After the War

Kunti is the mother of the eldest three of the Pandava brothers from the Indian epic Mahābhārata. Her story is also told within the Bhagavata Purana, wherein she speaks on the philosophy of devotion of Krishna, known as Bhakti yoga. Kunti is thus held as a figure of great importance within many Hindu traditions and especially with worshippers of Krishna (Vaishnavas). Her father was Shoorsen of the Yadav clan, and she was named Pritha. She was the sister of Vasudeva, father of Krishna. She was

The Vietnam War I/ the Origins Since the 1880s, Indochina was a French colony. In World War II, French Indochina, with Vietnam, was occupied by Japan. With the capitulation of the Japanese in August 1945, the "League for the Independence of Vietnam" or "Vietminh", led by the revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh, was determined to put an end to nearly a decade with colonial rule. With the Japanese surrender, Vietminh guerrillas occupied the capital, Hanoi, and forced the Emperor, Bao Dai, to resign

The 1969 Woodstock Festival Summary 1. Introduction 2. The genesis 3. The spirit’s festival 4. The festival 5. Woodstock today 6. Conclusion Intro Woodstock Music&Art Fair was a music festival held in the town of Bethel, in the state of New York. It took place during 4 days, from 15 to 18 august 1969. The festival welcomed the thirty-two acts performed outdoors by folk, rock, blues and soul music groups. It’s widely regarded as one of the greatest moments

THE AMERICAN DREAM Who hasn’t heard about it? “The American dream”. Its creed: nothing is impossible, who wants can! A dream based on people’s hope of a better life, a brighter future; on the faith that anyone who has the willpower and works hard enough can enhance his living-standard. Put in other words: anybody’s life is susceptible to become a tale of rags to riches. This faith is something much anchored to US-American society. It is written in the Declaration of Independence itself: “all men

born in 1822, he was the son of an Ohio tanner. He went to West Point against his will and graduated in the middle of his class. In the Mexican War he fought under Gen. Zachary Taylor. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Grant was working in his father's store. He was appointed by the Governor to command an unruly volunteer regiment. Grant whipped it into shape and by September 1861 he had risen to the rank of brigadier general of volunteers. He sought to win control of the Mississippi Valley. In

Introduction Oliver Cromwell was born in Huntingdon in 1599, into the ranks of the middle gentry ; his father was a farmer. He was an English military and political leader best known for his involvement in making England into a republican Commonwealth and for his later role as Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1653 until his death in 1658. Cromwell has been a very controversial figure in the history of the British Isles – a regicidal dictator to some historians and a hero of

march 2008. The Independence of Kosovo [pic] Kosovo is a little region of 10 887 km² in the Balkans, bordering Serbia to the North, Montenegro and Albania to the west, and Macedonia to the south. Among its 2 200 000 inhabitants (estimations in 2005), 92% is Albanian, and 5,3% Serb. It has just declared its independence from Serbia on 17th of February 2008 but it is not recognized by the whole international community (Russia, Serbia, China and Spain among others do not accept the independence)

* Spain was the second more former European colonial power after Portugal, the country grew rich from the 15th century to 16th century, but declined with the loss of its colonies throughout the 19th century. * 1936 to 1939: time of the Civil war which opposed nationalists against republicans. In 1939, Francisco Franco became dictator of Spain after the bloody three-year Spanish civil war. That is why Spain remained neutral during the WWII but maintained good relations with the Nazis. Franco

American rapper. He rose to fame with the release of his albums Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003) and The Massacre (2005). Both albums achieved multi-platinum success, selling more than twenty-one million copies combined.[2] Born in South Jamaica, Queens, 50 Cent began drug dealing at the age of twelve during the 1980s crack epidemic.[3] After leaving drug dealing to pursue a rap career, he was shot at and struck by nine bullets during an incident in 2000. After releasing his album Guess Who's Back?

History of the welfare state Martin Ptáček Warp: Objective and subjective reasons Changes in the political spectrum after WWII New European coalitions The Welfare state Todays´ problems and challenges Sources Subjectives Objectives Changes in political spectrum after WWII Communists Social Democrats Christian Democrats New European coalitions Left-winged cabinets without Communists in Western Europe. Changing of Social Democrats´ programme in 50s. Welfare state