Essays on Contemporary History

Following the Emancipation Proclamation and the ratification of the 13th Amendment, the country was left in a state of transition and the future of the United States was uncertain. The South began a period of Reconstruction and sought to hold on to the establishment of…

Overview of the Changes Bangladesh being an agro-based country has undergone significant changes over the last few decades; especially since the inception of the technologies of the Green Revolution in the late 1960s. Green Revolution has brought about productivity-based production by replacing the traditional area-based…

The Green Revolution began in the 1940s and was introduced by Norman Borlaug when he presented a specially bred type of wheat to Mexican farmers so they could feed their population. The Green Revolution farmers’ problems was when they realized that they couldn’t keep attaining…

Whether or not the Green Revolution in the period from 1945 to the present was a success is greatly debatable, as the topic faced positive arguments as well as negatives. While the revolution overall implemented a positive change in both aspects of economical and social,…

How accurate is the standard portrayal of Arab-Israeli conflict has been the small and surrounded Jewish nation facing up and repelling overwhelming Muslim aggressors? The standard portrayal of Israel as a Jewish nation facing up and repelling overwhelming Muslim aggressors in the Arab-Israeli conflict is…

The Arab-Israeli conflict has been fueled by events and changes over the past century, but its roots go much deeper. Each decade of the past hundred or so years has added its share of political, civil, and personal complexities to the situation, but beyond these…

The world today faces a predicament that is not an easy one to solve, this issue is not a domestic one, the quandary is what to do in the Middle East. Particularly Israel and Palestine, known as the Arab-Israeli conflict. Taking place half way around…

Apartheid was a system of racial segregation enforced in South Africa through legislation by the National Party after they one the election in 1948. The Treason Trial took place on 5th December, 1956, 156 Congress leaders were arrested and put on trial for high treason,…

How accurate is it to say that opposition to apartheid in the years 1948-59 was largely unsuccessful? There was much opposition to Apartheid up to 1959 from when it was first implemented in 1948 by the National Party. The National Party introduced Apartheid into legislation…

Apartheid means separateness, or apartness, in the Afrikaans language. Such a simple, unassuming word…until you realize the real-world effect that word has had on humanity. Racial discrimination, inequality, and oppression are a small part of the evil that causes men to classify other men as…