...faith toward the Americans. His influence in the army was, at all times, mischievous (General Charles Lee: Traitor of the American Revolution). To the British, Charles Lee was a traitor who turned on England to fight under George Washington. Due to Charles Lee’s treacherous actions against America, it would lead to his downfall in the following years. Born in England to an aristocratic family, Lee had already joined the army at the age of 12, and in the 1750's was sent to colonial America to fight in the French and Indian War (also known as the Seven Years War). It was here that he first served with the man who would be his superior officer later in life, General George Washington. Together they survived the bloody disaster of Major General Edward Braddock's defeat at the hands of the French Canadians and Indians in 1755 (American History Suite 101) at the Monongahela River at the forks with the Allegheny and Ohio Rivers near modern Pittsburgh (Fort Pitt) in the Battle of Monongahela (British Battles). Not only was it here that Charles Lee first came into contact with George Washington, it was also Washington’s first defeat, which probably leads to Lee’s treason later on. Why this happens is because Lee was arrogant and ugly, and felt he was a better General overall than to his superior George Washington. Outside of battle, Lee was rarely seen around people; Lee was more surrounded by dogs. His prized dog was Pomeranian (US History, War for Independence). Later on,...
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...North South University Assignment (POL 101) Submitted To: Professor Ricardo Wheatley Submitted By: Name: Mohammad Moinul Hassan ID: 123 0137 6 30 Course: Introduction to Political Science (Pol 101) Semester: Fall 2014 Section: 6 Submission Date: 30/09/2014 Assignment no.: 1 Bangladesh as a Mono-National Identity In my opinion Bangladesh is a mono-national country. A multi-national country has a big amount of people from different country, culture, language etc. But in Bangladesh there is the majority portion of peoples are Bengali. Their mother language is Bengali, they have the same culture. There are some tribal nations (Khasheas, Marmas, Chakmas, Santals etc.) over 1 million but that’s very little amount where the total Bangladesh population is over 160 million. These minority groups aren’t dominating at all compare to the total population of Bangladesh. “Bangladesh's tribal population consists of about 1 million people, just under 1 percent of the total population. They live primarily in the Chittagong Hills and in the regions of Mymensingh, Sylhet, and Rajshahi.” Another important thing is Religion. There is mainly 4 religions people in Bangladesh. They are Muslims (90.4%), Hindus (8.2%), Buddhist (Below 1%) and Christian (Below 1%). So the majority people follows Islam. For that reason we can also say it’s a mono-national state. Many times the Bengali identity used both negatively and positively in politics. In 1947 Indian Subcontinent divided into...
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...a representative of the nation, has tasks to complete. After supper, Adam’s father attends a Committee meeting (Fast 28). The Committee follows a procedure in which they call the meeting to order, give reports, discuss issues, and make decisions. Order is a standard in Adam’s life and the nation, however when word is spreading that a British army is coming, it sparks worry in citizens and uncertainty of what comes next. While the nation and Adam prepare for the British to arrive, they are not expecting chaos to emerge. Colonists possess no intention of starting a war, yet a Red Coat shoots Adam’s father and chaos erupts. Adam states, “Then the whole British front burst into a roar of sound and flame and smoke, and our whole world crashed on us, and broke into little pieces that fell around our ears and came to an end; and the roaring, screaming noise was like the jubilation of the damned” (Fast 100-101). The merciless British army attacks the colonists and disrupts order in the nation. Furthermore, this incident also causes disorder to erupt in Adam’s life. Adam states, “I was filled with fear, saturated with it, sick with it” (Fast 101). The notion of war traumatizes Adam, and he has no choice but to fight for his life and the nation. He becomes involved in the chaos of the nation’s conflict with the British. Once the colonists succeed in war, Adam and the nation begin to think about what the future might hold for the dynamic nation. Because of the war, the nation and Adam...
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...Background Summary The United States (US) military has a rich history, which has paved the way for civilian societal advancements. Development of the military has a span of over two centuries starting with the creation of the Continental Army in 1775 under the command of General George Washington to what is now a current day War on Terrorism where specialized branches of the military are divided into subcultures that include the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard. Notable leaders include General Colin Powell, an American-Statesman and retired four Star General in the United States Army who is considered one of the most popular and admired leaders in America. Douglas MacArthur, an autocratic leader who was an American 5...
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... Your Name: COMS 101 Date Due: 01 Oct 2012 Organization: Topical pattern. Audience analysis: 3 Junior Leaders in the US Army, 2 single Soldiers and a Father of 2 young teens boys. Topic: The moral decline of society caused by the base values being changed and manipulated by the society that surrounds us. Rhetorical Purpose: To inform my audience about the influence of Soldiers in the U.S. Army Redemptive Purpose: To show the importance of instilling the Army Values in young Soldiers, so that perhaps, they will have a base from which to teach the next generations values to guide them morally. Introduction: I. Attention-getter These two items I am going to show you in a minute I am sure you have all seen at one time or another. Please take a moment and think about what type of feelings these bring about. II. Establish Credibility I am responsible for the moral and ethical behavior of not just my own children but for any Soldier that is placed under my leadership. III. Purpose Statement As the father of my children and leader of Soldiers. I must ensure that they have the right values to steer them morally through our world. I have instilled my family’s values in my children from an early age. As for the Soldiers I am trying to instill the Army Values , sometimes this is difficult because some Soldiers have been raised for the last 18yrs or more with their family values that may be in contrast the Army Values. IV. Preview...
