At the end of the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BCE)‚ a funeral service was given to honor the Athens who fought and served for their country’s empire. After the honorable service and burial‚ a leading citizen was chosen to deliver a memorial speech‚ and Pericles was elected. Pericles was a prominent and influential Greek orator and general of Athens during the period of the Persian and Peloponnesian wars. Pericles’ funeral oration is a well-known speech written by the historian‚ Thucydides. This speech
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Americans have a tradition of fighting that goes long past the formation of the United States and before the official creation of its Army. John Grenier argues in his book‚ The First Way of War‚ that this long history created by early Americans “created a military tradition that accepted‚ legitimized‚ and encouraged attacks upon and the destruction of noncombatants‚ villages‚ and agricultural resources” (pg. 10). His purpose of the book is to offer a differing perspective from the common belief that
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The War to End All Wars‚ a very misleading name‚ considering the amount of people against each other. Those countries did not fight separately‚ they were well allied. Alliances are unions formed for mutual benefit‚ associations made between countries‚ organizations‚ or individuals. While many alliances were made public and other countries knew who stood behind who‚ some were secret affairs. Certain alliances in World War One were an important cause of expanded conflict between nations. Many people
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diverse ways in which conflict is presented in William Shakespeare’s Macbeth and Wilfred Owen’s Poetry of World War 1. I will be comparing the ways in which Macbeth and 3 poems written by Owen; Mental Cases‚ The Next War and Dulce Et Decorum Est‚ link with each other. Macbeth is a play written in 1606 by Shakespeare who wrote plays to entertain his audience. On the other hand‚ Owen was a soldier in World War 1 when he wrote famous poems; he wrote them to tell us about the tragedies of war and he expressed
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Activity 2.2.1 Observing Mechanisms Introduction A mechanism is a device that transmits movements so that the output movement is different than the input movement. It can be used to change the direction‚ speed‚ force‚ or type of movement. The output of a robot or any machine is motion and force in some form. A drill press‚ for example‚ has two kinds of motion: rotary and linear. The drill spinning provides the rotary motion; moving the drill down through the material is the linear motion. The
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Discuss the impact of the end of the Cold War on US foreign policy Introduction: When the world famous liberal thinker Francis Fukuyama in his masterpiece declared that we were witnessing the end of the history‚ he was greeting the new political structure and also the new international environment‚ which is peaceful[1]. However‚ developments that occurred after the collapse of the Soviet Union showed us that the dissolution of the Soviets was unexpected. The international society was not ready
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Political Geography of War: Natural Resources and Armed Conflicts Philippe Le Billion Summary: Throughout the 1990s‚ many armed groups have relied on revenues from natural resources such as oil‚ timber‚ or gems to substitute for dwindling Cold War sponsorship. Resources not only financed‚ but in some cases motivated conflicts‚ and shaped strategies of power based on the commercialization of armed conflict and the territoriality of sovereignty around valuable resource areas and trading networks
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The Hundred Years’ War was a sequence of conflicts between the Kings and Kingdoms of England and France from 1337-1453. It was a seemingly endless war over control of the throne that ultimately led to England’s expulsion from all land in France except Calais. The Hundred Years’ War is known in history as one of the most significant conflicts of the Middle Ages. Over the course of several generations‚ the kings of the two opposing houses‚ Plantagenet and Valois‚ campaigned over the largest kingdom
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camp before the war came to an end. How did the women relate to one another at first and how did this change if at all? The women at first were challenged by the cramped surroundings of the boat however that was short lived and once taken to the POW camp‚ they soon grew to love and care for one another. Often there were difficulties and tension between nationalities but all in all‚ the women worked together to survive the nightmare in which they were living. In what ways was this an unusual
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* How can we become a good citizens? A good citizen is one who properly fulfills his or her role as a citizen. There are many opinions as to what constitutes a good citizen. Theodore Roosevelt said‚ "The first requisite of a good citizen in this Republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his weight.” Education is sometimes viewed as a prerequisite to good citizenship‚ in that it helps citizens make good decisions and deal with demagogues who would delude them. Roger Soder writes
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