...Pregnancy during the Dirty Wars The Dirty War in Argentina started as a result of economic and political insecurity that ensued from public disorder beginning in 1969 (Chasteen). The Dirty War lasted from 1976 to 1983 and began as a result of a military coup of a government that was put into action during the presidency of Isabel Martinez de Peron in 1974. The purpose of the military coup was to develop a stabilized government by systematically removing leftist activists, seen to be “terrorists” (Finchelstein). The Dirty War involved the systematic kidnapping, murder, and torture of thousands of citizens including pregnant women and children. The Dirty War involved kidnapping, murder, and torture of thousands of citizens that were virtually invisible to the public and as a result called "disappearances”. Captives from all walks of life were systematically tortured, raped and murdered, sometimes drowned and other times buried in mass graves. Approximately 30% of the disappeared were women. Some were abducted with their small children, and some were pregnant, or became so while in detention, usually through rape by guards and torturers (Finchelstein). Pregnant prisoners were routinely kept alive until they had given birth. Hundreds of pregnant women were forced to give birth in secret detention centers before “disappearing.” Subsequently their newborns were given to military families or allies, who raised them with a completely different identity. Many...
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...similarities but also some differences of course. When reading over Diary of a Dirty Little War: The Spanish-American War of 1898 by Harvey Rosenfeld, I enjoyed how everything was in chronological order. All the events that took place were very descriptive and painted a very clear picture of what had went on during that time frame. On the other hand, as I was reading An Army for Empire by Graham A. Cosmas, this books dates and events were not so much in order but were put in a way where everything tied together well enough for me to understand what took place and exactly why things happened the way they did. This introduces events that happened way before the war, but were all the reasons a war such as this one broke out....
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...The Things They Carried was a book written to teach you a lesson. Whether you learned a lesson was up to you. One thing Tim O’Brien was trying to teach us is that war is dirty. In the chapter “Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong” Rat Kiely says ”You come over clean and you get dirty and the afterward it’s never the same. A question of degree. Some make it intact, some don’t make it at all.” This quote stands true to every character in this novel but Tim O'Brien and Norman Bowker stand out to me the most. Even though these two men are alike in many ways there is a major difference that separates them. That difference is that each man had different ways of dealing with the war. We all know Tim’s outlet to help with the war was writing. The Things...
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...The Dirty Thirties and the Emergence Of Canadian Social Assistance Grade 10 Academic-CHC2D Dec. 12, 2011 By: Kate Raatzs, Archana Selvaragan and Jennifer Joseph Table of Contents Task Page Design Plan Statement 1 Course Outline 2-5 Unit Overview 6 Unit Calendar 7-8 Enduring Understandings/Essential Questions 9-10 Lesson Summaries: a) Causes of Economic Troubles 11 b) Population Changes and Immigration 12-14 c) Technology of the 1930s 15 d) Life in the 1930s 16 e) On-To-Ottawa and Social Unrest 17 f) Social Assistance Programs 18 g) Then and Now Review Lesson 19-21 h) Then and Now Round Table Assignment 22-23 Appendix A: Round Table Discussion Handout 24 Rubric for Round Table Discussion and other Assessment ideas 25-28 Topic Organizer 29-31 Speech Planner 32 Design Process Statement Our group initially decided to work together because each of us was specifically interested in developing lessons for Grade 10 Canadian History – Academic. Some of us wanted to develop our understanding of the curriculum itself, while others wanted to focus on working with students of this age. After reviewing the curriculum...
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...three different movie posters of the American War genre. First I will describe where I found the movie posters, and then I will state the results of the visual elements. Then I will analyze, and critique the results of the findings. Introduction When someone walks along the hallway of a movie theater, they will see a series of movie posters which are there to advertise the movie. Humans are known to act on their first impression, and this is important in advertising because it will either attract or defer a potential viewer. Most people have a favorite movie genre, so they’re more inclined to watch a movie that appears to fit under their genre. Through the movie posters a patriotic theme is given off, which will invite in the intended audience. American War movies have very similar posters, although they will have different stories. Today I will be talking about three different movie posters of the American war genre: “American Sniper” (See Fig.1), “Fury” (See Fig.2), and “Lone Survivor” (See Fig. 3). The main purpose of this report is to find and analyze the visuals of the three movie posters. Methodology In order to try and test my hypothesis, I will need to find material that will allow me to gather the appropriate information. I am going to use the internet to find three movie posters of the same genre, and that genre is American war movies. First I will search on google images for American War Movies. In order to stay within the boundaries...
