 | "Comparing Wars" (March 17, 2003) by Darrell M. West 40.02 Kb.  2 | read |
 | Why was the Bubonic Plague (Black Death) so devastating to European society? Historical Context Once the swelling appeared, an infected person was usually dead within a week. Another even more virulent form attacked the respiratory system and was spread by breathing the exhaled air of a victim. Once a person was infected 0.81 Mb. 8 | read |
 | Science, Research and Adventure: Austrians in the Pacific Triest asked protection from Austria against the dominating nearby cities Venecia and Aquilea; this access – which included a naval harbor in Pola (Pula) 71 Kb. 2 | read |
| Historical Context Because people had no defense against the disease and no understanding of how it spread, it brought panic as well as illness and death 0.78 Mb. 6 | read |
| Trench Warfare on the Western Front Nevertheless, the realities of trench warfare do seem to capture an essential truth about the war. Trench warfare is a vivid symbol of how this industrial war stripped soldiers of a sense of agency or humanity and instead mocked any concept of individual heroism 46 Kb. 1 | read |