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...not an ordinary man. Christopher Browning in his book, Ordinary Men, discusses the Reserve Police Battalion 101 and their change over time from ordinary men to hardened killers. He proves that, through varies experiences and decisions that the Nazi regime manipulated them into becoming killers while also saying that it was also their own person choice to kill throughout the entirety of their time in the Battalion. Rudolf Hoess, although he did start off as a regular man who wouldn’t hurt anyone on his own, was never manipulated like the men of Battalion 101 to become a killer. The choice was always his own and he at no point rejected the idea of the murder of Jews. Browning discussed a transition period for the Battalion where they became hardened by their surrounding and became accustomed to the killing. This transition period was never present in Hoess’ memoire and therefore one must conclude that he never had the same struggles of a man coming to grips with murder. The need to follow orders is also prevalent in both Browning and Hoess’ works but in Brownings’ investigation it is shown that orders did not have to be followed and routinely were abandoned. This idea is never mentioned in Hoess’ memoire and he takes the idea of orders beyond what it really was at the time to justify his own actions. The feelings of guilt clearly shown by the men in Battalion 101 are not present in Hoess’ memoire and where he does describe his own personal guilt it is impossible to verify...
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...Jru Venerable History 101-001 Professor Green May 10, 2011 People, sometimes, around me wonder: did the slaves want freedom? Of course we did, as long as we could reach it without losing our lives in the development. The conflict on the plantations clearly points out our longing for freedom. Beginning in 1861, and continuing throughout the war, whenever the closeness of Union troops made successful escape likely, slaves abandoned their plantations by the hundreds, even the thousands. The course of successful slave escapes began in Virginia, in Union-held territory across the Potomac from Washington and around Fort Monroe at the tip of the Virginia Peninsula in Hampton Roads. In May 1861, three of us ran away to the fort and claimed sanctuary because master was about to take us South to work on Confederate defenses. General Benjamin Butler, a War Democrat from Massachusetts and a constant thorn in Lincoln's side. Thinking more about the political lead to be gained among Northern antislavery advocates than about the needs of the fugitives, Butler declared us blacks to be "illegal imports of war"--enemy property that could he used against the Union. This title neatly avoided the question of whether or not we were free and turned the Southerners argument that slaves were property against them. Lincoln unwillingly accepted the ruling, and as a result, all of us, that had escaped throughout the war, were thought of by the Northerners as "smuggled goods." This...
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...area amongst the two was their idea of reaching the end of victory. Sun Tzu defines victory as taking a state intact. He says it is better to capture the enemy then to destroy them. “To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme skill.” Sun Tzu also states that you should not allow your enemies to come together; you should severe and destroy your enemies’ alliances. The preferred methods for success in these matters would be the use of diplomacy, propaganda, and secret agents. By undermining the enemy’s plans and allies in this way, the need for actual battle became unnecessary for victory (Sun Tzu, The Art of War, p. 78). Carl Von Clausewitz view on this is in total disagreement. He believes in the destruction of the enemies’ army, the conquest of his territory, and the breaking of the enemies’ wills (Carl Von Clausewitz, On War, p. 102-105). “Kind-hearted people might of course think that there was some ingenious way to disarm or defeat an...
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...Revolutionary War Taylor Hunter ENG/101 October 26, 2014 The battle of Trenton and Princeton began to erupt in the same year of the Revolutionary War. The Revolutionary War had started because the Americans wanted the same rights the as the British citizens had. The British refused to give Americans the same rights because they (British) didn’t think the Americans shouldn’t be represented as a part of the British Parliament, instead their (British) minds were more focused on building revenue. The British had ignored the Americans demands in which the British thought the Americans demands were a cause of outrage. There were so many different wars that had erupted during the Revolutionary War. The battle between Trenton and Princeton had begun on December 25, 1776. The battle between Trenton and Princeton had taken place in Trenton, NJ on the Delaware River. Before the battles between Trenton and Princeton in 1776, even with the weather being bad with snow storms. General William Howe had driven the Continental Army out of New York. After the Continental Army was driven out of New York, they were forced to retreat. George Washington had learned about the Continental Armies expiration of their enlistment and decided to attack the British before the army dispersed. George Washington was adamant about crossing the Delaware and across the river above Trenton and attack the Hessian garrison. George Washington had over twenty four hundred men from different...
