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"Backfire" - A Book Report, 2006.
A book report on "Backfire: A History of How American Culture Led Us into Vietnam and Made Us Fight the Way We Did", by Loren Baritz.
1,490 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 49.95
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The writer states that there have been many books written about America's role in the Vietnam War, however, most of these books have a general focus on the war from either a political or military perspective. In contrast, "Backfire" examines the visceral dimensions of the war. The writer explains that Baritz relentlessly pursues the truth, no matter how painful or disturbing it may be. The writer shows how Baritz divides the book into three parts, somewhat like the acts of a theatrical production. In conclusion, the paper states that "Backfire" challenges readers with soul-searching issues and lessons to ponder with regard to the war and its aftermath.
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"Baritz cleverly divides this book into three parts, not unlike the parts of a theatrical production. In doing so, perhaps Baritz is attempting to portray the war as a "stage" of sorts on which several "acts" are presented as integral pieces of a whole, to help readers to understand the complex tapestry that was intricately woven into the fabric of the Vietnam War.
"In Part I, Tinder, he takes readers on a surreal exploration of the deepest depths of Americana and tells us in no uncertain terms, that we never understood the Vietnamese - and why we never understood them, and how this was one of the essential elements of the war that ultimately contributed to fatal miscalculations and misconceptions that profoundly affected the Americans and the Vietnamese. (Backfire, p. 3)"
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Franchising, 2002.
An overview of the concepts and benefits of franchising.
2,276 words (approx. 9.1 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 70.95
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This paper examines how franchising is an excellent business concept, which promises successful business expansion for the franchiser and a good opportunity for the franchisee to enter a profitable business venture. It looks at how the most admirable aspect of franchising is the mutually beneficial nature of the arrangement, as the franchiser promotes his business without incurring additional capital investment, while the franchisee has the opportunity of utilizing the brand image and business reputation of the franchiser as a launch pad for successful business. It discusses the beneficial aspects, as well as the inherent disadvantages, in that a negligent attitude in designing business concept or selecting and training franchisees may engender the loss of mutual trust and backfire.
Outline
Introduction
Franchising
The Need for Franchising
Advantages of Franchising
Disadvantages of Franchising
Benefits for the Franchisee
Financial Benefits
Becoming a Franchiser
Legal Aspects of Franchising
Conclusion
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"Over the period of years firms have continuously tried to expand their business without incurring a big risk on their part. Franchising has evolved as a good and natural business arrangement, which enables the rapid expansion of business without the need for any additional investment, and with the minimum of risks. In other words franchising allowed businesses the freedom to grow at the cost of the franchisee. Each franchised store is opened at the cost of the franchisee and the franchiser does not have to shell out any capital investment for establishing the network. Unlike the starting of a new branch which involves huge capital investment and managerial overhead establishing a franchise provides an excellent alternative wherein the franchisee takes care of the local operations under the franchiser?s framework."
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The Role of Leaders in Foreign Policy Decision Making, 2004.
A discussion of the importance of leadership characteristics in the political arena.
912 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 32.95
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This paper discusses how the role of a leader in foreign policy decision making is often complicated by the need to balance both the leader's political base at home with the nation?s best strategic interests and the best interests of allies in the geopolitical power structure abroad. This paper provides examples to demonstrate the fine line a leader must walk while making foreign policy decisions and how foreign policy decisions may backfire on the leader and, indeed, on the nation, later on.
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"The first U.S. president to initiate an intervention into Iranian affairs was Dwight Eisenhower, in 1953, Ike?s first year in office. His Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and his national security advisors counseled Eisenhower that a covert foreign policy aimed at Iran was in America?s best national interests. The CIA, according to well-known, oft-published documents, indeed planned and pulled off a bold coup in Iran (EIU.com, 2003), the first successful overthrow of a foreign government by the U.S. The operation was code-named TP-AJAX (Iranchamber.com, 2003), and it was implemented in order to depose Iran?s nationalist leader, Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddeq, who had nationalized the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company ? much to the chagrin of the U.S. and British governments, both of which were intent on keeping a hand on the rich oil supply gushing from Iranian wells. And as a replacement for Mosaddeq, the CIA?s mission was to install ?The Shah of Iran? (Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi)."
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United States Intervention Policy, 2002.
This paper argues that the United States?s regular intervention into the domestic affairs of other countries has been the biggest cause of exponential growth in terrorist activities around the world.
1,385 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 46.95
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This paper states that America?s foreign policy, requiring military intervention by the United States every time something goes wrong in any corner of the world, has not resolved the conflict and has given rise to immense resentment against United States interests. The author believes that the Middle East conflict is the most perfect example of American intervention going haywire; the case of Lebanon is used as an example. The paper contends that even the United States cannot afford to intervene in every conflict, since its military and economic resources are limited, and America?s intervention in internal insurgencies is likely to backfire.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Case against USA Intervention
Counter-argument
Conclusion
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"We must bear in mind that current rise in organized terrorism has its roots in all such US interventionist attacks in Middle Eastern region. Deep-rooted resentment against America?s double standards and its selfish interventionism has given birth to a chain of terrorist organizations that have now become a major threat to peace and security of Americans everywhere in the world."
