History Essays

Introduction In January 1941, while addressing the Congress, President Roosevelt foresighted a future founded on what he termed as “essential human freedoms” – freedom of from…

Dulce et decorum est was written by Wilfred  Owen and published in 1920 and gives a whole perception and first hand experiences of the army in…

Introduction European promoters of colonization claimed that America had many resources. This notion became interwoven among the colonies, and they did not want to be left…

America is among the most influential nations in the world that have shown an ability to adapt and overcome challenges. During the period between after the…

America as a superpower proved itself to be great by being resilient in times of great crisis.  Coming out from Great Depression to face a war,…

Charlottesville, a quaint little town in the state of Virginia, caught itself in a middle of a socio-political strife, which began on the night of August…

Introduction and Definition Containment was the policy in which the United States used numerous strategies in a bid to prevent or limit the spread of communism…

The space race was one of the competitions that emerged between the United States of America and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. The two…

Introduction The cold war refers to a geopolitical tension that succeeded the Second World War between the western and the eastern blocs. Soon after the end…

Introduction War crimes are considered to be serious violations of treaty laws and rules of customary laws regarding international humanitarian laws which have been accepted to…

The Second World War provides an important historical backdrop to Sarah Waters’ (2006) novel, The Night Watch, as it relaxed the gender basis of employment and…

Introduction Economic downturn can be very challenging to the industrialized world.  Depending on the magnitude of downturn, many businesses end up being closed while very few…

The Great Depression is the extended period of economic calamity that hit the economy of the world which commenced in the United States in 1929 and…

Introduction The art of architecture has been in existence for over a thousand years ago. History reveals that man has always advanced the building technology to…

Piracy is best viewed from the perspective of how capitalist society promotes freedom of consumption through egalitarian market and issues surrounding intellectual property. For instance, boundaries…

Introduction The age of Enlightenment or Enlightenment was a philosophical movement backed by ideas that dominated not only the French in the 18th century but also…

Westward Expansion was one of the greatest successes in the United States in the latter half of the 18th Century. This solely depended on the construction…

Introduction Many historians have sought to explore the story of colonial America and determine how the different colonies emerged. Colonial America comprised 13 colonies under the…

Foremost, the doctrine of multi-generational citizenship embraces a flexible and relational approach to individual civilians. This concept helps recognize children as international and national citizens. After…

The Shawl is a historical short story that was first published in The New Yorker by Cynthia Ozick. The story is based on the World War…