...Is War Beneficial to Mankind? War is a horrible medium, which has been used for hundreds of thousands of years, to achieve certain goals through the use of force. The major causes for war are resources, which can be territory, water, gold, minerals or animals; and ideologies: political beliefs, religion, philosophical differences. In other words, brutal outrageous kings, rulers, commanders and emperors possessed the purpose of having power and control over the whole world. But do these egoistic goals really bring benefit to humanity? Many people are sure that any war is unfair and should be stopped, as it brings only harm and damage. People are losing their homes, relatives, lives, but they aren’t even the part of the war. Many men want to refuse participating in war and killing people, but they must do it because of a draft. Millions of innocent people are dying, e.g. casualties in WWI were above 11 millions, in WWII – almost 60 millions, and in the War in Iraq – already near 107 thousands and the death count still increases every day. War also destroys the towns, earth, and nature and brings terrible chaos to the land, where it occurs. Many plants, factories, historical buildings are crushed down and there is the enormous harm to the environment. Mother Nature gives all men so many miracles, and in return it gets great suffering from such a horrible activity as war. Moreover, war affects every citizen, as everybody has to pay money for the soldiers, theirs...
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...Joshua Roberts Dr. Stanford-Bowers English 102 21 July 2013 Environmental Effects of Nuclear War Thesis: If large scale nuclear war broke out, it would make large areas of the earth uninhabitable and almost completely destroy the environment. I. Immediate effect to the environment a. The Nuclear Blast b. The Thermal Radiation c. Direct nuclear Radiation II. Effects That bring about nuclear winter d. Surface temperature drops e. Upper atmosphere heats causing ozone loss III. Fallout and its effects on the environment f. How people are exposed to fallout g. The effects of this exposure h. How long nuclear fallout last The atomic bomb is our single greatest piece of technology and also the worst piece of destruction we have ever created. It is because of the research in to nuclear weapons that we have had some of our greatest technological breakthroughs in electrical power and medicine. On the other hand, it is this research and testing that have changed our world completely and not for the better. According to Ramesh Thakur “When Manhattan project director J Robert Oppenheim first saw a nuclear explosion he quoted the bhagavad gita”Now I am become death, the shatterer of worlds”” (28). Because of all the superpowers dependence on nuclear weapons we are getting closer to seeing our worst nightmares of an all-out nuclear war becoming a reality. It is through the accident at the Chernobyl power plant and the...
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...The Purpose of War and Its Effects Time and time again, Americans are told how necessary and essential war is by their government. While Americans sacrifice their lives for the United States, so are citizens of other countries. But, also individuals are telling everyone how inhumane war. The fact of the matter is war always seems to be a repeating factor in life. Whether people try to justify war or not, there are many reasons and circumstance that are ignored and hidden. War could be defined as a nation’s means for protection. Many could probably say war is a nations way of showing off, but clearly everyone has their own opinion. Protection is also a very broad way of describing a reason to go to war. Protection from what exactly is the question to ask. Protection is rarely the substantial reason as to why a nation is going to war. In many cases though, countries do need protection and can not sustain by themselves. Case and point to the previous argument would be, the Invasion of Panama. A topic, dealing with war, which is very taboo, is how the soldier is affected. Many have mentioned the topic of the soldiers’ state of mind, but who is actually listening? The government is supposed to care, but war seems to be a constant. Soldiers are supposed to be studied and evaluated, but ultimately, soldiers are not truly cared for. That fact that soldiers are sent over to a foreign land, to kill someone, should be a red flag to any official that the human psyche will...
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...Physical Effects War has many negative impacts one such includes the temporary and permanent injuries it causes to soldiers. Here are some examples of physical injuries caused by war: Infectious diseases Due to unsanitary conditions and congested battlefields, infectious diseases are very common and spread fast. Examples of infectious diseases include: Trench Foot: is a disease caused by having one’s feet immersed in cold or muddy water for a long period of time. As a result, the foot becomes swollen and the tissues began to die. Unfortunately, in severe cases, the foot may have to be amputated (Cherney). Campylobacter Jejuni: an infection which causes abdominal pain, fever, and diarrhea. Leishmaniasis: a disease caused by the bite of a sand fly....
