… an American operation. General Douglans MacArthur, sole supreme commander of the Allied Power was in charge. The Americans had insufficient men to make a military government of Japan possible; so they decided to act through the existing Japanese gobernm…

… Ottoman Empire lasted from about 1300 to 1922. The Ottomans were named after Osman I, a Turkish chieftain who founded a state in Anatolia, now Turkey, in the late 1200's. - The Ottomans claimed to be the champions of Sunni Islam. In 1453, Sultan…

… Critique of Modern Civilization, the views of Gandhi are portrayed in an interview style between a reader and an editor. I feel that this style of writing is effective but confusing. I was pretty much reading an entire conversation between two people,…

… When they had conquered India in 1858, India was not subjected to the influences of the western world, except for trade with the Greeks. THey ruled through the East India Company. The British did not do much for Indian Economy. In fact, taxes…

… have been taught of the gas chambers at Auschwitz and have read at least part of The Diary of Anne Frank. Many are taught about the atomic bombs that the United States dropped on the Japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But ask them about the horrors…

… General Douglas MacArther that postwar reforms were necessary to eliminate the growing malady that had formed after the Meiji period. When the Meiji emperor was restored as head of Japan in 1868, the nation was a militarily weak country, was primarily…

… complicated political situations the world has ever seen. To fully understand it, one must examine the historical events that have led up to the current situation. There are many misconceptions regarding Taiwan's position. The media, both east and…

… to Taiwan today, had been a part of Chian, Taiwan did not become Chinese territory until Chin dynasty conquered the Koxinga's regime on Taiwan in 1693. During the Chin dynasty control, Taiwan was a domestic colony for 212 years and was given to Japan…

… the Nationalist Government control of Taiwan after the Japanese surrender in 1945, without much resistance. However, Chinese Governor Chen Yi's oppression and exploitation of the Taiwanese, which exceeded that of the Japanese, were more than the…

… On January 15, 1970, the Taiwan Freedom League in Taiwan, the Taiwan Cheng- lien Independence League in Japan, the United Formosans in America for Independence (successor to UFI) in the U.S. and Brazil, the Committee for Human Rights in Formosa in Canada…