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...“General Videla is… a genuinely nice person, very polite… Videla was not considered strong-willed… he tended to be more comfortable as the assistant to the stronger individual,” stated the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency in February 1979 (Andersen 223). In 1977, President Videla met with President Carter and assured him that the anti-terrorist war was drawing to a close and repression would be eased (Lewis 189). Argentine human rights activists were transported to the U.S. to testify before Congress amid hearings on military assistance to their country (Lewis 189). In 2002, Kissinger was sued for human rights violations following the coup such as forced disappearance, torture, arbitrary detention, and wrongful death (Broze). “In recently released memos it is made perfectly clear that in 1976 the former Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, gave his approval for Argentina’s Dirty War” (Broze). Even though there was suspicious acts going on in Argentina, America did not do much to help and even went to the extent of approving the Dirty...
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...Hardnett Mrs. Douglass 18 January 2010 Genocide in Mexico This paper explores incidents of genocide that occurred in Mexico from 1945 to 2001. Research focuses on four main episodes of genocide: the October 2, 1968 massacre in Tlatelolco; the Corpus Christi massacre on June 10, 1971; and Mexico’s Dirty War that occurred from the early 1970’s through the 1980’s; and the genocide of women that has been occurring since the Dirty War. Research indicates that the first three episodes of genocide were the responsibility of corrupt government leaders and the army and police that carried out the genocide under government orders (Krauze 725-752). Luis Echeverria, a leading figure in the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) during the 1960’s and Mexico’s president from 1970 to 1976, was charged with genocide related to these events in 2004. However, the charges were dropped due to a judge ruling that the events took place too long ago (BBC 1). The fourth episode of genocide against women is due to the drug cartels and the corrupt government officials that are involved in crime in Mexico (Ramirez 1-2). From 1945 to 1964, Mexico was booming and prosperous because the Second World War had just ended and modernization and industrialization were priorities for the three Mexican presidents during those years. The presidents in office from 1946 until 1964 were Miguel Aleman, Adolfo Ruiz Cortines and Adolfo Lopez Mateos. During this time, Mexico had good relations with the United...
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... but how are human rights defined? Since there is no clear cut definition for these rights throughout history, it can be hard to say when they are violated or when they are respected. Human rights may be defined differently by people from different backgrounds, different classes, different countries, or even in different revolutions. Latin America in particular has faced numerous social revolutions, as well as military dictatorships, so the issue of human rights is a highly important topic in the region. Human rights in Latin America, however, seem to have different definitions based on the historical times, as evident through the eyes of Emiliano Zapata in the time of the Mexican Revolution, Julián the Turk in the time of Argentina’s Dirty War, and a female...
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...My Canadian History Scrapbook 11 June 2013 K. Schweitzer Sagah Radi | ------------------------------------------------- World War I Canadian soldier Many soldiers suffered from medical illness during and after the war. Suck us, drunkenness, self inflicted wounds, trench feet, and many more. This picture represents a Canadian soldier from WWI, who was the first conflict employ chemical weapons. He was suffering from mustard gas burns. After the war between Canada and Germany. Trenches: The trenches are holes (8 to 10 feet in many areas) dug by soldiers to protect themselves from the enemy in WWI. They were designed as three lines. The front line directly faced the enemy; the space in between the front lines of the defenders and the attackers is known as “No Man’s Land” were usually the dead bodies are during the war. Behind the front line is the “Second Line” which was used if the front line was captured by the enemy. Usually there is a third line that is 1km away from the front line towards safety. In the trenches, there was living quarters, kitchens, hospitals and dugouts of all sorts, which were essentially caves dug into the back side of the trench. The trenches were necessary when two armies face a stalemate, with neither side able to win and overtake the other. The Machine Gun: The machine gun was one of the most feared weapons used in WWI. They were mostly used in WWI to kill as much people as possible. Machine guns are an automatic gun that...
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...SECURITY RESEARCH PAPER A PERSPECTIVE ON TERRORISM Piers Hutt piershutt@hotmail.com 1 March 2015 A PERSPECTIVE ON TERRORISM ABSTRACT Purpose: To critically examine the threat of modern terrorism to Western society. Design/methodology: An assessment was made of publically available documentation. The paper is then divided into a number of sections. It initially deals with the difficulties of defining terrorism, followed by its symbiotic relationship with the media. The next section looks at the modern Islamic Fundamentalist threat and the primarily neocon response since 9/11. Whilst the US has withdrawn combat forces from Iraq and Afghanistan, a bipartisan approach has been maintained to counterterrorism. The dangers of such an approach are examined along with emerging threats. Table of Contents * Abstract * Introduction * Define * Role of the Media * Psychology * Modern Terrorism * The Response * Counterview – The Dangers * Looking Ahead – The Next Potential Threats * Another Approach * Conclusion INTRODUCTION “Terrorism has become part of our daily news diet. Hardly a day goes by without news of an assassination, political kidnapping, hijacking or bombing somewhere in the world. As such, incidents of terrorism have increased in the past decade, the phenomenon of terrorism has become one of increasing concern to governments....” Introduction. With the recent high profile terrorist attacks in Sydney...