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...April 29, 2013 Cause and Effect of War The Vietnam War was during the years of 1964-1975. This is the longest military conflict in U.S. History. Around 85,000 Americans were killed during this war. This war cost over 150 billion dollars. The war involved the North Vietnamese army and the National Liberation Front on one side against the United States and the South Vietnamese army. The war was fought in South Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, and a little in North Vietnam. One cause of the war was that the Vietnamese had struggled for their independence from France which was a result of the First Indochina War. As a result of this war, the country was divided into North and South Vietnam. The United States got involved in Vietnam because U.S. authorities thought that if the whole country fell under communist control, this would cause a domino effect and communism would spread through all of Southeast Asia. This was the reason to get involved in Vietnam. When the Japanese finally surrendered on September 2, 1945 in the First Indochina war, Ho also declared independence for Vietnam. The French refused to accept Vietnam’s independence, and later drove the Viet Minh into the north of the country. In 1965, the United States sent troops to help maintain the Southern Vietnamese government. Unfortunately, their plan didn’t work and in 1975 Vietnamese was under Communist control. The United States demanded for Japan to leave Indochina, or else they would be forced to use military action. After...
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...The Effects of War and Peace on Foreign Aid LaRonda McKay Strayed University Sociology of Developing Countries Professor Donna Robinson November 1, 2015 The Effect of War and Peace on Foreign Aid Egypt is a developing country that has poor living conditions and very few job opportunities. Since 2011 the Egyptian government has been questionable about what it stands for. This has caused almost no economic growth and in return lead to borrowing lots of money and relying on their allies to foot the bill. Egypt chosen a new path to reform which will lead to economic growth and stability by building new infrastructure and creating jobs for the people. Foreign aid is providing Egypt with the funding to help reach economic stability. To bad the countries internal conflicts are likely to erupt into a civil war that will easily be a negative effect on their growth. On Tuesday, January 25, 2011, in Egypt protesters took to the streets. They were protesting against poverty, unemployment, and government corruption. The protest was taking place in Cairo and two other major cities. The police arrested and injured many protesters. The military moved in to take over security, and the protesters did not even care because they have more respect for the military than the police department. The government shut down internet access in the country to keep the protesters from sending out information. After eighteen days of protest, President Hosni Mubarak resigned and left Cairo. Due to the...
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...States did more damage going into the Vietnam War than just staying away and letting them handle it. The Vietnam War was a long and confusion war, it had many causes, a huge cost, and difficulty on the home front. The Gulf of Tonkin Incident was a big cause in the US joining the Vietnam War because this pushed the president to join and send American troops to fight. The Gulf of Tonkin Incident occurred when the US destroyer Maddox had gotten attacked by a Vietnamese torpedo boat. Two days later another destroyer reported the exact same thing. Later proved by historians that the second attack never actually happened, it was just to help push the US into the war (). President Lyndon B. Johnson had later ordered an air strike and by...
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...Many women were affected by the Civil War and many made an huge impact on it. It was a very difficult for women and also young girls in that time and after the war it changed women roles in society. After the civil war many things improved for women and that lead them to be equal to men. The woman’s impact improved a lot of things like there education standing, secured additional legal rights, and acquired greater access to manufactured goods. It shifted the roles of women in society and made both men and women equal. Before the war women were expected to carry out the duties of a housewife and even younger women. “Carry berry was a ten year old girl who was pushed towards duties that would determine to be an acceptable women in society” Women...
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...The Cold War and its policies had detrimental fallout effects on the American people. From the 1950s-1970s, people could see the shifting of cultures resulting from government policies and necessary adjustments to American life resulting from the Cold War. The Cold War would transform the future for America in many ways, including the religious boom, the staggering increase in defense spending, and the pushing of government control and propaganda due to ignorance and discrimination. The Cold war distorted America forever, instilling a fear of communism that would last to this day, making Americans want to try and rid the world of this evil. America, especially from the 1950s to the 1970s, main goal was to rid the world of communist control....
