...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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...that war is repetitive. Example: the repetition of the word “they’re” as the first word of a line. The use of repetition in “Homecoming” is to emphasise the emptiness and dullness of going to war and their homecoming. Bruce Dawes purpose in using repetition is to symbolise the repetition of war. This technique can effect the audience by creating an atmosphere of empathy for the people who go to war. From using repetition in words such as “ day after day”, Bruce constructs a mood of dullness. Soldiers aren’t appreciated When the soldiers came home to their homecoming, they were only met by dogs. “raise muzzles in mute salute”. This shows the meaningless of war and how soldiers weren’t given recognition for their war efforts. Dawe...
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...Patriotic War have on Russia in the period of 1941-1945? On June 22 1941, Germany launched Operation Barbarossa; an full scale military invasion against Russia; forcing her entry into The World War causing devastating consequences in all of Russian society, as well as her domestic economic and political affairs throughout 1941-1945. The war featured social effects; the ‘war of annihilation’ of the Russian citizens by Germany in pursuit of Moscow and the increased need of unity and patriotism domestically, economic effects; the complete transition to Russian war time economy to fuel the war and the devastation of Russian industries, however it was the consolidation of Stalin’s communist leadership that was to reign the most significant in terms of its domestic impact but also its lasting effect. The Great Patriotic war forced the Russian economy to transition into a war time economy to fuel the war effort. The final one and a half years of the 3rd five year plan saw a shift into a wartime economy as the Germany invaded Russia; increasing economic mobilisation and increased its PPP usage towards supplying the front with more resources, even more efficiently than Germany due to the war economy. By 1943 60% of Russian output was devoted to its war effort, keeping Soviet army and navy adequately supplied with rearmaments, food, and fuel throughout the war. Through propaganda, Russian labour production shifted importance from developing the economy to contributing to the war, (see extract...
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...War and Peace In 1914, all the world’s major powers went into war. The war started in Europe, we know as being the First World War or “The Great War”. Although, great is the worst word to tag to its name. Unless you would consider millions of people dying amongst massive carnage, then you would be spot on. As big as the war was, it was the soldiers that fought in it came out most impacted. Peace treaties ended the war, but they did not of which put an end to the trauma and after effects of the wars survivors. Before the war, the government did an excellent job of conveying that political situations were not worth fighting for, then within a year their thoughts changed and most people were on board with the idea of war. As the war began, “most people seemed genuinely convinced that their nation’s cause was just.” (Spielvogel 881) Which was a good thing for the troops; because they would need all the support they could to make it through the tough conditions they were about to ender on the battle field. Most of the fighting took part in what was called trench warfare. Fighters spent basically four years fighting in trenches protected by barbed wire and backed by heavy artillery. “Soldiers in the trenches also lived with the persistent presence of death.” (Spielvogel 886) As soldiers were being killed in these trenches, the others have to keep on fighting amidst all the dead bodies of their fellow soldiers all around them. “No-man’s land” separates the opposing...
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...The Dichotomy of War According to Freud our life is played out in two different, opposing forces. One of them, Eros, is the drive for sex, love, and self-preservation, whereas the other is known as Thanatos, the drive for death and self-destruction. It is the yin and yang of motivations and urges. Put simply, Eros wants us to live and struggle through and with pain and suffering; Thanatos prefers to end it all with death, the equalizer, the dark force, the state of constant peace, calm and rest. My father, a 66 year old retired plumber, is a Vietnam vet seeking treatment for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder for the first time in his life. He has two purple hearts and a plethora of mal-adaptive coping skills which have come rather pronounced in his golden years. He lives on a 117 acre ranch in Ellensburg, Washington. His home is off-grid meaning he is not connected to any public utilities and produces his own energy and his home is completely self-sufficient. Most would say this is a remote way of living. Some would say it’s a form of isolation. With all of this privacy at his fingertips, my father still chooses to venture out into the wilderness for days at a time by himself, with his rifle. There is no question in my mind that war gave my father purpose and meaning that is still a part of his identity today but in ways he still doesn’t fully comprehend. As a result of his war experience, he felt pulled in both directions of Eros and Thanatos; the will to survive and the...
