The Peloponnesian war was not an easy war at all for both sides. The war began shortly after the war against Persia (“Peloponnesian War” History). After the war with the Persians both Sparta and Athens were beaten up‚ and sort off broken down. Sparta and Athens were two very major powers at the time in Greece (“Peloponnesian War” Ancient History). Everyone new that eventually these two great powers would soon have conflict (‘Peloponnesian War” History). But Throughout the next half century Sparta
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In the documentary Fog of War‚ former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara names eleven lessons he feels he has learned about war during the course of his life. They all come with a certain amount of merit‚ but the three that stand out the most are Lesson #1: empathize with your enemy‚ Lesson #4: maximize efficiency‚ and Lesson #9: in order to do good‚ you may have to engage in evil. Overall‚ these lessons are the most difficult to both execute in war and explain to the American public while simultaneously
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Tongue of War‚ a poetry collection by Tony Barnstone‚ is written from the perspectives of a wide variety of characters based on the events of World War II. Barnstone shows the emotional and physical trauma these characters receive due to their race‚ status and position in the war. In many of the poems‚ Barnstone depicts the aftermath caused by the use of deadly weapons from both the culprits perspective and the victims. In one of the poems‚ an American Seaman was bombed from Japanese planes‚ he escaped
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The Vietnam War took place took place in Southeast Asia from November 1‚ 1955 through April 30‚ 1975. After World War II‚ Vietnam was divided into the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in the north‚ and the Republic of Vietnam in the south. The United States of America’s involvement in this conflict was to help contain the spread of communism. The U.S. learned many lessons from this conflict‚ from political limitations on warfare‚ gaining and losing public support‚ and fighting against a guerrilla
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decisions our ancestors chose. But it is events like the US - mexican war that brings us the realization that in order for America to be the great nation it is‚ the war was a necessary act. Amy Greenberg’s A Wicked War captures the lives of five important people that left their legacy in American history. In A Wicked War Greenberg retells her readers in detail of the events that led and made up the U.S- Mexican War. Using sources such as articles and journal entries from the characters
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There were three Punic or Carthaginian Wars is Roman history. These were between 264 and 146 BC. These wars were the first great wars of Roman expansion outside Italy. The enemy of Rome had a large empire that stretched along the coast of North America and southern Spain and some parts of Sicily. This empire was known as Carthage. The purpose of these wars was to decide which power would become the dominant force around the Mediterranean Sea. The first Punic War lasted from 264-241 BC. It was fought
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Newman (10 Ways the Drug War Is Causing Massive Collateral Damage to Our Society) and Solomon and Baksh (Evaluating the Drug War on Its 40th Birthday‚ by the Numbers) discuss the detrimental consequences the war on drugs had on society. Specifically‚ the prison system’s dramatic increase in population. The mass incarceration of people of color in the United States can be traced back to numerous historical events. One of those events being president Ronald Reagan’s War on Drugs‚ which provoked the
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THE VIETNAM WAR Did you know about 1.5 million people died during the Vietnam War‚ which was more than the population of New Mexico in the 1960s? Vietnam‚ which is relative in size to New Mexico‚ is a country in Asia that borders the Gulf of Tonkin. The Vietnam War was a result of people in Vietnam wanting independence from France. The US supported the French so that all of Vietnam would not become a communist country and so this would not lead to other countries following in their footsteps
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The Vietnam War greatly changed America forever. It was the longest war fought in America’s history‚ lasting from 1955 to 1973. The Vietnam War tarnished America’s self image by becoming the first time in history the United States failed to accomplish its stated war aims‚ to preserve a separate‚ independent‚ noncommunist government. The war also had great effects on the American people. It was the first war ever broadcast on television. The public was able to see what happened on the battlefield
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Lovers of Literature do not care what the material is they are reading‚ or what kind of prose it contains; they just read to be reading. I think I belong in this category because I enjoy reading and it is something I do for all sorts of reasons: when I am bored‚ when I am about to go to bed‚ and sometimes even when I am angry. These people seem fascinated by letters and the way they shape words and sentences‚ poems and essays‚ stories and books. Lovers of Literature can be seen checking out many varieties
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