. And why didn’t me feel it was necessary to send troops in when the conflict stared in 1939? The answer to this question in a simple one during that time the Unites states was in what we called The Great Depression. Now without getting to far away from our main topic but a quick detail of The Great Depression (1929-1939),...
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...To what extent were rival ideologies responsible for the breakdown of the relationship between the two superpowers between 1945 and 1949? It was the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan that really split Europe and made the concept of an Iron Curtain permanent during 1947/8. It was the final breakdown of the Allied cooperation over Germany that led to tensions and permanent divisions in the centre of Europe in 1948/9 as witnessed by the Berlin blockade and Allied airlift. It was the explosion of the Soviet atom bomb and American membership of NATO that created a bi-polar nuclear world during and after 1949. rival ideologies Under President Woodrow Wilson the US had committed itself to liberal internationalism, which promoted democracy and the free enterprise system, while the communist emphasis was upon a world wide class revolution to bring about the socialist future. These conflicting views were less important in the 1920s and 1930s because the Soviet Union was a weak military power and the main threat seemed to come from the right wing ideology of Fascism. However the defeat of these powers by 1945 reopened the ideological sense of difference between the Americans and Russians. hard line anti-Russian views became more influential in Washington by 1945 and George Kennan’s famous “Long Telegram” in 1946 also reinforced the idea that the communists were ideologically hostile to US interests and needed to be contained. Although...
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...Introduction Can a rotten egg make a good Omelet? The end/means dilemma is an old and popular scenario. The answer to this question depends on what the type of goals or ends are and what means are being used to achieve them. Moreover, Gandhi, pioneer and a theorist of satyagraha said, “I feel that our progress towards the goal will be in exact proportion to the purity of our means”. Indeed, according to the Gandhian philosophy, the means and ends are like the two sides of the same coin. They are inseparable from each other. That is why, for example, Gandhi struggled whole life against British and never adopted the wrong means. I. Do ends ethically justify their means? Most people use the expression "the ends justify the means" as an excuse...
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...Why did the USA get involved in Asia in 1950? (30) After the end of the Second World War, the two war time allies the USA and Soviet Union became involved in a war of ideologies, the cold war. The US saw communism as a threat to democracy and capitalism. Therefore the US set out a new foreign policy, the policy of containment, in the Truman doctrine. There were however other reasons for the USA’s involvement such as their military confidence, UN agreement, domestic pressure which called for Truman to be more tough on communism and their economic interest in Japan which led to the US government’s decision to intervene in the Korean War. One of the main reasons for the US’s involvement was due to the ‘Policy of Containment’. The aim was for the USA to work with its allies to contain the spread of communism in eastern Europe and Asia using political, economic and if necessary military pressure to prevent the spread of the every growing ideology of communism. The US’s main worry was the communism would spread as most of the eastern European countries were devastated by the war were weak and communism could easily spread through these weakened countries such as Hungary. Europe was divided by ‘an Iron curtain’, the west with capitalism views, and the east with growing communism views. Furthermore, China had fallen to Communism under Mao, which may have been a huge wake up call for President Truman. In addition, Mao had signed the treaty of friendship with Stalin; therefore the spread...
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...Toyota Production System How does a company simultaneously meet its customers’ demands on time while maintaining the best quality levels at the lowest cost? Sounds like conflicting business goals? Where huge companies with deep pockets failed, one company stood out and faced the challenge of trying to meet these goals. This company was Toyota. The post-WW2 period was trying for the Japanese economy. The country was ravaged by the atomic bombings and the drain on resources from the war time activities, forced companies like Toyota to develop innovative and cost efficient manufacturing processes. The Toyota Production System (TPS) arose out of necessity in response to the circumstances surrounding the company. Many of the foundational concepts are old and unique to Toyota while others have their roots in more traditional sources. The oldest part of the production system is the concept of Jidoka which was created in 1902 by Toyoda founder Sakichi Toyoda. This concept pertains to notion of building in quality at the production process as well as enabling separation of man and machine for multi-process handling. The most famous element of the TPS is no doubt the Just-in-Time pillar of the production system. The phrase Just-in-Time was coined by Kiichiro Toyota in 1937 after the start of Toyota Motor Corporation. The company was quite poor and could not afford to waste money on excess equipment or materials in production. Everything was expected to be procured just in time and not...
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...human beings, we are more resilient as a group, when we are “sure” of each other. The lone wolf standing strong is a romantic visual to be sure, but the wolf pack is immensely more capable of withstanding the rigors of running in the wild. Therefore, instead of a solitary individual, we see that a formation of Soldiers will more easily be able to withstand trauma. She has also made it abundantly clear through her books and publications that even though there are individuals who may be naturally more resilient than others, through application of skills and fundamentals, anyone is capable of improving their overall ability to deal with any type of situation. We can teach resilience to those who need it. Why would all the research and education be necessary? Why dedicate an entire department in a prestigious university to understanding and educating something that quite possibly should come naturally? Some people believe sociological necessity, or, what our society has become, dictates the basis for the education. Our entire civilization has been about making life easier, making things more accessible. If you need something to eat, it is readily available at all times of day and night normally within a reasonable distance from wherever you are. The general population faces very little to no adversity on a daily basis. “Resilience is the process of adapting well in the face of adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats, or significant sources of stress” (AmericanPsychAssociation...
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