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Music in "War and Peace", 2005.
An analysis of the role of music in Leo Tolstoy's "War and Peace".
4,257 words (approx. 17.0 pages), 0 sources, $ 113.95
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This paper considers the role that music plays for the characters of Tolstoy's "War and Peace". The paper examines the relationship between music and the major moments of epiphany experienced by the characters throughout the book. The paper considers and analyzes several passages from the book, and it particularly considers the major character of Natasha Rostov and her relationship with music throughout the novel.
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"Music plays a significant role for many of the characters in War and Peace. After all, the musical passages in the novel trigger many moments of epiphany for some of the main characters, particularly in the Rostov family. In fact, the contemplation of music along with that of nature (which includes the contemplation of one's own mortality as a subheading under the larger category of nature) account for nearly all the major epiphanies the characters of the novel experience. The profundity that occurs in the presence of music for the characters also relate to many of the major themes of the novel- such as the consideration of the nature of reality or perception, the nature of the individual within society, and the disparity between performance and naturalness as well as intimacy and artificiality."
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War and Peace in Christianity and Buddhism, 2001.
A look at the attitudes towards war and peace in Christianity and Buddhism.
600 words (approx. 2.4 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 21.95
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This paper examines the positions taken by the Buddhist and Christian churches on the issues of war and peace. It provides an historical look at these religions and how these attitudes have evolved over time.
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"Even those of us who are not Christians are probably aware of Christ?s pronouncement that we should turn the other cheek to receive a second blow from an enemy rather than to strike out in anger or aggression ourselves, and as a result we are probably inclined to think about Christianity ? along with a number of the world?s other major religions ? as being against war. In fact, however, the position of established religions on the issues of war and peace is not as simple or straightforward as we might think it would be ? or like it to be. "
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"War and Peace" by Leo Tolstoy, 2002.
This is a summary and an opinion of the book "War and Peace".
2,710 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 0 sources, $ 81.95
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A very thorough book review of "War and Peace" by Leo Tolstoy.The paper is divided into 2 sections. The first section provides a summary of the book and the second provides the writer's opinion. The writer feels that the book provided such a feeling of satisfaction upon completion that it is recommended to all.
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"The story of French, Russian, and Austrian History all condensed, starting in 1805, is what this novel is about. It starts out at a soir?e hosted by a woman named Anna Pavlona, who is the confidante to the empress, Marya Fyodorovna. She enjoys throwing parties for Russia?s ?top dogs?. Factually, Russia?s most influential people are attending this soir?e, and this is essentially where all the main characters are introduced. Lastly, there is Nikolai Ilych Rostov, who gets married and eventually becomes a farmer. Also in attendance is Natasha, a woman of extreme beauty and intelligence. Princess Marya is also contributing to the soir?e. And a man named Pierre, who goes many different ways before he reaches what he has been looking for."
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?War and Peace in the Nuclear Age?, 2004.
This paper is a book review of John Newhouse?s ?War and Peace in the Nuclear Age?, a military history of the United States, which begins after the concluding months of World War II.
1,675 words (approx. 6.7 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 54.95
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This paper explains that the book?s central thesis is that the nuclear age was a fundamentally distinct era in human history, rather than following from a coherent, linear series of military, cultural, or historical events. The author points out that Newhouse?s greatest offering to today's readers is his ability to provide a snapshot, however biased and imperfect, of the world from whence we come; the diplomatic and military relations between the superpowers in the world of twenty years ago. The paper relates that Newhouse suggests that an individual such as Hitler dominated Europe with sheer military fear; comparatively, in the nuclear age, technology is king.
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Brief Outline of the Contents of the Book
Summary of the Author's Thesis
Reaction to the Book
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"Newhouse?s book seems most outdated because of the increasingly multi-polar diplomatic aspects of today?s world. The former nation of Yugoslavia alone is an illustration of the tragic aspects of a newly multi-polar, nationalist world. Our own nation?s current struggles with the elusive networks of terrorism that continue to plague the safety of Americans at home and abroad also are vexing to Newhouse?s analysis. Even in the absence of a bipolar, nuclear era, the threats against Americans have grown."
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Islamic and Christian Approaches to War and Peace, 2002.