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...Kate Kollwitz was an exceptional artist who transformed emotions and experiences into art. Kollwitz art is the reflection of civilian victims and the pain war has brought upon individuals and society as a whole. Kollwitz expressed the devastating effects that war brought upon people, and the lives and souls that were destroyed and shattered. Through Kollwitz art, she stands against war to protect human lives, and not only does she raise conscious to others about the effects of war, but reveals the injustice and how inhumane war was. Before Kollwitz became opposed to war in great ways, her religion and socialism anchored her motifs and commitment for a social growth and a world that depicted the beauty she saw in art, which was the freedom...
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...accidently discover X-ray. According to Njolstand Olav in the Nobel prize website “The real Nuclear age started in 1939 when the President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt received a letter from physicist Albert Einstein and his Hungarian colleague Leo Szilard, calling to his attention the prospect that a bomb of unprecedented power could be made by tapping the forces of nuclear fission, just after the outbreak of World War II in Europe.” (Njølstad, 2003) This was a turning point in the beginning of the development of nuclear weapons in the world. After the first atomic bomb exploded in 1945, many countries in the world have been competing with each other to develop these weapons systems. The earliest countries to blow up nuclear weapons after the U.S. was the Soviet Union and followed by Britain, France and others. The existence of the nuclear weapon become the most powerful deterrence tool in the cold war between two ideologies. The collapse of the communist ideology in many communist country in the world, it is the signed of the end of cold war and the end of the first nuclear age. The First Nuclear Age Concerned with the ability of the Nazi Germany to produce the super weapon at that time, the President of the US in collaboration with Britain has ordered an ongoing research project known as The Manhattan Project. According to US History website “on 16th July 1945, at Trinity Site near Alamogordo, New Mexico, scientists of the Manhattan Project readied themselves...
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...In the reconstruction period of american history (the time immediately following the American Civil War) the U.S was struggling to settle back into a normal state of living with all the changes brought about in the war. During the reconstruction process, from the standpoint of racial equality in the U.S., there was some level of progress made, however the progress was limited to eliminating slave labor as it had been. Progress beyond that was not as successful as it could have been with various attempts, such as the 14th and 15ht amendment, being unsuccessful with the prevention of the rise of the jim crow laws, the KKK, and other other forms of discrimination. The root of this movement started during the American Civil War; or as it might...
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...American public’s opinion affected by events such as the Vietnam War or Watergate? Part Two: What search engine did you use? Google What words did you type into the search engine to get your results? “american public opinion on watergate scandal” “american public opinion on vietnam war” What sources did you choose? Provide the web address and title of each source. Watergate Scandal: Nixon Resigns http://ropercenter.cornell.edu/the-american-publics-attitudes-about-nixon-post-watergate/ The American Public’s Attitudes about Richard Nixon Post-Watergate http://ropercenter.cornell.edu/the-american-publics-attitudes-about-nixon-post-watergate/ Vietnam War Protests http://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/vietnam-war-protests/...
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...World War II: Before Pearl Harbor World War II: Before Pearl Harbor Why did the United States get involved in World War II prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor? There are several reasons for this and all of them could be looked at as damaging to the United States in more ways than one. Throughout this examination of World War II, most individuals look at Pearl Harbor as the starting point for World War II; however, involvement from the United States was looming throughout the war prior to the attack on the United States naval base on a quiet morning of December 07, 1941 right off the Pacific. Throughout the duration of this paper, Hitler’s Germany, Allied Powers, and the Japanese all had a ton to do with the United States entering the World War II landscape. Also, the Neutrality Acts and Lend-Lease programs will also be big points of emphasis as well throughout the duration of this paper. Neutrality Acts and Germany’s Influence By the beginning stages of World War II, Nazi Germany were not too thrilled with American supply ships providing aid and assistance via workers and supplies to Allied troops during the war. The Allied troops consisted of Russia, England, China, and France and they were key allies of the United States at that point in time during the war, in which Nazi Germany at the time objected to (Mintz, 2007). Before things took a turn for the worse in regards to war efforts, the United States Congress approved the “Neutrality Acts”, which were created simply...
