Abstract
This paper uses the historical novel "Slaughter-House-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut to illustrate the effects of the Dresden Bombing during World War II. Not only is the book historical fiction, evidently based on true events, but most of the events are based on specific happenings. Vonnegut illustrates the life of a soldier during the war. His writing shows the destruction that occurs during this time
for both sides. Vonnegut writes of the war both objectively and truthfully, telling of each nation's soldiers, the effects of war on them, the brutality of the war, and the bombing of Dresden. The paper concludes that Vonnegut's writing, along with eyewitness accounts presented, show the true devastation of the Dresden Bombing.

From the Paper
"Slaughter-House-Five is a historical novel that tells of World War II, specifically the Dresden Bombing. Through a combination of both historical and science fiction, Kurt Vonnegut illustrates the life of a soldier during the war. Vonnegut writes about the war in an unbiased manner giving different views about its participants and attacks. His strong voice is not, however, diminished by his objectivity. Vonnegut writes of the war both objectively and truthfully, telling of each nation's soldiers, the effects of war on them, the brutality of the war, and the bombing of Dresden."

Tags:bombing, dresden, five, house, kurt, research, slaughter, vonnegut

Abstract
This paper explains that, although more than half a century has passed since the atomic bombing of Japan, it is still arguable whether such actions by the Allied forces were justified. The author points out that the atomic bomb was used just like any other weapon war and that the United States military did not see the atomic bomb as anything other than an instrument of war; there is little difference between the conventional destruction of Tokyo by conventional American saturation bombing, which killed some 100,000 people, and the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, which also killed 100,000 people. The paper relates that former President Herbert Hoover had expressed that use of the bomb had besmirched America's reputation and that its potential disastrous effects should have been described in graphic terms before the United States decided to bomb Japan.

From the Paper
"President Harry S. Truman stated on August 9, 1945, "We have used it in order to shorten the agony of war, in order to save the lives of thousands and thousands of young Americans. We shall continue to use it until we completely destroy Japan's power to make war." The Allied forces believed that the use of the atomic bomb was justified due to Japan's relentless denial to surrender. Japan had demonstrated fanatical resistance by fighting to almost the last man on Pacific islands and committing mass suicide on Saipan. Moreover, by the summer of 1944, the Japanese had resorted to one major asset they still possessed, the willingness of their pilots to meet certain death, hence they developed the Kamikaze technique whereby a pilot would fly his plane directly into a ship or target."

Tags:resistance, truman, reputation, conventional, effects

Abstract
This paper looks at the Oklahoma City bombing. The paper first examines the facts, based on published information and investigations, about the pre-bombing preparedness of the federal, state and local officials on the date of the bombing. The paper then discusses the emergency disaster response to the bombing by the respective official agencies at the local, state and federal levels.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Before April 19, 1995
Emergency Response on April 19, 1995
Profile of a Domestic Terrorist
Conclusion

From the Paper
"Would Terry Nichols have withheld the name of the unidentified John Doe alleged by some witnesses to have been with McVeigh on the day of the bombing? Only if, as a conspirator, as a disgruntled American convinced that he was guaranteed the right to revolution under the Constitution of the United States, and because Nichols already knew that he would not receive the death penalty it is very possible that there exists a third man that has gone unidentified. Or whom the FBI is still investigating and, therefore, the element of withholding information on such a suspect would still be rational and logical and acceptable."

Tags:ATF, investigation, disaster

Abstract
The paper discusses the background behind the tragedy of the Oklahoma City bombing and describes how McVeigh and his accomplices, Terry Nichols and Michael Fortier, carried out this bombing. The paper then focuses on the emergency response and identifies several failures that occurred that have become powerful lessons for contemporary emergency management planners. The paper also discusses how the aftermath of the bombing revealed a network of domestic terrorists who, in retrospect, the FBI could have recognized. The paper reveals that in terms of public health, the attack was the worst that had happened on American soil, but today, public opinion and domestic intelligence have reduced the threat of such radical anti-government factions within the U.S..

From the Paper
"The tragedy of the Oklahoma City bombing began two years before the actual event on April 19, 1995. It started the day that the FBI gassed the Waco compound of radical cultist David Koresh which ended in the tragic deaths of many noncombatants. Among the many Americans who were glued to the event was Timothy McVeigh, a proclaimed survivalist, former U.S. Army military man, and a man with a lifelong distrust of the American government (Wright, 2007, p. 3). This soft-spoken man would become the face of a domestic, anti-government movement and, although it was dismantled following the Oklahoma City bombing, prevention rather than response has become the central focus in combating domestic terrorism (AUTHOR, DATE).
"Part of a generalized and non-centralized Patriot Movement, McVeigh and others like him felt that the government was taking away the rights of citizens and leaving them vulnerable to governmental abuse. Two Acts of Congress that especially angered members were the 1993 Brady Gun Control Bill and the 1994 Crime Control Bill, both of which sought more gun control. Members perceived FBI attacks at Ruby Ridge and Waco as state-sponsored acts of domestic terrorism. McVeigh and his two known accomplices, Terry Nichols and Michael Fortier, followed through on their outrage (Wright, 2007, p. 166). Since the federal building in downtown Oklahoma City, called the Alfred P. Murrah building, held offices of federal agencies such as the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) that this group of men blamed for Waco, they chose this building as their target (Jones and Israel, 2001, p. 7)."

