Great post this week, I really enjoyed it. I like your comment “McClellan was what seems to me as a Trojan Horse.” You are absolutely right. It makes me wonder why Lincoln selected him as the commander of the Union forces. McClellan was a passive leader and wasn’t a good tactician. What would have happened if Lee would have accepted Lincoln’s offer to command the Union forces? I believe it would have been a completely different war because Lee was aggressive and took the fight to the Union. If Lee would have commanded the Union that would have left commanding the South Jeb Stewart or Jackson, either one would have possibly made the war longer and more causalities. Thanks for you post this week!…
What was the historical cause of the Trojan War (probably), and what was the mythological cause?…
First one to take on a purely literary comparison! Nice! I have been teaching 20th century the past few months. We are just getting out of WWII and heading into the Cold War/ Viet Nam period, so I find this an interesting comparison! It is not hard to find themes of desolation, anti-war, or alienation during these periods.…
With a husband in the Army and currently on his third deployment to Iraq, I am often asked how I think this war is different from past wars. In order to answer this question properly, I found that I needed to do a little bit of research and acquaint myself with some war history. As I learned about previous wars that Americans have been involved in, I learned that only two wars have had a great deal of controversy. The Vietnam War and the Iraq War, while almost identical are vastly different in their own right. In this paper, I will discuss the similarities and differences between two of our most recent wars.…
While the city of Troy was being burned and sacked, a survivor known as Aeneas would begin a mission to deprive the Greeks of their victory of Troy not through the sword and spear, but through his words. Aeneas knew that the Greeks would tout themselves as brave strategists who managed to outwit the Trojans. The Greeks would make Aeneas city appear as though they were full of imbeciles that fell to the mighty hands of the Greeks. In order to tarnish the image the Greeks would no doubt boast, he would tell a story to Queen Dido that not only takes away the Greek’s ability to claim credit, but also say that the burning of Troy will allow the Trojan’s to become more powerful than the Greeks could ever have imagined.…
In 480 and the years prior the Athenians and Spartans, banned together to defeat the Persian Army. The Spartans stand at Thermopylae, allowed the Athenians time to prepare, and ultimately allowed the victory. With both of these great city-states located so close together in Hellas, there differences would ultimately lead to dissension. Throughout the course of this paper, I hope to explain the reasoning behind the dissension between Sparta and Athens, made war between these former allies inevitable.…
The American War in Vietnam and the American Revolutionary War had several similarities regarding military occupation by a distant or foreign government, political representation, coupled with similar geographic and demographic situations within the country.…
The war in Vietnam and the war in Iraq differ in many ways such as; the reason for war, US support, the cost, number of deaths, and the time and place. In this essay I am going to compare the Vietnam War with the war in Iraq describing three ways in which the war in Vietnam differs from the war in Iraq. Three ways the two wars differ are the reason for war, number of deaths, and the cost.…
The connection between the student unrest and the Vietnam War was about students expressing their rights about the draft. This is when all young men had to sign up but not want to go to war. They protested it also because college was for the rich children or white children. So that meant that the only people were going to war was young blacks and poor students. Many people did not believe that this war was a threat to the United States security. This war had many people is an up roar because they did not believe in it. The death tolls and public outcry made people feel that the war was responsible for it. This also was a reason that the United States objected its involvement. During the protest many students were killed for their involvement. This happened at Ken State University in 1971 which made the people in the public hate war even more.…
In this paper it will explore lessons learned when dealing with diplomatic negotiations, presidential leadership, and cultural/social contexts. During the Vietnam War the United States did not realize the high level of intelligence that the Vietnamese people had and how much their culture and nationalism meant to them. They did not want the United States interfering with their country but some of the leaders in charge felt that the United States could help since they were offering monies and military advisors in regard to the conflicts between North and South Vietnam.…
The thesis is the early background information on the Vietnam War, the splitting of Vietnam into two parallels, and the civil war between the Viet Cong and RVN. This was the first time I ever heard of the Geneva Accords, which was an agreement that separated Vietnam into two zones. The communist would take the northern half calling it the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and the United States would set up puppet government called RVN. It seems that whenever we try to stop a communist country we end up containing it and ultimately we split the country into two parts. Johnson who was president during this time decided to send troops into the war between the Viet Cong and RVN through his process called escalation. More than 500,000 soldiers was…
The Korean War would be a radical step in fighting wars, as well as the feelings people had toward the war. All wars in American History fought before the Korean War were based on either national survival or the gain of territory. A strong conflict was created between the Soviet Union and the United States. From this conflict, tension was so strong that wars were fougt in the midst of this Cold War. The Korean War was the first America ever waged that was not fought for national survival, for territory, for manifest destiny or for hegemony. Korea was the first ideological war;" (Coppel, 505).…
The Vietnam War began in 1966 and lasted until 1975, this tragic war was one of the most important events in United States history. The Vietnam War helped shape modern world history by changing the minds of millions of people on how they felt and viewed the war. The purpose of the war was to stop the spread of communism which led to many negative outcomes such as students protesting, the Tet offensive, a severely damaged U.S. economy, and millions of lives lost or wounded.…
Every day 22 veterans commit suicide. Today, the number of homeless Vietnam veterans is greater than the number of soldiers who died during the war. Too many American’s turn a “blind eye” to this situation. Many are quick to honor and recognize those currently fighting but choose to ignore the veterans who currently suffer. So for my last sculpture project, I chose to show two sides of war: the first, a representation of the soldier we all know, and the second, the soldier that is often forgotten…the soldier who continues to fight long after the guns stop firing.…
The Trojan War is broken down into eleven chapters that describe each stage of the war, precluded by an introduction with snappy, description language that acts as a “hook” for readers to continue their exploration. Strauss also provides a timetable of historical events, and a note on ancient history and archaeology to act as an introduction for those that may not be familiar with this type of writing. For an academic, this could be skipped, but for a casual reader, such information is…