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...religious and political wars called the Crusades, took place in the late 11th century from 1095 to the late 13th century (1291). The Crusades left a tremendous impact on both the Eastern and Western Worlds in numerous ways; in certain ways, the effects were positive and in others, the effects were negative. Some of the most important results that Crusades left behind were on commerce, religion and the mindset of the people. Among the Crusaders, there were a variety of different motivations and purposes for taking part in the Crusades. Nowadays, the Crusades are usually viewed as a very important religious movement that knights of Christendom took part in to recapture the Holy Lands from Muslim rule (Doc 3). However, there were some people took part...
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...country in Southeast Asia collapsed to Communism then surrounding countries would soon fall” to rally support for their intentions to save Vietnam from Communism (Davidson, 2011, p. 839). The true reasons for U.S. involvement in the Vietnam Conflict is debatable, however one thing is clear, the war caused further division in a country already suffering from its own social issues. There had been conflict in the Vietnam long before the U.S. became involved in the conflict. Vietnam had been occupied by foreign countries for many years, and by 1940, Vietnam was under both French and Japanese rule. Ho Chi Minh, a Communist Vietnamese revolutionary leader, vowed to create a Vietnam that was independent of foreign rule (Davidson, 2011, p. 839). Ho Chi Minh established the Viet Minh whose main purpose was to liberate Vietnam from French and Japanese control. Northern Vietnam supported the Viet Minh efforts to create an independent Vietnam and joined forces with southern communist Vietcong to overthrow South Vietnam and unite Vietnam under one Communist government. The French were unwilling to relinquish control of Vietnam and decided to fight back. The U.S., in an effort to uphold its Cold War foreign policy of containment, which basically meant preventing the spread of Communism, decided to support the French by providing military aid. However, in 1954, the French decided to withdraw after a defeat at Dien Bein Phu. The Geneva...
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...Wilfred Owen Task 1: The Next War The author portrays Death as a personified character who does not cause the soldiers fear or grief. Although death has come in many forms the soldier has accepted that it is everywhere and has become unaffected by it. This is emphasised in the epigraph in the first stanza and further supported in the first line of the second stanza “we’ve walked quite friendly up to Death, sat down and eaten with him, cool and bland”. This highlights the soldier’s acceptance of death and war and how they relate. The soldier has ‘leagued with him’ and so the soldiers laugh as they have killed just like Death has. Anthem for Doomed Youth This poem draws an analogy between the death of the soldiers and a traditional funeral. It is ironically titled an ‘anthem’ which is usually praiseful or celebratory. The author makes a direct comparison between the ‘choirs’ and the wailing of Shells, and prayers to the rapid sounds of machine guns and rifles. The opening line the soldiers are referred to as cattle, which emphasize how insignificant each live is in the war scene. There are no prayers or choirs mourning for the soldiers who are slaughtered on the battlefield. It is only in the last few lines that the author portrays the silent grieving of the families and loved ones at home. The mood of the poem changes as the author then contrasts the emotion felt back home compared to the ‘cattle’ like death of the soldiers who are around other men whose death...
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...Emancipation Proclamation and the Effect on War The official US Government position in the Civil War from 1861 - January 1st 1863 was to preserve the Union, not to ban slavery. The Emancipation Proclamation issued in Sept 1862 to take effect on January 1863 changed that. Britain and France was meddling in the war on the Confederacy's side (sending military observers and the occasion diplomat, allowing Confederate ships to use British and French ports or built in English or French dry docks). The UK and France were on the verge of recognizing the Confederacy and actively intervening in the war on the Confederacy's side. With the issuance of the EP, France and the UK were scared off. They hated slavery. The EP actually freed no slaves. It was issued in Sept 1862 and said that all slaves still in the Confederacy on 1 Jan 1863 were to be freed. The slaves in Union areas (slave states of Kentucky, Montana, Delaware, and Maryland; Union-occupied areas of the Confederacy in Tennessee and Hampton Roads area Virginia; and Wash DC) remained slaves. It allowed for Confederate States who rejoined the union prior to January to keep their slaves. Since Lincoln's authority was not recognized by the Confederacy, they ignored the order to free their slaves on January 1863. So while the EP freed no slaves, it turned the purpose of the war from preservation of the Union to freeing the slaves and scared off France and UK. So yes, the EP had a huge effect on the...
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