Essays 511 - 540
about much of its own global discord by virtue of its imperialistic mindset. While opinions about why Vietnam occurred are as vas...
and dodged the most important matters, continually laying the blame for the killing of millions at the feet of others (Cockburn, 2...
Orend points out that the mere threat of war, or mutual dislike and disdain, are not necessarily indicators of war. "The conflict ...
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...
deliberation," much like Nestor had cautioned "Agamemnon against hasty judgment" (Gore on War). In both cases, despite any heeding...
Iraq fares will determine the direction of the global war on terrorism" (Zuckerman, 2007). Zuckerman concludes that because of th...
by the reality of war. Their psyches have been reduced to the common denominator that is dictated by whatever has to be done in or...
military action in the province if the tribal leaders would promise not to give shelter to foreign elements or allow border attack...
person that John F. Kennedy was addressing when he said "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your co...
summarizing the work of both Postrel and OBrien. Aesthetics, according to Postrel, aid people in defining themselves by the "loo...
Triple Alliance. Slavery was abolished as a result of the war but the military took greater and greater predominance in Brazil. ...
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 conflict in Iran is not over, the Cold War is, and when looking back from a twenty-first century perspective, the U.S. looks a...
get their forces together and attack from the west" (The Second World War). Common wisdom says that Germany stomped Poland flat w...
et al, 2000). And the settlers brought diseases with them against which the Indians had no defense, wiping them out in large numbe...
was able to be waged. There are two things that differentiated the air campaign from other prior conflicts. One difference is that...
forces as simply the latest in a string of Western outsiders. Herrington explains that Vietnam was occupied by the West for over a...
are an officer - and this included the top noncoms- you went to sleep with your headset at your head" (Terkel 254). Most people ...
The "Carter Doctrine" was later used to justify U.S. intervention in Kuwait under the first Bush Administration as well as Libya a...
the hands of her leader, Saddam Hussein, a man who now has finally been captured and is under American control. During the origin...
of deterrence is often confused, as Jaime Garcia Covarrubias notes. Many believe deterrence means wiping all weapons off the plane...
In three pages this paper examines how in the Star Wars' trilogy George Lucas incorporated elements of myth. Two sources are cite...
the action was the straw that broke the Camels back. In fact, not only was it a turning point for the Vietnam conflict, but if one...
However, there are many tribal and ethnic divisions within these and so, it is difficult for all of them to get together and form ...
Democracy, say Communist opposition, is necessary for China to modernize, inasmuch as the fundamental essence of modernization is ...
of those were Americans. The passenger ship, the Sussex met a similar fate (Kunhardt, 1999). Still, Wilson refused to budge, hon...
had no voice at all. Jefferson Davis accused the North of wanting "an unjust system of legislation to promote the industry of the...
spread of communism globally. The French government had been in authority over Southeast Asian theater, but when it looked as if t...
rallying cry (Drew and Snow, 1990). For example, "Remember the Maine" served this purpose during the Spanish American War. The sec...