An examination of the Koran, the Old Testament and several academic sources to help explain the views of war and peace in Islam and Christianity.
2,889 words (approx. 11.6 pages), 16 sources, MLA, $ 85.95
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This paper looks at the worlds two largest religions - Christianity and Islam and tries to understand why they are often battling each other over moral and religious issues. The writer examines what makes these religions battle and whether they are "commanded" to according to their religion. It examines the Koran, the Bible and other religious texts in order to define the terms "jihad" and the term "war" in the bible.
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"Islam, with approximately 1,200,000,000 followers, is the second largest religion in the world. Christianity, with almost 2,000,000,000 followers, is still holding as the largest. With these two religions competing for the top spot, and even sharing some of the same origins, it is no wonder the followers fight with one another. The question I asked myself, however, was not whether these people fight, because I know they do, but if their religion demands them to fight. In this paper, I attempt to study the religious texts, the views of war within both religions, and how the people express the teachings of their religions."
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Gore Vidal?s ?Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace?, 2004.
Summary and review of the main points in Gore Vidal's book, "Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace".
830 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 29.95
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This paper expounds on the theme expressed in Gore Vidal's book on American foreign policy, which suggests that the attacks of September 11 and the bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City are not actions of simple ?evil- doers?, but follow a more complex and more difficult-to-grasp pattern, which cannot simply be catalogued as 'evil doings'.
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"Anti- Americanism, non- patriotism, pertinent observations, anti- Bushism, opinions? Strangely enough, depending on the point of view we choose to adopt and the perspective wherefrom we wish to judge his collection of essays, all of the above seem appropriate descriptions for Gore Vidal?s book, ?Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace?."
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Vietnam War Peace Negotiations, 2002.
Insight into the peace negotiations at the end of the Vietnam War.
5,778 words (approx. 23.1 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 138.95
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This paper examines how, after more than a quarter-century after the end of American military involvement in Vietnam, the Vietnam War remains a great unsettled question in American public life. It focuses in particular on the peace negotiations that eventually bought the war to an end when agreement was finally reached, in 1973, in the form of the Paris Peace Accords. It analyzes how the United States in effect accepted formal victory with the likelihood of deferred defeat, while North Vietnam accepted formal defeat with the likelihood of deferred victory.
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Looking For a Way Out
The Options
Early Negotiation Efforts
From Johnson to Nixon
Endgame
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"Thus, in the case of Vietnam, when the United States signed the Paris Peace Accords in 1973, it did so in the face of two alternative options that resembled each other only in being undesirable. One option was continuing direct American military involvement for the foreseeable future; the other was withdrawal of American forces without negotiations. The first entailed an indefinite continuation of American combat casualties and consequent (and probably growing) domestic unrest and political dissension. The second implied the probable near-immediate collapse of South Vietnam (as well as possible abandonment of American prisoners of war), with its own set of international and domestic consequences."
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Canadian Women in War and Peace, 2002.
A look at the change in the traditional roles of Canadian women during World War II.
1,650 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 7 sources, $ 62.95
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This paper examines the roles of Canadian women on the home front and overseas during World War II, and analyzes why Canadian women returned to their traditional gender roles after the war was won. The author notes that because millions of Canadian women had not served, they and millions of Canadian men whose ideas of gender roles had never changed, exerted significant pressure to conform on former servicewomen, due to society's rigid expectations that the proper place for Canadian women was in the home.
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"War & Peace In The Nuclear Age" ( John Newhouse ), 1999.
Reviews 1988 work on major developments & crises in world politics during Cold War & threat of nuclear conflict.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 1 source, $ 47.95
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"In his book War and Peace in the Nuclear Age, John Newhouse addresses issues raised during the nuclear age extending from the conclusion of World War II, when America inaugurated the nuclear age by dropping the atomic bomb on Japan, through the Cold War with its indirect conflicts between the nuclear superpowers, to the present age when fear of nuclear attack has shifted to a fear of rogue states and terrorists. Much of Newhouse's book seem to center too much on ideas of questionable importance while failing to get at the real shifts in thinking that have taken place in the world as a result of the development of nuclear capability. Newhouse concentrates almost entirely on the fear generated by the idea that nuclear war was possible, and this causes him to blame nearly every conflict on nuclear tensions and to assess every conflict in terms of whether or not it might lead to.."
