… the most confusing man to ever walk the earth. His ideas were ingenious, but terribly improbable. He was a leader among leaders. It takes a man with great strength to lead a successful nation, but it takes a man with great heart, mind, and spirit to…

… the Presidency of Abraham Lincoln. Through Vidal’s portrayal of the personality of Lincoln and the people surrounding him it was easy to get an idea of the leadership role that Lincoln played during his presidency. After reading many accounts…

… space exploration project. We have evolved from one-man space rockets; to seven man space shuttles (space planes). We have also made many important discoveries and have established a lot of research in space exploration. The U.S. is the…

… without any formal warning attacked Pearl Harbor. It was an American port in the Pacific, which sheltered most of America’s pacific naval power. The Japanese had an idea that a war could be won by attacking the enemy before actually declaring war.…

… Thrace, in 384 B.C. Most of what we know is from a compilation by Diogenes Läertius. He learned dissection and anatomy from his father, Nichomachus. At the age of 17, his personal guard Proxenus sent him to Athens. Aristotle paid close attention…

… events, some due to his political ability, others due to luck. An important reason for Hitler’s rise to power was the Treaty of Versailles. He constantly made reference to the Treaty using its terms, and the hatred of the Diktat (Dictated peace) to…

… in his late 19th century horror novel, and while it was a fictitious tale about a bloodthirsty vampire it did hold some historical truth. The real Dracula was born Vlad III, prince of Walachia. He was the son of a governor, Vlad II or Vlad Dracul. Dracul…

… the prosperity of American invention from the end of the civil war to the beginning of WWI. The numbers of patents in America at this time were more than Britain, France, and Germany had all together. He will be discussing four major inventors…

… 20th century? 1) In 1916 martial law was introduced in Cairo. Military courts judged civilians and had them punished. England began to treat Egypt more like a country that was the enemy instead of a friend. In 1917, the British began to encourage…

… States of America, the great democratic experiment, was just that. Not since the great Greek culture had a government of, for, and by the people existed. The entire world felt, that on a large scale, democracy would inevitably lead to anarchy;…