History

Despite there being many different characterizations of what leadership is, it is how Mahatma Gandhi embodied and conveyed what it is to be a leader that I personally feel akin to. His words alone were not solely responsible for inspiring a nation, it was also his kind behaviors, nonviolent actions toward unjust treatment, and purposeful […]

In his Anacharsis, the rhetorician Lucian described the value that the ancient Greeks placed on athletics. He claimed that various athletic competitions in Ancient Greece were fundamental in training men to become good citizens and preparing them for both times of peace and war, thereby benefiting the “chief good of the public and the supreme […]

Imagine sitting down on the couch on a Sunday in early February, but instead of turning on the Super Bowl, you are stuck watching reality TV. Without Ancient Greece’s influence in sport games, there would not be sports like there are in modern times. That’s right; say goodbye to the beloved World Series, March Madness […]

Propaganda has been coursing through the United States of America since the country’s beginning. Propaganda is biased or deceptive information meant to endorse a certain view and can take many forms (Bergstrom). In the first years of the British colonization, propaganda could be seen in the form of John Cotton’s sermon “The Divine Right to […]

Women have always played an essential part in the social, economic, and political role in America. They have always found many ways to stand out in American history, despite the restrictions given to them that put them into limiting and stereotypical roles. However, women have very critical roles that shaped the future and the success […]

Briefly overviewing one of the influences in one of the politics I will be talking about within this paper, the Abbey Theatre was founded as a national theatre for Ireland by W.B. Yeats and Lady Gregory in the year 1904. They were both influential revolutionaries that defined the ambition of the Abbey Theatre with their […]

The Global Peace Index indicates that the world is less peaceful today than it has been in over a decade. Of the last 3,400 years of recorded history, we have only had periods of true peace amounting to 8% of that time. Perhaps it is a fundamental longing for peace that connects poets, lyricists and […]

WW2 started because of one person, Hitler. Before WW2 started Germany was in a major depression because of their defeat in WW1. The German people were looking for a solution to get out of debt, then a man with a goofy mustache came along and told the people a way to get out of debt. […]

From the rubble of forgotten war efforts such as the Indigenous soldiers or the women in the front lines, the civilian efforts to help in World War 2 lies at the very bottom of it. In September of 1939, Canada declared war on Germany sparking the Canadian involvement in WW2. Most able men from the […]

Why was the German army so successful against the French army in World War II? After Germany invaded Poland in September 1939, the World War II broke out. At the same time, France and Great Britain decided to declared war on Germany. According to Wilde (2018), initially, France had enough power to defend against the […]