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...* war and negative racial stereotyping were two mutually reinforcing factors in this distancing- promote a psychological distancing between perpetrator and victim * bureaucratic and administrative aspects of the destruction process * disobedience meant the concentration camp if not immediate execution, possibly for their families as well BUT everyone could still make their own decisions about shooting * with the division of labor and removal of the killing process to the death camps, the men felt scarcely any responsibility at all for their action within virtually every social collective, the peer group exerts tremendous pressure son behavior and sets moral norms those who did not shoot risked isolation, rejection and ostracism-a very uncomfortable prospect within the framework of a tight-knit unit stationed abroad among a hostile population, so that the individual had virtually nowhere else to turn for support and social contact non shooters tried to diffuse the criticism of their comrades and pleaded NOT that they were “too good” but rather that they were “too weak” to kill less men stepped away from this action than did at Jozefow and ended up killing more jews in half the time with a third of the manpower 87: Browning says “ at lomazy following orders reinforced the natural tendency to conform to the behavior of one’s comrades . this was much easier to bear than the situation at Jozefow. this is where the change began to happen for the...
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...Jairo Magdaleno 3/10/2014 ENG-101-B New Aged Paul Reveres The term whistle blower defines a person who exposes misconduct, alleged dishonesty or illegal activity within an organization. In plain English, this means, someone exposing an organization of wrong doing. However, should a person who exposes wrong doing be punished? Or should they be praised and thanked? Two most recent, possibly the biggest, whistle blowing events include two individuals with high rank within the US government. The question was, should these individuals be punished for their actions? Being portrayed and explained by the mainstream media most people would say "Yes, lock him up!". With a little research, however, one might not find it necessary to punish these individuals so severely. One might even find this move, patriotic. Bradley Manning is an individual convicted of Espionage and sentenced to thirty-five years in federal prison for the largest disclosure of secret government documents. Manning was a Computer Intelligence Analyst with the United States Army. From the seat of his computer work station in Iraq, Manning had access to SIPRNET(The Secret Internet Protocol Router Network). This is the private computer network that the government uses to transmit government files around the world. With a few key strokes, Manning had access to countless "secret" government files. When these files became too much to bare, Manning felt that the public needed to know the truth in order...
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...They are meant for us; they can be meant for no other", because Great Britain has the enemy that they have called forth their accumulation of navies and armies toward (Henry 45-48). We defend this argument because Great Britain has sent their soldiers into our soil control us, and they still envisage us to let their soldiers into our...
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...In the early stages of my research I borrowed this book from the library and I sure am glad I did. Something I found interesting was that they simultaneously fought two wars. This book really talked about how they had to fight Hitler and segregation. Hitler ruled the skies in Europe and Jim Crow ruled the skies in the US. Young black men came to Tuskegee, Alabama in the early 1940s, when the US Army opened pilot training to African Americans. Tuskegee was chosen as the place for the first black military pilot training because Tuskegee Institute had already been training black civilian pilots, Tuskegee Institute lobbied for the contract to operate a primary flight school for pilots, the region had more days of good flying weather than many other...
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...Darrel Watlington April 1, 2015 Sociology 101 Speaking out for Soldiers Page 1 I have been in the military since 2007 and have witnessed several of my friends change during this time period. I have only one friend who is seeking help for PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) I find it interesting that even though they are suffering they will not seek help. My question is why are most military troops less likely to seek help for PTSD? The mental health in our military troops is becoming more of a concern. It has been found that one in eight US soldiers returning home from either Iraq or Afghanistan has PTSD. The major problem occurring from this is soldier are for one reason or another not seeking any help for this issue. This problem has been going on for as long as there has been war. Fortunately our society is starting to understand the effects war has a a person and are paying more attention to this issue. It is important that our society pay more attention to this problem because their can be lasting negative effects if soldiers do not seek treatment. The short term effects of PTSD are sleeplessness, panic attacks, intense fear, nightmares, self destructive thoughts, and depression. The long term effects of PTSD are subsidence abuse, anger management issues, loneliness, and severe depression. In 2012 the military sent out a survey to military spouses and found out that over sixty...
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...More Than A Friend Girls? They’re nasty. All they do is stalk their crushes, fangirl all the time, spread crazy rumors, gossip everywhere, every time. Girl best friend? Why would I even bother. Why would I even want to learn girl stuff or listen to their boyfriend problems 101? But who would even imagine, that in just a blink of an eye, I would be best friends with not just one but five of them. Girls who became, somehow, my reason to wake up every morning. But not all of them are the subject of this composition. The girl almost all males have crush on. The girl who is very talented in almost all aspects. She may be chubby, but she’s beautiful. She may own a face of a baby, but she’s strong. She is my “bestest friend” among the five. She is my human Barbie, my guidance counsellor, my older sister, and God’s definition of true friendship. She is Kathlyne Mei Pua. Our kind of relationship is unexplainable. Our eyes talk like we had our own secret club. We fought rumors like army soldiers, and share food like hungry dogs. We may be weird, but we’re the best kind of weird. All I know is we’re best friends trying to cope up with each other’s thoughts, trying to do the best yet the most fun way to live life. Not a day goes by without I thinking about her. Now that she graduated and left me behind, not a day passes by without I missing her by my side, without I thinking how lucky I was to have met her. I miss her every time something really good happens, because she’s...
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