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Book Review: Toffler, Alvin and Heidi "War and Anti-War", 2000.
An analysis of the Toffler's view of how the differing states of war and peace contribute to the development of society.
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"Interaction among states takes place in both wartime and peacetime. Peacetime interaction, diplomacy, can be either positive or negative; that is, aggressive or conciliatory. Invariably, states seek their own benefit in diplomacy, and the pursuit of such benefit causes states to be either accommodating of other parties in order to reach agreement, or to be greatly demanding, which can often lead to armed conflict. Wartime interstate interaction is necessarily negative because war necessarily involves pursuit of destruction, a negative sum game. Although war is a negative sum game, the methods of war can be used to measure the level of development of a society because war frequently requires a state to put its full resources behind the war effort. The changes in war methods, therefore, reflect the changes in society. Alvin and Heidi Toffler assert that wealth creation and destruction methods, just as war and peace, are linked; that is, changes in business are reflected in changes in warfare and that change in warfare necessitates change in ?peacefare,? the creation and maintenance of peace. The Tofflers analyze the revolutionary changes in the business world, the reflection of these changes in war, and the pending changes in peacefare."
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The Outstretched Hand of Peace, the Outstretched Hand of War, 2002.
A discussion of cooperation, capitulation and rebellion in Native American relations with the American Federal Government.
1,249 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 42.95
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This paper examines how the modern history of the Native American nation and the history of the federal government of the United States has proceeded through several distinct phases over the course of the latter 20th century. It analyzes how this sweep of Native American history in the United States can primarily be characterized by periods of acclimation, peaceful acknowledgement and even acceptance of some of the benefits of white culture, followed rebellion and anger at broken promises. It evaluates how Native Americans have sought peace or a form of mutual stasis with whites, but encroachment into Native territories has resulted in resistance and war. It looks at how today, objectives of independence have been achieved, but the effects of oppression in the form of personal desperation and addiction remain.
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"For instance, during World War II, many Native Americans were extremely helpful to the United States government in the war effort. One of the most notable manifestations of this was the Navajo use of their native language as a code for the military, which the Japanese army never managed to break. hus Native Americans participated in the war effort in a vital and active fashion, despite their separation from mainstream American culture. Yet after the war, the Native American contribution to the survival of the United States was not recognized. In a way somewhat parallel to African Americans, military and political personnel recognized the Native American contribution to the war effort in the form of medals and verbal acknowledgement."
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Negative Impact of Popular Music and Music Videos, 2003.
Investigates the negative impact of popular music and music videos on youth in the United States today.
3,623 words (approx. 14.5 pages), 10 sources, APA, $ 100.95
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The music industry spends enormous amounts of money to create music videos that will make a profit, and the one ingredient they have consistently found that helps sell their products is violence; this violence is usually directed toward women. The AAP notes that there is a paucity of research concerning the impact of such gratuitous violence on children and adolescents. To this end, this paper demonstrates this relationship through a critical review of the literature, followed by a summary of the research and recommendations in the conclusion.
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"The definitions concerning what constitutes entertainment and what is protected by the 1st Amendment do not necessarily address the underlying problems of violence in the media and sometimes only serve to merely contribute to the statistical haze that surrounds an already complex situation. The recent appearance of national leaders on MTV attests to the importance and power of music videos in shaping the nation?s conscience. Further, while many non-black observers feel that rap music is just ?so much noise generated by angry black youths,? rap music or simply ?rap,? is in actuality a reflection of the current affairs within the communities in which it is performed. Rap is a ?genre of rhythm-and-blues music that consists of rhythmic vocals declaimed over musical accompaniment. The accompaniment generally consists of electronic drum beats combined with samples (digitally isolated sound bites) from other musical recordings? (Bowman, 2003). From this perspective, rap is an extension of the Black Power movement of the 1960s, and has embodied the essence of the young black culture. The first rap recording was made in 1979 and the genre rose to prominence in the United States in the mid-1980s. Although the term rap is often used interchangeably with hip-hop, the latter term encompasses the subculture that rap music is simply one part of. The term hip-hop derives from one of the earliest phrases used in rap, and can be found on the seminal recording ?Rapper?s Delight? (1979) by Sugarhill Gang. In addition to rap music, the hip-hop subculture also comprises other forms of expression, including dance methodologies, art, vocabulary (in the form of slang) and fashion affectations. Despite these contributions to the popular culture, many observers suggest a connection between the music and personification of violence evinced in music videos and rap as a factor contributing to the incidence of violence by young people in the United State today."
