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Papers On European History
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U. S. – Russia Relations: After The Cold War
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9 pages. A great relaxation of Russian-American tensions has taken place since the Cold War, and it is much less likely we will see the sort of superpower confrontations that took place during the Cold War, such as the Berlin Blockade of 1948-1949 and the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. There now appears to be a pattern in which we see U. S. – Russian global cooperation, as we saw by the closely coordinated Russian and American policies toward Iraq after it invaded Kuwait. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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U.S./Russian Relations: The Cold War to Present
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A 10 page overview of the relationship between the United States and Russia since the end of the Cold War. Emphasizes that while the political environment has changed somewhat there is still friction between the two world powers. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Political Essay: End Of The Cold War
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The Cold War was a direct consequence of the development of nuclear weapons and the political dichotomy of communism and capitalism. After World War I, the emergence of new political powers such as the United States, which had been forced out of their policy of isolationism by the War, and Russia brought to the political consciousness the stark differences in ideologies. This 2 page essay argues that the 'Cold War' continues in that the emotional wounds that were created during that period of history are still a reality to the people who were the audience. Bibliography lists 1 sources.
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Romanticism And Enlightenment
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A 7 page paper that explores romantic and enlightened values. First, Pope's Bounce to the Fop and Blake's The Tyger are discussed in terms of these values. Next, the European revolutions of 1848 are discussed. Finally, the theories of Adam Smith and Karl Marx are compared and contrasted with the conclusion that Marx needed Smith's ideas to succeed with his own work. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Camus' The Plague and Wiesel's Night
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The first passage from Night, by Eli Wiesel and the last passage from The Plague by Albert Camus present the soul and meaning of the works by these artists. Both books are written with the atrocities of World War II as the foundation. Wiesel's rendition is direct, telling the story of a survivor of the Jewish extermination camps in Germany. Camus presents an analogy of the invasion of Europe by the forces of Totalitarianism at the beginning of the War. This 7 page paper asserts that both of these stories are concerned with the realities of World War II and that both authors present alarmingly evil pictures of the world. Both stories carry the message: Never forget, lest the evil returns. No additional sources are listed.
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Albert Camus’ The Plague As Political Allegory
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The Plague by Albert
Camus is not generally considered as a political treatise but, rather,
as a philosophical work on the subject of ethics. Camus believes that
the evils that lie in wait for the unsuspecting can be battled through
knowledge and the ability to learn from the mistakes of history. This 5
page critique argues that the reactions of most when confronted by
something as insidious and seemingly natural as the plague and, or,
fascism is fear; and fear tends to make followers out of people. The
denial that evolves from fear assists those seeking power to intimidate
and control. No additional sources are listed.
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Fascism, Rats and The Plague
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The Plague by Albert Camus is a thinly disguised treatise against the totalitarian states of Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany. The analogy of the plague as compared with the encroachment and devastating effect of these political forces is obvious, given the time of the writing and the known views of the author. This 8 page paper suggests that there also exists a comparison between the rats that brought the plague and fascist philosophy. The question is asked: How is the return of the rats interpreted through the fascist philosophy as presented by Giovanni Gentile? To answer this, the first section gives background information on Fascism, the second section deals with Gentile and his philosophies and the final section looks at the metaphor of the rat as presented in The Plague. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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Camus & Wiesel/A Comparison
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A 7 page analysis of The Plague by Albert Camus and Night by Elie Wiesel. At first glance, these two works appear to be very dissimilar; however, the writer argues that they actually have quite a few points in common. Wiesel's book concerns the Holocaust and Camus' work appear to be about a plague hitting the French town of Oran. However, Camus' work is intended to be read as an allegory and this story, also, deals with the ravages committed against the human soul by Nazism. No additional sources cited.
Filename: 90camus.rtf
Socialism vs. Capitalism in Upton Sinclair’s 'The Jungle'
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A 6 page paper which examines the competing ideologies of socialism vs. capitalism in Upton Sinclair’s 1906 novel on the unsanitary conditions of the meat-packing industry, 'The Jungle.' Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: TGjungle.rtf
Alexis and Herve Tocqueville / Contrasts and Comparisons
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An 11 page paper exploring the writings of father and son Alexis de Tocqueville and Herve de Tocqueville regarding the French Revolution. Bibliography lists five sources.
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