The Usa After The Second World War

very important role in the nation, plays the key economic, social and cultural role. The United-States are conceded as the most powerful and richest nation in the world thanks to infancy of its business. The story of capitalism in the United-States began in the second part of the 19th century mostly after the Civil War (guerre de Sécession) in 1865. From 1855 to the end of the Civil War, the United-States experienced an incredible economic development which symbolizes the United-Sates economic development

THROUGHOUT THE COLD WAR ? A flashpoint is the point at which eruption into significant action,reaction or violence occurs. This definition fitted to Germany during the Cold War, an ideological conflict between the USA and the USSR, from 1945 to 1989. Indeed, Germany has been the centre of the Cold War because of key events occuring there but also in the centre of discussions during the Cold War. This essay will develop the different events which made Germany a flashpoint throughout the Cold War : Yalta

Romain Pagès What is a fair war? Clausewitz said in “On War” that having a war was another mean of foreign policy. But is it a fair one? This debate started very early. Saint Augustin might be the first one to define the conditions of a fair war: - the initiative of the war has to come from your enemy (which would mean that fair wars are only defensive wars) - the war has to be led by a legitimate authority - it has to be decided only as the last resort Then Saint Thomas

Islam and Arabs: a concise history Introduction - This page provides an overview of the history of Islam and the Arabs, which is a great part of the history of the Middle East. The subject covers more than twelve centuries, about a dozen empires and a vast territory, stretching from Spain in the west to the islands of Indonesia in the Pacific Ocean. It is impossible to provide a comprehensive treatment of the history of Islam in a brief space. However, I have attempted to present here, and in related

Part I : The Hippie Movement A) From the Beat Generation to the Beatniks The Beat Generation's birth occurred in the 50's, in the USA., with an international context marked by the Second World War and, after it, by the Cold War. The USA was, at this time, engaged in an affirmation of its model, advocating its capitalist system represented, in the country, by a growing bourgeois population and by a conservative society. It is in this America that begins the literature, social, and cultural

The political economy of Afghanistan -1- The political economy of Afghanistan Table of Contents Introduction: Afghanistan, a country in deep trouble......................................3 The political history of Afghanistan: Wars, Religion and Ethnics................5 From Alexander the Great to Ahmad Shah Durrani....................................................5 The three Anglo-Afghan Wars....................................................................................6 King Nadir

The americain superpower : Le 11 septembre 2001 Introduction : September 11, 2001 The attacks of September 11, 2001 is the founding myth from which the Anglo-Saxons justify their military hypertrophy. In a world where no State seeks to compete with them, they invented an imaginary enemy and invisible unrivaled power: terrorism. It is therefore not possible to challenge this global military dominance without questioning the government version of the attacks of Sept. 11, and the very existence

THE AMERICAN DREAM Who hasn’t heard about it? “The American dream”. Its creed: nothing is impossible, who wants can! A dream based on people’s hope of a better life, a brighter future; on the faith that anyone who has the willpower and works hard enough can enhance his living-standard. Put in other words: anybody’s life is susceptible to become a tale of rags to riches. This faith is something much anchored to US-American society. It is written in the Declaration of Independence itself: “all men

WEAPONS. GIORDANO ERIC APRIL 2004 SUMMARY Introduction. Page 5 I) History of depleted uranium ammunition. Page 6 a) The birth of nuclear arsenal. Page 6 b) Origin of depleted uranium. Page 6 c) A solution to dispose of the stocks of DU. Page 7 d) The apparition of DU on the front. Page 7 II) Effects of depleted uranium. Page 8 a) Properties of depleted uranium. Page 8 b) Environmental risks.

Civilization. Londres : Routledge, 2006. ABERCROMBIE, Nicholas (et al.). Contemporary British Society. Oxford : Polity Press, 2000. BUDGE, Ian (et al). The New British Politics. Londres : Longman Pearson, 2004 (3ème édition). LURBE, Pierre. Le Royaume-Uni aujourd’hui. Paris: Hachette supérieur, 2007 (5ème edition). MORGAN, Kenneth O. (ed). The Oxford History of Britain. Oxford : OUP, 2000. Et l’ensemble des ouvrages de civilisation britannique disponibles à la bibliothèque universitaire.