Author: bhess66
Nanking and Its Many Question Marks
It is very common in history to see stories told differently by which side of the fence you are on. The Rape of Nanking falls into this category. Many question marks circle this topic, whether you are in Japan, China, the United States or elsewhere. The Rape of Nanking falls into the same category …
Imperial Displacements
The end of World War II resulted in unfamiliarity for many citizens across the globe. There were many senses of loss. Where would people turn? Where would their national identity lie? Throughout these readings, we learn that the conversation of creating your own nation state did not only lie within the Israeli-Palestine conflict. With …
The Media, Zionism and the Holocaust
While the problem of displaced persons affected many people across the European continent after the end of World War II, the Jewish community felt the effects possibly more than any. Adolf Hitler had just taken out millions of their people across Germany, what would make them want to stay there? They no longer felt …
The Reconstruction of Europe and the Marshall Plan
In the United States, when we hear the word “Reconstruction,” we think about the years to follow the Civil War in our country. The South lay in ruins after the Union and Confederacy went to war in the 1860s. In the case of the American Civil War, a region of a country lay in …
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The Family of Man and Human Rights
Growing up in the United States, some things you know by the time you can talk. One of those things being that every human has the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. It says so in the Declaration of Independence. As we look back on the history of our country, we …
Wages of Destruction: Reconstructing the Japanese.
World War II was a war that changed the world entirely. Some places lay in ruins. Some places were victorious. However, the places that were in ruins faced a long road to recovery. One that even today in 2017, people are still on. World War II introduced weapons the world had never seen …
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Veterans: Returning Home
Veterans have been a crucial part of not only the United States, but in every country around the world. There is still a large debate within our country today on how we should treat our veterans. Why are many of our veterans homeless? What is there status when it comes to healthcare? The list goes …
A Large Problem Facing a Post War World: Displaced Persons
After reading the first part of Cohen’s “In War’s Wake: Europe’s Displaced Persons in Postwar Order and Zahra’s “‘A Human Treasure’-Europe’s Displaced Children Between Nationalism and Internationalism, ” my understanding of the displaced persons epidemic that caused distress across the European continent is viewed with better understanding. I like how the Zahra article shows the …
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Introduction #0
Hello friends! My name is Brady Hess. I am a senior double majoring in multimedia journalism and history. I am from a small town in the coal fields of southwest Virginia called Richlands. It is about two hours down Route 460 from Blacksburg. I cannot believe that my time at Virginia Tech has went by …
