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Essays 481 - 510

Military Draft and War With Iraq For and Against

any number of problems with Saudi Arabia and Iran (Thomas, 2003). Even so, King Fahd of Saudi Arabia, said at that time that Sadda...

Exhibiting Social Deviance

glared and showed signs of impatience but said nothing. Perhaps a more direct approach would draw more direct response. Th...

Trumpet History

extra devices to alter pitch, and chromatic trumpets, which do have extra devices, such as valves, to modify pitch.4 Essentially, ...

Vietnam Combat and Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried

sense of purpose. An examination of this novel demonstrates that reading this novel would be, in all likelihood, totally demoraliz...

Military and Rape

culture certainly plays a part . It was not too long ago that women could not be soldiers. Those who wanted to join took clerical ...

Transition Overseeing and the Place of Military Rule

At the same time, in 2001, many believed that Pakistan was on the verge of failure (2002). In part, the perception that a nation h...

Warfare and Joint Operations' Purpose

to "expand joint interaction and provide some additional standardization among theaters" (Carpenter, 2003). Overall howeve...

Cuba and America's Occupation

and Spain, along with the Paris treaty, had been reviewed for the purpose of showing the relation of the United States to Cuba as...

Military and Gender

and women in separate barracks does not cost more as feared ("Military," 1999) and so there is no reason to make them share facili...

Desert Storm, Desert Shield, and Lessons Learned From Them

a former assistant secretary of defense, in his report to the House of Representatives Armed Services Committee a dozen years ago....

'New' Russia and Its Power, Ideology, Military, and Policy

he pointed out that "Russias national identity is still evolving" and probably more importantly, "the new Russia is not the Soviet...

Napoleon Bonaparte's Life and Achievements

power. In 1806, Napoleon acted as a self-appointed leader of Europe, and changed the Batavian Republic into the Kingdom of Hollan...

Try Them in Cuba

"suffers legal setbacks" (New York trial, 2009). (Presumably that means if they are somehow found not guilty.) We could go on and...

U.S./China Relations and the Administration of President Barack Obama

of the American debt. The Obama administration needs to formulate a concise and impartial view of the Chinese military and satisf...

Obedience and the Military

law of the United States of America. In the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), Article 90 states that it is a crime for a mi...

Is the UN Effective?

again determined that something had to be done to prevent further conflicts, and thus the United Nations was born. It began in 194...

Clausewitz and Modern Warfare in Afghanistan

bring him to the point that he is no longer a threat. The country with the best resources, i.e. the country that has structured i...

THE RISE OF NOKIA -- HISTORY

of more than $40 billion, earnings of more than $5 billion and a 34% share of the global market for wireless phones....

Covert Operations vs. the Traditional Military

Roosevelt; the Joint Chiefs were afraid that this man would convince FDR to give covert action precedence, which of course would t...

Educating Today’s G.I.

group of highly trained people who gather together in fortifications barricaded against the enemy. Now that picture is changing, a...

The Officer in the U.S. Military

challenging and intriguing (where else would a 19-year old have the responsibility of keeping an airplane flying?); and there is t...

Military Attitudes - Respect for NCOs

or enlisted member who (1) strikes or assaults a .. non-commissioned officer ... while that officer is in the execution of his off...

The Shaky Middle Eastern Situation

evicted by the new owners."3 The final straw seems to have been the creation of Israel in 1947-1948; at this time, "hundreds of th...

Leadership, Military Bearing and Article 92

organization. Its not a democracy; military personnel dont have a vote on where they are sent and what they do. They cant quit whe...

Four Leadership Theories

public sector. This includes the military although the military is an organization that demands obedience and rightfully so. There...

The Military and Civilian Control

In relationship to the possible dangers of having the military in charge of their own decisions it is noted how, "In the early...

Art of War by Sun Tzu

hid their true persona and this may very well pertain to Sun Tzu ("About," 2010). About the text: Modern history tends to regard...

Why a Strong Military is Necessary

fashioned or silly. But it is the dedication to the service of ones country that keeps the United States strong. This paper is wri...

Stressors in Organizations: Coping Strategies and the Abuse of Power

United States Army (or any military institution for that matter) involves a great deal of stress. The stress in these positions co...

Bonaparte and France

exploits are so large that he is no longer simply an historical figure, but a legend. Given his status, and the wealth of informat...