Essays and Research Papers on European History

A 5 page paper which presents an overview of Truman and Cold War America from 1945-1952. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

Reform does not happen in a vacuum, nor does it happen at the drop of a hat. This 6 page paper explores the many factors that were involved in bringing about the Protestant reformation of the sixteenth century. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 6 page overview of the accomplishments of Donitz during his time as leader of the Germany’s U-boat service and after his eventual replacement of Hitler as head of state. Contends these accomplishments are not only interesting from a historical perspective, however. Indeed they offer us much in terms of modern day leadership ...

A 6 page research paper that investigates the purposes that spectacle fulfilled in the politics of ancient Rome. The writer argues that games were offered to the people for their support and that this was a reciprocal relationship that fitted the purposes of both parties very well from the first century B.C. to the end ...

This 6 page paper compares and contrasts Taylor's Bismarck, the Man and the Statesman with Medlicott's Bismarck and Modern Germany. Each author's point of view is discussed in depth. No additional sources cited.

This 3 page report discusses the fact that some of the 21st century world’s newest independent nations are actually nations with some of the oldest cultures. However, for whatever political, economic, or imperialistic reason they were able to escape, they have found themselves facing the multiple challenges of establishing their governments, determining their national priorities, providing the social services their people need, ...

It is not uncommon for an autobiography to dwell on the 'good old days', however, it is not that often that those days were pre-world war era. This 7 page paper explores the world that is represented by Stefan Zweig in The World Of Yesterday. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 5 page report discusses the ways in which unknown artists of the 8th and 9th centuries depicted St. Matthew in two different illuminated texts. What such different representations illustrate is the different ways in which Christianity was introduced in the region and the ways in which it evolved. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

An 8 page overview of the factors influencing the fighting in Vietnam. Outlines the terms of the Geneva Convention. Contends that the military and political demarcation and the feelings among Communist verses South Vietnam sympathizers set the stage for a type of warfare in which even the Geneva Convention was inadequate in terms ...

A 13 page paper which presents reactions to different portions of Jacques Barzun's "From Dawn to Decadence." No additional sources cited.

A 6 page contention that women experienced both adverse impacts and positive impacts during the Renaissance of Northern Europe. As women were subjected to more and more societal ostracization from the societal structures which welcomed their husbands and other males with open arms, they became more and more determined to overcome those injustices. ...

This 5 page paper considers Vienna at a time of change. The entrance of the city into the twentieth century can be seen as a time of change. Social attitudes were changing with the arts, philosophy and politics all playing an influential role on Viennese society. The paper gives a sketch of the city at ...

This 5 page paper is written as if it were a personal, but historically accurate account of the time when the bubonic plague was ravaging London. The paper considers the events and actions as well as the feeling of the people in the city. The bibliography cites 2 sources.

A 7 page paper which discusses the generalities as they involved the war on Pearl Harbor. The paper examines the events and times which preceded the bombing, as well as the bombing itself, which forced the United States into an active position in WWII. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A five page paper which looks at Hitler’s military career during the First World War, and the way in which his experiences both in the army and with civilians during that time gave rise to the motivation for his part in the rise of the Nazis in the 1930s. Bibliography lists 2 sources

A five page paper which looks at David Remnick’s account of the collapse of the Soviet Union, in terms of the way in which he conducted his research, the conclusions which he reached regarding the cause of the regime’s demise, and possible alternative interpretations of his ideological stance. Bibliography lists 2 sources

This 5 page critical book review provides insights into what the author is trying to say, his credibility and questions raised by the work. Comments pertain to the author's bias. Communism and the collapse of the U.SS.R. are each discussed. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

7 pages in length. Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini were desirous of a specialized world in which only certain types of people were to flourish; as well, their individual viewpoint of politics did not correspond with other global leaders, ultimately establishing them as two of history's most contemptible leaders. However, there was a ...

6 pages in length. If the Soviet Union was accepted into the League of Nations in 1919, one might readily argue that such inclusion could have prevented a world war. A bold statement indeed, however, it is one based within truth of its conviction. Upon examining the basis upon which World War ...

This 5 page paper considers the developments in infection control over this pivotal period. Starting with the international development in microbiology, including the contributions of people such as Agostino Bassi de Lodi, Ignaz Semmelweiss, Louis Pasteur, Joseph Lister and Robert Koch. The paper then goes on to consider how the United Kingdom dealt with public ...

A 7 page research paper that examines the contributing factors to fall of the Byzantine Empire to the Ottoman Turks in the fifteenth century. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

5 pages in length. According to Edward Acton, author of Rethinking the Russian Revolution, the primary cause of the February Revolution of 1917 was directly due to the czarist regime collapse from the insurmountable pressure of World War I. Secondarily, the country suffered from a backward economic situation that proved impossible to overcome ...

A 5 page paper that discusses the possible causes of World War I and the difficulties in making peace after the war ended. This was has been heralded as changing the international system forever and also as the dividing mark between the 19th and 20th centuries. The writer discusses the difficulties in determining exactly ...

An 8 page essay that contrasts and compares two texts on Bismarck, A.J.P. Taylor's Bismarck, the man and the Statesman and a chapter from Wolfgang Mommsen's Imperial Germany. The writer argues that Taylor's text is written with the general reader in mind while Mommsen's text is geared toward professional historians. No additional sources cited.

(6 pp) It is always easier to stand outside of any system, and look at it, and make comments. We as Americans tend to do it at the drop of the proverbial hat; Britain itself is now looking at its own monarchy more stringently in the past. And in the somewhat ...