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Politicians and Petitions: Passing the "Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom" in Virginia
(Georgetown University, 2013)
The defeat of Patrick Henry's general assessment bill in the Virginia legislature, brought about by the mobilization of dissenters in a petition campaign influenced by James Madison, led to the passage of Thomas Jefferson's ...
THE THREE-FIFTHS CLAUSE: A NECESSARY AMERICAN COMPROMISE OR EVIDENCE OF AMERICA’S ORIGINAL SIN?
(Georgetown University, 2017)
For over 230 years historians and scholars have argued that the Three-fifths Clause of the United States Constitution, which counted slaves as three-fifths a citizen when calculating states’ population for apportionment ...
In Retrospect: Intent and War Crimes in the Life and Times of Wilton B. Persons.
(Georgetown University, 2011)
This thesis studies the potential uses of military memoirs in the prosecution of war crimes. Drawing on the work of the political theorist Carl Schmitt, I analyze the memoirs of Wilton B. Persons, a Judge Advocate General ...
Private Philanthropy and the Alimenta Programs in Imperial Rome
(Georgetown University, 2012)
In ancient imperial Rome, wealthy upper class citizens followed the emperor's lead of establishing philanthropic alimenta programs. The alimenta programs provided children with financial stipends for food, clothing, and ...
Aiming for Strategic Effect: The Evolution of the Army Air Force's Strategic Bombardment Campaigns of World War II
(Georgetown University, 2013)
During the final months of World War II, the Army Air Force launched hundreds of incendiary bombing raids against several Japanese cities. This decision countered long-established strategic strike doctrine. Beginning in ...
French Views of Venice from the Fourth Crusade through Napoleon
(Georgetown University, 2013)
French views of Venice from the Fourth Crusade through Napoleon were largely negative. Greed was a perennial theme, but others waxed and waned. At the time of the Fourth Crusade in 1204, the French found the Venetians ...
CICERO AND THE MORAL EDUCATION OF YOUTH
(Georgetown University, 2013)
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 B.C.), one of the most influential figures of the tempestuous late Roman Republic, has been interpreted across eras, cultures and disciplines to a voluminous degree. Most Ciceronian scholarship ...
DELIVERING UNPALATABLE TRUTHS: LESSONS LEARNED FROM ALEXANDER HAMILTON AND THE JAY TREATY DEBATE
(Georgetown University, 2013)
Alexander Hamilton believed that political leaders should address the public with candor and confront them with unpalatable truths when passion led them to favor policies that betrayed their true interest. Hamilton's role ...
JFK: AN ASSESSMENT OF THE MAN AND THE IMAGE
(Georgetown University, 2013)
Nearly fifty years after the assassination a majority of Americans continue to respond favorably towards President Kennedy's conduct in office despite revelations of his serial philandering and the cover-up of his serious ...
INDIA'S WOMEN WARRIORS: THE RANI OF JHANSI REGIMENT AND SUBHAS CHANDRA BOSE
(Georgetown University, 2014)
This study addresses the history of the Rani of Jhansi Regiment (RJR), a female infantry unit of the Indian National Army formed and led by Indian nationalist politician Subhas Chandra Bose who collaborated with Japan ...