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Obnoxious Negative Peace or Substantive and Positive Peace, 2005.
A look at two different perspectives of peace as understood and expressed by Martin Luther King.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 3 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper discusses obnoxious negative peace and substantive positive peace. These terms are found in a letter by Martin Luther King, Jr. expressing his opinion on direct action. Martin Luther King believed it was important to fight for substantive and positive peace for African Americans and it is important for Americans to continue to fight the battle for substantive and positive peace not only in America but throughout the world.
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"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere" (King 1963). What does this quotation mean? What is the difference obnoxious negative peace and substantive and positive peace? Why are these important today? These were important terms for Martin Luther King and they are important terms today. Martin Luther King believed that whatever affects one person actually affects every one else (King 1963). Many people living during the lifetime of Martin Luther King was willing to close their eyes to the violence and terrorism happening to African Americans. They believed that African Americans were wrong in taking a stand toward wanting their independence. Martin Luther King believed it was important to fight for substantive and positive peace for African Americans and it is important for Americans to continue to fight the battle for substantive and positive peace not only in America but throughout the world."
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Kant's "Perpetual Peace", 2004.
This paper discusses Kant's "Perpetual Peace" and war.
1,135 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 39.95
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This paper explains that Kant states that a republican constitution, which by definition must be representative of a republic and the people existing within, must ultimately be concerned with the concept of perpetual peace; and, when a republican constitution is utilized, it must follow that, in order for war to be declared, the citizens of a nation must consent to this war. The author points out that Kant also argues in this passage however that the ?ultimate evil? of war is that it may not allow for peace at any point, because further war is spurned as a result of the debt that is often incurred from the act of war itself. The author believes that Kant?s argument should have been that the adoption of a republican constitution facilitates more motivation and tendency within a country toward perpetual peace and makes it more difficult to engage in war on a continuous basis without direct approval of the citizenry.
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"The non-republican constitution thus thwarts all efforts toward perpetual peace. Perhaps here Kant is observing the frequency of war that is declared in nations and countries ruled by someone considered the nations ?owner?. True, in the sense that some countries are seen in a state of perpetual war rather than in a state of peace. However, even within countries that abide by a republican constitution, perpetual peace is hardly realized. The argument that such a constitution provides for peace is faulty. Even if the citizens of such a nation object to war, there is possibility in some situations that they will find themselves in the throes of war regardless."
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Peace Without Conquest, 2002.
An analysis of Lyndon Johnson's famous speech, "Peace Without Conquest", about America's involvement in Vietnam, in 1965.
1,748 words (approx. 7.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 56.95
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?Peace Without Conquest? was one of the most significant speeches of the 20th Century. It evoked the passions of Americans all over the country and cemented the nation?s commitment to the War in Vietnam. ?Peace Without Conquest? is Lyndon Johnson?s explanation of the American involvement in the war as a means to bring harmony to the region while avoiding occupation. This paper presents a reaction to the reasons why America engaged in battle in Vietnam. It specifically explores the legitimacy of Johnson?s assertions. The writer also explores whether Johnson?s assertions were sufficient to justify America's continued involvement. In addition, it considers what reasoning he failed to discuss that would have argued against America's involvement.
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"In this statement, Johnson asserts that the ability to exist in a world where nations have the right to dictate their own lives is dependent upon America?s willingness to fight for this right. Johnson asserts that the only way to preserve freedom is to use force. This assertion seems accurate?there is a price to be paid for freedom. In addition, the argument that American freedom is only truly secure when other countries are also allowed to be free is also legitimate. History has proven that humanity is a continuum and that ?injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere?. In this section of Johnson?s speech it is clear that the war in Vietnam is viewed as a necessary agent. Johnson asserts that in some cases force must precede reason it is obvious that he believes that the war in Vietnam is one of those cases. The point that he makes in this section of the speech is legitimate and justifies our involvement in the war."
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