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External Intervention on Poverty, 2007.
This paper examines the effects of external interventions by first-world nations on poverty in poor countries.
750 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 26.95
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This paper addresses the issue of how adept external interventions from first-world nations such as the United States can be in promoting economic prosperity and development and improvement of standards of living in identified poor countries, ascertained primarily as belonging to the Asian, African, and Latin American nations. The research provided analyzes how U.S. economic policies and intervention on poverty in societies of these regions are inappropriate, since poverty as a concept is highly-dependent on the culture of these societies. The writer discusses that U.S. intervention on poverty in Latin American and Asian countries initially resulted in economic prosperity, but backfired in the long-run because economic policies were simply inappropriate to the culture of countries wherein these policies were applied, resulting in their eventual economic downfall.
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"In Perlman's analysis of one of the external interventions applied in Latin America by the US, inappropriateness in assessing LatAm nations' poverty rate and standards of living vis-a-vis the American standards was the focus of discussion. In it, the author stressed that poverty should not be assessed based on American standards on poverty because LatAm nations have different perceptions and conceptions when it comes to determining the level of poverty of specific societies in specific kinds of cultures. One of the examples discussed is the different conception of poverty in Brazil, wherein social inequality perceptions are inconsistent across various economic classes. While there is a general belief that the gap between the rich and the poor have increased over the years, assessment of how poor the individual is are not accurately determined."
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The Transformation of Germany, 2008.
An examination of the history of Germany from World War I until today.
3,395 words (approx. 13.6 pages), 12 sources, APA, $ 96.95
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This paper examines Germany's economic and political development throughout the world wars and up until the twenty first century. The paper explains that what was formerly West Germany, now part of the re-unified Germany, achieved a major period of development after World War II to become the economic powerhouse in Europe. The paper looks at how after the first World War, the victorious Allies sought both to punish Germany and to assure that Germany would not be able to attack her neighbors again. The effort failed and, in fact, backfired giving Germany more reason to try to reassert her power. The paper points out that after World War II, the victors handled the situation differently, dividing Germany in two and imposing various means of monitoring the situation. The paper then discusses how Germany remained divided until the fall of the Soviet Union, after which East and West Germany re-united. In conclusion, the paper shows that the nation clearly made a major shift after World War II and continues to benefit from that shift to this day.
Outline:
The Unified German State
Germany After World War II
West Germany
Germany and Europe
Germany Recovery
Reunification
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"At the end of World War I, curtailing German power and punishing her for her transgressions was coupled with direct efforts to eliminate the German problem. The war had taken its toll on Germany, which is why the other European powers were able to force her to sue for peace. World War I was seen as the triumph of Western liberalism represented by the British, American, and French traditions, over the German Bismarckian tradition. The changing of the borders of Germany and the accompanying creation of new national states that also adopted the liberal traditions showed which tradition had won."
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Stuttering, 2007.
An analysis of the negative stereotypes of stuttering and the sociolinguistic effect of stuttering on individuals.
2,124 words (approx. 8.5 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 66.95
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This paper highlights the important topic of stuttering and its effects on individual stutterers, from a sociolinguistic point of view. It looks at the negative stereotypes and prejudices that are associated with people who stutter and those that attempt to conceal their stuttering. The paper analyzes whether attempting to conceal stuttering is in fact effective or if it adds to the negative stereotypes that surround stutterers.
Table of Contents:
Ignorance and Generalization
Backfiring of Concealment Strategies
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"In sum, the attempts to disguise or avoid stuttering may contribute to an even worse overall perception of the stutterer. Listeners are not easily fooled by concealment strategies, and they tend to react more favourable to speech "blocks, repetitions and prolongations" than to attempts of disguise (Parry)."
"Even if the stutterer does get away with his attempt, the outcome might be far from desirable. He may confirm the popular stereotype that sutterers are "shy, nervous, anxious, tense, fearful, introverted, quiet or reticent (Acton and Hird 505; Heite)," or maybe even worse, create himself a social identity that is associated with terms like arrogance and disinterest."
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Amazon.com, 2004.
An extensive analysis of the corporate strategy for the popular online book store, Amazon.com.
5,584 words (approx. 22.3 pages), 21 sources, MLA, $ 135.95
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This paper examines the website of the online book store, Amazon.com by focusing on crucial strategic decisions that enabled it to obtain an early leadership position over other online retailers of books and other goods. The paper discusses how strategy is defined within the organizational structure and how strategy has worked for Amazon.com or backfired. The paper also defines the concept of competition and competitive advantage. The paper identifies areas where Amazon.com clearly has the upper hand on competitive advantage. The paper compares and contrasts these areas with that of the organization's direct competition of the following companies: E-Bay, Barnes and Noble and Wal-Mart.
