The story of the failed invasion of Cuba at the Bay of Pigs is one of mismanagement, overconfidence, and lack of security. The blame for the failure of the operation falls directly in the lap of the Central Intelligence Agency and a young president and his advisors. The fall out from the invasion caused a rise in tension between the two great super...
Black Death A Outside Essay What were the principal economic and social consequences of the Black Death? "The most striking and immediate effect of the mortality was to bring about nothing less than a complete social revolution,"4 "It seemed as if the agriculture of the country was completely ruined."5 "The Black Death was...
On the morning of August 6, 1945, a B-29 bomber named Enola Gay flew over the industrial city of Hiroshima, Japan and dropped the first atomic bomb ever. The city went up in flames caused by the immense power equal to about 20,000 tons of TNT. The project was a success. They were an unprecedented assemblage of civilian, and m...
Many of ancient Egypt's contribution to society not only advanced them as a civilization but left an impressionable impact on the accomplishments of the modern day. Nestled within the fertile valley of the Nile, Egypt was protected on all sides from invasion and at the same time uninfluenced by many outside cultures. Although its overall isolati...
Gandhi y la Independencia India Durante la primera guerra mundial, la India le brindo su apoyo a Gran Breta'a. Alrededor de un mill'n de soldados Indios fueron enviados a pelear al lado de los Brit'nicos. Poderosos pr'ncipes Indios contribuyeron econ'micamente en grandes cantidades a los Brit'nicos. Los Indios pensaron que su lealtad seria...