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...people and disable children live) from Hanoi. That time, I, a 13 years old girl, could not have understood the meaning of the trip. I thought that it would have been a boring meaningless trip. “Why do we have to such a place where I find nothing interesting?” 10am, we arrived at Hoa Binh village. Because the entrance was too small, we had to leave our car outside and walk into the village. “Such a dirty and dilapidated place”- I thought. There were only about fifteen houses in the village, all of them being really small and old. We went into the first house. The atmosphere smelt weird, like dirty diapers. Someone was yelling at the corner of the house. Coming closer, I realized that it was a boy, no, an adult, wearing a underwear and talking with some language that I did not know. He was not a normal person. He looks like a 30 years old man, but he acted like a baby, playing with the three wheels car, smiling unconsciously and talking with himself. I was absolutely surprised, and scared. “Almost of people in this village were like that. They are affected by Agent Orange from the war. They cannot live like normal people. They are not aware of what happens around. They do not live, they just breathe. And being alive.”- Our guider told us about people in this village. We walked around the house. I could not believe that there were 10 people living in a fifty square meters house. All of them were attached by the rope at every corner of the house. Talking with themselves. Crying...
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...Dust Bowls 1930s and 1940s Introduction The dust bowls of the ‘dirty thirties’[1] hurt and helped our nation. They cost us not only currency, but in lives, land, and social instability. Years before, the world has just gotten out of a huge economically depression, and right around the corner, another World War would insure. Beginning of the Events The Great Depression did wonders and caused a lot of problems for the American republic, and the rest of the world. This caused farmers to rush west for the land that became available. This, in turn, caused a great increase in wheat. The price of wheat increased and that meant more profit was made. The land practices became crude, and the same plant planted in the same place ruined...
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...Cutthroat Then Courteous In a cutthroat job of being the presidents right hand man Charles W. Colson was willing to do almost anything to keep Mr. President happy, but also know as President Nixon. He was even known once as the presidents “hatchet man”. Charles W. Colson was born October 16,1931, in Boston Massachusetts he raised money for the military during the war and even made enough to buy a jeep for the army. After attending Browne Nichols School in Cambridge in 1949, he earned his BA, with honors, from Brown University in 1953, and his J.D with honors, from George Washington University Law School in 1959. He was married twice Colson's first marriage with Nancy Billings, in 1953, bore three children. This marriage ended in divorce in January 1964, after some years of separation. He married Patricia Ann Hughes on April 4, 1964. On November 6, 1969, Colson was appointed as special counsel to president Nixon. But because of the water gate scandal and fraud charges Colson was arrested, and pleaded guilty in the court of law....
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...exploded, “I am become death, the destroyer of worlds”. He realized that by giving the allies a way to end the war, he had also opened the Pandora’s Box that was mankind finally having the means to cause its own extinction. By weaponizing the power of the atom, we had created a superweapon the like of the world had never seen. After the dropping of the weapon on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, we ended the war before Operation Downfall had to be deployed, which would have resulted in millions of more casualties on both sides. The destructive nature of the atomic bomb made two hundred and twenty-five thousand civilians die but may have prevented millions from dying by a full-scale attack on the mainland of Japan. We can see that even major destruction has positive effects. Adam Gopnik states, “The Never-Betters, the Better-Nevers, and...
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...The modern world of a teenager is filled with complexity. A Separate Peace, written by John Knowles demonstrates how two teenage boys handle their inter-conflict and coming of age in their modern world during World War II. Finny is athletic, humorous, and represents the optimism and light of the situation, while Gene is fundamentally reserved, physically impressive, and portrays the dark, self-discriminating, and disturbed thoughts of an average teenage boy. Even though, the teens showed strength in both physical and mental aspects, Knowles use of symbolism and imagery help portray Finny as the weaker character. Gene and Phineas’ summer sessions at Devon were a time of freedom and peace. The teachers of Devon were lenient and Finny’s clever tongue allowed him to get away with anything. In the book, it was thought that the war was being fought to preserve the life they enjoyed. Teachers were more indulgent towards them than others, such as the seniors. Finny and Gene reminded them of what peace and life away from the destruction was like. Knowles creates a contrasting image of the summer joy and the tragic war zone. The war for the boys was a distant and almost laughable concept. However, the symbolic summer sessions of innocence and youth comes to an end with Phineas’ fall. Winter sessions began and were dark, disciplined, and filled with difficult work. It symbolized the burden of adulthood and the wartime. The imagery Knowles...
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