...An analysis of M.J. Hardman’s “Language and War” Cowboys killing Indians, G.I. Joes killing Nazis, bloods killing crips, generation after generation of Americans have grown up to see violent as a last resort to resolve ones problems. Unfortunately this widely dispersed ideal is not the reality. Being the top country in the possession and purchasing of fire arms gives one the feeling that the United States is not necessarily a pacifist country, but how many Americans ever take a moment to evaluate their society? In the article “Language and War” by professor at the university of Florida, and humanist M.J. Hardman, claims that the language used in everyday life glorifies war and violence, thus making both appear...
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...The works “Preventive War and Democratic Politics”, “Democratization and the Danger of War”, “Terrorism, the Use of Force, and International Law After 11 September”, and “Failed States: Fixing a Broken World” all describe and aim to formulate the motivations for modern wars between two states. By using historical precedents, each author makes assertions about war theory, leaving the reader with a framework to analyze conflicts occurring in the world today. While each entry makes a unique assumption, the content of arguments invariably overlaps. In my response I will examine each piece and the questions I was left with after contemplating the implications of their respective theories. In “Preventive War and Democratic Politics”, Levy first distinguishes preemptive wars from preventive wars, claiming that the former involves an immediate threat to a state’s safety while the latter is determined by the presence of a non-immediate threat—often an adversary “crossing a particular threshold of military power, leading to a stop-level power shift” (Levy, 7). He goes on to discuss that since the advent of nuclear military developments, the majority of wars have been preventive. This argument is logical because as the stakes are raised, states have the responsibility to their constituents to mitigate threats; citizens are much more willing to tolerate smaller skirmishes than risk the threat of an over-militarization of another state with different social and political values, beliefs...
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...Bekkos 14753469 Is the concept of ‘total war’ useful for understanding the history of the two world wars? ‘Total War’ for historians can seem to be an endless minefield where one is destined to step wrong sooner or later. With the extensive diverse research on the topic and the numerous definitions of ‘total war’, it can be challenging to use the concept of ‘total war’ for understanding the history of the two world wars, as it can and already has be interpreted in diverse ideas. ‘What, after all, is the term total war meant to describe: a specific period, particular wars or only certain aspects of such wars? Some precision would clearly be welcomed.’ This essay will attempting to argue that the concept of ‘total war’ can be used to...
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...To what extent can the bombing of Dresden (1945) be perceived as a war crime according to international law today? The analysis that is set out hereafter presents the case that there is a strong argument that the Dresden bombing CAN be perceived as a war crime. There have always been elements of controversy attached to it for a few important reasons with the main issue of concern being why this city was chosen as a target after five years of war. Some of the reasons proffered are as follows: a) The city was part of Nazi Germany and therefore could be legitimately attacked in the ordinary scheme of things. The Allied forces were after all at war with Nazi Germany b) There was the belief that the city was being used under the cover of...
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...People have a variety of thoughts due to their different life experiences. People would gain their different life experiences from their living environments, social groups and career lives. Under certain experiences, people can form their particular perspectives. The different perspectives people have may cause people develop different thoughts. By talking about different attitudes people have towards war, O’Brien suggests that the war is not the same thing in everyone’s eyes. Tim O’Brien writes “war is hell, but that’s not the half of it because war is also mystery and terror and adventure and courage and discover and pity and despair and longing and love. War is nasty; war is fun. War is thrilling; war is drudgery. War makes you a man; war...
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...The Fog of War What is “The Fog of War”? Robert McNamara explained it to be” War is so complex it's beyond the ability of the human mind to comprehend. Our judgment, our understanding, are not adequate. And we kill people unnecessarily”. “In order to do well, you may have to engage in evil” This is what made me choose lesson number nine. I believe that it’s true, that one has to engage in evil to do well. In my opinion I think lesson nine is the most important lesson. In every religious one thing they all have in common is that nobody has the right to end another human beings life, in some it’s believed it is as if he or she have murdered all mankind and there is no greater evil than that . When World War II started Millions of people lost their lives and the lives of their loved ones. The United States would do anything in their power and their allies to prevent Hitler to control...
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...strategy is derived from the nature of war. In the following parts, evidence would be mentioned to show how similar nature of war generates similar strategy, military tactics and consequence (Waldman, 2012). Nature of war Both Afghan and Iraq military campaign are war on terror. In September 20, 2001, George Bush, the U.S president, mentioned that the war on terror would start at Ai-Qaeda. War would end until all terrorist groups are found out and eliminated. He also said countries supporting terrorism would be punished. Bin Laden was the most wanted which was the leader of Ai-Qaeda (Barker, 2003). For the Afghan military campaign, it occurred because of September 11 attacks which caused more than 3000...
