Essays and Research Papers on European History

This 3 page paper is a critic of the article "The Orange Revolution" by Adrian Karatnycky, that appeared in "Foreign Affairs." Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 3 page research paper that answers this question and discusses the characteristics and standards defining the professional practice among historians. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 9 page paper which compares and contrasts the American and the French Revolutions. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5 page paper discusses the Reconquista and some of the great Spanish explorers of the 15th and 16h centuries. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

This 5 page paper discusses D-DAy, the battle of Normandy and how the U.S. involvement was very important. Specific information is relayed about certain battles. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 22 page paper discusses the Battle of Britain and some of the issues surrounding it, including Churchill's leadership, the mythological status the battle has attained, and the social, political, economic, technological and military aspects of the struggle. Bibliography lists 15 sources.

This 10 page paper argues that many of Napoleon's ideas are original. However, he was able to glean ideas from a number of early leaders. His family and his family circumstances entered the picture in his desire to conquer Europe. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

This 3 page paper briefly discusses the Byzantine and Carolingian Empires, and argues that the Mandate of Heaven (the right to continue ruling) should go to Justinian. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 5 page essay/reaction paper to the final episodes of Edgar Reitz’s epic 1984 fifteen-hour, TV series, Heimat: Eine Deutsche Chronik (Homeland: A Chronicle of Germany) which carry the narrative into the post-World War II era, concluding in the early 1980s. In these final episodes, Reitz underscores themes, often mirroring earlier action, and establishing a ...

This 6 page paper examines General Eisenhower's role in this mission. Research is provided to support the assumptions. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 6 page paper discusses the Irish Parliamentary Party, which may be said to have begun the struggle for Home Rule. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 3 page essay examines the unification of Italy and Germany and how their leaders played an important role. Nationalism is discussed as a significant influence in each case. No bibliography.

This 3 page paper examines the Scientific Revolution and how it laid the foundations of the modern world with regard to economics, social developments and other policies. Bibliography lists 2 sources

A 3 page overview of WWII. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 6 page book review of E.J. Hobsbawm's The Age of Capitalism 1848-1875 (1975, Scribner), which offers the reader a comprehensive snapshot of the world during this period. The text is scholarly, and meticulously researched with extensive notation of sources. Yet, Hobsbawm clear writing style, which eschews the use of jargon and multiple references to ...

A 4 page paper which examines the history of Joseph Stalin and also Potsdam from 1945 to 1953. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 4 page paper discusses the way in which the Nazis used propaganda to manipulate the German population into going along with their extreme agenda. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 3 page paper examines the Declaration of the Rights of Man made in 1789 and its effect on the Third Estate. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 10 page paper which discusses the Cuban Missile Crisis. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

3 pages in length. The writer briefly discusses the influence of the Industrial and French Revolutions. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

8 pages in length. The writer discusses Stalin's break with Lenin's legacy, the Great Purge and Stalin's connection with structure and agency. Bibliography lists 9 sources.

This 3 page paper examines the famine that took place in Russia in 1933 through the view of one man. The idea that Stalin orchestrated this little known situation is the theme of this piece. The book is critically examined. No additional sources cited.

A 4 page paper which examines what the attitudes of people during the Renaissance and the Enlightenment were towards scientific discoveries of their time. The paper relies on Bertolt Brecht’s play “Galileo” and Jonathan Swift’s “Gulliver’s Travels” to examine the topic. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

8 pages in length. The combination of social, political and economic unrest, along with deplorable conditions in the factory where he worked, led Gordei's life to swiftly fall down around his ears; there was little he could do to forestall the inevitable. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 5 page analysis of colonial culture. The paper relies on This Earth of Mankind by Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Imagined Communities by Benedict Anderson, Modern Inquisitions by Irene Silverblatt and Sexual Affronts and Racial Frontiers by Ann Stoer for analysis. Bibliography lists 4 sources.