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A neutral state, the United States entered the war on the Allied side in December 1941. The American government first became aware of the Holocaust in German-occupied Europe in 1942 and 1943. Following a report on the failure to assist the Jewish people by the Department of State, the War Refugee Board was created in 1944 to assist refugees ...
The enemy, meanwhile, fought to kill, mostly with the wars’ most feared and deadly weapon, the improvised explosive device. American troops trying to help Iraqis and Afghans were being killed and maimed, usually with nowhere to return fire. When the enemy did appear, it it was hard to sort out combatant from civilian, or child.
The War Within: America's Battle over Vietnam is a non-fiction book by Tom Wells that was published by University of California Press on April 13, 1994. This book discusses the influence of the anti-war movement had over American policy decisions affecting the Vietnam War, proposing that the movement had a significant impact on restricting, minimizing, or ending the war."
Various unproven conspiracy theories allege that U.S. government officials had advance knowledge of Japan's December 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor.Ever since the Japanese attack, there has been debate as to why and how the United States was caught off guard, and how much and when American officials knew of Japanese plans for an attack.
Grossman's first book, On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society, is an analysis of the psychological processes involved with killing another human being. In it, he claims that most people have a phobia -level response to violence, and that soldiers have to be specifically trained to kill.
“It’s foolhardy to think as an individual you’re going to go against the system. You have to do things as a group.” Lesson 4: Don’t judge a movement’s success by who’s in office
America, we survived the Assassinations of Lincoln & Kennedy. We'll surely get over a bullet to Barrack Obama's head," and "The next American with a Clear Shot should drop Obama like a bad habit. 4get Blacks or his claims to b[e] Black. Turn on Barack Obama."
I am also the great-great-great granddaughter of a freed slave from Virginia whose name I will probably never know. Walking through the door of my grandmother’s home in North Carolina, it was ...