Essays and Research Papers on European History

This 3-page paper is a review of Melissa Caldwell's "Not by Bread Alone," her book of poverty and hunger in post-Soviet Russia. She uses the CCM soup kitchen as a type of allegory/microcosm to discuss poverty in Russia and how its people react to it.

This 3 page paper relates the summary of an article on Russia to a course that a student is taking. Information about the cold war is included. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 3-page paper covers the effectiveness of the MI6, Britain's intelligence agency, during and immediately after the Cold War. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 3-page paper points out some mistakes and weaknesses made both by the KGB and CIA during the pre-Cold War years. There is also some discussion about errors committed during the Cold War. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 3 page paper examines this British intelligence agency and other agencies aligned with British forces. The positive and negative effects of MI6 are the focus of this paper. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 3 page paper which examines whether or not the Soviet Union could rightly have been called the “counterintelligence state.” Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 6 page paper offers a brief overview of slavery in these two countries, including when slavery began in each country, why it was practiced and how and when it ended. Brazil, who imported ten times the number of slaves in the U.S. was also the last country to abolish slavery. Bibliography lists 7 sources. ...

A 6 page consideration of the varied ideologies concerning land ownership and control in England. The contention is presented that land was a central idea to English radicalism from the seventeenth century to the present. While the specifics of the ideology of how land should be controlled and managed varied overtime, there was ...

A 5 page analysis of the facts surrounding the infamous Jack the Ripper case. The author contends that it is likely that only five victims actually fell to the Ripper and that the rest were copycat murders. A list of possible suspects is examined. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

Hannah Arendt : A 4 page paper which examines and analyzes Hannah Arendt’s observations of Eichmann in her work “Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil.” No additional sources cited.

This 7 page paper examines a book by Mark Pittaway that looks at the history of Eastern Europe during much of the twentieth century. Many of his ideas are related to economic causes. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 3 page research paper that discusses the events of 1634 in the city of Loudun in France, where Father Urbain Grandier was persecuted and executed for political purposes as a victim of the Inquisition. The writer discusses the play and film based on this story, which draw on an historical account of the period ...

A 5 page essay that reviews and discusses Ian Kershaw's 1987 text The Hitler Myth. Kershaw addresses the cultural and contextual circumstances that sustained the popularity of Hitler and the Nazi Party. The principle thesis of Kershaw's study is that it was not Hitler's personality, per se, or his radical Nazi ideology that were ...

A commentary on Carpini's account of his experiences of Mongol society in the Middle Ages, with specific reference to cultural clashes and the difficulties of making objective analyses of other cultures. Bibliography lists 1 source

A 6.5 page paper (6 pp. + .5 pg. outline) which provides information on when it was built, background information on the poets and writers who are buried there and how some were memorialized there years after they died. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

This 10 page paper takes a look at Stalin's rule in Russia. The change that emerged over time after new leadership came about is the focus of the paper. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

A 14 page overview of Hitler's impact on the international system. Hitler convinced the German people that his intent was to improve German economics. His real intent was to overthrow the world. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

A 6 page paper which summarizes George F. Kennan’s essay “The Sources of Soviet Conduct” and then examines how many of his views were implemented into Soviet Containment policies. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 10 page research paper that compares and contrasts British and French political development during the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. The writer describes how Britain was committed to a path leading to parliamentary democracy while France at the same time was ruled by an absolute monarch. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A paper which looks at the importance of the Kokoda campaign in Papua New Guinea in 1942, with specific reference to the role of the Australian militia. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 3 page paper which examines what caused the First World War, and why the U.S. became involved in what was essentially a European conflict. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 10-page paper discusses the experiences of foreign nationals who went to work in Stalinist Russia in the 1930s. It focuses mainly on Zara Witkin, an engineer whose gradual disillusionment with the Soviet system throws its brutality into sharp relief. It also describes Stalin's Five-Year Plans, and touches on the experiences of other ...

An 8 page comparison of the military strategy put into play by Caesar, Claudius and General George C. Marshall. incorporated architecture and infrastructural improvements as a critical component in their military strategies. A complimentary Roman Numeral outline is included. Bibliography lists sources.

A 6 page paper which examines the political views of Catherine the Great before and during her reign as Empress of Russia. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

In 1920 the French and British were granted mandates governing countries in the Middle East, France gaining Syria and Lebanon and Britain Palestine and Iraq. This 5 page paper considers the French and British interests in the region and the reasons behind the formation and administration of a mandate system by the League of Nations. ...