Tags:McVeigh, emergency, management, FBI, Patriots

Abstract
This paper examines the events prior to the explosion of the atomic bombs over Japan at the end of World War II. The paper discusses these events in political, sociological and physical terms and then describes the actual bombing of both Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Lastly, the paper discusses the American public's thoughts about the bombing and briefly looks at today's world of nuclear warfare.

From the Paper
"In terms of peace, the United States forced Japan into more negotiations as we saw in the Potsdam Conference and brought about the end of the war. Had we not used the atomic bomb, the cost of the war, the numbers of deaths on both sides, and destruction could have been considerably worse if we tried to invade Japan. Therefore, this was the best possible solution once the U.S. warned Japan over and over again, through different means of communication what they would bring about if they did not end the war on our respectable terms. The atomic bomb was not essential to ending the war and keeping U.S. causalities to a minimum but was justifiable in terms of world peace. Many weapons of killing were brought into action during this time and few soldiers would deny that they would have to justify it. It was the mere fact that the U.S. physicists learned how to split the atom, and store the energy into a bomb. The Nazi's in Germany would use a bomb like this on us and more than likely so would the Japanese if they discovered these scientific advancements. We did not have a major motive to enter World War II until after Pearl Harbor. This heightened production in the economy, unity as a nation, mobilization and developments in science. Dropping the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were justifiable if they were strictly military targets. Japan declared war on the U.S. after the attack on Pearl Harbor which was not a formal declaration. If we were at war with Japan, we would have been prepared and ready for an attack, that however, was not their intent as they surprised our nation."

Tags:nuclear WWII Truman, mushroom cloud

Abstract
A research essay on terrorism at its most terrifying. In a concise but thorough fashion, this paper explores: the destruction brought about by the bomb, the terrorists behind the bombing and key factors leading up to it, the aftermath of the bombing and what the U.S. is doing to prevent such future disasters.

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Tags:ben, city, crime, disaster, essay, laden, new, osama, prevention, research, terrorist, us, worldwide, york

Abstract
This first half of this paper gives an in-depth background of the events that occurred leading up to the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Specific issues discussed include Japan?s preparation for the attack and whether the United States knew the attack was imminent. The second half of the paper analyzes Japan?s reasons for bombing Pearl Harbor. Several possible theories are discussed using common political science theories.

Tags:ii, japan, war, world, policy, second, world, war, military, operation

Abstract
This paper takes a look at the events that led up to the eventual fire bombing of the city of Dresden in 1945 and the impact that this had on the Germans, Romanians, Bulgarians and Japanese. It also reviews the British plan, Thunderclap. The paper further discusses how the bombing destroyed the baroque magnificence of central Dresden.

From the Paper
"On February 4, as the dust settled in Berlin, the Combined Chiefs met their Soviet counterparts at Yalta. General Antonov, the Red Army's chief of staff, suggested that the Western air forces paralyze enemy communication centers like Berlin and Leipzig; he neither mentioned Dresden nor excluded it. On February 5, when proposing a bomb line, east of which Western bombing would be forbidden, he left Dresden open to Western air attack. Contrary to later claims, the Soviets never specifically asked for an attack on Dresden. The implication of their request was probably for more strikes on marshalling yards in eastern Germany, rather than area attacks. Antonov was probably thinking of attacks like the one on Berlin the previous day. Later Soviet propaganda exploitation of the bombing of Dresden tempted some Westerners to try to shift some or all of the blame for it onto the Soviets, but the record does not support this. "Just as the first target markers began to fall over Dresden, a second group of 550 British heavy bombers was taking off from Britain" (Biddle 2005). The number of victims at Dresden was never accurately known. The city's population had been swollen by refugees, and those who dealt with the disaster had more to worry about than an accurate tally of corpses. Wild stories of over 200,000 dead circulated; even in 1963, David Irving's well known book The Destruction of Dresden claimed that as many as 135,000 people had been killed, which would make Dresden by far the most destructive air attack in history. The true number of the dead was probably 35,000--still horrible and almost as many as those killed at Hamburg. But Dresden left a uniquely bad taste in many people's mouths. Hamburg had been a major industrial city and had been attacked in the middle of the war. The heavy loss of life, then and there, had been relatively acceptable. But Dresden was bombed late in the war, and it was widely realized even at the time that it was not of much significance to the enemy war effort."

Tags:Walter, Weidauer, Nazi, fascists, communists, Third, Reich

Abstract
This paper discusses how the world is a different place following the World Trade Center bombing. The paper analyzes whether the changes that are taking place will be better for society as a whole or not.

Abstract
Discusses the U.S. federal response against the terrorists in the 1993 WTC bombing. Investigation of the crime, prosecution of the defendants, results of the trial. Relation to terrorist attack of 9/11. Details the various investigation activities of the FBI, and ATF. Charges against Muslim fundamentalists. Compares legal response of 1993 to 2001.

From the Paper
"On February 26, 1993, a bomb planted into the parking garage of the World Trade Center shattered the foundation of the towers, killing five people and injuring 1,042 others (Wallace, 1993, p. 42). The specter of terrorism was resurrected eight years later with the irreversible destruction of the twin towers on September 11 this year. Both terrorist attacks are the work of Islamic fundamentalists who were resentful of U.S. ascendancy and its role in the Middle East.

The purpose of this paper is to delve into the U.S. federal response against the terrorists in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. The investigation of the crime, the prosecution of the defendants and the results of the trial will be discussed. In addition, the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center will also be considered in the light of the September 11 attack."