American History

Phillip Taubman is the national security and intelligence reporter who worked for NYC for nearly two decades. He is really a meticulous investigator.In his book, “Eisenhower, the CIA, and the Hidden Story of America's Space Espionage”, Taubman describes how US conducted aerial espionage on USSR during the cold war period the fact of which was not known to Congress and public. The invention and deployment of the U2 spy plane and the first space satellites in the 1950’s and in the early 1960 can...

In this book, “Facing East from Indian Country,” Daniel K. Richter attempts to examine the Euro-American conquest of Native Americans from the perspective of Native Americans themselves. While the title itself is very original, the theme is not. Many historical perspectives, encompassing many histories, have been derived from this viewpoint. However, the fact that this thesis is not completely original should in no way detract from the effectiveness of the information provided, which is abundant....

Reverend Lemuel Haynes is truly one individual of the black community who formed the basis for the recognition of the African-American community. He was among the first black American to climb to the ruling class, the first black to be ordained as a church minister and so also among the first blacks to attain high academic credentials. All these achievements by Lemuel Haynes a found to be unique mainly due to the fact that they were realized during the time when the blacks where victims of slavery...

Petrarch’s literary work, The Ascent of Mount Ventoux, details his journey of reaching the highest peak of the region that for so long had occupied his thoughts.  However, as the narration progresses, one realizes that the author’s need to be on a higher plane in order to have a better view of his surroundings is, in actuality, a symbolism of a deeper need of men to reach a higher plateau of spiritual consciousness in order to view his corporeal and spiritual weaknesses that are innate in...

Born in backwoods Settlements in the Carolinas on March, 15th 1767 (Whitehouse, 2009, p1), Andrew Jackson’s life remains one of the most inspiring of the American presidents, exemplifying the American dream, (Freidel, 2006,p 12). Elected as the Seventh president of the United States in 1829 he had served several positions such as becoming the military governor of Florida in 1821 and is considered one of the pioneer democrats in American history.  Jackson’s early life was one of hardship;...

Introduction   By the end of World War II, all the great powers in the world collapsed except two of the Allied Powers: the United States and the Soviet Union. Soon after the war, an intense long-term rivalry began between them. One of the reasons that led to this rivalry was the two superpowers' intentions to rebuild Europe and Asia. This rivalry turned into a new form of wars called the “cold war”. A cold war is “a state of political tension and military rivalry between nations that stops...

In the seminal book Propaganda, Edward Bernays instills in the readers the realization that propaganda might be playing a greater role in society and in our own everyday living than we might normally be aware of. The book is an insightful elaboration of the pervasive role that propaganda has come to acquire in modern life. The present means of communication enable instant dissemination of huge amount of data worldwide. In a democracy, every sphere of life involves various available options....

Just like the Holocaust of Germany that caused “Reign of Terror” in the political world—the experience of the Great Depression Era in the US caused so much misery and pain economically to each and every citizen that echoed and pierces down to the loneliest souls, young or old.  Whatever may be the reasons to be blamed for their situation at that time-whether, it be the way Martin DeVries (who became rich during that era) views things at the microlevel as, the contributory factor was the buying...

George Washington was one of the greatest and most influential people with his remarkable and fundamental contributions in the history of United States of America and across the world. He is recognized as the father of our country and regarded as a patriot for he struggled with utmost courage and earned victory during revolutionary wars in realization of American independence from expanding colonial threats. His rich and exceptional experiences as a soldier in his earliest years, had helped him...

The film Cold Mountain follows the story of Inman, played the Jude Law, and of Ada, played by Nicole Kidman. Inman and Ada met at a town in North Carolina, and as their relationship grew further, Inman decided to enlist himself to the Confederate army. The film opens with a scene at the entrenchment of the Confederate troops at Petersburg which was under siege by the Union. When the Union surprised them by blowing up the trap that lay under them, both Inman and Oakley, played by Lucas Black, were...

Technological innovations have not only changed the social relations between nations but is has also revolutionized the philosophical and psychological ways of thinking in the world. In addition these technological advances have steered the consecution of human events, from the creation of the first civilization, to the decline of the Soviet Union, to the rise of terrorist groups. Boot (2006) writes that warfare has undergone a series of phases due to technological advancement. This writer in...

This is a case of some Africans, captured and sold to slavery, who rebelled or, put in the language of their ‘owners’, mutinied and killed two sailors. They were under the ownership of two Cubans, Ruiz and Montez, and were on transit to a Caribbean plantation. These two were spared on condition that they return the Africans home. Deception ensued about sailing the ship and they landed on the shores of Montauk, Long Island in the United States of America, and steered off to New London, where the...

The Nixon Administration is fairly regarded as the period of consolidation and retreat. On the one hand, Richard Nixon was able to address the inconsistencies in politics, law enforcement, and international diplomacy left by his predecessors. On the other hand, the challenges which Nixon faced upon taking office simply did not leave him any other choice but required immediate resolution. Discrimination, employment, desegregation of schools, drug wars and youth revolts against the War in Vietnam...

The American civil war was sparked by a number of reasons some of which can be traced back to the American colonization though slavery issue was the immediate main cause of the conflict that led to the war. The southern politicians were hard on defending slavery by controlling the federal government and maintaining balance in the senate through addition of states like Maine, Missouri, California and Minnesota to the Union. The southern states still held on to the agrarian plantation economy the...

The Abolitionist Movement came as realization of the sin of slavery. It was seen that slavery was not Christian and so, it was a sin committed. It emerged in the early 1830’s. It came about as a means to end the barbaric treatment that the Blacks were receiving from their masters. The slave owners feared the end of slavery and that is where they strongly opposed the Abolitionist movement which sought to free the slaves under their custody. The Whites had various negative feelings towards the Blacks...