Essays and Research Papers on All History Papers

A 6 page examination of the true story documented in Monica Stone's "Nisei Daughter"-- the recounting of events that took place in a community of Japanese-Americans during and around the time of World War II. Specifically examined are the harsh ways that the Japanese people were treated and the socio-cultural problems they endured. Culture, power, ...

A ten page paper which looks at the effects which the post-war occupation of Japan by the Allies, and particularly the USA, had on the country’s cultural, political and economic development in the subsequent decades, and the way in which the occupying forces were able to reconstruct the country’s imperialist heritage, religious practices and social ...

A 6 page paper which examines if the Japanese internment in WWII in the United States was a matter of racism or military necessity. The paper argues that the internment was because of racism. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 9 page research paper on the internment of Japanese Americans in California during World War II. The writer details the reasons for internment, the running of the camp and its conditions, and the policies which were involved. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 3 page consideration of these aspects of the horrors of World War II. “Farewell to Manzanar” is used for insight into this time. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 10 page research paper based on Daniels' detailed account of how thousands of Japanese Americans were interned in camps during World War II because they were mistakenly viewed as a threat to national security. Daniels shows that there was not any real reasons for this action other ones based on racial prejudice.

In 5 pages the writer attempts to answer the question of whether the United States treated Germany and Japan differently during World War II. Actual warfare, public attitudes, propaganda, etc. are discussed. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

4 pages in length. Examining the way in which dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima influenced cultural memory of Japan and the United States requires one to look at the event from two entirely different perspectives. America felt justified in doing so if it meant bringing an end to battle; Japan took it ...

A 14 page overview of the events leading up to the Japanese bombing of Pearly Harbor and the long term response of the United States. By bombing Pearl Harbor the Japanese invoked not only the military might of the United States but also her political and economic power. That one act would ensure ...

A 4 page research paper that examines the question of whether Japan’s success in the Russo-Japanese War was due more to the strategic and operational skills of Japanese leaders or to Russian blunders? The writer argues that it was due to Japanese planning and strategy. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

In five pages this paper examines why the Japanese had no choice but to attack Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and considers how propaganda was used to influence the thoughts and feelings of the people in support of this effort. Ten sources are listed in the bibliography.

This 3 page paper outlines the role MacArthur played in transforming postwar Japan. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 12 page paper examines the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and suggests that the attacks were motivated by politics, not by the necessity of saving lives, and thus were unjustified. Bibliography lists 12 sources.

This 6 page paper looks to the events which pre-empted the War between Japan and the US in the Second World War. The events start in 1938 with the support of China and end in Pearl Harbour. The bibliography cites 4 sources.

This 6 page paper outlines the brutal conditions that POWs were subject to in Japan. Details of horrific experiments are provided. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5 page paper considers the different events that lead to the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the Americans. The bibliography cites 5 sources.

This 5 page paper discusses the buildup of events which led to the internment of thousands of Japanese-Americans during WWII. Examples are given from Return to Manzanar by Jeanne Watkatsuki Houston. Quotes cited from text and referenced. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 5 page research paper that discusses the “reverse course” in US policy towards Japan that characterizes the US occupation after World War II. The writer also provides sociological background to this period. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 6 page overview of U.S./Japanese relations since her 1854 abandonment of the seclusionist policies that had been so detrimental to her socioeconomic growth, an abandonment that had occurred largely as a result of the insistence of U.S. Commodore Perry. The author contends that Japan and the U.S. alike have gained more from their ...

A 5 page critique of the contentions presented in this book concerning the relative value of internal verses battlefield planning which occurred between the latter years of the nineteenth century through the years of World War II. Examines the author’s categorization of military strategists into the categories of realists, adventurists, cautionaries, and thrusters. ...

A 5 page paper examining the reasoning behind the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan during World War II. The writer concludes that this was a senseless move on the part of the United States given that Germany had already surrendered and Japan was on the verge of collapse. Bibliography lists ...

This 5 page paper considers how Europe North America and Japan have become the wealthiest nations. The paper considers this from an historical perspective looking at colonialism and mercantilism and then discusses the adoption of capitalism as well as looking at the political background, natural resources and geographical locations. The paper finishes with the ...

A 5 page research paper that draws on a book that presents primary documents from the era. The cause of the War in the Pacific during World War II between the United States and Japan is typically attributed simply to the surprise attack by the Japanese on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. However, ...

A 4 page research paper that investigates the propaganda produced in Japan and the US during World War II. During World War II, both the US and Japan engaged in heavy propaganda campaigns that promoted their own particular racial views on the conflict. The propaganda produced by both countries was geared to patterns of racial ...

A 3 page review of the tragic consequences of the U.S. dropping of the A-Bomb on Hiroshima Japan as suffered by six specific survivors. First published in 1946, this book was updated some forty years later to include a chapter updating how the lives of six of the individuals the author spotlighted in his ...