Articles related to "The Cost Of War"

Movies, TV, and later anti-war activists have glamorized, if not glorified, World War II. Can it really be called "good."

Bush snubs money for children's healthcare while asking for increases to military budget.

More than thirty years after the War on Drugs was declared, billions of dollars are being spent every year on a losing battle.

The Great Depression of 1929 is related to the current Financial Crisis in that both originated in the U.S and have damaged the world economy at a frightful scale

Young adult novels such as The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and The Book Thief can be used as supplements to teen history lessons on World War II and the Holocaust.

Mother's Day was founded in 1870 as an activist observance by Julia Ward Howe. CODEPINK says they are trying to return the holiday to its roots.

A famous saying in the peace movement is "War is unhealthy for children and other living things." This article focuses on those other living things.

Based on a true story, Vaughn and Hendrickson's original graphic novel for Vertigo shows another side of war.

When James Maskalyk, a young Canadian doctor, worked as an emergency physician in Sudan, he wrote a blog to communicate with the world. The blog then became a book.

The White Rose was an anti-Nazi resistance that hoped to hasten the end of the war and save German lives. Sophie and her brother Hans tried to apprise students in Munich.

Ten films every animated fan should know.

Well-known Australian author Thomas Keneally examines the life of an Australian war hero and his widow in this Miles Franklin Literary Award longlisted novel.

Since the founding of the country, counterfeiters had been devaluing currency through the use of fake bills and coins and the Civil War provided such an opportunity.

A multi award winning documentary about news gathering in the middle east during the 2003 invasion of Iraq -based on relations between Al-Jazeera and the US Media.

The National Memorial Arboretum is a stunning example of how we honour our war dead. A Chapel, gardens, trees and sculptures provide a living memorial for the future.

This exhibition centre explores the two world wars and all conflicts involving Britain and the Commonwealth during the 20th century and into the 21st century.

Enlisted men and women write about their experiences in the war. Essays, letters, and poems give insight into the every-day experiences of military families since 9/11.

This story of a young woman who moves to Hong Kong in 1952 offers insight into a clash of cultures between East and West and impact of World War 2 on Hong Kong residents.

Accurately explaining what your fiction is about can be difficult for a writer, but it is an important tool if you want people to remember your work.

The interactions between colonial militias and British regulars in the French and Indian War began the process of deteriorating relations with the home country.

In the beginning months of 2009, politicians finally started to acknowledge that the United States was in a state of recession, but how long will it last?

American foreign intervention has cost U.S. taxpayers billions of dollars since the end of the Second World War. However, foreign intervention is not unprecedented.

Britain badly under-estimated the emerging new state of Turkey during World War One. Winston Churchill made three great blunders in pursuing a risky Dardanelles Campaign.