The End of History and the Last Man

magazine writing, and advise American presidents and foreign leaders directly”. This status contributes to Fukuyama’s continued success as a political scientist, political economist and author. After achieving notability for his book, The End of History and the Last Man, Fukuyama changed pace and wrote a distinctively historical work (as opposed to his aforementioned previous novels that were more theoretical) entitled The Origins of Political Order: From PreHuman Times to the French Revolution. Citing

Walker appreciates the dangers of the American/Soviet rivalry. He acknowledges its devastating impact on Europe as the “last and greatest of Europe’s civil wars.” Yet he also calls the Cold War a “in the end, a resilient and predictable system for the preservation of human civilization.” Unlike some recent commentators, he does not dismiss the Cold War as some kind of colossal mistake that one side or the other should have been prudent enough to avoid. The Soviet Union’s collapse, he argues, seems

of our times. Fukuyama’s book, The End of History and the Last Man, and Huntington’s book, The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order, pose two very conflicting theories on international relations. In this paper I will summarize and compare/contrast the two theories. Both theories, written since the fall of communism and updated since the first gulf war, have been widely read, taught, praised and criticized The End of History and the Last Man is a book in which Francis Fukuyama

didn’t want to see it end? I think that Commander Theodore H. Barrett had that same desire. In May of 1865, Commander Theodore H. Barnett led troops into what is known as the last battle of the Civil War. The Battle of Palmito Ranch did not impact the outcome of the Civil War; but it still made history. This battle was led by a man who wasn’t ready to see the Civil War end, a man who was passionate about what he was fighting for. The Battle of Palmito Ranch was the last land action battle

If you look closely at history of the world, a person could believe that civilization moves in a cyclical form. Cyclical history is one of the five philosophies of history. Everything is born raises to maturity followed by a decline and then ends in death and then reborn again, a circular form. This circular theory is seen in: seasons, life, machinery, civilizations and in culture. Yet, a cycle doesn’t have to last for a day, a year, it could be 20 years or even 12,000 years. In some incidents

In the book Animal Farm the last sentence is, "The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which” (Orwell, p.141). This quote is saying that the pigs are not human, but their greed is just like a human. In the book animal farm the pigs end up acting like humans at the end, which was one of the initial rules that humans are bad. They are taking their power into granted and acting like a human. This is

1962 he made a speech called, “Going to the Moon” at a university in Texas to support NASA in launching people on the moon for the first time ever in history. His speech illustrates many examples of rhetorical strategies, one being repetition. This is very common to find and comes up frequently. The second example of rhetoric used is pathos and the last is connotative diction. Small doses of repetition are scattered throughout Kennedy’s speech. In the fourth paragraph, the word “despite” is repeated

people of this small village. I believe that Baldwin’s apparent subject is about the people who inhabit this small village and how it is not uncommon for them to have never seen a black person. I think the deeper issue Baldwin is discussing is the history of racism and the relationship between blacks and whites. I think Baldwin does an excellent job of meshing the two subjects. As he describes his time in the village he recounts how people where at first fascinated with his differences. He was simply

which he divides them into two different cities. Each city is based on either a love of God or on a love of self. The first city is the city of God which is associated with the love of God. Next, is the city of Man, who is linked with the love of self. Augustine uses these cities to trace history back to the beginning of the world showing that he was different than those who came before him and that he knew what was going to happen. The City of God illustrated the many catastrophes that occurred

each other. Which is surprising, considering they Early China is at the beginning of recorded history for China and the Qing Dynasty is the last dynasty to rule. Although, gender equality can be considered the same for both societies, they are actually different since the Qing Dynasty started to change during the end of its reign. Both Early China and the Qing Dynasty went through major changes in history. Early China is the beginning of the dynasties, as we know it, so a bunch of new items and product