Author: charliepark

The Japanese military atrocities in the Chinese city of Nanking are regarded as being some of the worst in human history, with hundreds of thousands of Chinese citizens killed, beaten, raped, tortured, and bullied by the Japanese soldiers. It is not my intention to doubt the severity of the destruction or the brutality of the … Continue reading “Modern Memory Affected by Images?”

The reconstruction of France and France’s place in the postwar world political arena was on the mind of French political leaders as World War Two came to a close and in the immediate aftermath. As apart of preparing for the future the French commissioned a study called “Outline of a Doctrine of French Policy”. This … Continue reading “French Ideas for a Postwar World Order”

The dishwasher and washing machine were objects of status and modernization in France in the post World War Two era. They represented the modernization of France in the time after the Nazi Occupation and represented status, wealth and security for the individual citizens of France. The mid 1950’s to the mid 1960’s was the era … Continue reading “Imperial Displacement- The Modernization of French Culture in Post World War Two”

The personal stories of the natives of Palestine from before the creation of Israel seem to be unknown relative to the stories of the Jews who settled in what became Israel. It seems that because of the Holocaust in Europe, and the creation of a Jewish state in the years immediately following the end of … Continue reading “Post-Colonialism and Palestine”

The first that I thought of when reading about how Jewish Displaced persons used the land of former Nazi’s to build farming communities that could be used to train Jews for living in Palestine is how Israel is known for its military prowess, which I have always understood to be a product of Jews working … Continue reading “Unity in Europe training for the creation of Israel?”

It is fascinating that a piece of art is able to be interpreted in such diverse ways. The Family of Man exhibit is seen by some as being representative of American imperialism and as having messages of race, ethnicity, and national superiority. Others, including the original designer of the artwork, saw the pictures that were included … Continue reading “Family of Man Post”

http://www.mconway.net/page1/page15/files/Shock%20of%20Atomic%20Bomb.pdf http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMra1109877 The first thing I noticed about the article about the Hiroshima Maidens is the difference in attitude about the acceptance of western culture versus the traditional culture. The way the Japanese people handled the recovery and remembrance of the Hiroshima bombing and the aftermath, including the Hiroshima Maidens, showed how the country was … Continue reading “Wages of Destruction- Parker Manning”

The discussion of veterans benefits and the rights and privileges of veterans from World War Two based upon the country that the veterans fought for can be diverse because of the nature of the conflict and the aftermath in which allies that had fought together against Germany and Japan ended up having a ideological standoff … Continue reading “Veteran’s Post- Parker Manning”

Blogging is certainly not a strong point for me in my academic career, so I need to work on it in order to contribute better to the field because it allows us to communicate our thoughts more freely and casually than formal papers only shared between student and professor. The displaced persons situation in Europe … Continue reading “Displaced Persons Blog Post Parker Manning”

My name is Parker Manning. I am a double major in Political Science and History. I study Political Science for the Army and because I want to study law and work in international relations and politics, but I study history because it is my one of my hobbies. World War Two is my favorite war … Continue reading “Catching Up”