Essays 121 - 150
Quiet was largely to dispel nationalistic fantasies about warfare and depict WWI in realistic fashion as perceived by the common G...
then took this reality and spinned it to contest the uncontestable and knew there could be no definitive answer, which he believed...
aggressive regimes, punishment for a wrongdoing that has not been corrected. Iraqs 1990 invasion into Kuwait is an example of a ju...
of petroleum for the United States and its European allies" and also to "prevent or minimize Soviet involvement in the region" (Ge...
and the public. Party slogans exemplify doublethink, as they proclaim that war is really peace, freedom is really slavery, etc. Wh...
that brought the political tensions to a head was the assassination of the heir to the Austrian throne; Archduke Francis Ferdinand...
about much of its own global discord by virtue of its imperialistic mindset. While opinions about why Vietnam occurred are as vas...
by the reality of war. Their psyches have been reduced to the common denominator that is dictated by whatever has to be done in or...
war because he already knew that once a troop commitment had been made - no matter how small - it would become difficult not to be...
In six pages this report considers crisis situations such as the Second World War, the conflicts in Korea and Vietnam, and the Gul...
deliberation," much like Nestor had cautioned "Agamemnon against hasty judgment" (Gore on War). In both cases, despite any heeding...
get their forces together and attack from the west" (The Second World War). Common wisdom says that Germany stomped Poland flat w...
et al, 2000). And the settlers brought diseases with them against which the Indians had no defense, wiping them out in large numbe...
was able to be waged. There are two things that differentiated the air campaign from other prior conflicts. One difference is that...
Triple Alliance. Slavery was abolished as a result of the war but the military took greater and greater predominance in Brazil. ...
summarizing the work of both Postrel and OBrien. Aesthetics, according to Postrel, aid people in defining themselves by the "loo...
hospitals. Under her wings, she took care of the soldiers while at the same time training other women to "nurse" them back to hea...
military action in the province if the tribal leaders would promise not to give shelter to foreign elements or allow border attack...
person that John F. Kennedy was addressing when he said "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your co...
and dodged the most important matters, continually laying the blame for the killing of millions at the feet of others (Cockburn, 2...
Orend points out that the mere threat of war, or mutual dislike and disdain, are not necessarily indicators of war. "The conflict ...
Iraq fares will determine the direction of the global war on terrorism" (Zuckerman, 2007). Zuckerman concludes that because of th...
out. You didnt know what the future might bring, or if they would survive. "Did you get married during the war?" I asked. "No, ...
All five opposed King Richard III and, at various times, were personally accused of treason by Richard. Chapter 2 gives a brief in...
Ionian Greeks under Persian rule, with the other Greeks were free, a state of affairs that was going to cause trouble sooner or la...
the conflict in Iran is not over, the Cold War is, and when looking back from a twenty-first century perspective, the U.S. looks a...
In four pages this paper examines the historical text on the Pelopponesian War by Thucydides in a consideration of the cultural di...
and womanizing, punctuated only by bouts of warfare. It would be inaccurate to say that Frederick really believed in the war at ...
timeframe or the conflict. Both clearly make the point that a person is forever changed by war. Interestingly, both use similar ...
In five pages this research essay discusses the Gulf War in terms of Iraqi and United States' policies with military 'grand strate...