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War Concept and the 'Language of War'

Language. Orwell explains that in his time at least, political speech and writing were primarily done to defend the indefensible (...

War Reporting and a Media Utilitarian Approach

In eight pages this paper examines war reporting with the emphasis upon Afghanistan terrorism in a consideration of how the media ...

An Exploration of Authoritarianism

where people are bestowed no natural rights or ability to pursue their desires. The student will readily note that there is littl...

Feminist Views on Women in Afghanistan Under the Taliban Rule

An article on the Taliban rule in Afghanistan and how it has oppressed women is discussed through an application of Joan Scott's f...

Americans Held Captive in Foreign Lands

the student was prosecuted to the fullest extent of their laws. The others left the country quietly. This seems to be a frequent t...

International Upheaval in 1979

In this five page report the author discusses several key political events occurring with Supertramp in the backstage. The Irania...

Afghanistan and Czechoslovakia Invasions by the Soviet Union and the Reaction of the United States

year war that has often been referred to as the "Soviet Unions Vietnam." In general, the U.S.S.R. invasion has proven to have bee...

Displacement of the Five Civilized Tribes and the Blacks that had Joined Them

This paper describes the factors affecting the forced removal of the rightful owners of eastern US lands. There are four sources ...

NATO Just War Against Serbs

There are several issues discussed in this essay. Examples are given of cruel treatment of prisoners of war, how the Bush Doctrine...

How Did the Government Structures in Afghanistan Impact on the Successful Implementation of Aid Programs?

This paper is a research proposal for the identification and assessment of governmental factors which impact on the success of aid...

A Field Manual Delineating the Needs Presented by Counterinsurgency

The "U.S. Army/Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Field Manual" is the result of decades of military experience but, most...

WAR IN AFGHANISTAN

defeating Al-Qaeda (Council on Foreign Relations n.d.). But there are critics who believe that the window for securing Afghanistan...

Assessment of a Brigade

indicated by Major Foldberg, the intensity of the workload is interfering with the goal of offering soldiers and officers the chan...

U.S. Military Life in Afghanistan

foreign troops" in Afghanistan at present (Watson, 2008). This brings into play many regions and lifestyles, but also clearly invo...

AFGHANISTAN AND DEVELOPMENT: LITERATURE REVIEW

In this paper, well be presenting some literature dealing with Afghanistans reconstruction, then well analyze it, based on what th...

Military Advisors' Concerns In Afghanistan

soldiers involved in these violent incidents are Afghans who are driven by abject poverty, a lack of education and an overall feel...

The Foreign Policy Priorities of the Obama Administration

day in office he would instruct military commanders to this effect. Obama stated that the war in Iraq should never have been start...

Staying the Course

body of all-source reporting indicates that activists identifying themselves as jihadists, although a small percentage of Muslims,...

The Taliban as Freedom Fighters

finally, again according to Beaviss website, nations are rational and "think strategically about how to survive." Looking at this ...

Private Security is No Security

in Colombia" (CSC/DynCorp). They were called "Colombias Coke-Bustin Broncos" by Soldier of Fortune Magazine, the bible for mercena...

More Troops to Afghanistan

power in the region (Obama, 2009). Unfortunately, as U.S. attention turned to Iraq (which Obama opposed from the outset), b...

Afghanistan and the Taliban

and coalition forces are on the increase, making it more difficult for NATO and U.S. forces to stabilize Afghanistan (Bruno and Ka...

Oglala Sioux Tribe Domestic Violence Code

abuse. Education drills home the fact that domestic violence is not just a family issue, it is a societal one. If we are to reso...

Why the West Is Losing the Wars in the Middle East

(Parker, 2005, p. 2). The result was that technological innovation "and the equally vital ability to respond to it, soon became an...

Afghanistan, Iraq and the Western Way of War

gain battles, but it is a great element of success."3 That is, while armament increases a commanders chances of winning a battle, ...

Narcotics Trade Funding Insurgency in Afghanistan

country of Afghanistan has become a synonym for the "narco-state and the spread of crime and illegality" (Felbab-Brown, 2009, p. 1...

Addressing World Wrongs with Blood and Iron

votes are simply insufficient to address our problems today and they were just as insufficient in Bismarcks time. Bismarck ...

Bad Intelligence Equals Losing Battles

gone by in the war in Afghanistan, and the United States Intelligence Community (IC) and its allies have developed only a marginal...

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...