By the end of World War II, the nations of Western Europe all faced the burdens of the post-war economies. If not totally destroyed, a nation was in chaos and needed dramatic reconstruction. This is where democratic societies stepped in; the recreation of sturdy government was crucial to the revival...

Uniting the People and Government By the end of World War II, the nations of Western Europe all faced the burdens of the post-war economies. If not destroyed, a nation was in chaos and needed dramatic reconstruction. This is where democratic societies stepped in; recreation of sturdy government w...

Interconnection of the Word - 1688 Britain has had connection of its political institutions since 1688, in relationship with some current member states that have had as many as eleven different political systems in the same period. British people generally feel separated from Europe in more ways th...

"Describe the factors that enabled European corporations to accumulate huge profits from their enterprises begun in Africa between 1885 and 1914." Several factors enabled European corporations to accumulate huge profits from their enterprises between 1885 and 1914. These events include...

December 17, 1999 The United States and the European Union recognize Northern Europe as a dynamically developing region. We reaffirm our shared commitment to promote security, stability, and economic prosperity in the region, particularly by strengthening cross-border cooperation. During the Finnish...

Dear friend,This semester I am taking a history class called "History of East Europe". Even though, as you know, I am from Greece, and I have lived there most of my life, I see that I know very little about my neighbor countries and their recent history. It is interesting and at the same time sad ...

Europeans had many reasons to risk their live in a really long voyage across the Atlantic Ocean. Many new technological advancements such as the cannons, new ships, magnetic compass and the astrolabe- helped make the trip something possible. Eventually Captains didn't have the money to afford t...

Is Europe likely to catch up with the US? The European Union has gone through a number of different stages of economic integration since the late 1950s. Having started as a Free Trade Area the process of globalisation increased the need of further integration and led to a rapid development in the...

The United States offers a stable economy for the semiconductor industry but one that is not growing as rapidly as some of the other key markets. In 2004 the GDP for the United States was estimated at $11.75 trillion with a GDP growth rate of 4.4%. The United States is not expected to experience a...

"Vikings," the term is given to a race of Scandinavian people who raided and settled in large areas of eastern and Western Europe during a period of Scandinavian expansion from about 800 to 1100. The term came from an old English word "wic", which is a derivation from a Latin wor...

Since Poland is a country that has a lot to offer, the EU will benefit from having Poland as a one of its member states. This essay will examine the advantages, which the EU will take of having Poland in the Union, by looking at natural, economic, and social aspects. By looking at these points in de...

In the early fifteenth century the way of transportation was via ship. This transatlantic world called for other means of survival than just food alone. Therefore, people needed more to stay alive and pleased. Ships helped out with many tasks including getting from one part of the world to the ot...

Following the Second World War, many European countries were wiped out. The result of the activities of the Third Reich had left Europe\'s political system of nation-states dismantled and devastated, and most importantly, the European economy lay disrupted in ruins. In result of this, there was a wa...

The Euro The road leading to a European single currency began more than fifty years ago with the formation of the OEEC (Organization for European Economic Cooperation) in 1948 and the road still continues today. The implementation of this new European currency is about to take affect and even t...

Daisy miller's tragic is caused by her and her acquaintances' fault. In the begging when Daisy miller first came to Europe, she should have learn a little about European culture but because she failed to do so caused her to acted in Europe as she did in USA. Once coming to Europe she met ...

How has British Sovereignty been compromised by membership of the European Union? The word sovereignty itself means the legitimate location of power of last resort over any community. It may be defined purely in legal terms as the power to make binding laws which no other body can break. It ...

France, being my pet nation, is located in Europe. The location of France is in Western Europe, bordering the Bay of Biscay and the English Channel, between Belgium and Spain, southeast to the United Kingdom, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Italy and Spain. The geographical terrain mostly c...

After the devastating effects of WWII, Europe's economic and social conditions where in shambles. The personal suffering and internal upheavals threatened chaos. There was a lack of coal, steel, electrical power, railroad cars, locomotives, trucks, oil, and grain. All of the West European countri...

Daisy Miller shows the various tensions between Europe and America. Daisy Miller starts out in a hotel in Vevey, Switzerland when a gentleman named Winterbourne meets Daisy, a young, beautiful American girl traveling through Europe. Daisy and her mother, Mrs. Miller, are traveling all over Europe w...

The argument for and against Britain and the Euro There are twelve countries in Europe that currently have the Euro as their currency. Britain has, so far, refused to change its currency, the pound sterling, to the Euro. There would be many advantages of having the Euro and many advantages of not...

The soldier in Ernest Hemingway's "Soldier's Home" has finally returned home afterstaying in Europe after the war. He looked at many things around the town differently since hisreturn, especially the girls. The American girls Harold Krebs observes from the porch symbolizeshow he sees American soci...

It is very important for Slovakia to be a member of the European Union .It is the biggest goal of Slovak's government nowadays. But to become a member of the EU is a difficult and long process. There are many conditions which should be met before Slovakia can enter this union. The EU is the big...

European Catastrophe On July 17, 2000 my friend Adam Ashore and I left for a once in a lifetime trip across the Pacific Ocean to the continent of Europe. It was a fourteen-day EF tour of four major countries in Europe: England, France, Switzerland, and Italy. The sites and attractions where amazi...

Globalization is a generic term used to encompass the changes that take place at all life levels, including economy, politics, business and even culture. It is undoubted that the United States of America played a key role in the expansion of the concept. Proof of this stand the American firms that ...

Food, we all need it and yet so many of us go without it. The reasons we all know; drought, famine, flooding and just not having enough economic resources either as a state or individual to buy food. Populations have risen at a greater rate then which the farmers of that country can provide for them...