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For hundreds of years, maritime expansion represented the only way to reach distant shores, to attack enemies across channels of water, to explore uncharted territories, to make trade with regional neighbors and to connect the comprised empires. Leading directly into the 20th century, this was the chief mode of making war, maintaining occupations, colonizing lands and conducting the transport of goods acquired by trade or force. Peter Padfield theorized that ultimately, British maritime power was decisive in creating breathing space for liberal democracy in the world, as opposed to the autocratic states of continental Europe like Spain, France, Prussia and Russia. The Hapsburgs, the Bourbons, Hitler and Stalin all failed to find a strategy that would defeat the maritime empires, which controlled the world's trade routes and raw materials. Successful maritime powers like Britain and, in the 20th Century, the United States, required coastlines with deep harbors and security from aggressive neighbors that Germany, France and Russia lacked. This allowed them to concentrate on trade and commerce, and to develop powerful mercantile classes that won a share of power in government. Britain and Holland were the "first supreme maritime powers of the modern age", succeeded by the United States after the world wars of 1914-18 and 1939-45, and the fact that democratic institutions developed first in relatively open societies like these was not coincidental. Of course, the United States was a very weak maritime power in the 18th Century and its navy hardly existed, yet the Battle of Chesapeake Bay in 1781 was the key event that enabled it to win its independence. It depended on French and Spanish sea power to divert the British Navy to other theaters of the war, such as India, the Caribbean, Gibraltar or the defense of the home islands and in the end this strategy was successful enough so that at a crucial moment of the war, Britain temporarily lost its maritime supremacy in North American waters.

Eric Erikson is a founding member of developmental psychology. His theories have become a sort of cornerstone, from which many have built basic ideas about human development from infancy to adulthood.

Rethinking the Politics of Development in Developing Countries

¶ … Jesus Through the Old Testament" and New Testament Interpretation of the Old Testament: the Theological Rationale of Midrashic Exegesis

What is the difference between competitive advantage and competitive immunity? (Answer: 0.5-page)

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¶ … organization is the Civilian Human Resource Agency (CHRA). This is a military organization that employs civilians in a variety of occupations from scientists and engineers to administrators and customer service…

PART 1: In the 21st century the advent of new technologies have allowed for the development of new and innovative social networks that can be utilized as a means of ‘social capital." For instance, Facebook, MySpace, and other popular social networks have been instrumental in organizing a variety of political movements from the Arab Spring to the Occupy Wall Street protests. PART 2: When people stop reading newspapers and watching television to get their news, as often is the case with younger people, there is the danger of receiving a limited view of the news. People will then most likely get their information from Internet sites that possess a political view that is similar to their own. PART 3: It was on June 28, 2012 that the Supreme Court of the United States announced its ruling on the Affordable Care Act, widely known as "Obamacare." However, this decision enraged conservatives while it was simultaneously seen as honorable by liberals; clearly demonstrating how politically polarized the nation has become during the last 50 years.

According to Peter Forbes' book the Great Remembering, the human species has lost its natural, vital connection to the land and to local communities. By and large, people see the land as a resource to be exploited,…

With the advent of the new millennium has come an increased focus on the workplace and the impact of sociological concepts within that workplace, such as leadership and group dynamics.