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Introduction
E-commerce and Role of Strategy
Amazon.com
Competitive Advantage
Models for Building Strategy
Value Chain
Supply Chain Management
The Competition
E-Bay
Barnes and Noble
Wal-Mart
Recommendations
Conclusion
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"According to a recent survey, only "10 percent of U.S. households shop at or browse Amazon's website at least once a month and 9 percent visit Ebay. By comparison, 64 percent say they shopped at a Wal-Mart store" (Ostrom 2002). Clearly even though e-commerce has taken off like wildfire, the brick and mortar store concept still remains strong. Ruben Hernandez-Murillo writes, even though "firms are increasingly finding new ways for the Internet in retail services, little is known about the extent to which the Internet is facilitating various transactions" (Hernandez-Murillo 2005). Still it can be argued even though Internet retailing represents only a very small fraction of online economic activity that in fact these transactions have been transforming the way many business function. While many full blooded dot.com have failed and few have prospered due to continued introduction of new ways of packaging the Internet store and diversification of product. Victoria Reynolds discusses how strategy works within the e-commerce environment. "
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Colonial Powers and How They Break the Spirit, 2004.
A look at the issue of colonial powers in "Discourse on Colonialism" by Aime Cesaire and "Lost Names: Scenes from a Korean Boyhood" by Richard Kim.
789 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 28.95
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This paper discusses how the writings describe different methods used by foreign or colonial powers to break the spirit of colonized peoples. It examines what these methods are and also looks at their effects. It tells how colonizers have often attempted to control and subjugate their colonies, but in the end, their dominance usually backfires, and the subjugated rise up to fight for their freedom and their own culture.
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"Colonialism is an antiquated idea that has nearly disappeared, but not so long ago it was still an accepted and even celebrated way for strong countries to vanquish the weak. Author Aime Cesaire called the practice "a receptacle into which there flow all the dirty waters of history" (Cesaire 45), and his description is quite apt, considering the sufferings most colonized subjects discuss after they have gained their freedom, and their sufferings were certainly not centered only on violence. The colonization of unwilling subjects, such as Japan's colonization of Korea certainly entails violence, but there are much more subtle ways to bend the colonials to the whims of the aggressors, as Kim's book poignantly illustrates. For example, the Japanese begin indoctrinating the young Koreans early by hanging the Japanese flag and propaganda slogans in their elementary school classrooms (Kim 31). Later, the Japanese break the spirit of the Koreans by taking what is theirs, and leaving them with little."
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The Third Battle of the Aisne, 2001.
This paper is a description of the third battle of the Aisne River, a German victory in World War I.
3,035 words (approx. 12.1 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 89.95
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This paper is an examination of the third battle of the Aisne. It details this excellent demonstration of the strengths of the German army during World War I as well as demonstrates why these particular strengths were not sufficient to win the war. It describes this German offensive that began on May 27, 1918. The author believes that the German success in this battle came about as the result of the finely honed German infantry tactics combined with a furiously concentrated artillery bombardment, operating under a sky dominated by the 'Jagdgeschwader' of the VII German army. But he feels that in the end, this battle did not help the Germans win the war in any way, in fact, it actually backfired at them.
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"The Third Battle of the Aisne is most certainly not one of the best known battles of World War I. Perhaps this is merely because of that oldest of all war adages, which is that the victors get to write the histories, and that in the aftermath of the war late German victories were brushed aside. Perhaps it is not that often cited simply because, while every battle in a war is important, this one was not a turning point. And yet the battle does deserve to be examined as an excellent demonstration of the strengths of the German army during the Great War ? as well as a demonstration of why, in the end, these particular strengths would not be sufficient to win the war."
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"Bamboozled", 2005.
An analysis of the theme of the emasculation of the black male in Spike Lee's "Bamboozled".
1,834 words (approx. 7.3 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 58.95
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This paper examines how Director Spike Lee's 2000 film, "Bamboozled", is a powerful, hard-hitting satire within a satire of both the historical and modern stereotypical portrayal of black Americans in mass media. It looks at how, in the film, a black, Harvard-educated television writer, Pierre Delacroix develops an idea for the rebirth of a traditional minstrel show, expecting that the outcry from this racist throwback will cause him to be fired, thus negating and freeing him from his contract. It discusses how the ironic and fateful twist in the plan is that it backfires and how the show goes into production and the public loves it. Rather than recognizing the show as satire, all the negative, demeaning stereotypes are embraced and mimicked by the masses. A chaotic series of events ensues, culminating in the tragic deaths of several of the characters.
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"As introduced earlier, the main character in Bamboozled, Delacroix, devises a plot to turn a pair of performers into the leads in a minstrel show for the new millennium. Delacroix can best be described using the term 'New Negro' as explained by Alain Locke. He asserts that, "the Negro of today be seen through other that the dusty spectacles of past controversy. The day of 'aunties' and 'uncles' and 'mammies is equally gone." Delacroix is a well-educated, successful, wealthy black man who supposedly demonstrated that past racial suppression is gone. Spike Lee in Bamboozled however, turns this belief around. Delacroix is still under the thumb of his white superior and manages to fall victim to his own plan. From the outset, the Jim Crow symbolism is glaringly evident, even before Delacroix begins to create the new minstrel show. "
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