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...The Cold War The Cold War, often dated from 1947 to 1991, was a sustained state of political and military tension between powers in the Western Bloc, dominated by the United States with NATO among its allies, and powers in the Eastern Bloc, dominated by the Soviet Union along with the Warsaw Pact. Role of USSR and USA to the conflicts in the Cold War The Cold War began after World War II. The main enemies were the United States and the Soviet Union. The Cold War got its name because both sides were afraid of fighting each other directly. In a "hot war," nuclear weapons might destroy everything. So, instead, both sides fought each other indirectly. They supported opposing sides in conflicts in different parts of the world. They also used words as weapons. They threatened and denounced each other. Or they tried to make each other look foolish. Over the years, leaders on both sides changed. Yet the Cold War continued. It was the major force in world politics for most of the second half of the twentieth century. The Cold War world was separated into three groups. The United States led the West, including countries with democratic political systems. The Soviet Union led the East. This including countries with communist political systems. The non-aligned group included countries that did not want to be tied to either the West or the East. Harry Truman was the first American president to fight the Cold War. He used several policies. One was the Truman Doctrine. This was a plan...
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...society has not responded enough legacies of historical globalization. This essay will cover the following arguments such as residential schools, slavery and the Sierra Leone civil war. Residential schools had a negative impact on Aboriginal people, many children suffered greatly. The government thought Aboriginal people’s history and culture were not worth preserving and acknowledged.This resulted to loss of culture, they were stripped out of their traditional ways and culture and taken away from their families. Rita Joe wrote a poem about how her voice...
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...heavily by poverty. Miguel: Quickly come in before anyone notices, we don’t need another politician’s blood on the hands of the drug war. Enrique: These meetings are getting more and more dangerous every month. Especially with fear and violence heightened because of Donald Trump’s recent success in the presidential election. Miguel:...
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...dug under no man's land (coal miners, mines) - attrition eastern - tunnenberg - russians lost - masurion lakes / - russian gerneral: samsonov - gr. gernerals: hindenberg, ludendorff 1915 gallipoli - chruchil (br.gerneral) - lord of the admiralty - kitchener - war secretary (overall command) - difficult for br. to attack - turks well-prepared - br. managed to retreat middle east - oil -important for - suez canal / - br. told arabs that br. would create independent arab contries if arabs help br. to attack turkies 1916 middle east - fr. + br. (sykes-pilot aggreement) - agree to divide middle east equally btween them - t.e lawerence war at sea - blockades - battle of jutland -both sides claimed victory - stalemate verdun - "they shall not pass" versus "bleed them white" somme - br. prime minister replaced because of heavy br. losses - asgwith --> lloyd george - lloyd george (convoy system) - group together merchant ships, protected by battleships 1917 us enter the war - april - zimmerman telegram - asked mexico to help russia trying to get out of the war - lack of resources and food - tsar forced to give up his crown - formed a temporary gov't - communist revolution ----------------------------> lenin: -promise people peace, land, bread; -communist - treaty of brest-litovsk - peace treaty between gr. and russia ...
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...War in Syria DBQ Essay Megan Gubler In Syria wars have been outraging between other groups formed and other countries. In there has been constant violence, shooting, killing, and bombing. What is the cause for all this violence? Some examples of all this violence are one disagreements, just by an opinion or a choice made that thought was right has brought war with others. The Kurds and Turkey at war because of a disagreement, however US is allied with both Turkey and Kurds. Two, sects, this has also brought violence to Syria, because of it three government loyalists were killed and when people found out they were outraged. Buildings were burned and more deaths were made. Finally, allied fighting. Similar of what happened in...
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...The Persian Gulf War started in the year of 1990, and continued until its end in the year of 1991 under the presidency of George H.W Bush. According to Kevin M. Schultz, “the Vietnam War was the first televised war, but the Persian Gulf War was the first to be televised live” (p. 538). The Persian Gulf War was mainly in the hands of two countries, them being the Middle Eastern country named Iraq, and the United States. First and foremost, this conflict started due to Saddam Hussein, who was the dictator of Iraq, tried to invade Kuwait. Subsequently, “Bush feared that Hussein might threaten American oil supplies” (Schultz, 2015), so therefore the U.S and other nations all decided on an embargo on Iraq. Since Hussein didn’t remove his troops...
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...The Vietnam War was a war to bring South Vietnam into communist order from North Vietnam. But, the United States involved itself in the war. America involved itself in the Vietnam War to help save South Vietnam’s freedom as well as stop communism from spreading. But due to this decision, it greatly changed America and impacted the American society in many ways. In 1965, President Truman believed that the United States should support the policy to help free people trying to resist control from armed minorities or outside pressures. The United States demonstrated this policy by trying to defend South Vietnam from North Vietnam. (Doc 1) Also, America involved itself with War because a national pledge from President Johnson was made to help defend South Vietnam’s freedom. This is because every American President since 1954 has offered help to South Vietnam and President Johnson intended to keep that promise. (Doc 3)...
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...The Wednesday Wars is a humorous but affecting story of the psychological and ethical growth of a boy named Holling Hoodhood. Holling, a caring but naively self-centered seventh-grader, is convinced that his new instructor, Mrs. Baker, hates him. On Wednesdays, when the other children in the class leave to attend their religious education, Holling is left alone with Mrs. Baker. These days result in the “Wednesday wars,” in which Holling does an assortment of odd jobs but then graduates to reading a variety of Shakespeare plays. Throughout the course of the year, he and Mrs. Baker grow closer, with Mrs. Baker taking on the role of his dependable adviser. Holling’s world is becoming increasingly consumed in the Vietnam War, which causes many...
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