Essays 301 - 330
Orend points out that the mere threat of war, or mutual dislike and disdain, are not necessarily indicators of war. "The conflict ...
hospitals. Under her wings, she took care of the soldiers while at the same time training other women to "nurse" them back to hea...
the first of the two great wars where Europe all but destroyed itself began in 1914. And in some sense one can begin to see the si...
a Buddhist monk, Venerable Thich Nhah Hanh, "whether he would rather have peace under a communist regime that would mean the end o...
there are individuals who either remember it or have hand one reason or another to study it. Americans themselves, in fact, held ...
period between September 1, 1939 (the date of Germanys invasion of Poland) and September 2, 1945 (the date of the Japanese surrend...
can imagine that carrying letters around are testaments to the fact that he has a life at home. Vietnam provides a backdrop of cha...
Kevin Sims "Four Hours in My Lai." A Rumor of War In Caputos work he states, in the beginning, "In a general sense, it is simply...
moved to the cities (War and prosperity, p. 231). "By 1950, 64 percent of the countrys total population lived in urban areas..." (...
broke down and even when they were working, "were not capable of performing on a real battlefield" (Tank history, 2004). French ...
things. Resulting in 200,000 deaths, "The Nanjing Massacre is one of the best documented of Japanese atrocities because independen...
new technology. With these elements in mind, the following paper examines railroads, weaponry, and ironclads as it relates to the ...
and the public. Party slogans exemplify doublethink, as they proclaim that war is really peace, freedom is really slavery, etc. Wh...
of petroleum for the United States and its European allies" and also to "prevent or minimize Soviet involvement in the region" (Ge...
that brought the political tensions to a head was the assassination of the heir to the Austrian throne; Archduke Francis Ferdinand...
about much of its own global discord by virtue of its imperialistic mindset. While opinions about why Vietnam occurred are as vas...
war because he already knew that once a troop commitment had been made - no matter how small - it would become difficult not to be...
aggressive regimes, punishment for a wrongdoing that has not been corrected. Iraqs 1990 invasion into Kuwait is an example of a ju...
deliberation," much like Nestor had cautioned "Agamemnon against hasty judgment" (Gore on War). In both cases, despite any heeding...
First World War, and similarly beggared the ability of contemporaries to imagine its sweep, duration and consequences."5 For one...
been various "military revolutions"-new ways of thinking about warfare that have caused complete changes in the way combat is cond...
he unravels the various people involved that served under, and aside from, Lincoln. While one could argue that his work, and sourc...
A large part of the success of this program is due to the leadership of one man: Byron Price(Sweeny 2001)....
any number of problems with Saudi Arabia and Iran (Thomas, 2003). Even so, King Fahd of Saudi Arabia, said at that time that Sadda...
be a most applicable means by which to render attack on the enemy; however, what ensued was not so much of a protecting agent as o...
individual is exposed to any type of experience there is the potential for that individual to be desensitized to any experiences t...
and instead of taking the lead, Presidents were being relegated to the role of follower. Policymakers envisioned themselves as th...
include: The Homestead Act, National Urban League, direct election of U.S. Senators, child labor laws, and federal regulation of b...
mind is obviously occupied with more important matters than baseball yet the stadium is coming unseated all around him and indeed,...
there has been real "tension between Americas much-vaulted ethical and legal principles and its practical policy interests" (2000,...