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The paper discusses Otto Von Bismarck's role and impact upon the unification of the German states during the late nineteenth century. The writer of this paper examines the views of several authors and agrees with the opinion of Friedrich B.M. Hollyday that von Bismarck planted the seeds for Germany's destruction. The writer emphasizes how although Bismarck brought peace for a period of approximately forty years, he also set the stage for two of the worst wars in history, World War I and World War II.

From the Paper
"Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898), the Iron Chancellor of Germany has been a source of constant debate among historians. Bismarck: Father of Germany's creation or destruction? is the central question of the continual debate. Undoubtedly, Bismarck was instrumental in the Unification of the German States, but the question remains, did he create or destroy an Empire.
"Friedrich B.M. Hollyday, Assistant Professor of History at Duke University, feels that Bismarck unified a great people and preserved the general peace of Europe for a time, but in his pragmatic, short term approach to his creation, he inadvertently planted the seeds of destruction."

Tags:Iron, Chancellor, Franco-Prussian, war, socialism, alliances

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This paper examines how Genghis Khan was the greatest military conqueror of all time, in as much as he single-handedly conquered more land, by the mile, than any other leader before or after him. It looks at how his warlike ways were so brutal that they took on literally mythical proportions, seeding racial and social fear across Europe. It shows how, for his own soldiers and for the lands under his control, he was a beloved leader, religiously inspiring, and religiously tolerant, a dedicated soldier, and brilliant tactician, while to his enemies, he was genocidally murderous and a cruel and even inhumane warrior.

Outline
The Medieval Blitzkrieg
Destruction and Reconstruction
Terror Tactics
Conclusion

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"The calvary which Khan employed was relatively unique for the time, enabled by the traditionally nomadic horse-based lives previously led by the Mongol people. "All members of the Mongol army were mounted, and the cavalrymen led spare horses that carried sufficient supplies and equipment needed for protracted campaigns". (Fisher, 2003) In the Khan's army, heavy calvary consisted of those wearing silk and leather armor and armed with lances and swords -- this contrasted with the truly heavy calvary of contemporary Europe, which was weighed down by literally hundreds of pounds of heavy plate and chain mail armor. The light calvary was protected only by thick leather helmets, and armed with bows. His army was about evenly divided between these forces, and both moved with exceptional speed compared to the very heavy calvary and the ubiquitous infantry of their opponents."

Tags:genocide, army, calvary, europe, terror

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This paper discusses the Japanese prime minister, Koizumi's unique and radical reform plans, including his restructuring plans, the elimination of bad debt from the banking sector, a privatization of public enterprises , a repair of the country s social security and taxation systems, and large cuts to public spending.

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"Recently, Japan's political world has been in a wild turmoil, especially ever since the new prime minister, Junichiro Koizumi was appointed a prime minister on April 26th of 2001 from Japan's Liberal Democratic Party. Koizumi is the most popular prime minister ever in Japan's history. According to McMillan on CNN, Koizumi had won as high as 85% approval rating from the Japanese people as of June 2001, compared to the single digit figures of the previous Prime Minister, Yoshiro Mori. Koizumi, a popular and a strong leader, is a first in Japanese government. His radical political and economical revelations give a glimpse of hope in a diminishing Japanese economy. Is Koizumi the reformer Japan needed? Or will he bring destruction to the traditional Liberal Democratic Party, and also his radical reform plans put the country and as well as the global economy in further economic hardship?"

Tags:asia, budget, conflict, democratic, economic, financial, global, inflation, international, korea, political, reform, Japanese, prime, minister, koizumi, japan

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This study will seek to uderstand how Beauvoir portrays existentialism thruogh her book A Woman Destroyed. By these means, we can see how the idea feminine self and other can be revealed in the text.

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This paper examines Shakespeare's use of the theme of time-as-destroyer, in three of the sonnets: No's 64, 65, and 73. Shakespeare's poetic techniques are analyzed in detail. Some of these include meter, alliteration, antithesis, syllogism, personification, ploce, and chiasmus. In order to demonstrate these different techniques, the author makes extensive comparisons between the three sonnets.

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"The poem is an apostrophe, addressed to the absent (or at least voiceless) lover. It says these things you may see in me: that I am aging, that I am like a setting sun, that I must soon die. But because you see this impermanence, this fading or deterioration, you only love me more. Now, impermanence has become a positive thing, fueling the love his beloved has for him.
"The imagery in this sonnet is gentler than that of the two others. There, we had raging, engulfing oceans, and battering days, and rocks and brass and hard, indomitable things. Now, the imagery is of yellowing leaves, and boughs that once had sweet singing birds on them. The giving over to inevitable death is not one raged against, but is a sweet thing like the setting of a sun. His late stage of life is being compared with fading light, and with night which is "death's second self that seals up all in rest." We are being eased into death here, being made to think of it as slumber."

Tags:alliteration, beauty, chiasmus, courtly, elizabethan, literature, love, personification, ploce, poetry, shakespeare, sonnets, theme, time, life, imagery, repetition, couplet, technique, contrast

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Daniel Quinn's take on nature and how it fits into common beliefs and misconceptions. The essay is also about how mankind is destroying the world and what we need to do to adjust our thinking.

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"A story where a man comes into contact with a psychic gorilla who tries to convince a man that societies ways are hurting the earth might seem superfluous to some. Once one realizes that the psychic gorilla is a literary device and not arbitrarily thrown in for no reason, it becomes clear that this is not a call for saving the trees or the dolphins, nor any other environmental group. Daniel Quinn, the author of Ishmael, wants the reader to completely change his way of thinking. Quinn seems to want his readers to realize what their actions and thoughtlessness are doing to the earth."

Tags:air, design, economics, environmental, issues, management, policy, pollution, problems, protection, recycling, science, studies, urban, wildless

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Cutting the rain forest threatens biodiversity. Cutting the rain forest destroys a valuable carbon sink to protect against greenhouse gases. Cutting down the rain forest threatens the indigenous people in the rain forest. Finally, attempts to repair the damage have failed.

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"Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest has been a very popular work since it was first published, and many also know the story through the long-running theatrical version or the highly successful movie. A feminist critique of the novel would focus on the way the male characters relate to the few female characters. Some critics noted the poor image of women in the novel when it was first published, and this was long before the strains of feminist criticism developed or even what we today call feminism. A contemporary examination of the novel would show much about the novel's attitude toward women and about how Kesey expresses his own prejudices toward women in this book.
Julian Moynihan in The New York Review of Books wrote about the novel in 1964 and called it "a very beautiful and inventive book violated by a fifth-rate idea which made Woman, in alliance (...)"

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The author focuses on caves using several caves including the Oregon National Caves, Carlsbad, the caves of France and the Kartchner Caverns in Arizona as examples. The negative impacts are discussed at length as well as some of the positive sides to using the natural settings as tourist attractions. The author also touches on the area of preservation and allows a discussion about what is being done to prevent erosion.

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This essay will examine the ecological degradation and social injustice created by the oil corporations and the people who subsequently invaded the Huaorani's land and show that this is ultimately a representation of the negative impact of globalization and its effect on many places in the world.