YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :War and its Compelling Literary Themes
Essays 451 - 480
whats going on" (Kaplan, 2007). Realistically any individual in charge of sending soldiers out must be aware of what is going on....
with seemingly no end in sight. With businesses continuing to fail at record levels and unemployment rates at an all-time high, i...
San Diego, California. For a young farm boy, the transition was nothing short of culture shock. The boot camp of 1941 was design...
war because he already knew that once a troop commitment had been made - no matter how small - it would become difficult not to be...
deliberation," much like Nestor had cautioned "Agamemnon against hasty judgment" (Gore on War). In both cases, despite any heeding...
moved to the cities (War and prosperity, p. 231). "By 1950, 64 percent of the countrys total population lived in urban areas..." (...
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...
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...
Triple Alliance. Slavery was abolished as a result of the war but the military took greater and greater predominance in Brazil. ...
hospitals. Under her wings, she took care of the soldiers while at the same time training other women to "nurse" them back to hea...
was able to be waged. There are two things that differentiated the air campaign from other prior conflicts. One difference is that...
get their forces together and attack from the west" (The Second World War). Common wisdom says that Germany stomped Poland flat w...
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...
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 ...
summarizing the work of both Postrel and OBrien. Aesthetics, according to Postrel, aid people in defining themselves by the "loo...
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...
Iraq fares will determine the direction of the global war on terrorism" (Zuckerman, 2007). Zuckerman concludes that because of th...
to investigate if the residents of a bioship are being brainwashed. (The term "padawan" is the Jedi term for "apprentice.") Obi-Wa...
The following represents what Caputos policy paper to the Nixon campaign about the conduct of the conflict might have looked like....
to war because they felt it was their calling to engage in warfare. They were all relatively innocent and ignorant about war and a...
United States, and the troops suffered significant losses from problems that had nothing to do with the Viet Cong. In "Days," the...
This research report looks at the American Civil War and how knowledge is acquired through letters written during the time period....
In five pages this paper examines how war's realities and intrusions have cemented contemporary society's philosophical foundation...
use of their forces; hence these organizations tend to support belligerent foreign policies" (pp. 107). On the other hand, one may...
as necessary and correct (Crockatt, 1995). However, the "second wave" of historians, writing perhaps 20 years later, and informed ...
Lafore. In this text, Lafore gives his interpretation as to the causes of World War I. In this tome, Lafore gives the reader a v...