By the beginning of the 1960’s the cultural and political influence of television newscasts on the American public was undeniable. The rise to prominence of American TV news media during this time was prompted by a number of economic and historical factors. The prosperity of the 1950’s meant that such technology was now financially viable […]
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When the Second World War ceased hostilities with the formal surrender of Japan on September 2nd, 1945 the curtain had been brought down on the most catastrophic of all the wars perpetrated by mankind. Only twenty one years earlier, the armistice of November 11th, 1918 had signaled the end of the “war to end all
Reasons for the U.S. Intervention in Grenada When discussing the 1979-1983 U.S. actions in Grenada, one must ask the first and most important question: what interest could the world’s capitalist superpower possibly have in a tiny island less populous than a South American football stadium? The miniscule nation’s economy, lacking any significant natural resource or
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A look at recent records for the Republic of Lebanon reveals a myriad of problems: economic inequality marked by weak social spending, world-ranked public debt, poor infrastructure, and corruption among officials from the highest and lowest echelons of government. Though these problems seem characteristic of a backwards third-world nation, Lebanon has a unique economic and
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