Doris Kearns Goodwin is a noted historical, nonfiction, author with many works especially about former presidents of the United States. Kearns is able to shed new light on many different areas of interest for historical purposes. She uses the other men in the cabinet to give a clear picture of everything that they were going through while they were forging their political legacy. Many of the selections in the book are based on what led up to major political victories and the struggle that Lincoln went through to get there. The author gives great detail using specific accounts of historical figures throughout the writings.
This is mainly due to the sheer number of soldiers that were lost or injured in this battle considering the size of Australia’s population at the time. It also created an affectionate bond between Australia and New Zealand (ANZACs- Australian and New Zealand Army Corps). The Gallipoli Campaign took place in World War One (1914- 1918), where the “Triple Alliance” (Germany, Austria-Hungary and Turkey) fought against the “Triple Entente” (Great Britain, Russia and France). The war originated between Britain and Germany but then escalated to more than 100 countries. The Triple Entente tried to defeat Germany by destroying its allies.
Moreover, this creates the idea that war never truly ends as it is questionable that Elizabeth’s son may grow up to fight in a war. Therefore, showing that soldiers such as Stephen and wars such as World War One are no different from soldiers and wars today. This leaves an uncertainty next to whether or not society learns from its previous mistakes involving war. In addition, within the chapter of England 1979 the reader discovers, along with Elizabeth that Stephen ‘didn’t speak for two years after the war.’ This finding highlights the damning effects that war can have. Also, many of the other soldiers within the novel suffered from shell shock.
Australia’s Social and Cultural History- 1950’s In the 1950’s technological advancements greatly affected the Australian population from communications to transport. Both advancements both affected Australia’s social and cultural lifestyle in different ways, in particular the television. Very few people had TV’s and most people would crowd around window shops to view the shows, so later on, when more people could afford a TV, it became a powerful form of communication for broadcasting the news and the Melbourne Olympic games. This was a big social impact as, there were less people actually viewing the games in the stands. The TV was a great advancement, but it was competing with the radio.
The fall of Singapore generated new opinions and perspectives on the war for all Australians. Firstly, with Britain recovering after her greatest military defeat of all time, Australia had to reconsider its position in the Empire. The fear of invasion, as mentioned above, resulted in ‘total war’ in Australia, with all resources available devoted to the war effort. Finally, in Australia’s desperation to have a solid fighting force against the Japanese, a partnership with America was formed to try and hold back the seemingly unstoppable force. The reasons for the fall of Singapore were many.
The reason for lowering the voting age was that an 18-year-old who was old enough to fight and maybe die in Vietnam should be old enough to vote at home. There has been some misunderstanding about this, and some disagreement, because some people think that 18-year-olds aren’t mature enough to vote, and shouldn’t have the right. But most do approve. No one in any state or in the U.S. gets to take this right away from you if you are eighteen, not even Congress. Everyone in America who is over 18 is eligible to vote, no matter what race or gender they may be.
In the past, divorce was seen as a negative thing, as society at the time was more religious and also churches never allowed people to remarry. In 1997 a survey was carried out which found out that divorce was quickly becoming “normalised” and it was socially acceptable for people to be divorced and even remarried. The views on women and equality have changed recently too. Employment of women has increased over the last year and this has increases their financial independence, so a husband is no longer a necessity for financial security. They can also receive a range of government benefits to
America has no room for the “summer soldier and the sunshine patriot” (637). Patriotism should be a permanent fixture within our hearts. Although many of America takes off from work on Veterans Day, Memorial Day and Independence Day, few actually celebrate these days or show the respect these important days deserve. Memorial Day honors our dead who died at war fighting for America’s freedom and Veterans Day honors American Armed Forces. Independence Day is our nation’s birthday and should be celebrated to recognize our country’s beginning.
Warnings by doctors that sunlight and sunbathing can be dangerous are comparatively new. Only in the past 20 or so years have health educators tried to discourage people from exposing their bodies to too much sunlight. However statistics show the in Australia alone, the risk of getting skin cancers is increasing along with the amount of diagnoses per year. (AMA 2001). Statistics show that there is a lack of knowledge related to skin cancers and sun safety within the younger generations particularly in schools.
Renovations to the ADEA in 1978 and 1986 were made to improve laws for individuals that ranged from ages 40 and older and 65 younger was being subjected to discrimination in the work place. The ADEA was created to protect individuals against age discrimination;some may argue that the employers were not abiding by the law. Older Citizens in 1976 were being discriminated against in the work place by employers who were not considering applicants based on equal employment opportunities, but according to their age. “In spite of the unemployment rate, age discrimination persisted and more than 850,000 people over the age of 45 remained unemployed” (Williams, 1978, p.