Essays on Contemporary History

The Six Day War of 1967 was a turning point for Arab-Israeli relations. The war was a bloody, yet brief conflict fought between Israel and the Arabic states of Syria, Jordan and Egypt. After years of diplomatic disagreement and discontent, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF)...

Thomas Clayton Wolfe was an extremely talented author and individual. He wrote about his experiences as an American with such power, energy, and passion. He was uncontrollably talented and wrote often. He was blessed with the ability to express himself so beautifully through his writing....

The atomic bombing of Hiroshima on August 6th, 1945, marked the beginning of a new age. Chosen instead of Operation Downfall, a proposed invasion of the Japanese mainland, Col. Paul Tibbetts flew in on the Enola Gay, a plane named after his mother, and unleashed...

Nuclear weapons have enough explosive power to level entire cities, yet they have not been used since the final days of World War II. The destructive power wielded by these weapons caused many nations to race to acquire them, regardless of the moral repercussions. So...

Today, many people don’t see the point, or they are not motivated, in learning a new language. However, in the 19th century, people used different types of sign language as a form of communication. Jane Austun’s novel, Pride and Prejudice, portrays this as an importance...

The nineteenth century British financial analyst David Ricardo observed that even when a country is more proficient than another is at delivering all merchandise, it benefits by concentrating on the one for which it is inside most effective and exchanging for the others. Other financial...

Every culture has its core values that define the measure of its humanity and determine the importance placed on the rights of the people. America, our nation, was built on the ideals of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness guaranteed by the Declaration of...