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...Between 2008 and 2011 52.1 percent out of 100,000 heroes that had served the United States of America killed themselves. (McCarthy, 1937) The sad truth behind America’s attempt to keep veterans alive, when they enter civilian life. United States Department of Veteran Affairs needs to do so much more in the prevention in veteran suicide. War is not easy to deal with. That is why the United States made the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or the VA. The VA is responsible for providing health care to military veterans and their families as a benefit of their service. (Issitt) The effects of war cause injuries that family members and friends can’t see and these are the scars on the brain. In more common terms PTSD, or post-traumatic...
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...The cold war between the United States and the Soviet Union was the direct effect of gaining supremacy and power after WWII. United States being a capitalist nation was economically, socially and politically heading in the right direction while the Soviet Union was trying to stamp it communist authority on the world. This showed that both these nations had different post war agendas. While the United States wanted to move on and establish itself as a powerful democratic leader, Soviets were more wary of avoiding further attacks and set defensive border policies with its western states. This allowed Stalin and other Soviet leaders to have a direct influence over Eastern Europe and stop Americans the access to these markets, thus denying them to export their democratic influence. The threat of communism looming over the world during the late forties and fifties impacted the foreign policies of the United States. President Truman who was at the helm during the late forties revolved his foreign policies around the containment of communism. Soviets influence in Greece and Turkey made Americans wary of the fact that the continuing influence of the Soviets on other nations can be disastrous. Truman came up with his own Truman doctrine which revolved around the containment policy. The Truman Doctrine did not only influence United States foreign policy in Greece and Turkey but for the next several decades, other American leaders would refer to the doctrine as a justification for United...
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...The terms of the treaty itself, while not that harsh, had devastating economical and psychological effects on Germany. One major term of the treaty had to do with war reparations. Germany had to pay the winning powers, most notably France, over $300 billion. The other countries on the side of the Allies were largely exempt from paying war reparations because their economies were deemed to be insufficient enough to pay the war reparations. Because the reparations had to be paid in hard currency, one of Germany’s strategies was to mass print German marks in order to buy foreign currencies or gold, which could be used to pay the reparations. This caused massive inflation of the German mark, to the point where it became completely worthless. In...
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...Athens and Sparta had cooperated during the Persian War, but relations between these powerful states declined throughout the years. The Athenian pursuit of equality in their city combined with their growing domination abroad allowed Athens to attempt to create a land and maritime empire. This was one of the main causes for the First Peloponnesian War. The Delian League was initially established as a naval alliance among the Greek nautical states. Overtime, the aggressive policies of Athens converted the voluntary allies of the Delian League into the involuntary subjects of an Athenian naval empire. When Athens tried to expand their kingdom to the Greek mainland they encountered a series of battles with Sparta and its allies, which started the First Peloponnesian War. After a succession of defeats for the Athenians, their land empire began to collapse and they agreed to a thirty year peace treaty with the Spartans. Athens began to use the Delian League as its own empire. They eventually increased their control over it by gaining power of its treasury. The Athenian Pericles was responsible for taking Delian League funds for various projects. He constructed the “long walls” with these reserves enclosing Athens as well as the port of Piraeus. The Spartans saw this piece of land as an important part of their defenses and believed this gave the Athenians an unfair military advantage. Athens did not allow members of the League to leave their alliance. Each ally was charged a fee for...
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...The Korean War was a period of military conflict between North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) and South Korea (Republic of Korea) with many casualties when North Korea invaded South Korea on June 25th, 1950. It was foremost a civil war that demonstrated an incomparable battle between North and South Korea and their attempts to reclaim Korea under each own government. North Korea under the leadership of Kim-Il Sung committed to uniting both halves of Korea under communist rule with the intervention and support of the Soviet Union’s prominent leader Joseph Stalin. Meanwhile, South Korea was a nationalist nation, with an anti-communist government under the leadership of President Syngman Rhee and received economic assistance from...
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...During the Cold War, the majority of Americans had a view of communism that depicted it to be nothing but evil; however, for the millions of people who had revolted against their former government, it was the only way forwards. The situation that developed in Korea during this time was a very accurate description of this. The people of North Korea were pushed down enough that they revolted against their government and formed a communist state while American simply viewed this as another country that had begun the process of falling to communism. The Korean War greatly enhanced the fear and hatred that the United States and the nations that had converted to communism felt for each other. The Korean War, although primarily only fought by the US, North and South Korea, Russia, and China, would have many political consequences around the world that...
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